Nic Compton’s obituary of Jim Lawrence, barge skipper turned sailmaker, information his largest fee, the 32,000sqft of sail on the newly refurbished four-master cruise ship Sea Cloud.
We have been aboard the vessel on her maiden cruise in 2017, from Malta to Barcelona. For a number of days there was little wind, and the vessel needed to depend on her engines.
However between Sicily and Sardinia following wind sprang up; the crew set Jim’s 30 sails, and Sea Cloud leapt ahead. Even for landlubbers, it was an expertise past description.
