Re: Craftsmanship, bending wood, boats, beauty, and just plain coolness.
Starting when I was 18 and continuing on today, I've worked part time on a 65' wooden sportfishing boat here in San Diego. The hull was laid down in 1959 and has been in contiuous commercial operation since. I know it's not a sailboat, but it is an amazing craft. It's a Norek designed Carvel constructed hull. We haul out every two years to refasten planks and do gerneral upkeep and there is an hoest to goodness Portuguese Shipwright at the yard we use who comes along to recaulk any seams that have lost or are losing their cotton. Amazing to watch him work.
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