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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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  Magic of the Boat Yard

  Posted on September 12, 2012 by Gretchen in Uncategorized.

  Epic.  That is the best word I can think of to describe in just one word what boat yards are to me.  I have always loved working in them.  The very process of giving back to the boat and maintaining her after she has served me so well has always been a joy for me, […]

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  Days at the Yard…

  Posted on September 5, 2012 by Gretchen in Uncategorized.

    They say, “A Picture Paints a Thousand Words”, and I say Thank God for that.  I started this blog while taking an online digital writing workshop and needless to say the weeks and days have been filled and I have neglected the blog. I have to get down to the boatyard right now and […]

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  Dragon Boat Races…

  Posted on August 23, 2012 by Gretchen in Uncategorized.

  I have been concentrating my time writing but nothing finished and appropriate for a blog post yet. For now, I want to share some pictures of the Dragon Boat Races in Oriental, N.C. I shot with my little point and shoot…they are in need of color correction, etc…  People travel from all over to participate […]

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  Seafood Boil…

  Posted on August 13, 2012 by admin in Uncategorized.

  August 13, 2012 Welcome to my blog!  I had intended to design one before we left last Fall for the Bahamas but found it was one of the last priorities on my list given the fact that we decided spontaneously to leave for our first cruise before our house was sold and thus had only […]

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