pretty rad, right? so my friend stephan built a boat or i think now its up to three boats with some friends of his. since i have always had a serious fascination for boat captains and maritime stuffs and used to live next to one of the more rad boatbuilding museums (viva la göteborg) i was happy to see some boats getting built. they were a part of an exhibition in upthestate new york at purchase college called 'off the grid'. the idea is to re-purpose wood generally used (and pretty easily found and harvested by people like us) for construction purposes all over nyc in the making of boats and these boats can be made by anyone....they are wheat pasting plans to construction sites near you so get a jigsaw and screwdriver (supposedly that is all you need) and get going. i know i will one day. i will sooner if you wanna do it with me. big props to the makermaster svm.the whole thing makes me think about the public access to the shore in manhattan and how minimal it is. i always wanted to get my own dinghy when i lived in the les so i could row myself to brooklyn. one of my favorite things to do in this funny little village of villages is to kayak at the only true public access pontage. you should too. go here: downtownboathouse i may be going again soon with my grandmére in early june. if your up for a riproaring time come with us.
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