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Thistlaneous Notes

A collection of brief anecdotes from the Thistle fleet including a humorous note about a distress signal that turned out to be a baby diaper from a new crewman's family, Ray McLeod's joke about his boat being "out of work" with plaid trim clipping issues, and a note about Mentor-to-Port fleet boats' competitive success with each skipper winning at least once.

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  • Watkins Lake
  • Frank Foster
  • Don Drach
  • Ray McLeod
  • Mentor-to-Port fleet
  • humor
  • FOSTER'S FOLLY