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U.S. Naval Academy Boats

20K views 32 replies 21 participants last post by  fairbank56  
#1 ·
3/23/10, 1227 hrs PDT, two matching sloops just went south down the Swinomish Channel. Each were 40 sumpthin feet long named Lively and Vigilant. Anyone know the rest of the story on these boats?
 
Discussion starter · #3 ·
They might have been 44 feet long. Here they are:

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Discussion starter · #6 ·
Well they were pretty and one was even displaying its motoring cone. I think that's the first time I've seen one displayed. We found one on board Nikko (black cone) when we bought her and I had to look up what it was for. I thought it was a wizzard hat.
 
Discussion starter · #23 ·
There wasn't much wind and they were travelling down a narrow channel. I suspect they had been sailing earlier and then dropped their jibs and started up the iron jenny to transit the Swinomish Slough.