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Andy Rice DINGHIES

“One thing that remains very possible is for parents and kids to sail together”

The more different types of boat you sail, and the more different people that you sail with, the better the sailor you will become. That is a point of view, not a statement of fact. But it’s a view that chimes with me. The opposite point of view is to focus on one pursuit to the exclusion of all else. There are, for example, some lifelong Laser sailors that see no reason to venture into any other boat. They become particularly expert

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