Perfection is overrated
Aug 12, 2022
2 minutes
Adrian Morgan
The shock! The sudden acceptance of a fact you’d been aware of but tried to hide for years, nearly 30 in my case. Your boat, my boat, Sally, born in 1937, fashioned by the finest shipwrights, designed by a master was not, in fact, not… perfect.
Until that moment (I can date it precisely to midday on 24 May) and place, Johnson & Loftus’ yard was not, as I said, whisper it low, perfect. The bold sheerline I had admired so much, and the little tippy-up bit at the stern, from a low perspective formed a gentle reverse S curve from bow to stern. In short, the boldness of the bow section, if I were to be picky, was a touch too bold.
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