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I have been in the boating industry one way or another for over 30 years.
My parents owned a boat shop ever since I was a youngster. Since I was the only human that was small enough to fit inside the space between the cabin and the hull, I was often forced to crawl inside the bowels to hold wrenches or calk something. The insides of boats, not the cabin, are not smooth and often have raw fiberglass. To make a long story short, the nurse at my elementary school didn't understand what "fiberglass splinters" were and sent me home more than once for having body lice.
A few years later, my Step-Dad became Harbor Master at the Hammond Marina, just outside of Chicago. He hired me but was so worried about people calling him out for nepotism he gave me the unofficial title of Carp Boy. The honorary title meant that I spent the summers walking the docs and pulling dead fish and seaweed out of the water. On the rare cases that there was nothing for me to haul smelly crap out of the water, I was bequeathed with the honor of pumping out the poo tanks of complete strangers boats. It wasn't the most glamorous job.
My early nautical mishaps has not deterred me from the boating lifestyle. Thirty plus years later, I still get to do what I love, minus the stinky stuff.
This was shot while on assignment for Boston Whaler Boats in collaboration with @gmc
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