J/109 owner Kirsty Apthorp learned how the other half sail, when she traded places with a catamaranning couple in a unique Boat Swap experience, featured in Sailing Today magazine’s January 2009 issue.

Click here to read part 1: aboard the cat.

Part 2: aboard the J-boat, is currently on sale in ‘all good newsagents’.

Subscriptions and back issues of the magazine can be ordered through the Sailing Today website, www.sailingtoday.co.uk.