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    Default Seventy48

    This isn't about sailing, rather a sailor without a sailboat doing something on the water.

    This last summer I started looking at the Seventy48 as something to do.
    Last August, my wife and I, sister and brother in law were out for a leisurely paddle on Lake Alpine when I sprung the idea on them.
    My wife chimed in saying she might like to do this too. I replied, it would be like paddling our canoe on SanFrancisco Bay.
    She thought for a moment and said maybe not.

    As the afternoon wore on the idea of 70 miles in 48 hours began sinking in.
    Questions ensued. When, Where, How?
    You're freakin' nuts!

    That may be, but the plan is hatched and action will be taken.

    Our canoe is a 15 foot Wenona production boat.
    Flat bottomed and nicely shaped is fairly fast and easily driven.

    My plan is to instal a sliding rowing seat to get as much out of her as possible.
    I found a kit with a set of plans to build the seat frame and rigger from Angus Boats. (no affiliation)
    Then a pair, not matched it turns out, of old wooden sculls on craig's list. They were delaminated and in really bad shape.
    It's amazing what you can do with a bit of epoxy!

    The boat and skipper are in training, money paid, forms filed, so we are in it !!

    I'll follow with some photos and updates on progress.

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    All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it is vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.

    T.E. Lawrence

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