I started in earnest on the boat more than a year before I started writing this blog, though I took a few long stretches off from the project. One reason for the time lag is that I want to tell the story of the reconstruction in a way that's easy to follow and that makes sense. For the sake of anyone who happens upon this, I want this unfold as a narrative and not just a random sequence of photos or comments that I post just because I happen to feel like it.
I have a fair amount of experience as a writer and I might as well put some of it to use here. One of the things I know is that a story will turn out a lot better if the author has at least some idea where he or she is going with it.
Ideally, I hope that the time distance between my posts and the work I am doing will converge as the boat nears an end. In the meantime, this will allow me to spare the reader from a lot of side adventures and delays as the project unfolds.
It also will give me the right amount of time and the right pace to delve into some of the many topics related to this project: sailboat racing, boat building, modern materials, naval architecture, tools, woodworking, and what is fast becoming my favorite topic of all, wood itself.
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