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    Cyndi Perkins

    Cyndi Perkins, a longtime Lake Superior sailor, has completed two America's Great Circle Loops with her husband, Scott, aboard their 32-foot Down East sailboat, Chip Ahoy. The longtime nautical writer's first novel, More Than You Think You Know (Beating Windward Press), debuts in 2016.

    Even when Cyndi and her husband, Scott (standing on the right), far left, owned her, Barracuda was rebellious, though she taught Cyndi to sail, near left. A previous owner had been Gerry Speiss, above and below left, who was famous for sailing east across the Atlantic in his homebuilt 10-foot plywood boat. His wife, Sally, sent the photos of Gerry and of Barracuda in her unmistakable tan livery, at right.
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    BARRACUDA’S last breakout

    A sailing legend puts a wayward boat’s demise in perspective Issue 106 : Jan/Feb 2016 “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” –Buddha In June 2013, at about...

    Cyndi Perkins
    April 27, 2026
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    Barracuda’s Last Breakout

    A sailing legend puts a wayward boat’s demise in perspective In June 2013, at about the time the remains of a century-old Lake Superior shipwreck, the freighter Henry B. Smith, were discovered 30 mile...

    Cyndi Perkins
    January 1, 2016
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    Sail with Me: Book Review

    Inspiring self-reliance marks this debut memoir by sailor, artist, marine mechanic-electrician and singlehander Rebecca Burg, who in the 1990s swapped life ashore in West Bend, Wisconsin, for the Key ...

    Cyndi Perkins
    October 1, 2014
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    An Illustrated Cruising Guide to the Great Loop Inland Waterway: Book Review

    Managing the Waterway authors Mark and Diana Doyle were intercepted by inland waterway patrols for “suspicious behavior” aboard their 22-foot pilothouse C-Dory while creating this new and improved add...

    Cyndi Perkins
    December 1, 2010
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