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                              | Scuzbums Giant 5-Day Messabout |   |  
                            
                              | by Kim Apel - Fullerton, California - USA |  Apropos of your collecting photos from recent noteworthy messabouts, here’s a bunch from the Scuzbums’ Giant Five Day Messabout in August 
                            
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                                    |  | Randy Ames and his new Bolger Teal “Jumbie” (click images for larger views) |  |  
                            
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                                    | Gorden Bundy brought his renovated peapod (origins unclear), seeking guidance on how to place oarlocks.  He got lots of advice, installed them, and….. | 
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                                    |  |   …rowed away successfully |  |  
                            
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                                    | Bill Horner (center) builder and restorer of a number of fine craft restored this historic peapod and rigged it for sail. | 
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                                    |  | Leland Foerster (Fatty Knees owner and Baja Explorer)  in his pop-top camper |  |  
                            
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                                    | Bill Horner and Scuz-Mum Annie Kolls | 
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                                    |  | Bolger Old Shoe built 20+ years ago by Scuzbums founder Joe Tribulato, and recently sold to Seattle resident Rosalind, who brought it to San Diego for this event.
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                                    | L-R  Gorden Bundy, Annie Kolls, Roger Nelson, Brett Morris | 
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                                    |  |  Jumbie capsized and had to be retrieved by a Pelican crew. |  |  
                            
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                                    | semi-humbled capsizee (not Randy, rather Paul Klopfenstein on the R) back on the beach 
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                                    |  | Old Shoe builder Joe Tribulato and new owner Rosalind |  |  
                            
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                                    | beached boats at sunset | 
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                                    |  | evening discussion group |  |  
                            
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                                    | more beached boats at sunset | 
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                                    |  |  John Canning telling a story |  |  
                            
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                                    | Gorden Bundy: rancher/boatbuilder | 
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                                    |  | Chris Rubel’s self-designed...  |  |  
                            
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                                    | ...and homebuilt trimaran | 
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                                    |  | JJ & Grandpa Dudley tying knots |  |  
                            
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                                    | A different Joe in his strip-planked Wee Lassie | 
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                                    |  |   chatting (note my sailing canoe, Frankenboat, in the background) |  |  
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