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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
J/30 Class Growing Stronger
Bill Kneller and Dave Erwin, J/30 Class Co-Presidents have been doing a magnificent job re-connecting many J/30 sailors from across the country. The resurgent interest in the class is heartwarming to see and, more importantly, they're having a helluva lot of fun! Like the J/24 Australia story below regards "revamp that old boat", the J/30 Class has similar initiatives. Read more about what Dave Erwin did to take a J/30 wrecked by Hurricane Katrina and resurrected it as the great "as new" looking J/30 called TOY BOX. Furthermore, another great story on Tim Lawton resurrecting another J/30 called CHAOS. Read more about these J/30 Class building efforts.