I'm sorry you can't see the rope, LOL, it IS there, tied to the post to the left of the lower ladder. I'm sorry it isn't more easy to see, but I didn't want it to be eye-catching, just a part of the background. Since I wanted the boat to be a simple rough-hewn rowboat, I'm not clear on what you mean by detail. A seat, maybe? I didn't think rowboats had to have one, but maybe I'm wrong. There are no oars, because I figured he would store them inside so they wouldn't wash out of the boat and be lost.

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy