She moves over to Nascar full-time this season with a big-money sponsor in Go Daddy.

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But the big daddy of this battle is the 110-foot U.S. Brig Niagara, which bills itself as the largest wooden square-rigger in the United States that still takes people sailing.

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At a diner called Big Daddy's, the waitress nods in recognition and gives us a prime booth among the rowdy Sunday-brunch crowd.

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