While hardier souls are out braving the wintry elements, some of us give in to fantasy boat-shopping, in the dry...

‘We have had our cruising lives transformed by artful inventions’

Every month we publish a new Libby Purves podcast where the Radio 4 broadcaster – and lifelong sailor – reflects on her cruising life.

You can listen to more of Yachting Monthly’s Libby Purves podcasts – as well as podcasts from Tom Cunliffe and Dick Durham – at www.yachtingmonthly.com/podcast…

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