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For two years we have been trying to meet.  It was first supposed to happen in Seattle, but she moved east.  Not long after, I moved east, not near, but not too awfully far away.  Then a year and a half of misses went on....bad weather postponing the canoe trip meeting numerous times.

Finally all the things aligned.

We met for the first time in the garbage patch park on the edge of the West River.  The West River is a New Haven urban river, but once one runs the gauntlet of abused park land, it becomes a rather scenic trip that few people bother to try. 


We start in the afternoon.  The water is high...spring levels with a high tide that passed by an hour earlier.  Our first bird sighting is a very large wild turkey.  A and I glide over shallows that I've had to wade in the past.  The current isn't too bad, and the downed blocking trees of previous trips have deteriorated enough that we have easy passage with just a minimum of limbo gymnastics.  Osprey fly overhead, not as a rare occurance, but rather a quite normal one.


We talk about things and become familiar.  And, we talk with people on the banks who all seemed to be surprised to see a canoe.   We get to my previous high point, a place where the river becomes shallow under West Rock.  But, it is more the current that turns us back.  To continue up is to wade, and that's not the point of this trip.

We spot one kingfisher, a couple of wood ducks, two egrets, a great blue heron, several red wing blackbirds, another wild turkey, a muskrat, and a few Canada geese.   And we take out as the sun is beginning to go to the long shadow light.

I have been grinding away, moving, packing and selling our home.  That done I dove into a beadwork marathon.  My head is full.  I grouch at my poor wife on the phone, my brain not able to organize dates.  This morning I toss out a canoe trip to my friend A and she bites.

Having sold my canoe storage facility, I have the canoe resting atop the car, so a short drive to someplace that I rarely paddle in is the plan.  We load up and head to up the lake to the Samammish Slough.  We get there and find that the keys to the padlock that I have on the canoe are at home.  I am a creature of methodical process, and with my process disheveled the process breaks  (A is messing with my old Stanley tape measure about this time and I point out to her that it is 32 years old - case in point).  We head back for the keys as I announce that we weren't supposed to paddle there today anyway.  We head to the Duwamish River instead.

The Duwamish is one of the nations filthiest rivers and a marker for the oddness of Seattle, a city that generally thinks itself to be greener than thou, but ignores the vile grossness of its underside, as long as not too many people are looking at it.  We start in the area called South Park.  There are few places to launch a canoe on the Duwamish as most of its banks are private and heavily industrial properties.  There are four Superfund sites on the river.

Tire Wall

I guide the canoe near the shore as we head upriver.  The tide is down and it is an almost archaeological experience as we attempt to identify various man made debris.  We pass through the remains of the 14th Street drawbridge to the site of Boeing Plant II, a factory building that ran right to the water.  Only a low brick wall and a sign announcing it as a future wildlife site stand above the seawall.  The seawalls on the river are arbitrary combinations of this and that - metal here, busted concrete there, metal stacked on concrete, wood over rock...  The strangest of seawalls are the tire walls.  Hundreds of old tires piled up, held in place by pilings or who knows what.  It all seems to be a construction from pre-clean water days.  None of the former geniuses that ran things ever intended for anyone to see this.

Boeing Plant II/Superfund site

A little over a mile up we get to the "turn around point", a round dredged area in a natural bend in the river that was made for barges to be spun around in.  The river begins to improve from here as the industrial areas fall behind.  There are primordial ooze logs in the silty mud banks.  We start to see the first of many kingfishers, a couple of great blue herons.  A spots a green backed heron.  We are above the tide level and there is a current to paddle against.  A points out that the water is becoming clearer.  Debris is less frequent, but still an exercise in deciding its origins.  We find a metal hulled speedboat in the mud and a crushed trimaran on the opposite shore.  At one spot there is such a cornucopia of things in the bank that it must be an old dump.

Interior of an old wooden barge

A bit over four miles up we get to the "rapids".  It's not much of a rapid, just a short spurt of fast water.  We give it a try and almost beat the current but not quite.  We decide it to be a good spot to turn back.

The air goes calm and balmy as we head down.  The tide has risen and the river current goes slack within a mile.  We are paddling. We are into the rhythm of an all day paddle even if it isn't that long.  It's automatic.  It just goes on, not grueling, never dull.  The mind has a place to go.  A baby osprey sings at us from a nesting box on the right hand bank.

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The following is a typical scope of services and deliverables provided by the Sparkman & Stephens Design Department during the design of a custom yacht.

The process normally consists of the following four (4) phases:
• Concept & Preliminary Design & Engineering Phase
• Contract Design & Engineering Phase
• Final Design & Engineering Phase
• Construction Support Phase

Concept & Preliminary Design & Engineering Phase
Preparation of a preliminary package which executes the design brief in general, including:
Documents:
• xxxx-001 – Design Brief
• xxxx-080 – Preliminary Profile Rendering
• xxxx-090 – Brief Specification
Drawings:
• xxxx-020 – Preliminary General Arrangement
• xxxx-050 – Preliminary Sail Plan
• xxxx-060 – Preliminary Deck Plan & Outboard Profile
Supporting Calculations:
• Preliminary Weights and Centers
• Preliminary Hydrostatics
• Preliminary Keel and Stability Estimate
• Preliminary Speed, Power, Endurance and Tankage Requirements

