Retired from newspapers and television, currently sailing Thelonious II, a 1984 Ericson 381.
As owners, we must be attuned to complaints. Some are challenging, such as, "Can we talk about me, instead of the boat?" Others we take in stride, as, "My cousin's Hunter 46 has a bedroom." When guests complain about heeling over we promise that the boat will always return to upright, an effect caused by the counterweight of the keel blah blah blah. But logic doesn't always work. And indeed, David Hume maintained that cause and effect itself is a bucket of swill. All we have is...
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