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An Atlantic Christmas

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A cruising sailor describes spending Christmas alone while sailing across the Atlantic. Her borrowed windvane steering system broke, and she had to rig a self-steering system. A bottle of sloe gin helped to ease her homesickness.

Author: Bartlett, Julia
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 1995
Sailing, Single-handed, Single handed sailing, Christmas

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The full flavor

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A recreational sailor describes delivering a Skookum 47 from Juneau, AK, to Seattle, WA. He gained a new appreciation of nature from the Tlingit Indian who served as his crew.

Author: McKim, Doyle
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 1995
Tlingits

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