29nov05
This is a beautiful old boat.
On my walk yesterday from San Francisco to Marin City, where I took the
bus back to the city, I walked in Sausalito by at Baotworks. They were
just adding the last touches of finish in renovating a boat, the Linmar
San Francisco. A worker told me, that the boat is about 70 years old,
so it's from the thirties. What makes the look of this vintage boat so
great, is all its wood, combined with some brass. Wood is my darling
material when it comes to building and giving a comfort feeling. The lettering *Linmar San Francisco* is in gold. There are
thousands of big boats in the bay, but this is one of my favorites. A
wine tasting tour with reds from the Wilson Winery in Healdsburg would
give it a classy style: what a luxury boat ride. I wish I could have
seen the interior. I still don't have my Nikon camera, so I couldn't
take a picture. This morning the boat is gone into the water and also
the first day of hard rain since I'm here, so I'm not going out to
Sausalito. I congratulate the owner, of which I have no idea who he is,
of this nice renovation, and with his good taste doing so to preserve a
historical boat.
The walk took me about five hours. It was my third walk from SF over the
Golden Gate Bridge into Marin County. I also stopped to paint a small
masterpiece with Crayola crayons: red, black & pink.
I did not have a camera at that time, the day after I wanted to take a
Photo, the Linmar was gone from the Boatworks in Sausalito. The info
below is from their website.
(The 78-foot Motor yacht
Linmar was built by New York Launch and
Engine in 1933. Designed by Ted Geary. Owned by David and Lynn Olson.
Based at Mariner Square, Oakland.)
There's a Train in the middle going up and up and up to Leysin
le Château de Aigle, Swiss Wine Museum
Ollon
