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They call the area of the yard where Wind-Rose has been for the last ...... oh, how many months, I really don't want to know.... somewhere around 20! DEATH ROW!!!! It is where boats that don't get launched get moved, to clear for the fall haul (big yard, maybe 1000 boats or so).

Lots of boats go there to die (that's the nicest way to say it... they get cut up, salvaged, liens put on them, etc... you know the score).

I am a bright spot on death row, launch is set for Tuesday the 14. I AM COMING OFF DEATH ROW, even the yard guys are excited. There are lots of things still to be done. We won't be finished, do you ever finish?
I'm about to go sailing, mooring set, 22 nm maiden voyage....it's been a long road back and I'm not there yet.. but I'm DAMN CLOSE....yahoo!

Yo Nathan, I'll send you a photo of "natural" nonskid, so you will have one for reference on your new paint, it is the one with all the BUGS in it....hey, they wanted to be a part of a classic. Who can blame them?

See ya on the briney (soon, very soon). Ang

Wow, Ang, that's very inspiring! I'll be thinking of you and Windrose launching on the 14th :-)

I'm sorry I never managed to find your boat while I was there - I think I did find "death row" though - good description.

For anyone who hasn't been there, I can confirm that it is a *huge* yard. Just rows and rows of boats - like a maze, really. A good maze, full of interesting boats :-)

Yay, Windrose!

--- Rachel

It sure is rare to see a boat emerge from "death row", or the "bone yard", as it is also termed.

Few things are more satisfying (at least to boat nuts) than saving some old bone against all odds. Congratulations on a job well done, and enjoy the fruits of your labor! Look forward to hearing about the launch next week.

I should add that around here, "death row" tends to be more spread out, with many of these poor boats being shrouded in individuals' back yards (and unlikely to ever emerge), rather than in a paying boatyard. Yankee thrift and more abundant open space conspire to distribute the moldering hulks over a wide area.

This is not to say that most of the yards here don't have their own selection of bones, however.

I recently visited a local yard that I'd almost forgotten existed.... and it appears that many of the yard's customers have forgotten as well. At least half of the yard's acreage could be termed "death row". One boat appears to be making a break for it, but it's going to be a tough fight just to get some of the other hulks (including one of three Tritons) out of the way to even get the travelift in position.

These are the sad spots of any yard, but they do provide education. I always take a few minutes to walk through and see what failed first, what failed worst, etc.

Applause for the "pardoning" of Windrose!!!!!