[Public-List] PRINCESS book

Wed Mar 14 06:20:05 PDT 2012

Indeed Gord

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life 
in your years."
- Abraham Lincoln.

John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] PRINCESS book


> Hello friends -
>
> Further to Mowat... He is indeed alive and kicking; and still writing. 
> One
> of his more recent books is 'Bay of Dreams', an autobiographical account 
> of
> the real events in his life surrounding the five or so years that the 
> events
> in 'Boat Who Wouldn't Float' actually took place during.  Lovely book.
>
> A little earlier he published 'My Father's Son' which is in the format of
> the letters he exchanged with his father during his service as a platoon
> leader in WW2.  Just as 'Bay of Dreams' is the background to 'Wouldn't
> Float', 'My Father's Son' is good reading after 'And No Birds Sang'.  The
> later was published some time ago and is a fairly searing description of
> Mowat's experiences in action as an infantry officer.  It starts out quite
> funny like 'Wouldn't Float', but changes....
>
> So, no grave yet! Let's hope he keeps roaring along as he has....
>
> Cheers - Gord #426 Surprise
>
>
> On 13/03/12 11:22 PM, "Robert Alley" <1ralley at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Mowatt was a genius of written humor.  I would pay good money to have
>> someone pour 3 fingers of bourbon over his grave annually in tribute.
>>
>> Best to all,
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> On 3/13/2012 3:36 PM, dan walker wrote:
>>> re read princess and mowattsboat who would not float every winter. i 
>>> know sad
>>> pathetic creature, but it does take my mind off my lot of being where 
>>> winter
>>> occurs
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>   From: Gordon Laco<mainstay at csolve.net>
>>> To: Jonathan Adams<laughing_gull at verizon.net>; Alberg 30 Public List --  
>>> open
>>> to all<public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 9:54 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Bilges and Hull Painting
>>>
>>> Hello Jonathan -
>>>
>>> Your description of digging down while wondering how far you were going 
>>> to
>>> have to go reminds me of one of my favourite passages in a book titled
>>> 'Princess' by Joe Richards.  Richards had just bought Princess (she was 
>>> a
>>> Friendship sloop; he bought her in the mid 1930's)  using every penny he
>>> could scrape together, and after concluding the sale decided to clean 
>>> out
>>> the forepeak where the anchor chain was coiled.  He dug through sand and
>>> sludge that had accumulated over the years, reaching in through the 
>>> small
>>> access port... Digging, digging, the handfuls of soft black crud never
>>> seemed to end.  Finally he found he was reaching into what seemed like 
>>> an
>>> empty space with his arm in up to the shoulder... And his fingers felt
>>> warm.... And he realized he'd dug right through the rotten oak stem and 
>>> his
>>> hand was extended into the air, the warmth he was feeling was the sun.
>>>
>>> He described the next moments... "I grabbed a claw hammer and went after 
>>> the
>>> bum who had my money, but he got away".
>>>
>>> Here's a thought on your bilge.  Our boats have encapsulated ballast, 
>>> which
>>> means the iron pig is laid into the glass keel.  If your keel is damaged 
>>> in
>>> a grounding, water can get past the iron and up into the boat.  Sealing 
>>> off
>>> the ballast with epoxy and cloth or whatever is probably a good idea.
>>>
>>> Gord #426 Surprise
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/03/12 8:48 PM, "Jonathan Adams"<laughing_gull at verizon.net>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> First of all thanks for all the comments on hull painting. I read them 
>>>> all.
>>>> However,  no sooner had I started sanding the hull, and committed to a 
>>>> hull
>>>> job, then I discovered a new feature of the old boat!
>>>>
>>>> The engine is currently out, and I had cleaned the bilge to what I 
>>>> thought
>>>> was
>>>> the floor of the bilge. This involved about 2 inches of sludge and many
>>>> pieces
>>>> of hardware. However, it was not drying, so I dug further. I ripped up 
>>>> the
>>>> board that (I now know) separates the ballast from the bilge. Beneath 
>>>> this
>>>> board was another 2 + inches of oil drenched sludge. I kept digging, 
>>>> and was
>>>> seriously concerned that I was going to just keep going. However, I got 
>>>> to a
>>>> baton running fore and aft, and below that it seemed to be wet, but 
>>>> clean.
>>>>
>>>> So ... put a fan on it, threw kitty litter down to soak up water, and 
>>>> put a
>>>> 60w bulb down. It seems to be drying out. My question is - any advice 
>>>> for a)
>>>> making it as dry as possible; and b) sealing this back up?
>>>>
>>>> I had thought about putting a few plastic boards down there, and 
>>>> pouring
>>>> resin
>>>> with some filler around them to build the bilge back up to where it 
>>>> was.
>>>> Then
>>>> I thought about just making a sludge of kitty litter and resin - what 
>>>> have
>>>> other folks done?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to your comments.
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan
>>>> Laughing Gull 197
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