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	<title>Adrift at Sea</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>
	<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Another Brave Woman</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/08/03/another-brave-woman/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/08/03/another-brave-woman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[life with Gee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bone]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[courtney]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mike]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[surgery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Right now, my thoughts are with an online friend, Mike, and his family.  Mike is a fellow sailor, and I know him through one of the sailing forums I participate on.  While I’ve never met Courtney, or her family, I have spoken and corresponded with them over the past year.
His daughter Courtney is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>XKCD, a web comic</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/07/28/xkcd-a-web-comic/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/07/28/xkcd-a-web-comic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[webcomic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[xkcd.com]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One on of the forums I am on, someone linked to a webcomic, xkcd.com.  The webcomic, while not the most well executed, since the main characters are stick figures, is very well done and thought provoking.  I’d highly recommend you take a look.  The humor is a bit twisted, much like my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The O’Day Javelin</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/07/24/the-o%e2%80%99day-javelin/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/07/24/the-o%e2%80%99day-javelin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family &#038; Friends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[boat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[buying]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[daysailer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[javelin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[o'day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I was working at my friend’s company and a strange thing happened.  When she walked in, she asked me to take a look at some photos that were on her cell phone.  On her way into the office, she had passed a sailboat for sale.  She wanted to know what I thought of it.
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Service/Good Service</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/07/14/bad-good-service/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/07/14/bad-good-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stupidity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[28]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[annapolis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[buzzards bay]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[harding sails]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kelley marine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[newport]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[peter kennedy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pretty gee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[quantum sails]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[telstar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[yacht services]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought I’d add another name to the vendor black list.
Apparently, Quantum Sails of Newport doesn’t think much of its customers, at least in one case I’ve seen. I was looking at the stack pack on a friend’s boat, and there was a section about three inches long that the stitching had missed going through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Fourth Of July 2008!</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/07/05/fourth-of-july-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/07/05/fourth-of-july-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family &#038; Friends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[beach]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[brax]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cape]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[center]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chatham]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cod]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[eastham]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fireworks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fourth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Harbor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[harwich]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[july]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[light]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[ma]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[marconi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mass]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[massachusetts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[national]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nauset]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[orleans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pond]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[provincetown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[salt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[saquatuck]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[seashore]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[truro]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally, my plans for the Fourth of July were to go and anchor out in Buzzards Bay, just outside the New Bedford Hurricane Barrier, and watch the fireworks over Fort Phoenix.  I changed those plans because there was supposed to be a 70% chance of thunderstorms and the New Bedford Hurricane Barrier was going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ground Tackle</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/07/02/ground-tackle/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/07/02/ground-tackle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[anchor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ground]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[manson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pretty gee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rocna]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[supreme]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tackle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[telstar 28]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I was asked why I have such an oversized anchor hanging off the bow roller on the Pretty Gee. That’s a good question.  The primary anchor I have on the Pretty Gee is a New Zealand-designed Rocna 15.  It weighs 33 lbs., and is the same anchor that an acquaintance of mine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inconceivable</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/07/01/inconceivable/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/07/01/inconceivable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stupidity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chemotherapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[evil]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lymphoma]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[neglect]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[non-Hodgkin’s]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, on the news, I saw this story.  Having been a caretaker for someone with terminal cancer, it is  inconceivable that anyone would deliberately withhold cancer chemotherapy drugs from someone diagnosed with an 85–90% chance of survival.
However, Kristen Anne LaBrie, a 36-year-old Beverly mother did just that—deliberately withholding cancer chemotherapy drugs from her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Boat Projects Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/30/2008-boat-projects-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/30/2008-boat-projects-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[28]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[boat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cabin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cockpit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[electrical]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[harding sails]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[inverter/charger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lines led aft]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[locker]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[peter kennedy yacht services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pkys]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pretty gee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[projects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rigging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[telstar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VHF]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=351</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a quick update on most of the 2008 boat projects.
Main Hull and Cockpit
The ama retraction lines and Spinlock PX Powercleats have been installed port and starboard. I’ve actually tested the system on the port side at least, and it works as planned.
