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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    Thank you Tom P for the correct answers. Skip and Mary Etchells won the Star Worlds Championship in 1951, Mary the only woman ever to...
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    Thank you Ants! I'm sorry, but neither answer is correct. I know there are reticent SSS members out there that know the answers. Time...
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    Dear Jackie, Macapuno is not a sea story or a way to sail faster to Hawaii. Macapuno is Marianne's coconut ice cream, a prize for...
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    Sea Stories of first hand encounters told at Capitola Boat Club. You chose from: TICONDEROGA v. STORMVOGEL in the '65 Tranpac...
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    If considering a race to Hawaii, or Pacific passage, I can likely benefit your Transpac fun, speed, and safety by sharing experience...
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    sleddog replied to the thread Wanted Cal 40 spinnaker pole or tube section.
    My belief is a #3 on a pole with a #2 to leeward would be dogmeat slow. Any wung-out sails, to be efficient, need to be 1.5 oz nylon or...
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    sleddog replied to the thread Wanted Cal 40 spinnaker pole or tube section.
    Would politely suggest your spare pole be longer than "J" of 15.17' by 1.5 -2' This allows the backup pole to be used effectively as a...
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    I should also mention that yesterday, Feb. 26th , was also Commodore's 93rd birthday. Happy Birthday, Good Sir!
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    Congrats to Commodore, Eric, and ? on completing their winter passage this morning from SF Bay to Honolulu onboard 39' FLASHGIRL in the...
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    A knee replacement is quite similar to prepping and setting off on an ocean passage. Preparation includes rigging CBC for safety...
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    Ironic after hundreds of thousands of miles at sea, including Rounding Cape Horn 89 years ago, Commodore Tompkins aboard his Wylie39...
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    IYC pier is level, and back on its pilings! Still work to do, as the pier ultimately needs to be affixed securely to the pilings so it...
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    After a final night fighting light winds off the Brittany coast, Charlie Dalin, the French skipper of MACIF Santé Prévoyance crossed the...
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    Proceeds to Inverness YC Junior Program. Plan on sailing high latitudes, Southern Ocean, NW Passage, or Salish Sea in winter? I have...
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    sleddog replied to the thread New Boat 4 Sled.
    A current photo, Wed. 1/8/25, before IYC pier gets moved west 1 foot to its previous location atop cement pilings. All work is being...
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