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On this page you'll find links to some short essays I have written regarding boats, boaters, design, my life . . . basically, anything that catches my fancy. Some of these are now getting pretty old, but I have left them in their original form. In one I complain about $2.00 gas and then in another, $4.00 gas! I feel so old!

Hot & Cold Folding Doors: February 17, 2003

The Super-Hydra-Woopdy-Doo2 Hull: February 17, 2003

It Was Made By Blind-Tibetan Monks . . . .: June 26, 2003

How Expensive Can It Get?: December 1, 2003

Stuck In The Past Or Not Sold Yet?: January 26, 2004

Hurricanes . . . . Or are they really stalkers?: September 25, 2004

Too Many Builders?: February 12, 2005

Should we be getting the wood out?: January 10, 2007

Are you boating in a floating cave?: December 29, 2007

Lead, Follow . . . or Go Away?: June 19, 2008

Remembering a Friend: October 12, 2010

Life With Cancer: July 4, 2012

Still Kicking!: February 4, 2013

Merry Dexmas!: November 27, 2013

You're Such A Baby!: July 3, 2014

Bow Riders or Center Consoles?: February 27, 2016

What's Goin' On?: May 23, 2016

Do I Really Need Flotation Foam?: February 10, 2017