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Thistle Will or Thistle Won't
A first-person account of a harrowing sail from Sandusky to Vermilion in Lake Erie. The author and crew encountered a severe squall with 47-mile-per-hour winds but successfully navigated it by dropping sails and using only the boat's drift and minimal jib power, demonstrating the Thistle's seaworthiness.
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