Will, did your Dad build the schooner? It must have been wild in those days.
Clark
and crew. That's the Old Man running the drill sander. My mother trying out the helm and the Old Man with his glasses on top of his head and his grandfather, my great grandfarther on his right (left, in the photo, at around 91 y.o.)
the guy with the cigar is Don Heiser, the yard manager.
the Old Man talking with Clark about the masts for Sunflower
Clark built the Old Man's first boat, an optimus pram when he was a kid around 12. They had known each other a long time. Clark also built my pram, mostly.
that is me setting all the nails. I had to putty and sand and paint the whole boat. I thought that was about the hardest job that would last forever. I pictured myself an old man who still hadn't finished the job, as I was tapping another nail in. The blond kid is my younger brother.
I did finally get it done. I named her Sunflower Seed, but only after we moved aboard Sunflower. I got my pram before Sunflower was built.
- Will (Dragonfly)