Comments on: Purposeless https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/purposeless/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:12:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Mike Werneburg https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/purposeless/#comment-91931 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:33:31 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=93249#comment-91931 I grew up on the Hudson River in Stillwater New York, and as a kid I used to row my boat all over the place. When it was too hot, or I got too tired, I would tie my painter to an overhanging tree and take a nap in the shade. If I rowed slowly and quietly, I could sneak up on many different animals along the way. I will never forget the time I was rowing for quite some time without turning around and did not notice a rain squall coming towards me, I wondered, what the heck is that noise? When I did turn around, I saw I was about to be drenched! I laughed out loud. Many years of great memories. I’m 67 now, have been sailing since I was 16, and have a Catalina 22, kept on Saratoga Lake.

]]> By: Christopher Cunningham https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/purposeless/#comment-89361 Mon, 15 May 2023 20:01:04 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=93249#comment-89361 In reply to Harry Coster.

Thanks, Harry. You can read more about the canoe in my editorial “Father’s Day.”

]]> By: John Breiby https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/purposeless/#comment-89340 Mon, 15 May 2023 00:53:43 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=93249#comment-89340 Beautiful writing and description, Chris. I can just picture your slough. There’s a Spanish proverb: “How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterwards.”

]]> By: Matthew Moeller https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/purposeless/#comment-89093 Wed, 03 May 2023 18:50:34 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=93249#comment-89093 Everybody has a special place where “simply messing about” is the best thing you can do. Do you leave a “wake-up” call request?

]]> By: Harry Coster https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/purposeless/#comment-89092 Wed, 03 May 2023 18:03:13 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=93249#comment-89092 Most enjoyable article.I would like to know more about the canoe used for for the trip as I am much interested in building one like it.

]]> By: alex zimmerman https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/purposeless/#comment-89090 Wed, 03 May 2023 16:52:10 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=93249#comment-89090 We so rarely take time to just be.
Thanks for taking that time and for reminding us of the rewards from doing so.

]]> By: DALLEN BOUNDS https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/purposeless/#comment-89077 Tue, 02 May 2023 17:54:40 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=93249#comment-89077 Thanks for the ride, and now that we are back I will get back to my yard work. It is easier going with you than spending the time just getting ready
to go by myself. Thanks again for taking the time.

]]> By: Brad Kurlancheek https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/purposeless/#comment-89076 Tue, 02 May 2023 14:53:15 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=93249#comment-89076 Ah, the Art of Doing Nothing, well, is no easy task. Not for the squeamish nor foolhardy. You have captured it here, enchantingly! Well done, sir.

]]> By: charles parker https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/purposeless/#comment-89075 Tue, 02 May 2023 14:49:39 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=93249#comment-89075 aaaahhhh… as a kid (a very long time ago) I’d sail our Seaford skiff out on the great South Bay and just let everything go and drift.Watching the clouds drift by was just so peaceful….There is nothing better than doing nothing on a boat…Thanks for bringing back that memory…

]]> By: Patrick Luppens https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/purposeless/#comment-89070 Tue, 02 May 2023 10:48:47 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=93249#comment-89070 The Raquette River in Potsdam, NY, does it for me in my CLC Wood Duck 10. Five minutes from the house there are lots of islands and inlets and no power boats.

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