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Don’t Flog, Just Reef

“Why didn’t he point the boat into the wind to raise/lower the main to avoid tangling in the lazyjacks?”

Ah, the comments section on YouTube. Normally maybe not the most productive place to spend an afternoon, but today it’s inspired me.

James the Sailor Man, solo Alberg 30 sailor of YouTube fame, joined me on our passage to Greenland last summer, and in January 2024 his five-part video series, which wonderfully documents sailing on our Farr 65 , went

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