A new venture was launched at the Royal Yacht Squadron in May, with great success. The Squadron held an exciting exhibition of marine art and members spent the weekend learning sketching techniques, and receiving lectures and demonstrations from a number of marine artists, of which I was honoured to be one.

My passion for getting right into the action when sketching the magnificent classic yachts has led me invent a ‘drawing machine’ - built of carbon fibre, containing 10 metres...