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Mike--I'd just like to get in touch. We met twice, once in Newport at the Cup when you had Cynara, once when I came into St. George's on a big Alden--Sea Gypsy. There was a white schooner there ducking in and out of every cove and eventually coming within a few inches of running us down. I told everyone on board that I'd only seen one person who could sail that way--on a big ketch called Cynara. You guys were starving but gave us plenty of Johnnie Walker. I'll go look for a Facebook page on Cynara--meanwhile I'm jford212@gmail.com
Cynara 'Discovered' - Request for more information
A Reader writes... On a recent trip to the many secluded bays south of Tokyo, Japan, I was surprised to find the grand old yacht Cynara. Apparently, she's been in Japan for 35 years. She's a 90ft Gaff Ketch built in l927 in Gosport by Camper & Nicholson. But apart from that the present owners...
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