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    William Weigel

    William Weigel and his wife, Helen, have been cruising full-time since the fall of 2015. They have logged more than 15,000 miles, including two seasons in the Western Caribbean, returning to Maine each summer. In the fall of 2017, they sailed from the Chesapeake to the Eastern Caribbean, and in 2018 crossed the Atlantic to northern Europe. Writing is a new hobby for William.

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    From Lifelines to Liferails

    Siting solar panels led to an all-around renewal Issue 124: Jan/Feb 2019 After deciding to add rigid solar panels aboard Alembic, our 1981 Whitby 42 center-cockpit the 12-foot spans into two 6-foot sp...

    William Weigel
    January 1, 2019
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