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    Mary Maynard Drake

    Frank Fitzhenry’s license plate, above, depicts the signal flags “S” and “H,” for Safety Harbor, Florida, the town where he keeps his boat. His Watkins 29 sloop, at left, is one of the few sailboats registered as a U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary patrol boat. He uses it to teach his boating safety students about aids to navigation, knotwork, and such.
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    Watkins 29

    A boat specially suited to Florida’s shallow waters Issue 36 : May/Jun 2004 Frank Fitzhenry, of Clearwater, Florida, owns a sailboat on the west coast of Florida that is an official U.S. Coast Guard O...

    Mary Maynard Drake
    September 8, 2026
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