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.
Burying the toerails - an exhilaration for sure. Ease off on the tiller and come up a bit or else ease off on the mainsheet a tad. Great shot.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with laying a rail in the water but that's a blunder there.
ReplyDeletelittle more weight on the weather wouldn't hurt either; seems the crew's comfortable - nobody's hiking out that I can see
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ReplyDeleteBuddy of mine with a 50' Vagabond with twin sticks used to love to put the rails in the water.
ReplyDeleteBurying the rail ya lose speed but its fun as hell! Man I miss my old sailing days!
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