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The sun peeked out and brought wind to the 2010 Whidbey Island Race Week just as the Mark Whitman Band blew into town to entertain the 500+ sailors. After a day of drifters and a shortened race program on Monday, Tuesday provided much close racing and enough breeze to put the event back on schedule….a happy day! Mount Gay Rum and others sponsored the evening’s party featuring the Mark Whitman Band and free drinks…..now that’s a combination for tired sailors...
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I found TruPlug at the Catalina Yachts Rendezvous at Two Harbors on Catalina Island last weekend!
I went over on the Catalina Express from San Pedro to Two Harbors on a cloudy morning. 0800 departure. Arrival at Two Harbors at 0915 was uneventful and the activites on shore for the Rendezvous were in full swing. Gerry Douglas was meeting with the various fleets and Sharon Day was working with registration and event planners to make the entire event a success.
Mr. and Mrs. Butler were...
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Friday night beer can racing in Milwaukee has been great this summer! Nice wind and beautiful weather. All boats are JAM ( jib and main only ) so whisker poles are a must! Here is a picture of Bill Mosher playing catch up with the...
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Gesture was built in 1942 at the Quincy Adams yard in Boston. She was hidden during WW-II and was re-launched after the war ended and won the Bermuda race multiple times in the 1950's. Came to the west coast in the mid 1970's on her own bottom via the Panama Canal and has "lived" in Newport Beach ever since.
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