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As a child I learned seamanship in a little rowing boat on the windward side of a small island

26 octobre 2021 · 6 min · 6K vues · Gothenburg

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Sven Yrvind learned basic seamanship as a child by rowing a small boat between his family’s island home and a local food shop near Gothenburg, Sweden.0:57 His early training required mastering knot-tying and swimming 50 meters.1:05 During the 1940s, his mother operated a small powerboat to commute daily from the island to Gothenburg for work, eventually earning a navigation license in 1949.3:58 The family relied on local fishermen for fresh seafood and used driftwood-heated water for laundry.3:02 Yrvind’s early education was interrupted by severe corporal punishment from teachers due to undiagnosed dyslexia, which led his mother to enroll him in a boarding school eight hours away by train.5:40 These formative years on the water established his lifelong focus on small-boat navigation and self-reliance.4:51

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