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	<title>Adrift at Sea &#187; Sailing</title>
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	<description>Dan’s Blog about Sailing on a Telstar 28 named Pretty Gee, Friends, Family, Photography, Security, Technology, and other things.</description>
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		<title>Cruising on s/v Slight Breeze</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/07/21/cruising-on-sv-slight-breeze/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/07/21/cruising-on-sv-slight-breeze/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cruising]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[o'day 302]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[s/v slight breeze]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, I head down to Connecticut for the annual summer cruise on my friend&#8217;s boat s/v Slight Breeze for a nine-day cruise. This will be the second year I am participating in his summer cruise. He asked me along last year when one of his normal crew, and the only other sailor in the crew, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sailing Videos</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/07/14/sailing-videos/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/07/14/sailing-videos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[s/v pretty gee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sv Felix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=1034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t posted any sailing videos in a while, so I thought I&#8217;d post these. They&#8217;re from various trips over the past four years or so. Sailing s/v Felix wing-on-wing on the 2010 Bahamas-to-Marion delivery trip The three dolphins that escorted us on the Bahamas-to-Marion Delivery Trip S/V Felix Pre-dawn Sailing on Exuma Sound A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naked Kings Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/07/13/naked-kings-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/07/13/naked-kings-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[french guys]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[s/v avalon explorer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=1006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I spoke with Antoine, the new captain of s/v Avalon Explorer, and they are planning to leave for France tomorrow. I wish them luck and hope they have a fast, safe passage. I am asking that my weather goddess watch over them, because I think they will need all the help they can get.]]></description>
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		<title>Distress Signals</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/07/13/distress-signals/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/07/13/distress-signals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[boat ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[epirb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[messenger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safety]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[spot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whistle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=1015</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important pieces of safety gear are distress signals. There are many kinds of distress signals, but they fall into three categories as a general rule. Visual Distress Signals: These include flares, smoke, flags, mirrors, waving your arms, strobe lights, etc. They are designed to attract attention to you or your boat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three French Guys&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/07/12/three-french-guys/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/07/12/three-french-guys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Buying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[jeanneau]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=1000</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I’ve been helping my friend Glenn out.  He sold his Jeanneau Sun Leisure 34 to three French guys, who are planning to sail it back to France in about a week.  He asked me to keep an eye out for the three French guys that had bought the boat. I decided that helping them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Writing</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/06/29/on-writing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/06/29/on-writing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life with Gee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=951</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Much of what I have written here on Adrift At Sea is sailing-related, though the blog was not originally started for that purpose, despite the nautically themed name.  I have written a fair number of technical articles related to the systems on sailboats.  While writing these, I’ve tried to keep the writing accessible for novices, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Boat Safety Gear</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/04/30/small-boat-safety-gear/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/04/30/small-boat-safety-gear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my friends is a die-hard Laser sailor.  Tillerman, recently asked on his blog, what safety gear he should be carrying on his Laser.  That prompted a response from me that was rather lengthy for a blog comment, and lead to me writing this post. This list of safety gear applies to almost all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foul Weather and Clothing</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/01/26/foul-weather/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2011/01/26/foul-weather/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cruising]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[clothing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[layering]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, on a sailing forum, a post came up about buying foul weather gear.  That brought up the subject of dressing for foul weather conditions and lead to this post. First, dressing appropriately for sailing requires a fairly wide wardrobe, especially if you are making a passage from a tropical climate to a temperate climate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do if your boat starts sinking?