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# Learning the Wind
- URL: https://robertlaurente.xyz/portfolio/learning-the-wind/
- Published: 2026-09-29T11:40:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-12T01:12:46.000Z
- Author: Robert Laurente

Port Washington, Long Island. In 2024 I bought a used 1978 Catalina 22 sailboat. Never sailed, but always wanted to learn. The wonderful gentleman I bought it from was so worried that I'd never sailed that he offered to give me a lesson so I wouldn't kill myself. Thank goodness he did!