Love's labor lost

In 2008 I built a 7'7" Nutshell Pram as a tender for s/v Ruth Avery and proudly sailed away to the Virgin Islands. A few months later a careless speed-boater ran me down and destroyed it. Almost miraculously I was not injured. Determined not to let it stop me, I sailed back to Maine and built another one. It served me well until last Saturday morning ... Music--Dirge--Kevin Boothby