{"id":24843,"date":"2015-10-15T08:42:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T06:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=24843"},"modified":"2015-10-15T08:42:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T06:42:13","slug":"sailing-the-optimist-dinghy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/15\/sailing-the-optimist-dinghy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailing the Optimist dinghy"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Today I came across a nice picture that shows the parts of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Optimist_(dinghy)\">the Optimist dinghy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/optimist-parts.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24844\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/15\/sailing-the-optimist-dinghy\/optimist-parts\/\" 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