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Labor of Love: Park attended Newport's International Yacht Restoration
School to learn his precision craft.
antique prints of old wooden boats dating to the late 19th
and early 20th centuries in his office, a small room just off
the original hay loft. His largest solo project to date was
restoring a 19-foot Chris Craft Barrel Back—a sleek 1942
racing boat that had been in storage for 10 years before Park
gave it a new keel. He also restored a Lawley Tender, a rower
that had been caked with paint. He stripped the vessel and
added new frames and seam work; it is, once again, ready for
action. Today, Park is restoring a Herreshoff from the 1880s.
Along with restoration, he also takes on new designs. His
first new-build project is a hybrid of two Grant guide boat
designs. "She is being built with laminated frames, spruce
crook stems, and Grant lapped planks," Park says. "It is a
real labor of love—you can work on one project for a year."
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