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Making the sea accessible

Published 05/21/03

In another life, Don Backe could have been a hunky double for "Gunsmoke" sheriff Matt Dillon, played by James Arness.

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Mr. Backe is 6 feet 4 inches tall with the same ruggedly handsome looks, gimlet blue eyes and bone-crunching handshake of the TV hero.

Unlike the sheriff, Mr. Backe is a skilled sailor with some championship cups to show for his competitive spirit.

But the Annapolis man can't mosey down Main Street and grab a cold draft at Miss Kitty's Long Branch Saloon. The saloon is not handicapped-accessible.

Mr. Backe, 67, has been a paraplegic since an automobile accident in 1987 left him with a severed spinal...

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