Contract Design & Engineering Phase
Preparation of a bid package as required to obtain indicative pricing from potential Builders, including:
Documents:
• xxxx-900 – Specification
• xxxx-920 – Interior Specification
• xxxx-800 – Profile Rendering
Drawings:
• xxxx-020 – Preliminary General Arrangement
• xxxx-021 – Preliminary Inboard Profile
• xxxx-025 – Preliminary Joinery Section
• xxxx-030 – Preliminary Construction Section
• xxxx-050 – Preliminary Sail Plan
• xxxx-060 – Preliminary Deck Plan & Outboard Profile
Supporting Calculations:
• Preliminary Weights and Centers
• Preliminary Hydrostatics
• Preliminary Keel and Stability Estimate
• Velocity Predictions (under sail)
• Preliminary Speed, Power, Endurance and Tankage Requirements
• Preliminary Scantlings
Additionally, S&S will assist in the review and analysis of all Builder-submitted Bid Packages.

Final Design & Engineering Phase
Preparation of a design package as required for construction, including:
Documents:
• xxxx-900 – Specification
• xxxx-700 – Trim and Stability Booklet †
Drawings:
Geometry
• xxxx-100 – Lines Plan *
• xxxx-110 – Superstructure Geometry *
• xxxx-120 – Navigation Mast Geometry *
• xxxx-140 – Keel Lines *
• xxxx-150 – Rudder Lines *
• xxxx-160 – Skeg Lines *
Arrangement
• xxxx-200 – General Arrangement
• xxxx-210 – Inboard Profile
• xxxx-211 – Starboard Inboard Profile
• xxxx-220 – Joiner Sections
• xxxx-230 – Joiner Details
Construction
• xxxx-300 – Hull Construction – Plan & Profile †
• xxxx-301 – Hull Construction – Transverse †
• xxxx-305 – Hull Shell Expansion †
• xxxx-310 – Superstructure Construction – Plan & Profile †
• xxxx-311 – Superstructure Construction – Transverse †
• xxxx-320 – Lamination Schedule
• xxxx-330 – Hull to Superstructure Joint †
• xxxx-340 – Construction Details †
• xxxx-350 – Keel Construction †
• xxxx-360 – Rudder Construction †
• xxxx-370 – Welding Schedule †
• xxxx-380 – Chainplate Construction †
• xxxx-390 – Mast Step & Partners Construction †
Machinery & Systems
• xxxx-400 – General Machinery Arrangement
• xxxx-410 – Engine Room Air Plan
• xxxx-420 – Drive Line Plan †
• xxxx-430 – Steering System Plan †
• xxxx-440 – Anchor Handling Arrangement †
• xxxx-450 – Tank Arrangement †
• xxxx-460 – Bilge & Fire System Schematic †╪
• xxxx-461 – Fresh Water System Schematic †╪
• xxxx-462 – Black & Gray Water System Schematic †╪
• xxxx-463 – Fuel Oil System Schematic †╪
• xxxx-464 – Lube & Dirty Oil System Schematic †╪
• xxxx-465 – Sea Water System Schematic †╪
• xxxx-466 – Compressed Air System Schematic †╪
Sail & Rigging
• xxxx-500 – Sail Plan
• xxxx-510 – Sheet Lead Plan
Outfit & Finish
• xxxx-600 – Deck Plan & Outboard Profile
• xxxx-601 – Presentation Profile
• xxxx-610 – Hull Marking Plan †
• xxxx-611 – Hull Striping Plan
• xxxx-620 – Boarding & Mooring Plan †
• xxxx-630 – Docking Plan
• xxxx-640 – Structural Fire Protection Plan †
• xxxx-650 – Fire & Safety Plan †
Supporting Calculations:
• Weights and Centers
• Hydrostatics
• Velocity Predictions (under sail)
• Resistance Calculations (under power)
• Speed, Power, Endurance and Tankage requirements
• Intact Stability Calculations
• Subdivision and Damage Stability Calculations †
• Hull Structure Scantlings
• Superstructure Structure Scantlings
• Sailing Balance
• Keel Design and Engineering
• Rudder Design and Engineering
• Rig Design and Engineering
• Driveline Engineering
• Engine Room Air Calculations
• Flotation and Inclining Measurements and Analysis †
†Denotes Drawings and Calculations which are to be submitted for Class and MCA approval.
* Denotes Drawings, which based on Builder practice and preference, can be supplied as 3-D surface files
╪ Denotes a System Schematic. S&S defines a System Schematic as a line diagram showing the interconnection and relationship of elements to show the philosophy and operation of the system, but does not show the physical elements. It is not intended as an installation diagram or as a complete System Design.

Construction Support Phase
S&S will inspect the quality of the work for compliance with the best applicable standards and the Client agrees that S&S shall inspect the work at reasonable intervals and be guided by S&S recommendations with regard to the quality of workmanship, materials and fittings to include:
• Consultation with the builder and review of Builder’s, and its Subcontractors’, detailed construction and shop plans with respect to aesthetics, function, performance, strength and safety.
• Periodic visits to the Builder's yard to observe and inspect the progress and quality of the work for compliance with the plans, specifications and build schedule.
• Sea Trials of the completed yacht including review of compliance to plans and specification.
• Flotation and Inclining Measurements and Analysis
• Trim and Stability Booklet
• Performance Analysis