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This page is plain and practical, using sailing language to register completion and regained control.

Its simplicity is part of its charm. After so many dense or revised pages, this one feels almost like a clean exhale.

A sailor's note. I just finished sheeting the third sail, now I can tack the jib anytime I want. Seamanship as a private victory, the book's voice reaching a small technical satisfaction near the end.