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Wow - we were in St. Peters on Cape Breton when she was driven ashore by Hurricane Earle, had dinner with the crew.
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She is a self built, dory hull, junk rigged boat. Entertainingly independent couple.

When we arrived in St. Peters (having sat out hurricane Earle in Harbor Breton in Newfoundland, a boat had been driven ashore in the anchorage on the Bourgeois Inlet. It was Easy Go. They had just come in ahead of the storm, anchored in bad holding and got drive ashore. Were invited to dinner with a group that included Bob and Kathy, the owner and wife. No big deal he said, fix her and refloat. They had been up and down the Atlantic seaboard a few times, and had sailed from Florida or the Bahamas straight through to Cape Breton, something like 35 days at sea. I wonder what actually happened. In the coast guard narrative, it just says he lost his main sail. Bob seemed a little too tough and resourceful (if unconventional) to let a lost mainsail be that big a deal. I don't think the boat has an engine.

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