Kennedy to Sail Mya Again

6:18 AM Sat 15 Nov 2008 GMT

'Mya being sailed solo by Sen. Edward Kennedy' .

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, and his wife, Victoria, right, sits at the helm of their sailboat 'Mya'. - .. .

In spite of his operation for brain cancer earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy is planning a sailing trip on his 50ft schooner Mya off the coast of Florida this year.

The boat, according to his spokesman Keith Maley, is currently being transported to Florida for the purpose. While the Senator is currently in Washington, D.C., he plans to spend Thanksgiving in his home port of Hyannis Port and then stay in Massachusetts until December.

The 1940 narrow-beam gaff-rigged keel schooner has been long owned by the Senator. It is a Concordia design, built by Duxbury Boat Yard in Duxbury Massachusetts.

Sailing her was almost the first thing Kennedy did after his successful operation in May.

by Lisa Mylchreest

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