I've followed Leo Sampson ("Hi, I'm Leo. I'm a boatbuilder and a sailor") since the beginning in 2017. And supported his endeavours.
It's a great story. He's now put out around 300 vids, about 100 hours, so there's a bit of watching right there.
Don't have the time? Leo has put out a "7 Years timelapse" which is around 17 minutes and has 11 Million views.
We all wish him and his crew fair winds and fine sailing. He's going to be in the U.K. well before the 2027 Fastnet race that she'll race in, one century after she entered the third Fastnet in 1927. Which she won!
Leo is a wonderful carpenter and sailor. It's been such a pleasure watching the progress of the build over all these years, to see the people he's had in his life and who have helped the massive rebuild of this classic yacht.
A comment from today's vid:
14 minutes into the video, after hearing you guys sing, I realise there are moments in sailing — and this is one — where you are experiencing the thrill of your life being pared down to its most symbolic form :There you guys are, grains of dust in the immensity of the world, conscious of the fleeting nature of existence, and paradoxically feeling that, at this moment there is nothing more suitable than to assert the brazen evidence that you are alive and as such and for this moment, possess something the universe cannot take away from you.This is beyond the thrill ; it is happiness in its most immediate and fulfilled form. I join the community in wishing you guys more such blessings.
