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Proper Photo Credit I would like to point out an small (but important to me)
error in your fine magazine. Page 63 shows a photograph of the a SC 27 broaching. The photo was actually taken by the skipper of “SABRA”, an Islander-Peterson 40, which also was in the race. I am that skipper.
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Thanx, John Miller Leukemia Cup Let’s do something good with our great sport
I’d like to thank you and your magazine and the whole sailing and boating community for their ongoing support of the Leukemia Cup.
Several years ago a friend asked me to sit in a meeting of volunteers planning a charity regatta. As a racer I was supposed to give them insight into making the event racier. But once they shared with me what this event can mean to the sailing community and to the service recipients, I wasn’t any help at all! I just couldn’t push the racing thing. We have plenty of racy races and the Leukemia Cup should be much more than a race and should involve the whole boating community.
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In the years since, several of my friends have asked me if I’m involved because of a tragedy and if the Leukemia Society is “my” cause. In my case the impact of blood cancers has been, well, probably about average, and
being respectful and sometimes sorrowful on one hand and having sailor’s superstition on the other prevents me from saying more. There are plenty of worthy causes and many top tier charities. In this case, the boating community is lucky to have been working with one of these first class organizations for many years: the Leukemia and
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