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    Dick Dixon

    A chilly and stiff northerly wind set the tone as the Good Old Boat Regatta fleet beat out of the lee of downtown St. Petersburg and toward the weather mark.
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    Midwinter frolic

    Good old racing on Tampa Bay Issue 81 : Nov/Dec 2011 Every sailor knows the place to be in January is on a modern high-tech sailboat at Key West Race Week. While that may be true for the hired guns on...

    Dick Dixon
    June 26, 2026
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    A low-aspect, well-balanced sail plan enables the Pearson 365 ketch to stand up in a blow, above. Lindsey Sailors, at left, and her husband, Don, command their Schurr Thing from an elevated custom swiveling helm seat.
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    Pearson 365 ketch

    The boat Bill Shaw designed for himself Issue 101 : Mar/Apr 2015 When 33-year-old Don Sailors initially purchased Schurr Thing, 1976 Pearson 365 hull #38, he may have realized he was buying a proven a...

    Dick Dixon
    May 8, 2026
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