September 4, 2019 This article by John Rousmaniere was published in Cruising World magazine late last year and in the Sailing Scuttlebutt newsletter last December. It has been on this webmaster's mind all these months (being an 'older'' single handed Dolphin sailor with similar feelings....) So, we decided to include it in our Stories Section - Stay tuned.....

Click here to see the article (The webmaster insisted I add a Marionette connection)

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