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Interview with Sailing Chandlery's Founder Andrew Dowley

by Mark Jardine 27 Mar 2024 14:00 GMT
We interview Andrew Dowley, Founder of Sailing Chandlery © Mark Jardine

Sailing Chandlery was originally founded as Dinghy Rope, but soon grow to providing much more than that, and rebranded in 2018. The business has gone from strength to strength, but never moved away from its ethos of getting sailing gear to the customer as fast as possible.

We spoke to founder Andrew Dowley about the Sailing Chandlery journey, and some of the services they provide.

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