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    Paul Denton

    The sewing machine used when making the sails also proved useful during the voyage.
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    The first 10,000 miles

    Lessons learned by a would-be circumnavigator Issue 66 : May/Jun 2009 Choosing and equipping your voyaging boat is all about compromise. Among other considerations, you have to balance initial costs, ...

    Paul Denton
    July 30, 2026
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    Components of Sailrite sail kits are computer cut, including the corner reinforcement patches, above. Isaiah Grant (the third generation of the Grant family to enter the business) is shown here laying out the panels for a genoa.
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    A new wardrobe for Blue Stocking

    A determined amateur builds a suit of sails for his ketch Issue 67: July/Aug 2009 I spent about three years, from 2003 to 2006, getting my Whitby 42 ketch, Blue Stocking, ready for extended voyaging. ...

    Paul Denton
    July 28, 2026
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