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<\/a><\/p>\nAfter watching others sail on the Potomac River from our 11th story condominium in Arlington, VA, we decided there was no reason we couldn’t learn too — and why wait?\u00a0 Since neither of us had any sailing experience, we both took sailing and navigation classes with some on-the-water time on the Potomac,\u00a0 Chesapeake Bay and the BVIs.\u00a0 With a ton of help and encouragement from the Pentagon Sailing Club, Northern Virginia Power Squadron, Sistership, and great friends who cruise internationally, we caught the sailing bug.\u00a0 We’d start small and build our kitty we told ourselves.\u00a0 Next thing we know, we are traveling to look at sailboats — and a sailboat found us sooner than expected.\u00a0 She was in Tampa, FL.\u00a0 Magnolia’s new home is in Galesville, MD.\u00a0\u00a0 Our friends have shared more moral support, advice, and training than we could have possibly hoped and for which we are extremely grateful. Getting Magnolia home was the first adventure of what we hope will be many.<\/p>\n
Annette & Anthony Baker\u00a0 “A**2”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After watching others sail on the Potomac River from our 11th story condominium in Arlington, VA, we decided there was no reason we couldn’t learn too — and why wait?\u00a0 Since neither of us had any sailing experience, we … Continue reading