Hi Gary,

It'll have to be happy birthday from afar from me. I'd hoped to make it sporting a new sail number but I think I'll run out of time.

Despite what everyone tells you, turning 50 is a traumatic event that will likely leave you curled up on the floor in the foetal position without hope for any kind of useful future

Luckily for you, it is a well documented fact, in respected medical journals from around the world, that sailing a catamaran will provide an almost instant cure for “post half centennial depression” leaving you with an abundance of youthful vigour at your disposal to attack the next half century.

Sail well and spare a thought for the older mono-maran sailors who will never benefit from this mystical cure!

Happy Birthday.