Tory triumph turns tide?
Hopes were high that the 1992 General Election win for the Conservatives on April 9 would turn the economy away from the damaging recession.
Among the industry figures polled on the subject by BB, Peter Thomas of Westerly. Robert Braithwaite of Sunseeker, Richard Belfrage of Nautech, IvanSteele of Aqua-Marine and Paul Redwood of International Paint, all expressed cautious optimism.

The Recreational Craft Directive was working its way gradually through the bureaucracy over in Brussels and the European Economic Area had just been given the go-ahead to come into effect on January 1 1993.

Whyte & Mackay was congratulated on its sponsorship of the Clyde Regatta and the Solent Points Championship…

An industrial tribunal decided Brian Axford and Malcolm Bainbridge had been unfairly dismissed by Hood Sailmakers and – also in Lymington – the town was shocked to hear that MD Robert Hill was to take Brookes & Gatehouse (B&G) to Romsey.

Finally, one Matthew Sheahan left Proctor Masts to become technical editor of Yachting World.