Basics for Sailors

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2BonC
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Basics for Sailors

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Some very interesting definitions concerning the maritime life were discovered in a small German "Sailors Dictionary". I found it worth to be translated , have a look at this extract:

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:D :D
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:D :D :D
Very good!

My father once said that “a sailboat is the most expensive way to go 3rd class.”
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"A gentleman never sails to windward."
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having read that book "a gentleman never..."

Its funny how often we do. 8)
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