With lockdown in Ireland we’ve been banned from sailing the 14 as both of us are outside of the 5km boundary. Also its not exactly subtle to turn up to a club with an International 14! Getting hold of any single handers in Ireland has been next to impossible, more so for trapeze single handers.

However fate decided to intervene and while looking for something else T Bear found this boat for sale. It needs work, the mast in particular needs to be sanded back and reeler coated. Conveniently we’ve learnt how to do that recently. More updates to follow picking the boat up on Wednesday.