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Navigating the Tuamotus requires floating your anchor chain to avoid bommies. Deploying balls prevents fouling ground tackle, but it's a tricky dance to keep them clear of the chain and bridle. #AnchoringTips #SailingLife #BoatLife #sailing Check out our latest video here: https://youtu.be/6i5VvRy799U In this episode of Sailing AWEN, we leave Marquesas and sail to the Tuamotus Archipelago. We make an adventure out of rainy days, learn how to float our chain, enjoy learning about bommies, and discover the most healthy, big and beautiful coral reef we have ever seen! While sailing full-time and living aboard our catamaran, we continue to learn what AWEN and her sails like and the pacific passage offers many opportunities improve. We’re sailing full-time aboard AWEN, our Outremer 52 performance catamaran, continuing our bluewater sailing journey. From offshore passages and ocean sailing to the quieter, human moments that make life afloat so meaningful, we share the real highs, challenges, and surprises of liveaboard catamaran life. #sailing #liveaboard #floatinganchor #catamaranlife #outremer52 #fulltimesailing #topsailingvideos #boatlife © Sailing AWEN

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For years, Japan has fascinated the world with its long-lived population. But what if part of that story was never just diet, exercise, or healthcare? What if it was community itself? In this Field Note, I explore a thought that has stayed with me since a gerontologist first suggested I may be documenting the last cohort of healthy Japanese super-agers. That question took me unexpectedly to the decline of Japan’s Yakult Ladies—not simply as a business story, but as a sign of something deeper changing inside Japanese society. The blog explores why routine human contact, neighborhood familiarity, and social belonging may have been just as important to healthy aging as anything nutritional. Read the full Field Note here: https://www.nevertoolateacademy.com/post/the-yakult-lady-and-the-last-cohort About me: I’m Lowell Sheppard, 71, sailor, author, and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. I’m the Founder of the Never Too Late Academy and Special Advisor to the International Forum. Through Japan Solo Field Notes, I explore aging, place, and community across Japan. #Japan #Longevity #Yakult #HealthyAging #JapanSolo #Community #Aging #JapaneseCulture #LifeLessons #SocialConnection #Healthspan

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🐾 Make a splash with your furry friend while keeping safety a top priority on the water. 🌊 #Boating #BoatingWithPets #DiscoverBoating #BoatLife

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Famed journalist and one heck of a great person, BIll Springer joined us for the very first days of sailing the spanking new G4 catamaran in the spring of 2015 around St Maarten. Foiling (or flying) at top speed of 31.9 knots! Joyous times.

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