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    Jack Owen

    Jack Owen is a freelance writer and out-of-print bookshop owner on the poor side of the lake from Palm Beach, Fla. He has crewed on corporate stinkpots and has owned/ disowned several disastrous ragbags. He is a leading contender for the newly created "Hard Aground Club" annual award for personally visiting each of the sandbars in the Lake Worth Lagoon.

    This and the facing page show Parnassus in Phases One and Two. The first shots show the blisters shortly after Parnassus was hauled out. The second set of shots show Parnassus with blister locations, dates and moisture meter readings marked.
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    Out, out, bad pox!

    Issue 8 : Sept/Oct 1999 Boat pox, osmosis, or blisters . . . call it what you will. Most fiberglass boatowners prefix the blight with a salty expletive deleted. The shock of discovering bubbles on you...

    Jack Owen
    October 22, 2026
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