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+This is the source repository for a guide to help people get started with
+robotic sailing.
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+[Read the guide here](https://robotic-sailing-intro.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boat.html),
+or [download a PDF](https://readthedocs.org/projects/robotic-sailing-intro/downloads/pdf/latest/).
+
+Contributions are welcome, please open issues or pull requests in Github.
+We'll try to review pull requests to ensure a consistent style.
+
+The guide is built using Sphinx. If you clone a local copy, you can run
+`make html` to check your changes. The `.rst` source files are written
+in [reStructuredText](http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html).