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Friday marked the ninth time that my beloved Raven has splashed down under my watch. I think back to the day when I first put her in the slings at the marina where I’d purchased her on Long Island Sound and realize that the intervening …

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For the past twelve years, I’ve been making the early March trip to Windmill Point, at the southern entrance to Boston Harbor. Few have heard of pilot gig racing, let alone the Snow Row, but its loyal band of participants enthusiastically gather on a small …

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There is a word that has frequented my thoughts more often in recent years. Resilience: an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. Resiliency is a fundamental quality that we all possess in varying amounts. I don’t know if I’d qualify …

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