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    Rob Hoffman

    Rob Hoffman says he’s much like his own good old boats…aging and in constant need of restoration. He learned to sail from a Cuban instructor in Guantanamo Bay while in the Navy patrolling the Windward Passage during the Cuban missile crisis. He’s hooked on restoring and sailing older sailboats.

    Westerly Pageant 23 sailing
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    Ladyship: Reinventing a Westerly Pageant 23

    Ladyship started life in 1971 as a twin-keel Westerly Pageant 23, exported from England to a Westerly dealer on the lower Chesapeake Bay. She moved from there to an owner in Virginia and somehow ended...

    Rob Hoffman
    May 1, 2016
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