Skipper’s View
WINTER MONTHS ARE the hardiest of sailors, but this one is exceptionally bleak for all but those who truly love utter solitude and dystopia. With the whole populus back in confinement I therefore felt it was a good time to run an excellent piece by the esteemed Rod Heikell on the psychology of sailing long distance as a couple (p36). I think most of us have witnessed both the positive and negative aspects of this common arrangement. It is compelling and often actually upsetting to observe a truly dysfunctional couple trying to moor a boat alongside a windy quay. Having observed the often emotionally harrowing manoeuvre a few times in my life I am always astonished that; a) the couple ever got together in the first place and b) that they…