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Boat Life

How an Angle Grinder Saved Our Boat and Possibly Our Lives

Battling storms in an idyllic bay

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Sep 18, 2025
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Life at anchor can turn in an instant. That afternoon in Villefranche-sur-Mer, teamwork, calm heads, and one unlikely power tool kept us — and our boat — from catastrophe.

A Warning in Paradise

Living on the seas teaches you to respect the forces of nature; to stay alert and ready to respond to save your boat and your life at any time. One day in August in the idyllic bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, Richard and I stepped up as the perfect team to fight for our boat and our safety

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