[Public-List] End of 2014

[George Dinwiddie via Public-List]

Gord,

It is a good read. I can forgive the affluence and overlook the politics 
(which doesn't appear in the book), but the description of stealing the 
boat out of the yard without paying a disputed yard bill never set well 
with me.

  - George

On 12/31/14 10:01 AM, Gordon Laco via Public-List wrote:
> Good morning friends....
>
> I¹m looking forward to 2015 and hope you are too.....  I noted our new
> correspondent's message about replacing toe rails.... I¹ve declared aloud
> here at our house that I¹m going to declare war on our deck edge leaks this
> year.  This will involve repairing the leaks under the six life line
> stanchion bases as well as under the toe rail.  The rail is very thin from
> decades of sanding so I¹m shaping up to replace it after doing a cloth tape
> and epoxy job on the joint.   Compared to what I¹m doing with the wooden
> boat this shouldn¹t be too horrible a job (except for getting at the genoa
> track bolts adjacent to the second fuel tank I put in on the port side a few
> years ago).
>
> There.  I¹ve said this aloud (again).  Maybe I¹ll do it this year....
>
> One of my sons bought me William F. Buckley¹s AIRBORNE, A SENTIMENTAL
> JOURNEY for Christmas.  I can¹t believe I¹ve not read this great book
> before.  I¹ve been aware of it since it was first published, have held a
> copy in my hand in various book stores over the years, but have to admit I
> was put off it three ways.  One was that reviews commented on the luxury of
> the yacht (the schooner CYRANO which among other things sported a piano)
> This offended the younger me with regard to a belief that one should suffer
> when at sea.  Another problem I had was the cover illustration, which
> didn¹t, I thought, make the boat look attractive to my eye (yes, I was and
> perhaps still am that picky) Last, Buckley seemed to me to represent what I
> thought in my student days was an incomprehensible and distasteful political
> viewpoint.
>
> Well I¹m most of the way through the book already, and have to say it¹s a
> wonderful read.  Whatever Buckley was politically, he was a very witty
> writer and his love of seamanship has overshadowed whatever it was that
> repelled me thirty years ago.  I can even overlook the luxurious
> appointments of his yacht.
>
> Hope you all have a great New Year¹s eve, and I¹m looking forward to sharing
> sailing and yacht maintenance stories with you next year.
>
> Bye for now -
>
> Gord
> #426 Surprise
>
> PS I was driving through Burlington Ontario yesterday and saw a white hulled
> A30 under a tarp on a driveway ­ does she belong to anyone on this list?
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