27 ft sailboat completing 25,000 mile journey

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phoenixtoohot
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27 ft sailboat completing 25,000 mile journey

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This Saturday, Matt Rutherford should sail back to Annapolis where he started his "Round the Americas" trip 310 days ago in a 27 ft Albin Vega sailboat. The trip was to raise awareness and money for C.R.A.B ... a non-profit sailing organization for people with disabilites.

Congrats to Matt !
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What an amazing achievement ! Congratulations !!!!
The Albin Vega has btw still a quite strong following here in the UK, for anybody who is interested in more details, have a look at this link :

http://www.albinvega.co.uk/techhist.php

Off to read more about this epic journey and to dream .... :)
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Great to have Matt back. I bought Ilya from CRAB in 2010 and they are a very active and important non-profit promoting sailing for all.

I'm tempted to head to Annapolis this weekend to welcome him back as it is only a 1 1/2 hour drive from home.
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And all for a wonderful cause, too. Congratulations! :)
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