A lot being done.. and a lot still to do.

Over the past several weeks, with just a crew of three professionals and one volunteer. The Cap Rail, jib boom and forecastle hatch bright work has been scraped, sealed and varnished. The jib boom is in middle of her final coats of varnish. The topmast de-rigged, the Jumbo (staysail) boom de-rigged and in various states of refinishing.
The two Fisherman anchors have been scraped, primed and are in middle of the six coats of anchor blacking they'll receive.



By the way, Captain Cleveland is considering augmenting professional crew with Volunteers for any upcoming Day-sails likely to be scheduled in the near future.  Incentive to come on board, help get her ready and work on some skills.  Volunteer Ken Fonville spent a morning with us last week touching up an initial coat of enamel to the inside hull of our Dory small boat, and a couple of hours helping to rearrange lines to the foremast port and starboard pinrails. In the process he checked off 5 Deckhand skills.

Lots still to do. There are plenty opportunities for you to contribute, and build your deckhand skills.   Here are some.

• Complete the refinishing of the Dory's spars and Jib Boom. 
• Help refinish the Topmast. 
• Strip and Varnish the Butterfly Hatch, and Main Salon and Aft Cabin Mahogany moldings. 
• Finish the Anchors and help rig them back onto the deck. 
• Reset running rigging into their proper positions on the pinrails
• Practice and check off some Deck Hand skills with the Crew.

Open the Volunteer Calendar (in the green column on right ) and enter your name, as an event,  on any dates you can come down, along with hours you can allow.  We'll be sure to have crew available.



 Two weeks ago, the crew laid out and inspected the head sails,









..then rigged them to hoist into the head rigging..







Finally, rigging the halyards and lashing jib and Jumbo onto their stays.