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Joe Upton

A cancer diagnosis inspires the search for a bigger boat, and the hunt is never easy.
Reflections from offshore on the winter winds
It took two summers, but he managed to build his own dock, complete with pilings.
A chance encounter on the water leads to a week-long cruise into the past.
The process of replacing the engine in his old boat taught Joe Upton valuable lessons about community, and vice versa.
Writer and former fisherman Joe Upton recalls winter mussel dragging back in the day: icebergs, bitter cold, and amazing hauls.
After years of slow travel in fishing trawlers and sailboats, Joe Upton discovers the joy of getting places quickly in a speedboat.
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