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Secret Agent Man

t was a simple craigslist ad that started all the rumpus. A guy named Milo in Belfast, Maine, listed a well-worn 1969 Tripp 29 sloop for sale for $6,000. A young acquaintance of mine, Emily Greenberg, who maintains an intriguing sailing blog at and sometimes writes for , was on it like a dog on a squirrel. Grabbing it by the neck and shaking for all she was worth.

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