A couple of dozen friends and family, including his two daughters, came out to Bill Powell’s house in Kingston’s east end on Monday to celebrate the unveiling of his new boat, which the retired Ontario Hydro executive was describing as “my Labour Day labour of love.”

“It’s a 12-foot Fife rowboat with a stitch-and-glue construction and it’s immaculate, completely ship-shape,” Powell said proudly. “I decided to name it ‘Wet Willie.’”

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Not that he has plans to put the boat in the water this fall or at any future point.

Powell used to sail Lake Ontario recreationally, even avidly, and had several sailboats over the years, including a 30-footer that he and his wife sail from his longtime home in Toronto to dock in Kingston. But his wife is gone for a few years now and he r

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