Thursday, August 23, 2007

A change in plans

Well, Mikey D was going to visit us this weekend and help begin some assembly, but Owen's been sick so he wisely decided better of the trip. I think it will be a blessing in disguise, based on the couple hours of work I put in tonight. I would not have been ready for him this weekend. So hopefully he can make it down in the near future, and we'll get the frames, centerboard trunk, keel, stem and breasthook (and maybe transom) laid down. In the meantime I'll be working on all those things, and will hopefully be ready when Mikey can come down here.

On a completely unrelated note, Leinies Summer Shandy rules. That is, if you like wheat beer. And I do.

7 comments:

vg said...

Dude, you are truly a mensch! Not only are you ballsy enough to attempt a project like that, but you document your progress publicly on a self-designed website...... and can use big-people words like "quasi-urban" and not sound pedantic!! Impressive!

Anonymous said...

Joe, you ARE a mensch!, but by using the word "pedantic," the previous poster sounds pedantic!

SuaveTheUberWop said...

You are planning to name this thing "Sloop Joe B" right? Or perhaps "The Mark Belanger's Disease of Seaworthy Vessels"?

Joe Barker said...

Wow, "suavetheuberwop"? That is STRONG, man!

How dare you call Vince pedantic? On second thought, it's probably deserved.

mjd said...

The Mark Belanger's Disease of Seaworthy Vessels???

Why not just call it "I Couldn't Explain the Name of this Boat to You if I Tried"?

mjd said...

By the way, I still vote for "Hot Pink Cooter" with a second tier suggestion of "Vagitarius".

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