CLEANING THE HULL

Basically the hull was the grossest place on earth.

Years of microcosm freedom feeding on raccoon shit, long forgotten stored items, duck poop, pigeon poop, the fowl waters of the bay, garbage, an debris of various and sundry accumulation had all piled up in a very unhealthy and uninhabitalbe way.

And it all had to be washed and hauled by hand.

The results are a dry old corroding icky place, but it is much less icky than before. In fact, it is clean in it's own way. The job was done with care and respect for the boat an now the workers can go about repairing the holes.

The writer's way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as, say, cleaning out ferryboats? -- Dorothy Parker

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PHOTOS BY PAUL LECLERC