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    Ken Jacobsen

    Ken’s “old-boat gene” first expressed itself when he was a teenager and he felt compelled to renovate a pre-1955 runabout.
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    A fresh bout of old-boatitis . . .

    . . . and an International Folkboat feels the love Issue 98: Sept/Oct 2014 It’s my belief that an obscure gene compels some of us to complicate our lives with elderly boats. In my case, it first appea...

    Ken Jacobsen
    June 2, 2026
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