Re: 1st Editions etc.


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Posted by Jonathan Labaree on November 19, 2002 at 14:47:19 from 207.5.234.19 user JLabaree.

In Reply to: Re: 1st Editions etc. posted by Dave Thewlis on November 16, 2002 at 01:17:01:

Actually, David, sea water is an excellent preservative. The Wasa and Mary Rose, both submerged for hundreds of years, are wonderfully preserved. It’s fresh water that causes problems, mostly rot.

Having worked in the boat restoration business, I have given some thought to the question of whether a total rebuild creates a new boat. In general, I think not – even those boats that have few, if any, original parts. For the most part, when you restore a boat, you do it a bit at a time, as opposed to taking it completely apart and starting fresh. Thus, the boat is always a boat – indeed, it’s always the same boat.

This also raises the question of whether a boat is simply a pile of wood that someone pieced together. Surely a boat is far more than its individual pieces. We can all identify with the Swallow. The joy she brought the Walker children gives her a personality all her own. If, over the years, they had to replace all her planks and frames, I think she’d still be the same boat. Wouldn’t the Walkers feel that way?

- Jonathan


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