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frenchman_in_ny
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Sailing from Berkeley to Hawaii in a 19ft Sailboat
I think a big reason why cruising sailors would remove the labels is that there's a belief that cockroaches & other bugs would lay eggs in the paper / glue [0], and having an infestation on a sailboat is then challenging to deal with while at sea.
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https://www.spinsheet.com/cruising/sailors-offer-tips-long-t...
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[0] https://www.spinsheet.com/cruising/sailors-offer-tips-long-t...