tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post1383851450173138054..comments2024-02-25T10:43:07.698+13:00Comments on STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS: The Starling Project - Part 39Alden Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-2322391849644356382015-10-11T21:52:21.067+13:002015-10-11T21:52:21.067+13:00I have visited your very interesting new blog and ...I have visited your very interesting new blog and left a comment.<br /><br />Thanks for your encouragement. I feel I am getting very close to completion. It's a great time to be finishing with summer coming on with a vengeance.<br /><br />I agree with you regarding natural materials for boats. A wooden boat beats exotic materials hands down any day in my book - although I do choose some synthetic materials such as synthetic sail material and ropes over canvas sails and manila ropes. <br /><br />Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-2474499916933049562015-10-11T20:24:30.888+13:002015-10-11T20:24:30.888+13:00I am happy to see your Starling right way up again...I am happy to see your Starling right way up again; it's so much prettier. I've always loved the look of a laminated tiller. Modern carbon fiber or aluminum just don't have the same appeal to me. You are doing a fine restoration job on old 133. <br /><br />To record my new post-surgery interests, I've started a new blog: www.estuaryist.blogspot.com. I hope you'll stop by and check it out.Dan Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628603380292404658noreply@blogger.com