Volunteers Advance Deckhand skills and avoid the "burn", mostly

A Rolling Hitch or a Midshipman's?  The Mate
 always decides.  Bryan, Jonathan, and Chuck
wrap up the morning of line handling
 and knot-tying

Six Volunteers came aboard  this last Saturday morning  to beat the rising temperatures before noon.  Hopefully we'd get in some  learning, and coach each other in  practicing and advancing deckhand skills that will serve them and the ship, when ever she slips her lines,  whether for a day sail, a cruise off shore, or just moving to the fuel dock.  Ken Fonville, Bryan Oliver, Dan Maurin, Chuck Waring, Jonathan Shew, and Joe Gorman,, took advantage of  a web of awnings the crew had wisely rigged over the booms, to stay mostly out of the broiling sun developing. Before  starting, Bryan  recognized Ken's accomplishment of  surpassing 50 Volunteer hours aboard, with  a tradition begun in 2002, during ships' construction. Joe demonstrated a unique approach to making a bowline around a piling  from the deck.  Given the  hot weather building, we made good use of  the morning's still moderate temperature, occasional breeze, and those awnings, to work out line handling, and boat checks.