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    Peter Thelin

    Seeing Ramona today, at top, who would think she was the same boat as the sad, moldering (but still elegant) hulk, inset, Peter found in his home marina?
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    Saved from extinction

    A Pacific 30 — possibly the last one — sails again Issue 103 : Jul/Aug 2015 Every marina has a few neglected boats. Their owners, enthusiastic at first but now distracted by daily life, have left thes...

    Peter Thelin
    May 1, 2026
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    Before her restoration, Newt was a little down at heel, main picture, but after Peter and Sue smothered her with love and fresh paint, she glowed, upper left, even when down on her lines under the launching party.
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    Irresistible Bluenose

    He was “through with boats” until . . . Issue 106 : Jan/Feb 2016 In 2003, I sold my Catfisher 28, Bullfrog, and moved ashore with my soon-to-be wife, Sue. After 15 years as a liveaboard, living ashore...

    Peter Thelin
    April 24, 2026
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