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Pacific passage
“So hope for a great sea change on the far side of revenge. Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.” These mental images of the sea by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney explore themes of struggles and hope. My husband, Gerry, and I left Dubli
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Fiberglass Gleam Team
One of the best dollar-for-dollar values in boat ownership is the $20 or so it costs for a bottle of wax to keep gelcoat ingood shape. Gelcoat is nothing more than a base of vinyl or polyester resin impregnated with a colorant. Gelcoat lacks the stre
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Wake-Up Call
I was comatose in the amidships master stateroom of a 38-foot motorsailer, lulled to sleep by the gentle lapping of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. The combination hit me like a jab and a cross, startling me awake: voices and the whine of an engine,

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