Dick Durham takes his gaffer, Betty, for a shakedown sail... which quickly becomes a breakdown sail after a series of disasters leaves him shaken Darkness still reigned when I warped Betty II, my 25ft gaff cutter, out of her mud-berth at Canvey Island, in …Continue reading » The post ‘Much to my horror I found the floorboards afloat… my boat was slowly sinking!’ appeared first on Yachting Monthly.