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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>V15 Fleet,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The recent <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tomales</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> regatta may have
prompted some borrowing of gear, as Jorge’s note suggests, and as I
learned this past weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>While loading my V15 onto my motorboat at TI, I learned that
my boat and dolly had also been used as the source for the two retaining pins which
hold your dolly wheels on and also my drain plug. The drain plug is not a
big deal at all, as I bought two extras, back when borrowing was more prevalent
than it is these days.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>However, the retaining pins for the wheels turned out to be
a much bigger deal. While loading the dolly onto the roof of the boat, the
wheels fell off, and when they hit the water, the plastic collar, and inner
bearing set fell out of one of them, sinking into the mud of our beloved
clipper cove. Luckily, wheels float. However, my dolly will no longer
roll, as bearings are a key part of that whole “invention of the wheel”
thing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If you happened to borrow the pins, I’d appreciate
their return, and a Corinthian borrower would also replace the collar and bearing
set. If you’d like to remain an anonymous borrower, the items
could be left for me at the Saint Francis Yacht Club, or perhaps with Vanessa
or Amy in the TI office.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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