A Boat in Arkansas
The Remains Of Unfair Winds
My friend artist and designer, Mark Parrish, bought a sailing boat in 2006; without having a lot of experience, he sailed it down the Hudson River, docked it at the Sheepsheads Bay marina, and started working on it.
He stripped it down to nuts and bolts, replacing every part and every inch of paint. About a year later, in the spring of 2007, after spending months online looking for cabinets that would fit, he met Steve, who had an identical boat which suffered significant damages during hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Steve kept the battered boat in his backyard in Jonesboro and was selling its parts piece by piece. Mark decided to drive his Volvo, from New York to Arkansas, and buy every piece of wood he could fit in the back of the car.
He asked me if I wanted to join him and offer a helping hand. I could not resist the road trip and adventure ahead, so in the first week of April 2007, we took off.
The next two weeks were quite an experience, then the Volvo was filled to the brim, and the wood cabinets brought back to New York. Mark got a great deal with this one.
My friend artist and designer, Mark Parrish, bought a sailing boat in 2006; without having a lot of experience, he sailed it down the Hudson River, docked it at the Sheepsheads Bay marina, and started working on it.
He stripped it down to nuts and bolts, replacing every part and every inch of paint. About a year later, in the spring of 2007, after spending months online looking for cabinets that would fit, he met Steve, who had an identical boat which suffered significant damages during hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Steve kept the battered boat in his backyard in Jonesboro and was selling its parts piece by piece. Mark decided to drive his Volvo, from New York to Arkansas, and buy every piece of wood he could fit in the back of the car.
He asked me if I wanted to join him and offer a helping hand. I could not resist the road trip and adventure ahead, so in the first week of April 2007, we took off.
The next two weeks were quite an experience, then the Volvo was filled to the brim, and the wood cabinets brought back to New York. Mark got a great deal with this one.