I began to write this unusual story more than a decade ago—an account of my search for the schooner Destiner, at the same time I was becoming acquainted with the man who designed and built her—my dad. After he passed in late 2012, I lacked the emotional energy needed to wrap up the final chapters. I’d only gotten to know him and his boats later in life…
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