leatherback

growing barnacles..

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March 3rd 2010
Still in Marathon - but trying to get out! We've been here much longer than intended - six weeks tomorrow and the barnacles are getting bigger on the hull - we scraped them off the dinghy last week. "Worst winter in 40 years" the regulars are saying as one cold front follows another then another. We need 2 good days to get back up the west coast - it was possible last weekend but we couldn ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more