Sailing Beyond Lake Superior; A dreamboat becomes reality

In this collage of photos I sit at my drafting table and ponder the plan that will next become an inch-to-a-foot scale model used to loft the lines for the 46-foot finished vessel. 

The next photo is our wedding photo, then our sailing dinghy, and our dreamboat Dursmirg fully rigged and under way. Living out of the sea and off the land: 

Jane displays a flounder she caught and will prepare fresh from the sea. In the next photo I am blowing a conch horn, which is a sign of a seasoned Florida sailor, then our helm wheel, and a toast to a successful launch.

 Bottom photos: Our home designed and built multipurpose dinghy and Dursmirg, our floating home under sail. 

Read the rest of this story in Sailing Beyond Lake Superior: Travels of Dursmirg, available in paperback and digital editions worldwide.

Many a dreamboat has been scuttled by procrastination.

Sailing Beyond Lake Superior

Idle minds may lead to strange and interesting outcomes:

When I was twelve years old I got the plans from a Popular Mechanics magazine for an eight-foot racing hydroplane. I had saved my money and bought the two sheets of quarter inch plywood and the few boards that the plans required.    That winter in my folk’s basement, with nothing but hand tools and determination, the little boat took shape. Early the next spring just after the ice went out of Lake Nebagamon I carried the new creation to the water and in it went! Not only did it float, it didn’t even leak! It was wonderful to say the least…it was just like a living thing that I had created with my own hands.

Launching of my second home built dreamboat, 1952, at age 12; an inspiration for bigger and better things. Read Sailing Beyond Lake Superior, one of four volumes in my Sailing series, and discover the story of my first dreamboat.

Many a dreamboat is scuttled by procrastination.