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 GOOD
BYE DEAREST SMART ALEC
In the
midst of a busy spring, we have had to say our final
good-bye to Smart Alec.
He left us on Monday, May 13, just a few days prior to
his 14th birthday. We are imeasurably saddened and
have a gaping hole in our lives.
See
Alec's Page
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 Emseralde Gets Ready for Summer 2008
We're getting ready for a big year, as this will be
another Newport-Bermuda Race for us, double-handed once
again. She splashed on Wednesday, April 23 at New
England Boat Works,
and she'll be ready to sail in another week or two.
Can't wait!
 At left, ESMERALDE gets a new bottom at Waterline
Systems in Portsmouth.
She'll be out of the shed by April 12. After a few
more days on the hard, she'll splash and get her rig,
and we then begin the rather lengthy process of
commissioning for the race.
Below, ESMERALDE is stripped down on March 21, ready
for the truck ride over the bridge and up to Portsmouth,
RI where some bottom work will be done and final prep
before launching.
Below, a reminder of last summer's wonderful summer
cruise in Maine. Dorsey & Alec row ashore in the early morning
light at Round & McGlathery Islands in Merchants Row.
Under spinnaker at Owls Head, Penobscot Bay
by photographer Andrew Sims,
www.wavelengthstudios.com.
(Andrew, we'll purchase this when we get home!)
Buckle is
one of Alec's favorite spots also. Here he enjoys
the evening view towards Deer Isle.
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ESMERALDE
is back in the fall sailing magazines.
See her in the September Cruising World,
p. 31, or 
