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The sight of a red sailed Mirror dinghy, waiting for her full complement of crew to arrive, brings back fond memories. Mrs Tiggy was the family Mirror, aboard which we children learned our sailing skills.

Nigh on twice the length of her predecessor, Dad's home built Trog. Pictured here with Stargazer's skipper in the sternsheets, Dad at the oars.

The sheltered, often shoal, waters of Chichester harbour are the natural habitat of centreboard craft. Dayboats, like this lapstrake Drascombe, never wanting for a new destination:

Be it an evening sail to Itchenor.

Lunch on a mooring, off Bosham.

A run ashore, for ice creams, at Emsworth.

Watching the world go by, at anchor, off Langstone Tide Mill.

Or, simply taking a stroll along the gravel beach.