Classic Boat

Distracted

“We’re doing 3.2kt, 14.1v, 1.3G and 52 likes on Facebook….”

I could tell my classic leaky wooden boat sailor chum Dan was impressed. In fact I don’t think he’d ever seen anything quite like my Sailfish. As he tapped the hull in wonder at its complete lack of weeping knots, rusty nails and holes, I took his expression to be one of something like awe, or it could have been just “or!” as I don’t think he’d ever seen a boat with water mainly on the outside.

That was only

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