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WoodenBoat School’s course, Elements of Sailing, is intended as basic instruction for those new to sailing.
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MANTA is a simple and versatile boat—quick to build, and quick to get underway.
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In 1978, a standard 39′ Concordia yawl named BABE won the MHS Division (the new Measurement Handicap System, developed in 1978 by MIT to measure and handicap racing boats, including older boats) of the renowned Newport-Bermuda Race. As one of the smallest boats ever to win that challenging 630-mile ocean race, she added an important chapter to the glory and appreciation of a much-loved class of wooden boat.
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At Bacardi Miami Sailing Week boatbuilder George Krewson built a shellback dinghy in just one week.
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Melonseed Day Sailer
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