Re: The best part of boatbuilding is...
Congrats on your progress. I guess you'll be launching soon. I build
boats, but I also build other things that give me a similar feeling. I
think anyone who builds some kind of moving gadget or vehicle would
have similar feelings. So we probably have more kindred souls than we
realise. THere are lots of people who build model airplanes and real
airplanes, kites, and a few that make bicycles, cars, oddball vehicles
etc. etc. I admit that boats are probably the easiest vehicles to make
that you can actually ride in. Anyway, I'm just saying that there are
a fair number of people even in the USA who don't spend their life
solely as good consumers.
boats, but I also build other things that give me a similar feeling. I
think anyone who builds some kind of moving gadget or vehicle would
have similar feelings. So we probably have more kindred souls than we
realise. THere are lots of people who build model airplanes and real
airplanes, kites, and a few that make bicycles, cars, oddball vehicles
etc. etc. I admit that boats are probably the easiest vehicles to make
that you can actually ride in. Anyway, I'm just saying that there are
a fair number of people even in the USA who don't spend their life
solely as good consumers.
--- In bolger@y..., "John Bell" <jmbell@m...> wrote:
> I just came in from putting the first spot of paint on Mr. Moon, my
AF4.
>
> The whole time I was painting, I was thinking about how satisfying
the job
> was. snip
> I started to build boats because I wanted a boat. Now, almost three
boats
> later I see there has got to be a bigger reason to build them: I
build them
> because I'm addicted to that feeling.
>
> What about you? And if you're still thinking about it, why not
start? It's a
> thrill you won't get anywhere else.
>
>
> Y'all play nice!
>
> John Bell <><
> and "Mr. Moon"
> in Kennesaw, GA
>http://jmbell.home.mindspring.com
I just came in from putting the first spot of paint on Mr. Moon, my AF4.
The whole time I was painting, I was thinking about how satisfying the job
was. And how some parts of boatbuilding stir the soul more than others.
Dipping a clean brush into the can the first time, spreading the color
lovingly over the hull you've labored over for so long, and watching it
erase the epoxy drips, the pencil marks, the filled holes that took so long
to sand smooth, it just feels good. It feels like progress; it feels like
the end of the road is in sight; it feels like accomplishment. It is just
plain satisfying.
Other parts of boatbuilding give me that same feeling. There's the day you
first put rule, pencil, and saw to wood. The day you get enough of the bits
built to pull the hull into shape. And of course the day you carry her down
to the water and push her off where she is floating on her own. You step
aboard and this lovely creature that you created with your hands and heart
and sweat comes alive for the first time, dancing, bobbing, surging, and
laughing with the wind, waves, and water. That feels good, too.
I started to build boats because I wanted a boat. Now, almost three boats
later I see there has got to be a bigger reason to build them: I build them
because I'm addicted to that feeling.
What about you? And if you're still thinking about it, why not start? It's a
thrill you won't get anywhere else.
Y'all play nice!
John Bell <><
and "Mr. Moon"
in Kennesaw, GA
http://jmbell.home.mindspring.com
The whole time I was painting, I was thinking about how satisfying the job
was. And how some parts of boatbuilding stir the soul more than others.
Dipping a clean brush into the can the first time, spreading the color
lovingly over the hull you've labored over for so long, and watching it
erase the epoxy drips, the pencil marks, the filled holes that took so long
to sand smooth, it just feels good. It feels like progress; it feels like
the end of the road is in sight; it feels like accomplishment. It is just
plain satisfying.
Other parts of boatbuilding give me that same feeling. There's the day you
first put rule, pencil, and saw to wood. The day you get enough of the bits
built to pull the hull into shape. And of course the day you carry her down
to the water and push her off where she is floating on her own. You step
aboard and this lovely creature that you created with your hands and heart
and sweat comes alive for the first time, dancing, bobbing, surging, and
laughing with the wind, waves, and water. That feels good, too.
I started to build boats because I wanted a boat. Now, almost three boats
later I see there has got to be a bigger reason to build them: I build them
because I'm addicted to that feeling.
What about you? And if you're still thinking about it, why not start? It's a
thrill you won't get anywhere else.
Y'all play nice!
John Bell <><
and "Mr. Moon"
in Kennesaw, GA
http://jmbell.home.mindspring.com