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Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 3401 Registered: 11-1998 |
Honorable Mention Means of Grace Dale McLain I have watched the boatwright. He is patient and has a strong hand. His planes smooth the mahogany that will cut across the water. His work is slow and perfect as he lays the hull with battens. This boat will be a true and solid thing in an element of change. If I can build a boat anything is possible. I will begin with the long night moon and let the sea determine its worth. Wind, weather and wave will not be persuaded by my bright work. The water beneath me will be salt. I will build one fine boat, a graceful tender in quartering seas with sails too beautiful to look at against the blue. At the righting moment you will see me windward. |
