"To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over the great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of years, to see the running of the old eels and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be." Rachel Carson

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nounce that." were several of the replies. George Moss, a very dear friend and mentor to the rebuilding of our boat, suggested a boat name should be easy to spell and have hard syllables for clear radio transmission and reception. This made sense to us, after all, how many bluewater sea miles did we have - zero.

One evening, after reading an article about the origins of Homo-sapiens, I suggested "Afrika." My shipmate looked at me and said, "African Moon", "African" in honor of our human origin and "Moon" because our last boat was named Blue Moon.

Rod Bruckdorfer

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