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Byline - Barry
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Writing has been a factor in my entire working life:
policies, letters, manuals, advertising copy and a number of websites. The
past few years I've taken additional writing courses, joined a support
group of writers (The Writers' Cottage) and have started
writing for magazines.
My writing is maritime biased, based on over 50 years of power and sail boating coupled with career experience as a boat builder and marine surveyor. I started building boats in high school: canoes, kayaks and an airboat. I also had a small shop repairing wood and fiberglass boats. During this period I build a 23' swing keel sailboat for my own use. Later I ran a company that built small fiberglass fishing boats by the truckloads. I left boat building to join mainstream corporate life working in marketing and general management roles. this past year I took a commission from Ames Point Boatworks to help build a vacuum bagged epoxy 24' Bremer racer/cruiser and a Camden Knockabout constructed of wood and epoxy (cold molded/vacuum bagged). In a way my life has gone full circle and I'm back to my first love - boats. Some of my recent work includes:
Other works in progress include two articles on boats being built - watch for them in 2008. Is a a vocation or an avocation? Well, a writing friend once noted "if you want to make money writing - write ransom notes". I suspect he's right. |
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