Well, that was close

but I didn't succumb. Brought the plywood, trailer and futon frame to Florida but managed to not start the Vardo long enough for other projects to intercede.
Instead found that the Original, Prototype Chesapeake Light Craft Skerry was offered for sale as a rowing boat and bought it.
Mr. Lawrence Mass of Wilmington North Carolina had rescued the damaged, stripped, hull from the CLC barn while attending a Skerry building class. The boat was badly damaged in Portland Oregon when someone forgot to secure the painter, which was trapped under the front wheel when the truck moved forward, launching the boat through the air onto the pavement below. Surprisingly, only the top starboard strake and gunwale were deatroyed, the strake below only being cracked. Larry bought the hull for $350 and the bits to fix her from John C. Harris. He then had a small Skerry fleet, which was to be used for rowing to a nearby island. This never happened, the kids not interested, so after his own Skerry had been sold some time he finally parted with the Original. And I bought it.
It was in workboat shape, original white topsides, brightwork interior had been succeeded by a Petit yellow hull and gray interior. The repaired strake a little rough, the paint could have had a little more surface prep but all the hardware was good and it was in good, useable condition. Even came with a trailer I had always wanted, a Trailex aluminum. (Be careful what you want, the trailer is so light the boat bounces horribly between 46-55 mph, my preferred crusing speed.)
So I bought a lug sail from Super Sailmakers, who had made me a nice sail for the Peep Hen, and proceeded to make the spars and sailing bits I needed. CLC came through and gave me a good deal on the daggerboard and rudder and I needed very little else.
Had her done before the Sarasota Traditional Boat Gathering, the Crystal River Boat Bash, and took her to Cedar Key where these photos were taken.

An intervention, I am afraid, is called for

Some months past I came across a picture of a gypsy wagon, or Vardo, which, unfortunately, got me thinking. I have this perfectly good 4x8 trailer which could haul a small vardo body to go camping, etc. I have no idea what the "etc." would be but these obsessions rarely follow any real logic. I went to the step of sketching out a few ideas, looking at some more photos on the interweb, thinking about how to solve certain issues about furniture, etc. Had looked at the idea of the old futon frame I had rescued then discarded and how that would solve several problems about putting a 6x4.5 foot bed in a 6x8' footprint. I like turning images in my head and dealing with the 3 dimensional issues as well as the stresses involved, though not having any serious physics should give me pause.

Anyway, I have plenty of other things to think about but April's leaving left me with a lot of free time to think about other things rather than what I should be doing to keep from getting yelled at and a futon frame and bunch of plywood fell into my hands via the Good Neighbor Shoppe. The futon was donated, or rather dumped, at the store but the arms were all chewed by either a dog (or a hydra, it was bad) and the mattress was shot. We threw away the mattress but I decided that the frame under the armrests could manage to fold a mattress inside a Vardo. Uh oh! Add all the plywood pallets that I had to dismantle and a plan began to form. But first this stuff had to be saved, just in case. So I brought the wood and frame home and started sketching ideas. This is the fun part and if I have any sense at all I will do what I did last time and throw it all away.