it appears that Sir Paul McCartney enjoys sailing, and recently spent that time on a Sunfish! he’s down in Rio for some concerts, and took a break to go and sail on the Bay Guanabara, near the beach in Urca.
here comes the sun[fish] and I say it’s alright
little darling, it seems like years since it’s been here
I first saw the article over at the Sunfish Forum, that linked to this article (English translation). both photos are from that article.
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this post is for tillerman‘s writing project of the month – please please me, with direction to blog about something with a post title using the name of a song by the Beatles, and have it be more or less related to your blog. after seeing photos of one of the Beatles sailing in a Sunfish, how could I not enter this as my submission? stop by tillerman‘s blog – Proper Course – for frequent updates from other bloggers who post something about the Beatles.
my2fish: a blog about sunfish sailing 
after consulting The Google, it seems that tillerman himself has covered Sir Paul sailing a Sunfish before – maybe Paul has a fondness for the Sunfish?
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and yet more from tillerman about sir paul and the sunfish – world’s most expensive sail
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and Captain JP contributed way back as well: celebrity sailing
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ha! I knew I’d read about Sir Paul and his proclivity for using a Sunfish as a pick-up vehicle somewhere before!
Personally, TQ & I took a Sunfish out for a short spin together last weekend – and I have to admit that I still think that if we wanted to start doing a lot of sailing together, we might want to think about a bigger boat. It’s technically a 2 person boat, but those 2 people have to like each other very much, and neither of them can be very big! 😀
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bonnie – I agree that it’s pretty cramped with 2 people. bottom line – don’t sail with people you don’t like!
keep me posted if you upgrade to something a bit larger, I’ll be curious what you decide on.
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the sunfish Sir Mccartney is sailing is my boat in Rio de Janeiro! He is a fan of the sunfish boat and when he came to Rio he asked if there were any sunfish in Brazil, since that´s the only boat he sails!
Best Rgds,
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[…] photos from this Sunfish sailing session of Sir Paul’s down in Rio before at my blog post: here comes the sun[fish] – I didn’t realize there was video of it until recently I saw this video posted on the […]
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I think that is Ringo inspecting the mast step.
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BTW, great site! Thanks!
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Thanks for reading! And commenting, too!!
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[…] blogged about Paul’s sailing fondness for the Sunfish before here and […]
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