MAD RAY OF RYE: An 18′ lugger for 'wild sailing'

摘要

In 2020, when John Raymond-Barker sold his 38′ EDITH GRAY, which he designed in the Bristol Channel pilot cutter style and built for himself in 2011, he thought that would mean the end of his adventure-sailing days. He was convinced that he had swallowed the anchor. He had voyaged in EDITH GRAY extensively out of Bristol, England, with friends and family-Scotland, France, and the Isles of Scilly were among the destinations. He had sailed the Fastnet Race. He ran charters from the Welsh shore of the Bristol Channel under his own Wild Sailing brand. But with children in school and his elderly father nearby needing looking after, he realized it was time to shift his focus to his family. The fact was, he was spending more time maintaining EDITH GRAY than sailing her.