Classic Boat April 2010 Secret 20 Review by Steffan Meyric Hughes, photos by Ray Little
“and we are off again, touching five knots close on the wind which is blowing no more than a Force 2.
We sail as far as Bradwell, swapping tacks with a modern 25-footer, and running neck-and-neck.”
“This is clearly a boat that would be at or higher than hull speed most of the time.”
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Australian Yachting May-June 2009 Stornaway Sail Test by Barry Henson, editor
“. . it can out-perform a Bermuda rig off-the-wind and that was a real eye opener.”
“It’s trailerable, shoal-draft, forgiving, easy to handle and it sails beautifully . . .”
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Watercraft March-April 2009 Secret Review by Dick Phillips
“As soon as I took the tiller, I could feel how well balanced Secret is.”
“. . . it’s a really neat way of allowing kit builders to produce a round bilged boat. I wish I had thought of it.”
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Anglia Afloat January-February 2009 Secret by Max Campbell
“Through all those tacks and gybes she’d never got caught in stays, never taken the bit between her teeth and got all nasty,
never lost steerage and drifted down onto an obstacle, never touched anything, until the gentlest possible kiss against the jetty at the end.”
“The wind had been measured at force five, gusting six . . .”
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Small Craft Advisor July-August 2007 Stornaway Review
“One look at Scruffie Marine’s Stornaway Weekender was all it took; it was love at first sight.”
“Unusual on a boat this size, an outboard engine-well to starboard contributes considerably to her sleek,
distinctly “yachty” look by keeping the stern clean and uncluttered.”
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Modern Boating January-February 2005 Scintilla Review by Barry Tranter, editor
“But what can be labeled the basic craft – the concept – is immensely likeable. What could be seen as an exercise in nostalgia
works on a practical level, as well as the aesthetic.”
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