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    Lewis Keizer

    A borrowed lawn and a calm day provide the ideal setting for socking a spinnaker. Lay out the sock and the spinnaker, concertina the sock, and attach the head of the folded spinnaker inside the head of the sock. Pull the sock ring to enshroud the sail, then stuff the sock into the bag so the head and clews go in last.
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    Pitch the pole

    Fly and douse a standard spinnaker like a gennaker Issue 75 : Nov/Dec 2010 People are selling their little-used symmetrical spinnakers and replacing them with expensive cruising gennakers that can be ...

    Lewis Keizer
    July 13, 2026
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    The Baja Ha-Ha fleet departs Turtle Bay at the start of the second leg of the rally, at top. Lewis lets Legacy ’s autopilot do the work while he catches some shade, at right.
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    Mexico-bound in company

    Rallying to the call of the Baja Ha-Ha Issue 80 : Sept/Oct 2011 Richard Spindler, founding editor of California’s regional sailing magazine, Latitude 38, has led his annual Baja Ha-Ha rally from San D...

    Lewis Keizer
    June 29, 2026
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    The Dewire Guide to Lighthouses Of the Pacific Coast, 2nd Edition: Book Review

    Why haven’t lighthouses faded into obsolescence like RACON and LORAN? Because everybody loves lighthouses, and Elinor DeWire shows us why — not just tells, but shows, with attractive full-color and ar...

    Lewis Keizer
    June 1, 2010
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