mud season, then boat season

Okay, 80 degrees in West Texas must mean it is getting close to mud season, back in Maine. Which makes me start thinking about going down to the sea in ships. Or boats, anyway. Or one boat--our Scout. Currently wintering (almost springing) in Bill Grant's Boatyard in Sedgwick, ME.

      Things are cranking up in Maine, boat-wise, because the  Maine Boatbuilders Show approacheth, in Portland, 3/15-3/17. Our friends from Off Center Harbor--the only website with classic boat videos and wooden boat blogs, started by leaders in the field--will be there. These are the guys who, if you dropped them off on a Maine island with a jackknife, and maybe some Geary's, could probably build you a schooner, then teach you how to sail it. 
        Artisan Boatworks will also be there...below) is OWL,  a wooden lobster yacht built by Newbert & Wallace in 1957, which they are re-tuning...