Sailing Magazine
By Richard Crockett
Singlehanded sailing is tough – very tough – and probably why so few practice this aspect of our sport.
And it gets even tougher the older one gets – just ask Ian Duncan who competed in the singlehanded Stannic Southstar race from Hout Bay around St Helena and back to finish in Cape Town.
After 44 days at sea on board his Miura ‘Adamant’ Ian, who at 55 was the elder of the four yachtsmen in the race, said he had been “flapping all over the ocean” on his return voyage.
READ MORE HERE: 1986 04 08 – cape times – 001299 – OCR
