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Sails of our Lives

itting here in the no-man’s-land of winter, I’m alternating between looking back at past sailing adventures and forward to whatever awaits me this coming year. My journey down the East Coast from Marblehead, Massachusetts, to Florida last fall was a devil’s brew of gales, boat breakages, unrelenting headwinds, near-disasters and general frustration that left me quite disaffected

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