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From Ocean Navigator #131 July/August 2003 Dan Neri, an accomplished and successful sailmaker based in Newport, R.I., has turned his no-nonsense approach to building sails to the writing of this valuable book on the care of sails. There have been numerous books published that explain traditional sail care - leather palm, needles, leather patches, etc. - but Neri's project goes a big step farther. He has written the book for the self-reliant sailor, both coastal and offshore, but he has incorporated the latest advances in technology and practices that have revolutionized sails and sail care in the last decade. Chapters…