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    Intentional Grounding: Grounding a Sailboat for Repairs

    March 10, 2015January 26, 2019

    The need to replace Sunshine’s stuffing box (the seal between the propeller shaft and the hull), coupled with our reluctance to give away money and Tom’s guiding principle: Become Utterly Independent, resulted in our pulling off a maneuver that was dubbed “cooler than ice cream.”  This article is part of a three part series: Intentional…

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    • Nancy Bartlett
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        • Freedom 30/32 Layout and Specifications
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