08 Aug 21:
Capn Jack would've been 83 today, we think of him all the time and he is with us in Spirit as we play with our small boats....well, many of them were his small boats and canoes. Starting in the late 1960s when he built the 16 foot Petrel sailboat ADRIENNE with Skipper's help, there has been a love of all things nautical in our family.
Skipper hung out watching the build, stealing shavings from wood planes and then she was pressed into service applying putty to screw holes with her little fingers. To this day we think she does not have fingerprints due to the abrasive nature of the putty, very convenient in her line of "pirating about."
Jack always had some boat part in his hands or on his shoulder, in this photo an old Lightning mast that has been our Casa's flagpole since 1995.
Jack and ONKAHYE in the 1980s
Skipper and Jack banditting the Navy Regatta with ONKAHYE in 1994...we're sure they one on handicapped times...
Happy Birthday Capn Jack! We'll see you in the shop or on the water.
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