OPTIMISTA (the original OPTIMIST – winner of the 1967 and 1968 One Ton Cups) is featured in the current issue of GOOSE magazine. Vielen Dank to the journalist and Editor of GOOSE, Detlef Jens. GOOSE is an oversized, beautifully produced German magazine with fascinating features on maritime life all over the world. And written in both German and English. Current issue? The funky Thames Traditional Boat Festival…Le Tour Du Monde: a famous sailors’ bar in Brest…a wooden cargo ship being built in the Costa Rican jungle….the aristocratic, pre WWI metre yachts…and OPTIMIST, impeccably restored and now for sale. Click below to read:




