Trevor Martin recalls a test voyage that taught him almost all he needed to know for the next 20 years of sailing. My first test voyage onboard my boat Draken was, to say the least, quite a rude awakening. So, armed with the knowledge ‘go eight miles off Portland, it can get a bit wavy’, I set off for my test voyage. As I awaited my turn, I wondered why a West Bay harbourmaster would have a large-scale chart of Lyme Regis on his wall. Want to read more articles like this story of one reader’s disastrous test voyage ?