MESSING ABOUT MANY YEARS AGO

Here are some pictures from my early life.



My grandfather and father went to see as young men, grandfather at the age of thirteen. They rounded Cape Horn many times in square riggers. Here is one of the ships my grandfather sailed.



As a young man I never had my own boat, but this rowing boat I borrowed daily from a neighbor. With it I went shopping to Styrsö, the nearest island, helping out a bit.



Here I am with my sister on our neighbors powerboat.



I learned, the hard way, to scull.





My mother owned a kayak which she let me use, but it was a bit big for me.



I always dreamed of my own boat. I did build plenty of rafts. Here I am on one of the more sucesful ones, giving my sister a short ride before it capsized.



This wreck floated ashore one day giving me hope of my own boat, but alas she was to far gone for me to fix her up.