Delightful tool from the 16th century.

Used here to strip the fungalized bark off the balsam that is serving as a clothes pole. From dead tree to an object d’art?

In other news, today’s sail was an example of timing so good it would be impossible to plan. We got the boat out, motored to Fraser Beach, did some MOB practice—and then the wind came up, giving us a good hour of lively sailing.

Traditional braunschweiger, onion, with mustard on a Triscuit hors d’oeuvre on the Pinebox deck as the day wound down.