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Boatyard Day's End

Boatyard Day's EndCapturing the end of day in a boatyard. Soft light coming across the cove as the sun sets, peering under a powerboat with hard surfaces of the bronze prop, shaft, struts, and rudder. They have recently placed sacrificial zinc anodes on the steel shaft in preparation for the boat going in the water. The smell of bottom paint lingers in the air.

Capturing the end of day in a boatyard. Soft light coming across the cove as the sun sets, peering under a powerboat with hard surfaces of the bronze prop, shaft, struts, and rudder. They have recently placed sacrificial zinc anodes on the steel shaft in preparation for the boat going in the water. The smell of bottom paint lingers in the air.

These are the moments that I wait for in boatyards. The drills, grinders, sanders, and orbital buffers are silent. The hiss of compressors stilled. The paint cans hammered shut. The brushes cleaned. There is a scent of spring prep work in the air, a combination of salt, bottom paint, varnish, teak oil, and wax.

Done is the day's work. The hands that did the work are out with friends or at home with family. The hard surfaces of the boat's appurtenances yield to the soft light of the setting sun. It is symbolic of the satisfied feeling of a day's work well done.

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