AT17

AT17
The blog will now be devoted not to boat building but to my 82-year-old Vertue, Sally II, now undergoing a well needed refit at Johnson & Loftus in Ullapool (and gliding...)

Monday 17 January 2011

Spot the Difference


Beauty is in the eye... Having said that, who could find anything nice to say about this boat? But then, who knows. Maybe she's home for a young family, evicted from their house, or an elderly seafarer, home from the sea? Perhaps, soon after this photo was taken, her owner set sail for the South Seas in search of  love and adventure. Who cares whether she's good looking, in other words. She's someone's pride and joy.

And so are these, owned by a good friend of mine in Florida. What's the difference then?

2 comments:

  1. One is lived in, the others are left to anchor.

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  2. Maybe it's all really in the mind. Many years ago we saw an ugly little plastic boat, about 9 feet long, wearing an enormous red ensign and her skipper a fine blazer and yachting cap. In his mind he wasn't at Rothesay at all, probably on passage for Samoa.

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