Back in 2010, I created this slideshow using the wonderful photos of Carlo Borleghi. Enjoy!
The origin of Messing About In Sailboats
- The original quote is from Kenneth Grahame's Wind In the Willows: "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
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