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While Urchin lay in their yard, they could admire her and understand why the CDory 22 has such a fervent following around the country.
the trailer wheels disappeared from view. “Pull forward again,” she said. “OK, straighten it out. Now straight back. About three more feet till the wheels touch water.” Last fall, on pulling Urchin for the winter, we backed the trailer down that same ramp into the water, positioned the boat, and cranked it up with the winch to the front of the trailer. Then Leslie pulled out the wheel blocks, I stepped on the brake, and I put the truck into drive to ease her up the ramp. My foot on the brake pedal went to the floor, the truck started backwards, and my pulse and adrenaline shot off the chart. “No brakes!” I yelled, but luckily truck, trailer and boat started up the ramp as I gave it the gas and we didn’t slide inelegantly and humiliatingly down the ramp backwards into Smith Cove. Richard, our local car mechanic, snow-plower and town selectman was working on some moorings
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