Why trading your boat in for something smaller can make your sailing more fun

Looking for a smaller boat and to change the way you sail? Andrew Bray shares his downsizing journey

Downsizing. It’s what you do when your children leave home or when you retire. You decide to move to a smaller house and buy a smaller car. It’s also what many sailors do. That ocean-crossing 40 footer is never going to make a suitable boat for short cruises or daysailing, the cost apart, so are you just going to get something the same only smaller? Or make a radical change in the way you sail?