| Many years ago I had a secret ambition . It was to | | | | great deal of reading, studying and working in and |
| build my own yacht and go sailing off around the | | | | around the boating industry for many years and I |
| World. I was fuelled by the achievements of the | | | | eventually came to the conclusion that to build my |
| Vikings, Frances Chichester and a host of other | | | | own boat was going to be the only way I could ever |
| notables who have stamped their niche into history. | | | | actually own one! |
| Although I have not achieved anything like any of my | | | | I also came to the solid fact that with the new |
| role models, I did achieve one of the greatest desires | | | | composite materials of today, not only was it |
| of all, that was to build my own yacht. | | | | possible to build a boat safely and strongly and that |
| How was this achieved? Well, it was attained by a | | | | also some of the old rules need not necessarily apply. |