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Rolland Trowbridge
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100 miles from shore is about right.
No Kings Cordova, AK
June 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
When your grandkids ask you what you did during this time, who were you when this was happening - how can you be the one supporting this guy? Did you do everything you could to prevent the destruction? Who are you now?
February 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
February 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
All your base are mine.
January 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
South Africa is not sending their best
January 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Pekka Kauppila truly lived. I am grateful I got to meet him in Nome. He makes me hope for an afterlife where we can talk for hours about the sea. meriaura.fi/inmemoriam-p...
January 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The trusty Volvo has followed us for more than 20 years.
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January 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
6. Everyone you have trouble with will start the problems immediately; you are just not paying attention.

January 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
5. If you do not give more than you get, you will never get more than you have.
January 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
4. The more someone talks, the dumber they get. Conversely, many talkers are better listeners than you - so beware.
January 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
3. With all due respect means that the person talking does not respect you, and you are about to hear an asshole talk.
January 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
2. If someone asks you something that could be answered with just a yes or no and turns it into two questions, it means they don't really need the answer and are just challenging the concept of having to ask you a question in the first place.
January 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
My five random rules about people. #6 I have to learn over and over. What are yours?🧵 :

1. When someone says something like "I don't mean to be a baby, but . . . ." that is precisely what they are about to do.
January 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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January 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The six important things for sailing:

There are only six:

Keep the water out.
Keep the crew on the boat.
Keep the keel side down.
Keep the mast up.
Keep the rudder on.
Keep the keel on.

John Harries - Attainable Adventure Cruising
January 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Thinking about generational trauma. Whoever did this photo, perfection.
December 22, 2024 at 1:48 AM
First picture: 18 years ago our sailboat Precipice with our 1981 Volvo in Muskegon, Michigan. Second Picture: Same sailboat and same Volvo 3000 miles away in Cordova, Alaska. Third Picture: Much older couple
November 16, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Northwest Passage 2009
November 15, 2024 at 11:01 PM