Just One Crew Needed
Traditionally Sunbeams were helmed by gentleman sailors with paid hands.
At the extreme, this photo has been found of Colonel Bowdler and his son, Hugh, in 1935 sailing back to Hythe
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Today many boats are sailed by husband and wife crews with the addition
of a son,
daughter
or family friend as the third-man on windier days







