What literary or movie quote seems to fit our current situation?  

Everyone has a favorite movie quote. I'm sure of it.  They may be profound, moving, sarcastic, witty, dripping in irony,,, hopeful. Mine is the latter.
"..It's a mother-beautiful bridge, and it's gonna be there!"
Actor, Donald Sutherland's character, the hippie-like slacker-dude tank commander in the movie, "Kelly's Heroes," said that non-sequitur to his tank driver(Gavin McLoed).

So, last month, Captain Cleveland made a pronouncement on deck that,  somewhere down the road, when it was safe to do so,  Spirit of South Carolina will cast off and go sailing in the harbor. And she will be crewed by all volunteers.   Partly as appreciation for the amazing number of volunteer hours donated over the past several months, and partly to start training volunteers sufficiently to take on passengers.
Its something to look forward to, when all this passes.  I'm hopeful. After all, "It's a mother-beautiful bridge and.. c'mon, say it with me. "it's gonna be there!"

In the meantime. crew and volunteers haven't stopped.  With all the social distancing restrictions, the ship is losing opportunities for completing our winter maintenance priorities, training volunteers, and generating some revenue thru public day sails or other short-term programs. Nevertheless small things can add up.  Danny Johnson, Gary Pope, and Dani Feerst volunteered to build simple bosun's chairs, that will allow more than one crew member aloft for mast maintenance. Gary Pope also took home a bag full of rusty saws, and dulled scrapers, bringing them back restored and sharp... Big, Thanks, Gary!
Sean McQuilken, and Danny Johnson have been collaborating  with  construction sites for recovering still viable lumber remnants that might be useful for carpentry projects aboard.
Bryan Oliver just completed a small project - a napkin dispenser commissioned by Hunter for the Salon dining table., and before that, a canvas gasket bag for the line locker.
We're putting together a new crew manual. Any help offered here, in formatting, proofing, cutting and pasting, searching for clip art/illustrations. would be most welcome. Text me.
Varnishing of Cap rail and deck furnishings has somewhat abated only by the social distancing and subsequent reduction of brushes being otherwise wielded by volunteers.
Captain Dan Cleveland has posted a recent entry on the Facebook page; worth reading.

Spirit of South Carolina's Facebook Page

And if you haven't done it yet, take a look at Spirit of South Carolina's Video Playlist; an archive of older and newer footage sure to regenerate a bit of excitement about our future.  It's on a tab under the Blog title Banner.   Until then:
"HOLD FAST" (another movie quote, or literary quote).   Text me with the source and I'll treat you to a beverage when this quarantine is through.