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MetroMPG · 09-12-2008, 03:00 PM

Back in cell phone range...

Hey, it's Darin ... and Ivan (ForkenSwift co-conspirator) trimming sails at dawn this morning, trucking along around 9 knots:

... and the Pride of Baltimore II ahead of us last evening:

Currently we're making just over 8 knots approaching East Point, about to turn the corner back into the Northumberland Strait.

09-12-2008, 03:00 PM	#44 (permalink)
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