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Egg Boat

 I heard an author today saying how she wrote in various genres, and was not ashamed of switching between ad the mood took her.  Well after the wettest summer I can ever recall,  I've had little time to work on my Tiki21 refit, and lots of time to count my money (a few minutes for that) and dream of building a microcruiser.   It was early today in fact that my motivation peaked.  For years I have been fascinated by tiny boats, those miniscule yachts that of men sail across vast seas.  Robert Manry in "Tinkerbelle" a quirky guy that built and sailed "Yanky Girl", first across the Atlantic and later across the Pacific.  Wow! Strangely these two guys were probably very normal,  the latter a school teacher from mid west USA. I remember reading how he would,  after dinner with his wife,  go down to the garage and bunk down in YG. When strong wind warnings were issued,  he would take YG to the lake and sail her through the storm.  Heavy duty familiarizing techniques t