Visiting some of my favorite boats in winter storage is like visiting good friends in the hospital – it’s embarrassing to see their grace sullied by immodest exposures and unnatural crowding; yet, it’s good to know that they are being protected during their vulnerability.
If these boats could have talked yesterday, when I visited on that brisk Thanksgiving Day morning, it probably would not have been about the delicious meal I soon would be eating in front of a fire; it probably would have been about their eager release into Great Cove on a warm, salt-scented June day next year.
As you see, the WoodenBoat School’s post-and-panel Boatshed is now sealed (except for a small entry hatch in the back):
Although not heated, the building’s skylights can provide warmth. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on November 24, 2022.)