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he March 2019 issue was fabulous. I could not put it down until I read it completely. I’m not sure that’s ever happened to me before. I grew up boating on my father’s 40-foot Chris-Craft that he kept at the Detroit Yacht Club, where he was Commodore in 1973. I was Commodore in 1993, the club’s 125th anniversary. I’ve traveled all

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