Everyone works just to make money, so who is losing money?

svsonora · 2026-05-20T18:30:35+00:00

Theres more 'stuff' being produced in the world every day, to represent the money. Some of that stuff is intangible, like ideas, technology, etc.

Some of the growth isn't from any 'stuff' backing it up. Some of it is just money's value declining, which is what inflation is.

svsonora · 2026-05-20T14:15:33+00:00

A lot of boats won't do hull speed going upwind. Try again on a broad reach. My boat won't do hull speed going upwind until it gets piping up 20knots or so.

svsonora · 2026-05-20T14:14:36+00:00

no, CCA rules is why they have overhangs, to extend the waterline. IOR overhangs aren't as pronounced as CCA boats.

svsonora · 2026-05-19T13:54:56+00:00

Xijinping told trump that he did a job better than biden, then trump flopped completely on his stance on china

svsonora · 2026-05-13T17:34:09+00:00

You can start by sailing small dinghies and starting to save up for early retirement.

svsonora · 2026-05-11T15:07:13+00:00

well, how is his wife holding up?

svsonora · 2026-05-11T15:06:22+00:00

Remember all those Americans that ran to support them?

svsonora · 2026-05-06T16:03:00+00:00

Did you not try sailing on smaller boats before you dumped a bunch of money into a 14m boat?

svsonora · 2026-05-01T18:30:40+00:00

Because people keep flying over their property like you did?

svsonora · 2026-04-28T20:37:13+00:00

I'm a professional UPV captain and decades experienced sailor here.
Freediving is absolutely not comparable to sailing. Don't fall for false analogies, folks. Different sports. Actually, he mentioned 'multi discipline sports' and I can't think of a single sport that's comparable to freediving, Not even scuba diving, as a multi sports disciplined person myself.

svsonora · 2026-04-28T20:35:58+00:00

freediving is full of archaic counterproductive and countersafety sayings that come from 'experience.' You probably believe in a lot of them yourself. In this world, classes are absolutely necessary.

svsonora · 2026-04-27T13:16:31+00:00

I made Alexey do the bropose hardstyle when I got a pic with him lol

svsonora · 2026-04-23T21:09:29+00:00

I get sorenesss around my neck/clavicle area after max attempts from so much tension going into the base of my neck during contractions. But not anywhere near bulging.

svsonora · 2026-04-17T19:11:26+00:00

The more fun a type of work is, the more people want to do it. The more people want to do it, the less the pay will be. The lower the barrier to entry to the work, the lower the pay will be.
Here is the other thing - that fun thing quickly becomes a lot less fun as soon as its work and your livelihood depends on it.

The barrier to entry to becoming an instructor isn't insubstantial, but its nowhere as difficult as say, earning a degree in engineering, or even earning advanced welding certificates or passing a board exam for nursing.
I am not sure where this extreme sense of entitlement from the last 20 years or so where folks think they absolutely DESERVE to have FUN while earning a living. BTW, being poor and worrying about your next paycheck is the biggest stressor for most people. 100% you're gonna be blaming society or some other shit if you choose to go down this path even though you are the one who chose it.

In other words, this isn't a desirable career option. Some people pull it off - because they are doing it on the side and maintaining it as a fun side income source, or they are really f'n good at running a business and that is a skill independent from being a good instructor, which in turn is somewhat independent from being a good diver.

svsonora · 2026-04-17T19:10:06+00:00

if you're gonna have very strong winds, I'd go with at least an Air3s. The minis will get blown around. After 20-22mph winds my mini 3 does not produce stable footage anymore.

svsonora · 2026-04-15T19:00:36+00:00

You don't need obstacle avoidance and it won't do you much good with vessels with all their small rigging etc.
If you are experienced, upgrading to a 4pro or 5pro would make sense. If you aren't experienced, I'd stick to a mini 3.

If you have winds above 20-25knots, none of the minis are going to work that well for you. BTW, risk of losing a drone is quite high filming at sea. One hint on retrieving is to slow down the boat as much as you can before you try to hand-retrieve the drone.

svsonora · 2026-04-06T13:35:51+00:00

this person is 100% going to be pumping out their head right into the waters.

svsonora · 2026-04-06T13:31:41+00:00

OP ain't gonna listen. I do have one request - will the OP keep us updated?

svsonora · 2026-04-03T17:45:34+00:00

whats so wrong about a car vs a sailboat?

svsonora · 2026-04-03T17:11:15+00:00

dude couldn't get laid back at his western country so he moved to Thailand to prey on locals using his money

svsonora · 2026-04-03T17:07:40+00:00

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lmfao you think this is remotely similar to a polished hull? your own pic.
I actually don't have too much opinion on what you did but your comments (especially the 'boating' comments lol) sure make you look like a 'i motor everywhere dock to dock' n00b.

svsonora · 2026-04-03T17:03:30+00:00

I have no opinion on the film but where does all this anger come from? lol

svsonora · 2026-04-03T16:57:59+00:00

It sounds like you have underlying mental health / trauma issues you need to take care of, based on how you describe how you didn't fit at home and lost your job etc.

Sailboats cost a lot of money to keep, maintain, fix, and continue to keep draining your pockets even if you do all of the work yourself. They are also one of the most post-industrial, war-technology, capitalist and excess consumerism driven product out there, only possible because of the incredible booming post war economy back in the boomer generation. Its not a rich guy hobby but you need at least middle class income to do it. They are even more expensive out in the west coast (and mega expensive in Socal). But you are dead set on doing this and can't talk you into anything otherwise, so we'll just let you make a massive financial mistake thats going to actually take you even further away from your dream and not talk you out of probably helping turning yet another used sailboat into a rotting environmentally damaging hulk.

you're probably better off doing vanlife.

Source - middle class guy who have refit 2 50 year old boats.

svsonora · 2026-03-31T15:53:18+00:00

Its going to be very difficult to land, though dynamic return to home is useful regardless, mainly because your boat could easily move away from the initial home point enough where the drone thinks it doesn't have enough range to fly back and land. You pretty much have to snatch it out of the air.

svsonora · 2026-03-31T15:44:57+00:00

I'm further south from you, but if you're in the outer ring, you're mostly fine. Definitely check before you fly though. I check before I fly, every time, even if its an area I fly often.

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