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Category: Life goes on

June 4th 2022 is the launching date!

July 17, 2021 May 31, 2022Life goes on 8

( There was a change from the original plan of May 30th)   There is still plenty work to keep us busy over the next couple seasons, but we are finally seeing the water over our dreams horizon. The day dreaming is morphing into planning as we are listing and…

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That Reoccurring Question

January 24, 2019 November 7, 2021Life goes on, Uncategorized 2

The FAQuestion It’s a frequent question: “How?” …and the question is explained: “I mean… not how do you build a boat but how do you know how to go along to build a boat? How did you know how to build this boat? How do you go from nothing and…

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Mimi Jane is her name!

October 9, 2018 February 15, 2020Life goes on, Logistics and planing 0

Finding a name This summer, Mark and I started the itch to get our boat officially named and registered. Naming a boat, more so a boat we built over many years of dedication, is not trivial, this name will be her identity.  We need to feel attached to her name and…

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Not so good of a week

July 13, 2010 October 3, 2018Hull and appendices, Life goes on 0

I don’t like planning. The reason being that, what ever plans I make, I can guaranty it is the one thing that will not happen. Life is full of surprises, good and bad. Tuesday night I got a phone call from my sister: my mom had an accident. A horse…

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Boat Building season is back

April 17, 2010 October 1, 2018Life goes on, Logistics and planing 0

The problem about posting after a long web absence is:where to start? I should start with where have we been? Still here. What have we been doing? Hibernating should be the right word. Strangely this winter has been the mildest my lifetime has known here in eastern Canada. Had the…

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Biking….aaaachoummm…but no blasting

November 16, 2009 October 3, 2018Life goes on 0

Not much progress on the boat these past couple weeks, but I figured I should still check in on the blogging. As planned, Mark, Marley and I went for a road trip to Saguenay, Quebec, where Marley and I competed at the sled dog dryland world championship. We were away…

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We have projects but don’t plan life

September 25, 2009 October 1, 2018Life goes on 0

What a long week… Last Saturday we were starting the sandblasting and painting under the deck of the main compartment, nine days later I am typing this from Brittany, I am in Nantes airport boarding room on my way back to Canada. Meanwhile so much has happened, I feel like…

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