[Rhodes22-list] Boat nostalgia

Mark Kaynor mark at kaynor.org
Tue Feb 10 14:52:16 EST 2004


Ron,

I guess you've gotta have something to do during those long winters...

Mark

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From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Ronald Lipton
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 2:24 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boat nostalgia


It must be something about Maine.  My friend who is now
transplanted to Illinois has spent the last 1.5 years building
a wooden boat in his garage (with daily updates and pictures)
with the intent of one day bringing it back to Maine.

Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Kaynor" <mark at kaynor.org>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:06 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Boat nostalgia


>
> I was recently going through some photos from a trip we took up to the old
> family place on the Maine coast a couple of years ago and came across the
> attached.
>
> My dad had this 10' rowing skiff made for me by an old Harpswell boat
> builder named Henry Barnes - the same winter he also had skiffs built for
> himself and my older brother, a year or so after Henry built my uncle's
36'
> lobster boat. I believe it was given to me on my 7th birthday, and I
> eventually passed it on to my younger brother when I inherited my older
> brother's 14' skiff at 12 or so.
>
> Looks pretty sad now, but, man did I ever have a load of fun in that
thing.
> Even took it out to the islands a couple times with my old 3hp Johnson
> motor. I spent almost every day of every summer for 5 years in that little
> boat.
>
> Mark Kaynor
>
>


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