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We did rebuild Dougals windscreen on the dining room table, and later constructed a new cockpit floor there too, but rebuilding a Perkins engine in the kitchen takes things to another level :-) Respect! 😜

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Hey you two (sorry three 😂)

Wow just read your latest!

Amazing piece of writing ✍️ I love the combination of the practical element and the spiritual. Your ending today really moved me…

Please keep going as I know sometimes knuckling down to write must be a struggle and doubts must creep in for example ‘is it worth it’ etc?

It really really is worth it! As you have said there are so many blogs/vlogs etc out there that are so glamorous and make it all seem wonderful but c’mon 🤷🏼‍♂️ for me personally I don’t find them at all motivating but what you are doing and how you are writing about it IS INSPIRING!

I have a quote app that this came up with recently:

‘If only you could sense

how important you are to

the lives of those you meet;

how important you can be

to people you may never

even dream of. There is

something of yourself that

you leave at every meeting

with another person.’

-Fred Rogers

Don’t ask me who Fred is but I think this a lovely reminder to keep going when things get tough as we really never know how we are helping others even with a few words and the smallest actions.

Keep it up 👍🏻

Take care and oh P.S. have you watched ‘the bumbling sailor’ on you tube. He’s another inspiration starting with zero knowledge etc give him a look. His first video is classic anti glitz and had me hooked 😂👍🏻

Cheers

Al

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Hi Al,

what wonderful feedback, thank you! and that quote is really wonderful, thank you for sharing.

We are working very hard and trying very, very hard to get sailing soon!

Yes, we've seen some of this videos, actually telling it like it is with these old boat and in experienced sailors hahah!

Thanks, Helen

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