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Welcome Circumnavigators

Douglas and Kyle Hopkins return from a 6 1/2 year voyabe around the world in their 32 foot West Sail.

They left Saugatuck Harbor on a cold November in 2003 with their daughters Eliza 9 and Abigail 5 and are returning with 4 experienced  sailors able to handle40 knot winds and rip tides while avoiding giant tankkers and the Queen Mary, which almost hit them in the Pacific.

Welcoming party at Compo Sunday

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