The new cockpit locker still needs a partition made for it so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wyatt’s Dehler 33</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/28/dehler-33/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/28/dehler-33/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[33]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[air show]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[boards]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cockpit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[companionway]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cruiser]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dehler]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[drop]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dropboards]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Harbor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Quonset]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[racer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[red arrows]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rhode Island]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[RI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SWR meter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[table]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VHF]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wickford]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I went over to Wickford Harbor, in Rhode Island.  I went to see if I could help Wyatt out with some issues he’s having on his Dehler 33.  He seems to be having some problems with the VHF radio, which is original to the boat from 1997.  I brought my SWR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halyards Led Aft</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/26/halyards-led-aft/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/26/halyards-led-aft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the major projects this spring is something that I’ve debated on doing off and on.  I finally decided to lead the halyards aft to the cockpit. Towards this end, I asked my friend Bob, of S/V Restless, to make up some hardware and modify the mast step on the Pretty Gee for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Lazy Jacks and Main Sail Furling Setup</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/21/lazy-jacks/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/21/lazy-jacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[boom]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[jack]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jacks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lazy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lazyjacks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pretty gee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[projects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[telstar 28]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my goals, as part of leading the halyards aft project, was setting up a new lazy jack system on the Pretty Gee.  The original system only had two legs and really didn&#8217;t do a very good job of controlling and containing the main sail.  This past week, I finished setting up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boat Upgrades</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/20/boat-upgrades/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/20/boat-upgrades/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[gee]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently a friend asked me what work I’ve done on my boat.  Here’s a list of the various upgrade projects that I’ve either done or am in the process of doing on the boat over the last two years.  The ones with the asterisks are works currently in progress.
Main Hull and Bottom

Installed Jacklines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Years, Seven Months and Seven Days Ago</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/11/seve/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/11/seve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[life with Gee]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seven years, seven months and seven days ago was one of the happiest days of my life.  It was November 4, 2000, and I married the most amazing woman I’ve ever met.  I knew I was going to marry her the very first time I heard her voice.  It is difficult to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sea Spirit—A Cal 25</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/03/sea-spirit/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/06/03/sea-spirit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[25]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bay]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[buzzards]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dottie]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[spirit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, I helped Ken and Dottie bend the sails on Sea Spirit, their Cal 25.  We took her out for a quick sail.  Ken fired up the 8 HP Tohatsu outboard and we motored over to the swing bridge.  We had missed the 14:15 bridge opening, so we waited for the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Siteseeing with Alex</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/05/26/siteseeing-with-alex/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/05/26/siteseeing-with-alex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 12:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=343</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend Alex was stuck up in New Hampshire for work.  He lives in Portugal, but occasionally visits New England because of his job.  Since I had some boat hardware for his boat, I went by his hotel yesterday to drop it off.  Alex looked miserable, sailing withdrawal&#8230; Since my boat isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TackTick Display Installation and New Genoa Car Setup</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/05/10/tacktick-display-installation-and-new-genoa-car-setup/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/05/10/tacktick-display-installation-and-new-genoa-car-setup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 01:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was a good day.  As I was hoping, we got the boat launched today.  Here’s a spring boat projects quick update.
As part of the spring refitting, I finished up the mounting of the TackTick displays that I installed last year.  Last year I upgraded my boat&#8217;s instruments to TackTick instruments after having some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Boat Project Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/05/02/2008-boat-project-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 16:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick update on the various boat projects going on at the moment.
The new line-controlled genoa cars have been installed.  The new block and tackle for the outboard motor lift, that has an integrated cam cleat, has been installed.  I’m upgrading the blocks for the backstay adjustment, and will be using a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Projects—New Hardware</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/03/21/spring-projects%e2%80%94new-hardware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Woohoo!!!
