The Story of "The BOX"
by Sarah Riviere
Continued
Tiffany and the almost finished Box.
Stephanie installing deck hardware.
Grampa showing where hardware should be installed.
The time had come to pick out the color for our wave and stripe. The blue paint we picked came out of grandpa's leftover car and motorhome paint. Using masking tape we masked off the stripe and wave so that Grandpa could paint it. Now "The BOX" had a finished look! But… hardware was to come! It was a little hard because we didn't know the sailing terminology, but after consulting the Internet we prevailed and after years of work we FINALLY gave it to our unsuspecting Dad for his birthday. And what a surprise it was!
Tiffany with dad who is seeing the finished Box for the first time.
Showing dad the plans.
Dad talking about sailing the Box.
The girls won the highest award at the Fair for their sailboat and got $25 and a big vase trophy. I couldn't say that on the phone because they don't know yet what they won. We haven't had a chance to put it in the water yet... someday we will have nice water pictures!
Cathy Riviere