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Andy & Lisa Batchelor

The Six Senses of Sailing

How to Use Your Senses to Enhance Your Sailing Skills

Enhance your sailing skills by engaging all six senses—sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste, and intuition—to navigate, troubleshoot, and fully experience life on the water.

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