bent benchy

The "Bent"chy"It's Psmith with a 'P'. The 'P' is silent, as in phthisis, psychic, and ptarmigan."I found this object—one can scarcely call it a boat without a pang of conscience—and I must say, the sight of it has quite unstirred my sensibilities. It has the look of one who has "searched for the leak in life’s gas-pipe with a lighted candle" and discovered the worst.What we have here, Comrade, is a Benchy that has seemingly decided to "adapt its will to circumstances"—the circumstances in this case being a catastrophic failure of the straight line. It is a calibration test for the soul. It does not merely have overhangs; it has an air of profound defeat.A Few Observations from the FrontSupreme Misfortune: To look upon it is to feel as though one has "drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom." It was once a proud vessel of geometric precision; now, it is a sallow, melted thing that would make even a male codf