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The List – 2011 Edition
Every spring it is time to break out “the list” – the lengthy description of the chores, repairs, upgrades and projects to get the “Ship” into “Shape” for the season. The list is generally extensive and expensive…this year is no exception. It may be your humble author’s privilege to omit Read On..
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New Sail!
The new main sail is here! We picked it up a couple of weeks ago and put it up before we left for Cuttyhunk for the weekend. It’s…beautiful. Truthfully, I had some concerns for this sail. Evenstar has in mast furling – meaning that the mainsail gets rolled up like Read On..
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Time for a New Sail
We’d sincerely hoped that the ratty old blown out hideous main sail that came with the boat would last us another season. It is ugly, but I have learned to live with that. This is not easy for someone whose last boat was a racer with sexy gold and black Read On..
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