Skylark, a Beneteau First 40.7, is our club yacht. We bought her in June 2016 when she was based in Izola, Slovenia, then brought her home over the course of the 2016 Summer Programme. She's been to Croatia, Greece, Italy, Spain and France on the way home - along with countless other stops along the way.

Since arriving in the UK, she's spent time on the East and South coasts, pottering round the Solent or across the Channel, while Summer Programmes have taken her to the Norwegian Fjords, round the West Coast of Ireland, and all the way up to the Faeroes and Shetland.

Skylark has 8 berths; 2 double stern cabins, 1 double forepeak cabin and 2 salon berths. The salon area is spacious and comfy, the galley is very well equipped and she has a fantastic, large screen Raymarine navigation system. She's got a powerful diesel electric heater on board which is really useful for the winter; it heats the boat up really quickly.

The club skippers haven't had a bad word to say about Skylark's performance under sail. She's a fast boat and can easily make over 8 knots upwind in a moderate breeze. Equipped with both symmetric and asymmetric spinnakers, she also sails very well downwind. The main is slab reefing with 3 reefing points, meaning that Skylark can handle a broad range of conditions - making her a versatile boat, perfect for passage sailing.