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    Jerry Richter

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    Stars in the water

    A clear, calm night at sea evokes awe Issue 100: Jan/Feb 2015 For as long as I can remember I have been obsessed by the sea. As I look back, I can see where my experiences on the sea and the lessons I...

    Jerry Richter
    May 12, 2026
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    Jerry at about age 5 in his first very own boat
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    The thread of a life

    When the self is inseparable from The Water Issue 109 : Jul/Aug 2016 The Water is always there. The Water forms a continuous thread through my life from my earliest memories to this moment. It has bee...

    Jerry Richter
    April 22, 2026
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    Sir Peter Blake: Book Review

    If you want to learn about Sir Peter Blake, who he was, what he was like, why people followed him, or anything else about what made this driven man tick, this is not the book for you. If you want to l...

    Jerry Richter
    October 1, 2005
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    A Year in Paradise: Book Review

    In Volume 6 of C.S. Forester’s Hornblower saga, the hero cuts out a captured British cutter, the Witch of Endor, in Nantes harbor to complete his escape from the bowels of Napoleonic France down...

    Jerry Richter
    October 1, 2002
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