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Category Archives: Sailing Trip Notes
Pictures of Wandering from Stockholm to Lisbon:
Pictures from Europe Aboard the 19m Icebreaker Patrol Boat A. E. Appelberg Read Not a Sailing Trip – Notes from an Icebreaker in Europe Read About My European Icebreaker Adventure helping to Deliver the A.E. Appelberg a 62 foot … Continue reading
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Not a Sailing Trip
My European Icebreaker Adventure helping to Deliver the A.E. Appelberg a 62 foot former Swedish Coast Guard Auxiliary Icebreaker patrol boat from Stockholm Sweden to Lisbon Portugal.
How to get to the Shilshole Marina
Shilshole Marina is on Puget Sound, west of Scenic Downtown Ballard and the Ballard Locks and south of Golden Gardens Park. The address for your GPS is: Shilshole Bay Marina 7001 Seaview Ave. N.W., Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98117 Mapquest … Continue reading
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Mtn May 30, 2009
Mtn May 30, 2009 Has been moved to: http://captnmikephotos.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/mountaineers-may-30-2009/
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