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The John Westell Centenary, Part 3: A crown made for sailing

by Dougal Henshall 18 Feb 2021 15:28 GMT
Coronet powers away from the Start Line at La Baule, with Ian Proctor in Osprey already tacking away onto port © Austin Farrar Collection / D Chivers

In this the third video charting the life and the boats of John Westell, the action out afloat and ashore hots up.

However, at the same time, the timescales are getting compressed, with this video covering the period of just a year, but it will be a year that will define the shape of performance dinghy sailing going on into the future.

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