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Intuition: RBF Sailing Yacht "Intuition":

"All stock boats need some reworking to tune them into the 'one-off' ranks. . . .

"She has an excellent resource of sails. In addition to the new star-cut North spinnaker, she has a very special strong wind Hood spinnaker and a lighter weather Hild spinnaker. Her (jiffy reefing) racing mainsail and most of her full range of headsails were specially tailored for her by North Sails. She has a larger non-racing main and a number of other sails in her kit, including a self-furling Genoa.

"She is absolutely tight both above and below the waterline. Being a center-boarder, she has shoal water navigability without any loss of racing effectiveness. Her Mercedes-Benz diesel engine is very satisfactory. Have done much work below as well, such as the developing of the remote-from-danger accessibility of her safety cut-off devices on the alcohol stove, etc. . . .

"The book 'Intution,' like the sailboat 'Intution,' elucidates the fact that wind power permits humanity to participate in cosmic economics and evolutionary accommodation without in any"