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I have been thinking about my first crush recently. No, not my first girlfriend. My first boat. Every sailor has a first that he'll remember all his life. There will always be a spot in my heart for the Rangely boat. I sported around in one summer in Maine when I was young, Seventeen feet …
Slathering bottom paint on a boat's bottom is not something you'd typically say brought joy. Resigned commitment that it had to get done yes, but joy? No. So why do I associate it with pleasure? The day after my layoff from a stressful job for the gov, I reported for work at a friend's boatyard. …
Spinney let me accompany him one afternoon while he did a marine survey of a sloop one of his regular customers was interested in buying. The sloop was on the hard, so Spinney first walked around, taking in the general lines and appearances of the boat. Next, he noted and mentioned to me items the general upkeep and condition of the boat.
You cannot duck certain duties. There comes a time, as the days lengthen and winds slowly shift to south-westerlies, that you can no longer delay the inevitable.
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