my work: Messing about in boats

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Messing about in boats

15 Aug: New owner Dave, and Forse, builder of Gabrielle, the Somes Sound
12 1/2 in the background, beached in Nim Shue Wan, for a bit
of "messing about in boats".

Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing —

half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.

Simply messing... about in boats — or with boats.

In or out of em, it doesnt matter.

Nothing seems really to matter, thats the charm of it.

Whether you get away, or whether you dont;

whether you arrive at your destination

or whether you reach somewhere else,

or whether you never get anywhere at all,

youre always busy,

and you never do anything in particular;

and when youve done it theres always something else to do,

and you can do it if you like, but youd much better not.

Rat to Mole, as they are rowing up the river.

Wind in The Willows

Gabrielle on Nim Shue Wan beach, Discovery Bay, Hong Kong.
Daves mate Lex, by their new little dinghy-tender

Dave, in dinghy, Lex in water, taking Gabrielle
back to her mooring in Nim Shue Wan, after the little
messabout. Thats the Bounty in the background.

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