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Travel is always a learning experience ... even when you're just learning "this is not the way to do it!" Traveling
by trailer adds its own problems - and pulling a "trailer yacht" multiplies the problems, but also the possibilities.
Anything I can do to learn from others' mistakes, is worth doing. Why not strive for an original mistake, all of
my own? I've found this web-site is a great guide to sailing, enjoying, repairing, and traveling with MacGregor
boats:
MacGregor Sailors
Here's a site about cruising, sailing long distances, on small boats:
SailFar - Small Boats, Long Distances
I need good weather information to keep me safe on the water. This link to the National Weather Service points
to my home waters, but you can enter your own ZIP code for anywhere in the United States.
National Weather Service forecast for Annapolis, Maryland
"Bossa Nova" was named for my favorite music - bossa nova, which is a fusion of Brazilian samba with the coolest of cool
jazz. This links to a Brazilian web tribute to Antônio Carlos "Tom" Jobim, who is just-about acknowledged as the father
of bossa nova.
The official Tom Jobim website
"Ariane" is a sister ship of Bossa Nova, residing in the Douro Valley of Portugal. There are thousands of MacGregor
sailboats all over the world....
Ariane - "o veleiro"
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