Moving our Site

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 With so much time on our hands, we have decided to check into some new software and start a new blog site that will incorporate both the sailing website and our new website.


Please log into https://paradigmshiftva.com/ 


No longer will you have to use the “blogspot” or the SailBlogs addresses.  We have our own domain and you can bookmark it and find our latest adventures.


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