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Solitude's Mexico Adventure: Mazatlan
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I arrived in Ventura after 30hrs.-45min., about half the time at the helm. My tiller-pilot took a tumble coming down the coast and wouldn't hold a course. Whenever the apparent wind would drop off t...
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Solitude's Mexico Adventure: On to San Diego
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