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    Rocco Dryfka

    Surrounded by colorful props and reupholstered cushions, the inlaid table makes a bold impression, at left. The boat’s interior is hardly recognizable from its former state, below.
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    An inlaid table . . .

    . . . buys megayacht looks for a small outlay Issue 101 : Mar/Apr 2015 “You owe my father $175,” Carolyn told me one day when I came home from work. “What for?” I asked. “For the wood to make the boat...

    Rocco Dryfka
    May 7, 2026
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    Keel on wheels

    Two dollies make keel hauling a one-man job Issue 113: March/April 2017 When I pulled Carolyn’s Eyes, our 1984 Catalina 22, out of Chesapeake Bay in the fall of 2015, I saw at once that her retractabl...

    Rocco Dryfka
    March 30, 2026
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