Centerboard Yacht Club

South Portland, Maine

January 2011 Blog Posts (1)

Bubble Skunk

After a great summer race season; and the odd looks, amusement and questioning -  I'd like to share where the name  of my Ranger 22 'Bubble-Skunk' came from.

My parents immigrated from The Netherlands to the United States in 1957 and eventually settled on the Foreside in Falmouth in the early 1960's.

As children growing up in a bilingual household, my parents continued to speak, (and occasionlly swear), in Dutch. One of my fathers favorite expression, when quizzed where he was…

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Added by Bert Jongerden on January 12, 2011 at 10:48am — 2 Comments

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