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Article: Gazela crew deflated at news: Phila.'s tall ship was to set sail for R.I., but a rudder problem scuttled the trip.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- August 27, 2006
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Byline: Mari A. Schaefer
Aug. 27--Talk about disappointing. Vacation plans were set, bags were packed, and the food had been ordered. Then the day before Philadelphia's tall ship the Gazela was supposed to set sail for the Newport Wooden Boat Festival in Rhode Island, the trip was canceled when a problem with a rudder was discovered. "I was heartbroken, crestfallen and devastated," said Marcus Brandt, 49, of Allentown, who along with his 16-year-old son, was one of 30 volunteer crew members planning to make the two-week voyage to the premier event. Yesterday, a crane lifted the 3,200-pound wooden rudder out of the water and onto wooden blocks set ...
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