Thursday, July 9, 2009

Meanwhile, across the pond




















MailOnline is reporting:

As he began his daring overtaking manoeuvre, Arthur Manning wondered if he was sailing a little close to the wind.

In fact, he was too close to the rocks. His yacht, the Jersey-registered Knight Star, ended up grounded and then wobbling in mid-air on its 6ft keel as the tide went out near Saint-Quay-Portrieux, north-west France.

The complete MailOnline post by Peter Allen is here.

(Ed. note: Thanks to BE reader Don for the above link.)