The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
Lyle Hess and HEATHER BELLE
Dreams sometimes overpower reality. Lyle Hess understood that, and he didn’t want one of his wooden boats to be the cause of unhappiness. "I warn people, 'Don't build a boat if it's beyond your means, or if it's going to cause family trouble.