Monthly Archives: March 2010

Fred, Fin, and Doug…

By lizzy | Published: March 30, 2010
With the tube removed, there was no more time to waste. I had to find someone to help me do the fiberglass work. I’d conceded to the realization that it was NOT going to be Laurent. It was beyond me why he didn’t want to do the job, but that didn’t matter anymore. I didn’t [...]
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GET OOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT!

By lizzy | Published: March 22, 2010
Adrian, the cheery 6’ 2” Canadian, was low on cash but full of spirit. He had been borrowing my bike for the prior week to ride to town for parts and pieces to fix up his newly acquired steel sloop. He dropped by just as Mike’s overtime charges were about to begin [...]
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20-ton Hydraulic Jack + Tsunami + Hollywood Director + 6’2” Canadian + Butane Torch= GREAT SUCCESS!

By lizzy | Published: March 19, 2010
I woke in the middle of the night to a pounding on Swell’s hull. I shook myself from a dream and looked up at the clock. It was 3 am. “Who the heck drops by for a visit at this hour?” I thought. I peered over the side and saw Taputu standing below with a flashlight. “Sorry [...]
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No More Chirps in Boatyard Purgatory

By lizzy | Published: March 17, 2010
For a week after Poe died, it felt strange when I’d return to Swell–no more chirping, no more fishy stink, and no more fuzzy head popping up? Instead I found only piles of progress-less projects staring at me. Despite grinding off the recent epoxy job and making a more precisely-fitting steel washer, the ‘extracteur’ continued [...]
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Unfit to be a Mother ☹

By lizzy | Published: March 15, 2010
By and by, Poe didn’t get better. She ate less and less through the weekend and I felt both helpless and hopeless to make her well again. After asking around, I found out about a veterinarian in town,  loaded my sick bird into in my bike basket, and pedaled off… Upon finding the veterinarian clinic, a [...]
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