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7 Winter Maintenance Haiku for you!

4/28/2020

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We've been hard at work this winter preparing Friend Ship and Wild Rose in our little "Ship Shop" in Georgia.  We've done all sorts of routine maintenance like sanding/varnishing the spars and all the wooden pieces of each boat.  We've also done more long-term improvements like installing new lifelines, upgrading instruments/gauges, and improved the running rigging. We've had such a blast and, as always, have learned a lot along the way.  Now that it's almost time to launch, I've been reflecting upon this winter's work in the form of some lighthearted Haiku poems.  

Hope you enjoy!
​Diddy

​I’m in trouble now

Got epoxy in my hair
Never coming out.
Regrettably, this is a true story. While trying to get a better look at the area of the deck I was repairing, I leaned my head over to one side and dunked my hair into a plateful of  epoxy I had just mixed and set aside. Lesson learned, I guess...
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​​Lazarette’s too small
In the belly of a boat
Claustrophobia.


Bubba says Andre's
Been sniffing too much varnish
He should be working.
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​Friend Ship and Wild Rose
Ship-shape in Bristol fashion
Just about launch time.




Sand, sand, all day long
OB is the Varnish Queen
Everything's looking bright!
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​​New sails for Wild Rose

Thanks Vermont Sailing Partners! 
Can't wait to use them.



Always things to do
Whilst messing about on boats
That's the charm of it.
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Any poets out there?  Please comment with your own boat-related haikus!
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