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PROUDLY FLYING THE MAPLE LEAF

hank you for your article on (Classics, February), a yacht that needs no introduction to Canadians or the Ontario sailing scene. is still racing today, after being regularly upgraded over the years and kept in Bristol condition. I grew up in Toronto and watched

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