'That which is constructed from thing from the earth to fly upon the waters deserved to end its life in the sky.' I said that - me, the writer of these pages.

It was time for our annual Boat Burning - where we, as responsible boat builders, put to rest our failures and let go some dreams whose time has passed. For this year, we had one boat that had been run over by a tractor and this one, a boat that had been dropped off in Joe's yard by a 'friend.' Joe had always thought he would restore it or at least take the lines off it, but it never worked out. He felt it was time to give this boat the send-off it deserved.

It was a formidable boat, about 18ft long and heavy as a mo-fo' because it was completely saturated with water.