Have watched a few of these randomly over the last few months too .... as you say, not experts but they just get on with it ..... If I had my time again I'd buy a steel hulled double ender and spend a decade or two tramping the seas while I was young and single .... unfortunately Mrs Image is no sailor (although she will gamely persevere, she doesn't do boats well and I know she's not comfortable) .... hence it was never a retirement project.
K
