A Funny Old Life, by Des Sleightholme

By Des Sleightholme | Paperback, 186 pages

Des Sleightholme was editor of Yachting Monthly for nearly 20 years and was actively involved with Salcombe Maritime Museum from 1993 until his death in in 2003.Des was well known for his irreverent outlook on the Establishment and for his unfailing eye for the funny side of things. Here he takes on a hilarious anecdotal romp through his sailing life. ‘From childhood efforts to get afloat at all costs – “if it floats stand on it” – to the tribulations of running a charter boat, the wandering narrative moves from the high drama of a force ten dismasting to the farce of a shattered toilet bowl. The author had a connoisseur’s eye for a cock-up.’