</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/11/30/what-to-do-sinking/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/11/30/what-to-do-sinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On a recent sailing forum post, the OP asked what to do if your boat starts to sink? That’s a very good question. Initial steps to take include: Getting everyone awake and into PFDs or survival suits Getting the engine started, especially if it is a diesel, since diesels will run even if the electrical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Long Cold Dark of Winter</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/11/15/the-long-cold-dark-of-winter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/11/15/the-long-cold-dark-of-winter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I dread this time of year. This Saturday, I will be hauling s/v Pretty Gee out of the water for the season. That means no more sailing on her until sometime next spring. There will still be work to do—winterizing her for the long cold dark of winter—doing the various maintenance projects that have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seamanship and the Small Craft Sailor</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/11/03/seamanship-and-the-small-craft-sailor/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/11/03/seamanship-and-the-small-craft-sailor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cruising]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the Sailfar.net sailing forum, there was a thread on the apparent prejudice that seems to exist against smaller sailboats, which seems to show up in some marinas. Over the last two decades, there seems to have been trend towards larger boats for the cruising market. Now, I can understand why the boat manufacturers have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jacklines, Tethers and Harnesses</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/10/21/jacklines/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/10/21/jacklines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hardpoint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the question of safety gear, specifically jacklines, tethers and harnesses came up on one of the forums I’m a regular of, so I thought writing about it, especially as we head into the colder weather would be a good idea. I’m a firm believer of using harnesses and tethers to help keep the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gelcoat Cracks—What Do They Mean?</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/09/03/gelcoat-cracks/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/09/03/gelcoat-cracks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cracking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cracks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On one of the sailing forums, someone asked about what gelcoat cracks mean. This is basically the response I gave them. Basically, there are THREE types of cracks you see in gelcoat. 1) Crazing or spiderwebbing—called this because the cracks tend to go in all directions and have no real central point or directionality. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boat Inspection Trip Tips</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/08/18/boat-inspection-trip-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/08/18/boat-inspection-trip-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/2010/08/18/boat-inspection-trip-tips/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After reading a bit about what people think is or isn’t necessary when going to look at a boat&#8230; I decided to put together this post, which was originally written for the Sailnet.com sailing forum. This was a collaborative effort between my friend, Maine Sail, and myself. Please note: This article is about going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Delivery of s/v Felix—Part I.</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/08/02/2010-delivery-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/08/02/2010-delivery-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/2010/08/02/delivery-of-sv-felix-from-stocking-island-to-marion-massachusetts%e2%80%94part-i/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[2010 Delivery of s/v Felix from Stocking Island to Marion, Massachusetts This spring, I was asked by my friend John if I would help deliver his boat, s/v Felix from Stocking Island, in the Exumas, back to Marion, Massachusetts. Being fairly familiar with s/v Felix, I was happy to help. The delivery was supposed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday at the Marina</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/04/13/sunday-at-the-marina/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/04/13/sunday-at-the-marina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday my friend Dave and I were down at the marina working on the s/v Pretty Gee. There are a lot of spring projects I’m working on and Sunday was an absolutely gorgeous day to be down at the marina. One project was cleaning and polishing the stainless steel on the boat. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bilge Pumps</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/03/06/bilge-pumps-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/03/06/bilge-pumps-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine was asking about installing bilge pumps on his boat.  So, I thought I’d write about that today. My recommendation for a full bilge pump setup has a small “maintenance” bilge pump down in the lowest part of the bilge. The float switch for this pump can be integrated or separate, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>s/v Felix—Delivery leg Norfolk, VA to Belhaven, NC</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2010/01/05/sv-felix%e2%80%94delivery-leg-norfolk-va-to-belhaven-nc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year I was asked by John and Lorie if I could help them with moving their boat, s/v Felix, south for the winter.  Since the sailing season here in New England was over, and they are good friends, I volunteered to help with the leg from Norfolk, VA to Belhaven, NC. After discussing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sailing and the Simple Life</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/11/15/sailing-and-the-simple-life/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/11/15/sailing-and-the-simple-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=659</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Teresa is a fellow sailor.  She and her Norsea 27, s/v Daphne are headed south, with the eventual destination of the Virgin Islands.  