'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.
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