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Arctic Smoke gets a new Owner

My name is Jamie. I have, for the last five years, sailed a Halcyon 23 called Floreasca, out of a mooring on the Plym in Plymouth UK. I have a youtube channel with some of my adventures documented here . It's Spring 2021, the UK is starting to come out of lockdown from Covid 19. India is looking bad. Europe is still closed. The world feels small. Sailors across the world are struggling to find countries happy to accept them, with many stranded part way through circumnavigations or exended cruising journeys. Despite this climate, Mr Tom Fisher has a new boat. A Biscay 36 named Bonny. He also has his old boat. An Elizabethan 33 called Arctic Smoke, which I have just bought! Tom documented his adventures on Arctic Smoke in a bloge here , and his youtube channel here . I've casually followed the Jester Challenge for a good few years, and that is where I first heard of Arctic Smoke. Tom completed the Jester Baltimore challenge in 2019. When I saw her on ebay in autumn 2020...

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