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I have a bigger boat in Friday Harbor, but I have a '74 Ranger 33 in Brookings, OR which is closer to home. I bought it in 2005 on eBay and after scraping off the decal the previous owner had applied, I discovered it was actually the R33 that I had crewed on a few times when it was new out-of-the-box in San Diego.
Since that time, my poor Yacht Club has suffered the slings and arrows of one boat winning every 1st place trophy but one. Its in a diverse fleet of older boats racing PHRF, and I can't pretend I'd win if something modern came to town. Still running on the original raw water A4 - no hour meter and no log. I use it for getting in and out of the slip, and there's no where to go in Brookings except "west", so I doubt if I've put 100 hours on it in 10 years. Starts in a few seconds after months of sitting.
Good sailing weather in Brookings is few and far between, so the boat doesn't get out as often as I'd wish, often because I'm in the Salish.
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Brookings, OR
Ranger 33
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