Robert H. Baker: A Legacy of Small Craft

摘要

Marine preservationists can be a curious lot. Oft times they are akin to an enthusiastic Indiana Jones pursuing maritime holy grails in musty, collapsing barns and canneries. Or perhaps, like an anthropologist, they seek the missing link in a molder-ing hulk on a mudflat. Or maybe they're a magnifying-glass-toting gumshoe who painstakingly analyzes found relics and artifacts to help establish the provenance and pedigree of such things as a distinctive dory. And, rather than being content to leave those marine mummies in place, they will then document their quarry, re-create their lines on paper, and then restore or replicate their discoveries to better test their qualities and save them for the next generation. Bob Baker was one of the best of them.