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Adventurer Bets His Future On Revival of Age of Sail
Ned Ackerman, 37, plans to revive coasting schooners with his boat the John F Leavitt in Thomaston Maine He envisions a small fleet once the vessel is rigged and says demand is emerging from Haiti Germany and Brazil He frames himself as a practical businessman despite a romantic dream sparked by John F Leavitt and his book Wake of the Coasters
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Ned Ackerman
Owl's Head
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Massachusetts
Haiti
South Carolina
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John Leavitt