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| Allure and Gratitude |
May 20
Ha, I thought looking at a sailboat close astern, that can't be a Malo. We were approaching Newport Harbor to berth at the Balboa Yacht Club. We know all the Malos on the west coast and none make this a home port. Charlie came on deck. Now both of us agreed, this WAS a Malo 43, a sister ship of Gratitude.
Slowing our progress I let the other boat pass, waving at the crew, and reading her stern. Allure. Never heard of her. Hmmm. We followed her into the harbor and found her pulling up at Balboa's dock. Great. As soon as we could get ashore, we raced over to introduce ourselves. The owners, Brian and Pat Newton used to live in England where they had not one, but two Malos, first a 39, then this 43 which was later shipped to California. They kindly gave us a tour and we adjourned to the bar for a chat. What fun to discover another member of the clan!
Hi Susan and Charlie. Did you decide it would be more fun to sail upwind back to the Northwest than put Gratitude on a delivery ship? Looks like 20 - 25 knots from the NW around Point Conception over the next few days. I checked Predictwind and tried to guess where you are now. NICE story about Southwestern Yacht Club!
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