The Boat Builder's Shirt

At the boat shed, a weathered-looking fellow pulls away the tarp.

A 1969 Salcombe yawl, the two-masted sailboat your dad raced back in the day.

“Was your father’s, lad,” he says.

“I remember it,” you tell him. Three words to stand in for the years and miles it took to get you back here.

An hour later, it’s you and the boat on flat water under blue sky, and it all comes back to you, as things that are in one’s blood always do. You show up every morning, and by day four you and the boat are getting to know each other again. You and your father, too, by way of the sea.

You wonder if you’d have the nerve to sail around the world.

Not that you have anything to prove.

The Boat Builder's Shirt (No. J8177), inspired by a modified American naval short sleeve shirt from the 1940s or '50s. In 100% lightweight cotton chambray, this is your new warm weather workshirt. Looks rugged, feels soft. Short sleeve, popover construction with contrasting chambray collar and placket. Vented sides at hem. Fisheye corozo buttons. One five-point chest pocket. Imported.