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    Jack Owen

    Jack Owen is a freelance writer and out-of-print bookshop owner on the poor side of the lake from Palm Beach, Fla. He has crewed on corporate stinkpots and has owned/ disowned several disastrous ragbags. He is a leading contender for the newly created "Hard Aground Club" annual award for personally visiting each of the sandbars in the Lake Worth Lagoon.

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    Out, Out, Bad Pox!

    “The shock of discovering bubbles on your boat’s bottom is merely the prelude to a prolonged pain in the assets.” Boat pox, osmosis, or blisters . . . call it what you will. Most fib...

    Jack Owen
    July 17, 2019
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