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bag made up and mounted by the mainsheet reference base, and can act quickly and appropri-
winch. Coiling braided line by the conventional ately when they need to. What we call “surveying” is
clockwise method results in twists that don’t really just a formal exercise in noticing things. So get
come out. formal for your surveys, but consider living every
day by another of Ms. Holman’s maxims: “Feel, rat-
Sailing Is Surveying tle, pull, knock, and touch absolutely everything.”
The best sailors notice things: wind patterns on the
water, how an engine sounds, the shape of a sail, the
shape of a cloud. By noticing, they have a greater

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