<?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>Sun, 24 May 2026 05:43:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/makina/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://i.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://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc1692QWn5trsLBYecSp3jKD1kzdmSESMSJ7HeFBBzQCNLfWLSaeEszfB9djCSwewgNQKz1VP6XiFrZU4dAfAGxf5KjQ4wsYz3RnSjPhwRnEBHQ2VJ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major change in the weather.]]></title><description><![CDATA[​ There had been a running gag among my friends and family. Allow me to explain. It seems it had taken my completed passage from Ontario to Halifax with my sailboat, Makina, to earn my lawyer's respect]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sailing/@novacadian/major-change-in-the-weather</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sailing/@novacadian/major-change-in-the-weather</guid><category><![CDATA[sailing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[novacadian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:43:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu79fYh1Svf3mN2MBPH8MiutMD2mvYaTcxx4AtKxkMpEZCQ1DKre88kHYEzQxxu6iKFfXckHLRT3qxBE1B2dWUERg6YncuhYaoRzF7MbPc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back aboard... even though still on the hard.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sept. 18, 2025 Finally back onboard Makina! It may have taken climbing a twelve foot ladder with her still on the hard, yet we were onboard again all the same. 😄 Tom, the Yard Owner, had invited me down]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sailing/@novacadian/back-aboard-even-though-still-on-the-hard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sailing/@novacadian/back-aboard-even-though-still-on-the-hard</guid><category><![CDATA[sailing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[novacadian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:58:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQonvFkRsaKAi9fqQ1Q2oBjHpzftMHVd2pzi3gYHXiRCthKGf6iJmYExx5RMB8QeBbevAJ5JHudkU1i2krKcKcvMPuSUpatJJiopjHhQm3ToBJ2DNKpp3iE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aug. 17 - Aug. 20]]></title><description><![CDATA[​ Aug. 17, 2025 Raised the anchor early and headed into Zwicker Wharf. The electrical problems that had plagued Makina were now narrowed down to a depleted engine battery. 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