THE BEGINNING

Here is how it all started. We anchored the Kiki Dee in front and
lived aboard while the work on the frame began. The timbers were chain
saw milled where they fell on Shelter Island and towed to the front
beach where they were stacked and worked by the trained crew flown in
from Maine. All lived on site in a large army tent and were fed by a
cook we hired. It was a great summer with lots going on.... and
little conception of the amount of work ahead us.