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"(...) Kaighn Smith eventually turned to ocean racing, and with a finely honed amateur crew, won (overall) every major ocean race on the eastern seaboard in his Swan 38, Gaylark: the Bermuda Race, Annapolis to Newport, and Marblehead to Halifax. Anyone involved in the high levels of ocean racing at the time knew and respected Dr. Smith and his crew. Although designed by the world-renowned marine architect, Sparkman & Stephens, the Swan 38 keel was not deep enough. Dr. Smith built a new mold for a longer keel in his basement, had the molten lead from the old keel poured into it at a foundry owned by a patient’s husband, and refastened the new keel to the hull. That year (1983), he went on to win the Annapolis-Newport Race. A longtime member and one time commodore of the Cruising Club of America, Dr. Smith provided the idea for and the implementation of what became the “Safety at Sea” program, which has now trained thousands of amateur sailors for handling emergencies aboard offshore sailboats."