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Racing  7 other A30's on the Magothy river with a crew from Canada.  Alberg weather on Sunday and a fantastic weekend, despite tearing out a winch base. 

10 boat Raft down on Tilghman Creek for Labor Day . finally got to sail my Dyer Dhow alongside a newly restored El Toro


> On Sep 23, 2015, at 1:05 PM, Stephen gwyn via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Enough with the grouching about through-hulls and
> horror-stories about cranes dropping boats. What
> did everybody get up to this summer?
> 
> My highlights include:
> 
> Sailing almost every day of the summer cruise. Only
> using the engine to get in and out of anchorages and marinas,
> Only one day was a long motor. This almost never happens
> in the Pacific Northwest, the winds often very light.
> 
> Anchoring in the warm, gin-clear water of Tribune Bay
> on Hornby Island. Swimming in the warm, gin-clear water
> This also almost never happens in the Pacific Northwest. The
> water is mostly freezing.
> 
> Drinking cold, gin-clear gin in the cockpit, watching the
> sunset in Lyall Harbour. Admittedly, this
> happens relatively often in the Pacific Northwest.
> 
> The Atomic 4 fixing itself over the course of the cruise.
> 
> Passing a 10m Farr-design in one of those informal
> not-really-a-race-we-just-happen-to-be-going-in-the-same-direction-but
> we-are-both-paying-a-lot-more-attention-to-the-sails-than-if
> we-were-just-cruising races.
> 
> SG
> 
> 
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