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Jess Lloyd-Mostyn

Well no actually. From spontaneous pot-lucks to rallies, race crews to drinks at the bar after, those of us involved in sailing know first-hand just what a friendly and welcoming world the cruising community truly is. And no practice exemplifies this better than the idea of ‘buddy-boating’.

‘Once we all made landfall in different spots in the Pacific there were joyous reunions’

It’s an expression we first heard from American friends of ours, keen to have company

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