SIGHTINGS nicole breault switches gears
book review — Voyaging with Marionette (Ron Breault, $39.95) — Back in 1995, the author bought the Dolphin 24 (hull #12) that is the subject of this book, as a sort of retirement project. You know, tinker a bit, fix it up, and maybe do a little singlehanding here and there. What ensued over the next quarter century was quite a lot more, and Breault chronicles it well, with a sort of 'from the logbook' treatment of the various restorations, races, cruises, trailer-sailing and other adventures in his New England home waters. For those unfamiliar, Dolphin 24s have
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INSET COURTESY NICOLE BREAULT
While 2020 has largely been a bust for the world of competitive sailing, in the spirit of maintaining sanity, many sailors have simply elected to get on with it anyway. Nicole Breault is no exception. One of the highest-ranked female match racers in the country, Breault was facing a disappointing year on the water when every regatta on her 2020 dance card was canceled. With shorthanded sailing becoming the new norm, and a husband, Bruce Stone, who shares her competitive sailing passion, Breault quickly took advantage of any opportunity to get their J/105 Arbitrage on the Bay, jumping into the Corinthian Yacht Club Friday Night Series (which they don't normally sail), and doublehanding Arbitrage in the SSS Round the Rocks Race. "There's a lot of excitement around the doublehanded offshore class that's going to be featured at the Paris 2024 Games," Breault reminds us. "Due to the social distancing that's going on in the sailing world, a lot of places are
AMANDA WITHERELL
Bruce Stone and Nicole Breault aboard 'Arbitrage'.
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