The quality of life below, while moored at least, has improved hugely in 40 years – the heads is fantastic. She’s quick and lively off the wind but lacks the displacement to match her forebears upwind in a breeze.

Main features:



 – Boom-end mainsheeting gives much better mainsail control and the non-overlapping jib means she’ll tack easily upwind



 – Coamings are a good height forward, but shorter aft and stop short of the transom, which will dampen the helmsman



 – The folding transom is an excellent idea, improving bathing facilities and making the cockpit even bigger



 – Cockpit seats are over 7ft long, with good bracing but the tiny winches are out of the helmsman’s reach



 – Grabrails start just outside the cockpit but end well short of the mast, where the coachroof jib track begins