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Entries in Steel & Aluminum Boats (3)
Shemali Blue: Thailand to the Isle of Man
Around this time of year, in 1997, I had the good fortune to meet a very young British sailor named Eleanor. When she boldy tapped on the hull
Kaci Cronkhite
in Steel & Aluminum Boats, Cruiser Reconnections
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Water Color as aid to navigation
There are blues and then, there are BLUES. When I sailed with another woman out of Newcastle, Australia bound for New Zealand I was glad to see the chocolate colored water of the muddy harbor turn blue. What I didn't understand on that first knarly upwind passage was that the BLUE water just beyond the intial blue had a power in it's depth that would sweep us south off our charts.
Kaci Cronkhite
in Steel & Aluminum Boats, Cruiser Reconnections, Stories from the Circumnavigation
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Steel Boats: Kim Bushnell & Puna
The boat on the far left in this photo is Puna, a 27 foot steel boat built and owned by Kim Bushnell of Nanaimo, British Columbia. I first met Kim in Cape Town
Kaci Cronkhite
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