And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The hook device mid-ships is one of the two adjustable foils, on which the hulls ride above the water. The backstory on how Jimmy Spithill figured out that the designers and computers were wrong, and then sailed to the greatest upset in sports history is an exciting read. Kudos to the sailor !
most impressive
ReplyDeleteThat rudder ( I assume that's what it is) that descends into the brine when they want to turn is fantastic.
DeleteThe hook device mid-ships is one of the two adjustable foils, on which the hulls ride above the water. The backstory on how Jimmy Spithill figured out that the designers and computers were wrong, and then sailed to the greatest upset in sports history is an exciting read. Kudos to the sailor !
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