She’s been in the press a before, like this A Landlubber’s Guide to Sailing in the Martha Vineyard Times, but this article in The Leader and Kalaskian is about her and her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An s/v Felix update</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/11/06/an-sv-felix-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/11/06/an-sv-felix-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=653</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[s/v Felix has made it to Norfolk, which is their first major stopover point on their winter cruise south.  I understand that John, Lorie and Chris will be staying in Norfolk for a few weeks, outfitting the boat and getting her ready for the next leg of their trip south. They’re actually only a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And They’re Off&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/10/30/and-they%e2%80%99re-off/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/10/30/and-they%e2%80%99re-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m happy to report that s/v Felix is headed south for the winter. John, Lorie, and Chris have headed for Norfolk, VA, as their first major destination, with plans of heading south to Florida’s Gulf Coast eventually. Norm, my friend who captained a section of the delivery from Annapolis to Marion back in May, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth of July 2009</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/07/08/fourth-july-09/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/07/08/fourth-july-09/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My friends Charles and Hilary were going down to Cuttyhunk for the Fourth of July and asked if I was going down. I told them I would see them there. We had invited my friends John and Lorie as well, as we thought this would be a good introduction to cruising for them. John, being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sailing and Surprises</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/06/21/sailing-and-surprise/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/06/21/sailing-and-surprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is dedicated to my friend, Margee, who was stuck at work on the day we were sailing. I promised her this post and wrote it so she could sail vicariously through me. I’d like all my readers to wish her congratulations as she recently graduated from veterinary school and is now a Doggy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Days and Three Sailboats</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/06/16/three-days-sailboats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, this past weekend, had me working on three different boats on three different days. Three days and three different boats—Saturday: an O’Day Javelin; Sunday: an O’Day 302; Monday: a Gemini 105Mc Catamaran. It started out on Saturday, when I was helping my friend&#8217;s son and a friend with the O’Day Javelin that they bought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Long Way to the Mooring</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/06/05/the-long-way/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/06/05/the-long-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Johnnie Jr. and I went down to the marina to setup the mooring I’m using for the Pretty Gee this season. We got out the inflatable dinghy and rowed out to the mooring and attached the mooring pennant. I’m using a fairly heavy mooring pennant, 3/4&#8243; x 15&#8242;. It’s attached to the boat via [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The SPOT Messenger</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/05/27/the-spot-messenger/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/05/27/the-spot-messenger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 01:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past Christmas, I received a SPOT Messenger. I didn’t activate it until just recently, when I was helping deliver a sailboat from Annapolis to Marion, Mass. The reason I decided to activate the SPOT service was so that several of the families and friends of two of my fellow delivery crew would be able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annapolis to Marion, MA—Delivering s/v Felix</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/05/26/sv-felix/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/05/26/sv-felix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 19:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=517</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday, I took the Acela train down to BWI. I went down to help my friends deliver s/v Felix, a Gemini 105Mc Catamaran from Annapolis, MD, to her new home port of Marion, MA. I stayed with my friends Mary and Chuck, who also own a Gemini catamaran. Mary would be joining the delivery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cruising Sailor’s Toolkit</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/05/06/the-cruising-sailor%e2%80%99s-toolkit/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/05/06/the-cruising-sailor%e2%80%99s-toolkit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 17:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On a sailing forum, the question of what tools should a boat have aboard came up. While the tool kit would vary, depending on what boat you have and what area you’re sailing in, as well as what kind of sailing you’ll be doing. If you’re just day-sailing or weekending, or sail on a landlocked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controlling Lines—Cleats, Clutches, and Jammers</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/04/27/controlling-lines%e2%80%94cleats-clutches-and-jammers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/04/27/controlling-lines%e2%80%94cleats-clutches-and-jammers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a sailor asking me about his mainsheet setup on an on-line forum, and was thinking of using line clutches or line jammers for his mainsheet. I tried to explain that this was both unwise and dangerous. A line clutch or line jammer can take too long to release—and in the case of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Simple Fender Board</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2009/04/26/a-simple-fender-board/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On one of the sailing forums I frequent, a poster asked about fender boards. For the cruising sailor, especially one that has to deal with slips that have rough pilings, concrete or stone seawalls or locks, fender boards can prevent a lot of damage to the boat and fenders. The simplest fender board to make [...]]]></description>
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