Monthly Archives: October 2012

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  Rail Meat…

  Posted on October 22, 2012 by Gretchen in Uncategorized.

    I have spent many hours on the rail of a sailboat.  Hours of sitting, and thinking, and observing. Hours in the sunshine, rain, heat, cold; some in the dark with stars twinkling over my head…  Sure there were the minutes of intense concentration while rounding a mark, bringing the halyards up, bringing the halyards […]

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• Living in the Gap…

  Posted on October 22, 2012 by Gretchen in Uncategorized.

    Well it has been one BUSY October!  We are still working on s/v Alchemy.  The new toe rail has not arrived yet so work on the stanchions on the starboard side has not moved forward, and so while the fiberglass work is complete and the stainless steel that was bent is being repaired, the […]

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  Disintegrate…

  Posted on October 11, 2012 by Gretchen in Uncategorized.

    Today we were returning home from town and the light was falling just right on the decrepit boat that I have wanted to stop and photograph for months.  Finally, inconveniently, I turned the car around, stopped on the side of the road, and took some pictures.  What today taught me was the very subject […]

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