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Source: A nice fall picture taken at Eagle Creek Sailing Club. A thunderstorm went through and gave us a nice rainbow on race night. — Larry Conrad, Indianapolis, IN

A foggy January day in Cadle Creek, Edgwater, Maryland, seen from Holiday Hill Marina. — Mike Trimble, Arlington, VA

This was a quick snap in Biscayne Bay as I was getting a few things together to bail the dinghy after an all-night deluge of rain. I solo-sail a 1972 Columbia 30, Sheila’s Diamond. I have been sailing for about seven years, hoping to someday

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