I just got a package in from Garhauer Marine.  If you don’t know what Garhauer Marine is, you’re missing out on one of the best vendors for blocks and such on a boat.  They’re a family-owned company in California that sells both direct to the public, and to manufacturers.  Catalina and several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sailing Directions and Pilot Charts</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/03/18/sailing-directions-and-pilot-charts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/03/18/sailing-directions-and-pilot-charts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You can get most of the Pilot Charts and Sailing Directions on-line. The Pilot Charts are PDF files, the Sailing Directions are Zip files of self-extracting archives, which are, unfortunately, Windows-only executables.  I hope you find them useful.  If anyone needs the Sailing Directions in Mac or Linux readable format, let me know, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death of A Dream</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/03/14/death-of-a-dream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Heather Neill announced her plans to circumnavigate the globe in s/v Flight of Years, a Pacific Seacraft Flicka last year.  This was a rather unusual announcement, given that Heather was not a sailor, and had relatively little experience sailing at the time of her announcement. You can read about her and her preparations at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capsizing A Multihull</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/03/07/capsizing-a-multihull/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2008/03/07/capsizing-a-multihull/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On a sailing forum, the question of capsize or pitchpoling a multihull came up recently. That’s a good question, how common is capsizing a cruising multihull? The poster was talking about two trimarans that had pitchpoled. I’d like to look at that now.
The risk of capsize on a cruising multihull is miniscule, provided the boat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New England Sports Fans</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/10/29/new-england-sports-fans/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/10/29/new-england-sports-fans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This season seems to be an unusually good one for New England sports fans.  Last night, the Boston Red Sox just swept the Colorado Rockies to take the 2007 World Series.  It does appear that the curse of the Bambino has finally been broken, as this is their second World Series victory in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hauling Out</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/10/28/hauling-out-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This Tuesday, I will be hauling the Pretty Gee for the season.  I always dread this annual task, since it means that the sailing season is at an end.  The long cold dark of winter will be settling in soon.  I have some more projects for this winter.
New Instruments
The first one is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wayne’s First Sail</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/10/26/wayne%e2%80%99s-first-sail/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/10/26/wayne%e2%80%99s-first-sail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I ended up taking one of Dave’s friends sailing for the first time.  Wayne had never been on a sailboat, much less a trimaran. The weather was mid-70s and the winds about 15–20 knots, with clear blue skies.  Somehow, I get the feeling, he’ll be back crewing with us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downwind Sailing on Buzzards Bay</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/10/26/downwind-sailing-on-buzzards-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/10/26/downwind-sailing-on-buzzards-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a video from the downwind leg of the trip to Tarpaulin Cove, back on August 18, 2007.The weekend this was taken had some pretty nasty winds, with gusts of over 35 knots from what I was told. A friend told me that some moored boats in Newport had dragged and been damaged during that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sailing Alongside A Cal 25</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/10/26/sailing-alongside-a-cal-25/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/10/26/sailing-alongside-a-cal-25/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I was out sailing during the Indian Summer weather we’ve had this October.  A Cal 25 from my marina was setting out at the same time, so I thought we’d take some video of them sailing alongside us.  I have a few more videos that were taken this season that I’m working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drunk Driving and Personal Breathalyzers</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/10/23/drunk-driving-and-personal-breathalyzers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/10/23/drunk-driving-and-personal-breathalyzers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, some companies have come out with personal breathalyzers.  People are supposed to buy these small, portable, battery-powered devices so they can find out whether they’ve had too much to drink or not.  Will using a personal portable breathalyzer help reduce drunk driving?  No, I actually think it may make things worse. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPod Classic</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/10/12/ipod-classic/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/10/12/ipod-classic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently received a new iPod Classic.  This is the latest generation of the full-sized, hard-diskdrive-based iPods.  I’ve noticed a few things about it that I believe are a key reason that Apple has managed to retain the bulk of the MP3 player market share, even after all of these years.
First, the hardware [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Score and Eight Years Ago</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/09/19/one-score-and-eight-years-ago/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/09/19/one-score-and-eight-years-ago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is always a day of mixed memories for me.
Twenty years ago today, my identical twin brother, David, was killed by a drunken driver just outside of Nashville, Tennesee.  The drunk driver only got 90 days suspended due to the incompetence of the police department that handled the accident investigation.
It took the police over five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Black Seal</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2007/09/05/the-black-seal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was out sailing over the weekend.  As I was leaving New Bedford Harbor, I noticed the Black Seal, a beautiful Gaff rigged, three-masted staysail schooner following me.  I was under just the genoa, and the Black Seal had all of her sails up.
Here are a few photos of the Black Seal, as [...]]]></description>
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