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It is Glenn Tieman’s New Catamaran
Glenn Tieman’s new 38-ft cat sails off the San Diego waterfront.Bill Barker© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s as we suspected in Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic, the photo we ran, as well as the one above, is of Glenn Tieman’s new catamaran Tama Moana. You’ll remember that he cruised his previous catamaran, the 26-ft Wharran Peregrine for 10…
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