Dick Durham

Dick Durham has been sailing for over 60 years during which time he has served on the last working Thames barge, been on the halyards of the 12 metre Victory, acted as watch leader on Gipsy Moth IV and been at the end of a lifeboat tow rope in the Bay of Biscay in a Force 10 storm. He has written six books about sailing including the biographies of the last sailing captain, Bob Roberts, yacht designer Maurice Griffiths and yachting cartoonist Mike Peyton. He writes a column for Yachting Monthly.

Dick Durham has been sailing for over 60 years during which time he has served on the last working Thames barge, been on the halyards of the 12 metre Victory, acted as watch leader on Gipsy Moth IV and been at the end of a lifeboat tow rope in the Bay of Biscay in a Force 10 storm. He has written six books about sailing including the biographies of the last sailing captain, Bob Roberts, yacht designer Maurice Griffiths and yachting cartoonist Mike Peyton. He writes a column for Yachting Monthly. See less