The sail SAOIRSE carries is easily furled and the rig dropped to allow passage under a low bridge on the way home. Chris Chapman

The sail SAOIRSE carries is easily furled and the rig dropped to allow passage under a low bridge on the way home.

Kevin Moroney grew up in South Salem, New York, not quite 10 miles south-southwest of Danbury, Connecticut; his home was near Truesdale Lake, a finger of water just shy of a mile long. He watched rowing and sailing boats plying the lake and longed to have a boat of his own, but only the homeowners with lakefront property were allowed to have them. He carried a dream of building a boat for himself for half a century.
Kevin takes to the oars on his way out to sail the waters around Cape Coral, FloridaChris Chapman

Kevin takes to the oars on his way out to sail the waters around Cape Coral, Florida

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