On the morning of April 18, with the tides at last in his favor, Steven Brouwer stood at the water’s edge on Lopez Island and watched a dream finally float. After nearly two decades of intermittent labor, interrupted by the demands of earning a living and the slow, deliberate rhythms of fine craftsmanship, his hand-built 32-foot sailing cutter — christened Wren — slipped into the water for the first time.
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