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Thanks for sharing this interview. I've seen about 10 minutes so far and I'm hooked. I just love learning about lives that are/were so different to mine.

I see no reason why most of the sail work couldn't be automated and motorized.

Rigid wingsails make more sense than tall ships, unless you are looking for nostalgia.

aargh - this is a step in the expansion of humanity on a planet divided by vast oceans, a way of life, adventure and the actual elements of air, water and sun..

a union rule book is .. what? boring!

It's a nice case of how anything can be 'just a job' to the people doing it, at which point the people doing the work really want safety at work, even if to outsiders it looks like an adventure.