Seven years of conversations leave a lot on the cutting-room floor. A shaper explains why a fin sits where it sits. Somebody names the afternoon a break changed hands. None of it fits in an episode, and all of it is worth keeping.

So it goes here instead — longer pieces on the boards, the breaks, and the people who made them matter. Some of it is history. Some of it is the kind of gear writing that only makes sense if you have stood in a glassing bay. It arrives when it is ready, which is the only way this sort of writing is any good.

Every piece is free to read. You do not need an account, and you will not be asked for one.