<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:58:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/janis/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Holidays!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Best of the Season from the Captain and Crew of the Makina! ​May the wind be at your back! ------- A listing of my sailing posts: -------]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sailing/@novacadian/happy-holidays</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sailing/@novacadian/happy-holidays</guid><category><![CDATA[sailing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[novacadian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 19:12:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu79fYh1Svf3mN2MBPH8Jtov39jhTrY94QRzp6bJrGknXypbzq2QD4rmv64esGUrt2DwoJAYTPmc3S79Lhc5Yb1EmvCa5iuz7DkKJLYrkW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visiting Makina and other waiting chores]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oct. 30, 2025 Today was the first time that Klaus Schwab's famous line, of owning nothing yet being happy, rang home to me. It was when starting up an hourly rental from CommunAuto; who had recently made]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sailing/@novacadian/visiting-makina-and-other-waiting-chores</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sailing/@novacadian/visiting-makina-and-other-waiting-chores</guid><category><![CDATA[sailing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[novacadian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:58:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eK7ELNZaAYKmMGaavY6F96t7vnDXuK9UedL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Landlubbin']]></title><description><![CDATA[With Makina on the hard we turned to the landlubber's life, staying in Halifax at my Daughter and Son-In-Common-Law's place. 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