Mainsail Yard Reinforcement

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I love it when a plan comes together. Even when it’s not my plan. So thanks to Ypke for Holland. Yes, that is his name, and no, I have no clue how to pronounce it. I’d like another vowel. But Ypke, let’s just go with YepKey, shared an idea that came from a racing barge gaff. Yup, more words that don’t make any sense. I’ll explain in the video.

Raising Sails – Part 11 – Cheek Blocks

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If you need “B” but you can get “A” and turn it into “B” you might be a sailor or a farmer. But you are likely to survive the zombie apocalypse.

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Raising Sails – Part 9 – Foresail Modifications

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Raising Sails – Part 7 – with Erik d’Alliy

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That is the fight. If you want to live, you have to move. I think that is the key. If you sit still, have a job, you go there every day, eat, sleep, you work, nothing changes; ….you’re dead. You’re dead, I think. – Eric d’Alliy