[Public-List] PERFECT launch

[Gordon Laco]

Wonderful - congratulations Roger!


On 06/09/11 11:05 AM, "Roger L. Kingsland" <r.kingsland at ksba.com> wrote:

> Apologies if I sent this more than once; so confused.
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> Eight years, four months and five days after purchase and after: two hip
> replacements; gaining and loosing 50 pounds; kids going from grade school to
> college; my lovely wife getting more lovely while painting 13 theater sets,
> publishing umpteen Church Newsletters and going from Jeanne to Gigi; on
> September 1st we launched "PERFECT intentions" (AKA, Good Old 148), the 1966
> Alberg 30' sloop we now share with our friends and neighbors Dan, Loraine,
> Olivia (5) and Hayden (3) Marks.  The current plan is to sail her for a few
> months on the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh (about a mile from our houses)
> in order to get the kinks out then find a slip near Annapolis next spring.
> 
> A friend was on the boat a few weeks ago and asked, "No offence Roger, but
> how many things on the boat have you had to do twice?"  My reply was,
> "Steve, that's the wrong question.  Since I had to do everything at least
> two times, you should have said thrice, not twice."
> 
> I won't go into the full scope of renovation but it suffices to say that I
> did more than was necessary and learned a lot about research, following
> advice (sometimes), how nice and helpful the folks on the Alberg 30 "Page"
> are (thanks so much everyone), patience, humility, cussing, and even how to
> wiggle out of the lazarette locker late on Friday night (one has to take
> one's wallet out of the back pocket) in order not to have to camp out in an
> empty factory over the weekend.  I also gained some skills (there sure is a
> lot to know about renovating a boat) and am positive that the next Alberg 30
> I renovate will go much faster, perhaps only 5 years.
> 
> Please go to  <http://www.perfectintentions.com>
> http://www.perfectintentions.com and click on "Launch Photos" for pictures.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Roger and the Kingsland Family (Gigi, Morgan and Roger the younger)
> 
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