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My First Sail in a Thistle
Sandy Douglass recounts the imaginative genesis of his first Thistle sail, beginning as speculation while sailing International 14s about a larger, faster boat combining the best features of the class. After years of conceptualizing, drawing, and building, he launched his boat on Lake Erie to test whether it matched his original vision.
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