Kathleen and I changed our minds about sculling and decided to take the plunge. Instead of getting lessons and working out logistics of boat storage and getting the darn thing into the water from our high dock, we decided just to buy the discounted SeaShell from Row Charlotte. So far so good, we definitely have more motivation now. Significant sunk costs have a way of quickening the heart of a tightwad like me.
With the purchase, we are finally compliant with the ding-dang neighborhood home owners association. For some reason, they don't like people having docks without having boats. We didn't know this at the time we plopped down money to get in on a dock construction effort. Two neighbors were keen on getting docks and thought about getting a bunch built to fill out the common area for the neighborhood. We jumped on board. Two years waiting for them to be built and a year after that, we discover the "rule."
Our annoyance was overcome by K's getting psyched about sculling after reading Laraine Mestman's profile in More mag's, June (?) 2007 issue. I warmed up to it after googling and discovering the rowing world. The idea faded as the summer turned into fall. It re-emerged with the spring. I've had a tough time being disciplined and restarting my running habit. We both want to do something new together. Everything came together and we took the plunge.
Hopefully, we won't need too much marital counseling to make this work in a double. ;-)
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