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No, they are not a myth—Reuel’s Angels really do exist!

For many millennia, sailboat masts have been made from trees. Trees are an obvious choice, as they are essentially ready-made masts, as if designed and grown for that purpose, which indeed they are, right down to the correct taper.

In the late 19th century, the sharpie type of inshore fishing boat began to insinuate itself into the world of yachting.

I spent the majority of my childhood in Bay Shore, on the south shore of Long Island. My father had died in 1950, when I was four years old, and my mother didn’t remarry until 1958.