43.) The Nick of Time

In my last post, I referred briefly to Wooden Boat magazine's "Launchings and Relaunchings" section. This usually runs three or four pages and is full of snapshots of completed projects, with the grinning boat owner often included. Each photo is usually accompanied by a little bit of text explaining the project.

I save back issues of the magazine because I never know when I might want to refer to an article.  But to illustrate a point, I'd like to quote a few things from "Launchings and Relaunchings" in an issue I picked at random (March/April 2014).  Here goes:

"Though he began the project in 1999 and didn't launch until last year, Jay estimates he only spent about three-and-a-half years building his boat...."

"More than a dozen years ago, David Smith started building Gratitude...."

"Working mostly alone over more years than he cares to admit, John Di Dio built Ghost...."

"Jeffrey spent five years building the boat from native white oak, white ash....."