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    William Koehne

    Bill Koehne and David Jolly met while volunteering at the local community theater and quickly became friends. As co-owners of Kindred Spirit, they enjoy bringing their 1985 Bayfield cutter to better-than-original condition and sailing the waters of Lake Michigan.

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    Going Sideways

    What started as a joke between sailing partners became a transformational DIY bow thruster project Issue 149: March/April 2023 David Jolly and I are partners on Kindred Spirit, a 1985 Bayfield 32C tha...

    William Koehne
    March 2, 2023
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