Hard to Say Goodbye to Old Friends
Have you ever had to absolutely throw away a piece of sailing gear because it was so useless? We’re not the most sentimental types, but recently it was hard for us to throw away a bit of terribly frayed 3/4-inch three-strand because . . . well because it had been with Profligate for nearly 20 years, through rough times and calm times, too. It was like saying goodbye to an old friend.
There have even been cases where we continued to use misshapen, frayed and slightly torn sails even though we had a shiny new replacement. We didn’t want to say goodbye.
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