Comments on: CROW’s Last Sail

By: Lee Anderson

Lee Anderson — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 23:58:47 +0000

I built a Micro many, many years ago….. your article makes me (re)appreciate the Micro design…. I’m 81 yrs old and live on a lake, so it would be silly for me to build another, and it was trailable, a process I didn’t enjoy. So cut to the chase… that photo really tugged at my heart strings and under different circumstances I’d be tempted to build another (full size).

By: Kees van Weel

Kees van Weel — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 17:24:58 +0000

Pushing 80 myself, and I have thought that I would like my body to be sewn into a cotton-canvas bag with a chunk of cement at the foot end, then taken out to sea. There it would be placed on a plank which itself would be laid on the bulwark of the vessel bearing my remains. When the proper location is reached, the end of the plank is lifted and I slide into the sea to become fish and crab food. I understand that cremation uses a ton of energy, and of what use would my ashes be to this planet?

By: Noel

Noel — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:42:43 +0000

Thank you.
May I suggest including a little bottle of your fav brew so the finders can toast your memory, and boat. As a beekeeper, I’d include a stainless flask of mead, half filled so it floats if the boat is wrecked and with a brief explanation and maybe link to your website for further info if someone wanted.
Maybe an idea to make arrangements for your Facebook page and website too.
Happy travels,
Noel

By: Ian Milne

Ian Milne — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:35:51 +0000

I agree with Robert. It seems a bit macabre to me.

By: Robert Buchet

Robert Buchet — Fri, 03 May 2024 17:03:19 +0000

It’s a poetic idea, but imagine what happens to the joy of some child in say Ireland finding a lovely toy boat, then having to deal with someone’s remains.

By: Brian O Connor

Brian O Connor — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:18:48 +0000

Thank you for the lovely contemplation / doing essay.

By: Andrew fenn

Andrew fenn — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 05:52:42 +0000

What a great story. Personally, I think no satellite tracking, you should go beyond the horizon, to voyage to who knows where. It would be lovely to see a satellite track, but I think being tracked would kind of make letting go harder. Good sailing.

By: Andrew Fetherston

Andrew Fetherston — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 16:35:55 +0000

In reply to Gordon Scheeler. Gordon, many thanks for the kind words

By: Dale Niemann

Dale Niemann — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:16:51 +0000

In reply to Andrew Fetherston.

I live and sail in the Tampa Bay area. Departure would be well off shore from Tampa Bay. Hoped-for destination is “I do not care” maybe Mexico. I have sort of harbored a wish to sail there over the years.

If you could provide any more plans or details, I would appreciate it. I would be happy to pay for shipping costs. Hopefully, the Small Boats Nation folks would provide my email to you so we could communicate further.

Thank you for your best wishes. I wish you the same.

By: Gordon Scheeler

Gordon Scheeler — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 13:08:39 +0000

Such a fascinating idea. Your prose is as wonderful as your art. I hung on every line. The part about the crows certainly makes one think. It reminded me of a line from one of my favorite singer/songwriters, John Prine, “For so long, the raven at my window was only a crow.”