Hmmm.. I guess that question has been answered... no, bluewater, offshore passages really aren't the place to have a
dinghy on davits.
My favorite mistake was the time we snagged an illegal lobster pot
line and didn't realize it initially. We were still doing 5 knots in 8 knots of wind, down from 5.5 knots or so... but finally had to cut the lobster pot free after dragging it a good half-mile or so.
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Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Captain Malcolm Reynolds, Serenity (slightly edited)
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