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sight.
Given all that, it’s not surprising that my
first time at the helm of one was an
epiphany – or that all these years later
I’m still in a state of shock. Others were
equally impressed and soon there were
numerous variations, some just pug-ugly
attempts to gain extra headroom below;
others, like some of the East German
Leo at the helm in Antigua. Since her offerings, sacrificing quality in pursuit of
deep cockpit was neither watertight nor- foreign currency by using dodgy,
self draining, for the Trans-Atlantic trip laminated frames and even dodgier
Lorema’s was boarded over.
fastenings which threatened to self
destruct.
makes her such fun to sail – and the
entire mystical blend crafted merely by
hand and eye, without a microchip in

Finishing off the interior. True to the original concept, Lorema has no engine, water tanks or
lavatory and only one cabin light. With sitting headroom and two berths in the saloon,
there’s space for another two forward but it’s deliberately spartan.

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