February 2012
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The Horn
One thing that I’m passionate in my life is horns. Just ask any passenger that’s ridden in a car with me… And here’s the interesting (or not so much) part about it all: I feel the same draw to all horns. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise when I say that I was pretty much constantly interested in blowing the huge-freak horn that the yacht I worked on was equipped...
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The Fender
This fine piece of equipment is used to guard the sides of the boat from what ever might scratch them, in the case of this photograph, the lock walls. During my month working on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, our frequent use of the locks enabled us to master certain skills that we had a keen appreciation for, namely tossing ropes and tying up fenders with finesse, style, and above all, a...