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    Donald Bodemann

    Don is a certified ASE Master Auto Technician and an amateur musician (bass and 6-string guitar) who also designs, builds, and flies giant-scale radio-controlled model airplanes and has a private pilot's license. Flying got expensive, so he bought a Sunfish, then an O'Day 17, then a Catalina 22, then a Hunter 27, then a Hunter 33.

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    Big Beds On Small Boats

    Spoil yourselves and get a really good night’s sleep while aboard Have you ever wondered what you have to do to get a boat with a decent-size bed? My wife, Cheryl, and I searched for six years f...

    Donald Bodemann
    July 17, 2019
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