Sometime in the next week, I'm not sure of the precise day, it will be twenty years since SPARTINA was launched for the first time. For a plywood boat built in a garage by an amateur, she seems to have held up very well.
How many miles sailed? How many beautiful days with a crisp breeze? How many storms along the way? I can't even begin to count.
The surprise to me is the number of people I have met along the way, the friends I have made. I am thankful for that.
Thank you, John Welsford, for a boat that has brought me a lot of joy.
The painting above is by artist Sarah Baskin. She painted it on the waterfront in Oriental on the most recent cruise.
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