The underlying blur comes from a longish exposure; the boat is relatively still but the ripples are moving. Like half a second I think. The overlaid blur is from using "diffuse glow" in CS2.
Any chance of seeing a before diffuse glow was applied or the original? I'd love to see you get back into basics Robert. You have a good eye for compositions and getting the light right and such, but the after effects at times don't work too well for me. Not like you need to please me or anyone else though, so long as you like it, ignore everyone.
Love the blur sharping effect. There is a sense of blur but I can see right to the horizon and it appears sharp, and that skiff has perfect color with nice warm tones to offset the cooler tones in the photo overall. Here's that word, Nice! Very nice.