Here in Seattle, many of my friends have been working on a custom-made
sailboat in the last couple years. About eighty-five feet long,16 foot
draft, cold molded/carbon fiber hull, joinerwork of madrona, an anchor
which cleverly stows itself below decks. Very nice work.

Kept a mess of local boatwrights working at 35-40 bucks an hour. Final
bill something like 13 million.

The story that is going 'round is she hit a rock in Alaska doing 8
knots. Stopped real quick now. The keel's bulb was mangled but more
important the hull may have been overstressed and fractured. Surveyors
are examining her; it is possible she may be a total loss.