🇧🇷 Me perguntam : Por que vim? Esse lugar é diferente do que imaginei, os problemas são outros, os prazeres também. Parti porque ficar não era o único caminho, parti porque o destino futuro dava sentido ao presente, parti porque foi possível, parti por isso e aquilo e por outros motivos que não sei dizer. Parti quando o barco ficou pronto o bastante e quando chegou a hora. Por que teria ficado? 🇫🇷 Ils me demandent : « Pourquoi suis-je venue ? » Cet endroit est différent de ce que j’avais imaginé, les problèmes sont différents et les plaisirs aussi. Je suis partie parce que rester n’était pas la seule solution, je suis partie parce que la destination future donnait un sens au présent, je suis partie parce que c’était possible, je suis partie pour ceci et cela et pour d’autres raisons que je ne peux pas expliquer. Je suis partie quand le bateau était suffisamment prêt et quand le moment est venu. Pourquoi serais-je restée ? 🇺🇸 They ask me: Why did I come? This place is different from what I imagined, the problems are different and so are the pleasures. I left because staying wasn’t the only way, I left because the future destination gave meaning to the present, I left because it was possible, I left for this and that and for other reasons I can’t tell you. I left when the boat was ready enough and when the time came. Why would I have stayed?

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Bandholm 26 https://www.scanboat.com/en/17331826

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This is a great buy for someone looking for a well-priced, regularly maintained 41' boat. The boat has full electronics, cockpit cushions, new mainsail in 2021, saildrive upgraded to SD60 in 2021, new bottom paint in May 2023.

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We had an interesting final sail on Peter's Firebird in the most wind I sailed in when in Barbados - we sailed with 2 reefs. Peter's friend Eric has a foiling waveboard and he wanted to foil behind the Firebird. In the end he managed it, but there was lots of falling in at the beginning. It was hard work for Peter and I as we had to start at near zero speed, so Eric could grab the tow rope, then slowly accelerate to about 7 knots so he could get ready for lift off. Then accelerate to 10 knots very quickly, so he could lift out. And then control the speed at 10-12 rather than surge up to 15-18. But of course the wind would drop, or he'd fall in or.... but, as I say, after 2 hours he did manage to fly for maybe 30 secs. Although, if we were quick enough, we could stop and heave to after he fell in, sometimes we sailed on too far and then we had to pull in the tow rope (we discovered it was too easy to get it entangled on rudders and daggerboards), tack round and sail back. As always it was scary how quickly a head disappears from view. But interestingly we could easily see him when he was in the sun, it was when he was north of us that he became invisible (one of his sons kept a very close eye on Dad, religiously pointing to his position). Flat water helped, and lots of passing day charter cats got a bit confused by seeing a swimmer apparently a mile out to sea but happily waving!

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Ethanol Free Gasoline for Sailboat Motors? #sailing #boat #shorts

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