[Paddlewise] Re Who Are We?

Hi All. Enjoying this thread though my computer has been down for several
days and so it has all arrived enmass........Not so very long ago it seems,
I was 20 and my very-patient wife and I got a vague notion that we should
move to the coast of Maine though we had no connection here and had never
been north of Kittery. Even so, there was and is something oddly familiar
to me about this area. After a few years, I realized that whatever it was
that had drawn us here was out on the islands and out past the coves.
Through some odd circumstances I happened upon a used sea kayak (not an
easy thing to do 20 years ago in Maine) and realized somehow that its
versatility and grace was what I needed to continue my quest. The years
have passed as well as a long line of kayaks, most of which I build myself
these days, and I have truly loved the time that I have spent paddling
along this coast. Suddenly I'm 46 and my son is 11 - paddling his own
kayak; thinking his own thoughts. Life goes on but I am still quite content
to continue this quest. Though my work in a biomed lab puts food on the
table, I find that my mind spends most of its time either out on the
islands or back at the shop trying to work through whatever snag has
developed on whichever kayak is being built. I suspect that there are more
transitions ahead. Putting the finishing touches on an Angmagsallik
currently and setting the forms for a Panache........Nice to get to know
you all a little better. Nice to see Brother Bill in South Carolina checked
in. See you folks out on the water.....
                                                         mark


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