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    Deborah Kelso

    Deborah Kelso has been sailing on Lake Simcoe for the past 16 years. She's not a racer, but enjoys her leisurely sails. She owned a Grampian 31 for 12 years and currently sails a Grampian 2-34.

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    Skating Through Winter

    For these Lake Ontario sailors, the off-season is full on. Issue 142: Jan/Feb 2022 It is February in Bluffers Park Marina in Toronto, and Lake Ontario is frozen solid. Winter in these parts can be pre...

    Deborah Kelso
    July 8, 2025
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    A Day in the Life

    Working alongside shipwrights shines a new light on hands-on. Issue 135: Nov/Dec 2020 Not long ago, as I was combing through the employment want ads, one job leaped from the page. A shop that speciali...

    Deborah Kelso
    October 19, 2020
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    Better to Stay Ahead of the Game

    The ice from the previous Canadian winter had pushed, moved, and piled up a lot of rocks, wood, sediment, and lord knows what else, in the waterway. Above water, there was no way one could tell. No wa...

    Deborah Kelso
    December 14, 2019
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