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    Jeremy McGeary

    Jeremy McGeary, expat Brit, charter skipper, naval architect, writer, editor, translator, naturalist, and Don Street amanuensis, was the brilliant go-to for a host of marine enterprises, including Cruising World, Practical Sailor, the American Sailing Association, and Good Old Boat, where he was senior editor until his death in 2019.

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    The Sea Is Not Full: Book Review

    Many a young scion of Maine’s summer people has enjoyed a boyhood spent messing about in boats, and the experience has no doubt caused some to drift off their expected career course. That seems to hav...

    Jeremy McGeary
    August 1, 2018
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    Chasing Silver in a Good Cause: The Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta

    About 27 years ago, a group of sailors at Yankee Point Marina, off the Rappahannock River in Virginia, decided that a sailboat race in November would make a fine climax to the sailing season. Some of ...

    Jeremy McGeary
    July 1, 2017
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    Distance to the Horizon

    May 2012 Landfalls with Bull’s-Eye Precision From how far away can you see a lighthouse from the deck of your boat? Well, it depends. It depends on the height of the lighthouse above sea level, ...

    Jeremy McGeary
    May 1, 2012
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