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The Boating Magazine for Coastal New England Volume 12 Number 6 September 2009 F E AT U R E S
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Strider’s surf ’n turf science show
It’s been that kind of summer.
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They say land is a greater threat to sailors than the sea. We challenged both in the name of science and still somehow came up aces. By Roger Long
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Critical cruising gear.
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Sailing for science.
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Penelope gets a new wheel.
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Muscobe makeover The author wanted a long-term home away from home, so he had his lobsterboat cruiser redesigned and rebuilt from the inside out. By Joel Gleason LAST WORD
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Penelope gets a 40th birthday gift What I really wanted was a 19th-century castiron wheel like what you’d find on a schooner or a Friendship sloop in the golden age of working sail. By W.R. Cheney
Points East September 2009
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