On what I expect is the only Jessie Cooper for sale in Medicine Hat...

I'll admit I find the word �unprecedented� kinda scary these days, interesting times, and Sarah Palin in a tie...

I noticed that there's a Bolger Jessie Cooper for sale somewhere up in Maple Leaf Land. Well, actually what I should be saying is there is a much modified Bolger Jessie Cooper for sale up in Maple Leaf Land.

There's a difference...

Now, personally I'm all for the ability and right of an individual boatbuilder to build the boat he/she sees in their head. I understand it and have done it myself from time to time. Still looking at the Jessie Cooper in question I find myself asking myself why and not coming up with any answers.

Not that the changes are bad, just simply that I'd love to be more in tune with the boatbuilder's thought process because it's somewhat foreign to me and I might learn something.

That said, I expect the boat would perform well and, as you don't see many Jessie Coopers around for sale, will make someone a great boat...

Listening to Stacey Randol

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a chance missed...

Badtux has a bad dream, a Senator making sense, and in the "wonders never cease" department Sarah Palin says something I actually agree with...

Last year a friend mentioned to me that there was a stretched Herreshoff Meadowlark for sale up in Maryland...

A different Meadowlark but you get the idea...

I've always loved this particular design and the fact that it had been built by Allan Vaitses made it all the more attractive. Add in the fact that it was selling for less than the cost of the lead contained aboard as ballast made for a pretty unbeatable combination...

Of course to buy it I'd have had to jump on a plane and fly up to Maryland and I'd promised myself never to get on another commercial flight...

So, I hesitated and someone else got the boat. I'm pretty sure there's a lesson to be learned here somewhere...

Listening to Marcus Mumford & Justin Hayward-Young

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