If you didn’t know who Barney was, you’d mistake him for a surfer, with his long blonde hair, blue eyes, tan and laid-back apparel. If you’ve been around classics long enough, you’ll have come across him somewhere, either in Britain or at the big regattas, as he’s trodden the waterfronts of many a far-flung location, like the Antigua Classic or the French ‘voiles’. Despite the surfer looks, he’s a pretty big name in boat brokerage, and has sold hundreds of classics over the years, including some of the most famous yachts in the world, like Fife’s schooner Altair. His brokerage, Sandeman Yacht Company, is based in the pretty old part of Pool, Dorset, just a few hundred yards from the sea, and from the front, it looks like a nice,…
