DARTMOUTH GIN

We’ve had a number of requests as to where sailors can find this fine gin, which has been spotted at various English south coast regattas this summer including British Classic Week and the U¦a Fox 50 event. Both events, indeed, have been supported by Dartmouth Gin, with finishers at a very hot British Classic Week rewarded by a fresh bottle as they crossed the line – the bottle presented by the distiller himself, Lance Whitehead, shown here. Lance is a lifetime sailor and the owner of the Cockwells pilot cutter, Merlin. His Dartmouth Gin was named Craft Gin of the Year 2020 and is distilled in Dartmouth, Devon, “very slowly” to produce a remarkably smooth, full-flavoured spirit. It comes in a handsome bottle, carved to depict a replica of the wrought-ironwork on St Saviour’s Church door in Dartmouth. Also available to US and other non-UK readers.

£40.50