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“The Alma is the only boat in the San Francisco National Maritime Historical Park collection that has gone sailing on a regular basis. So it gets a lot more attention. You know, people take care of it, they’re interested in it, it gets a lot of volunteers...
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“When it comes to Rolex Big Boat Series, I said, here I am, I’m going to race this thing. Susan Ruhne, who’s the chair of the Big Boat Series said, why don’t you find five other boats like this and show up? I went and called Terry Klaus and he said,...
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“My dad was a sailor. We had the Bird Boat about 30 years. Sunda was my second boat and when I saw her, the stern captured your breath practically, it was just like the boat built by my great grandfather, the first Marconi rigged boat on the West Coast. I had...
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“At the age of 18, I confessed that I really would love to do wooden boat building. I was trained by people like John Linderman and Halden Chase. Because of that, I was able to start a school in Sausalito, the Arquez school. The minute I got the job people said...
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“When we were looking for a boat to buy, Stan Honey said that before you buy a wooden boat, you’ve got to talk to this guy Wayne Heddle. And so I called up Wayne. He said David Crosby doesn’t want to sell the boat. His parents, his wife, and his accountant...
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“This brings us to Freda, many people said that I could restore Freda. They felt confident, including Harold Sommers. What we did initially. We pulled off some planks, and I realized that the frames, the deck and even the cabin were shot. I broke a piece off...
