Effective 19 September,, Spirit of South Carolina Volunteer Days will no longer alternate between Saturdays and Sundays, but will return to a weekly schedule on Saturday's only. Volunteers may still come aboard during weekdays to lay in with the crew on maintenance projects, or work on deckhand skills. As usua ekly schl.. Volunteers please confirm by text or email, in advance, of the day they will come aboard. This helps the Volunteer Coordinator manage the social-distancing requirements on board, and ensures a crewmember is available on that day to work with volunteers.
This last Saturday was a day of working fast to avoid the suspected return of rain showers in the afternoon. Volunteers, Kalev Kruuk and his son Riivo, teamed up to lay on another coat of D2 Varnish on the starboard forward cap rail. Danny Johnson, took charge of a painting party to get a first two coats of Sandtone enamel on his new gangway steps, While Ken Fonville and a select few of us, cleared off the Main mast's starboard pinrail, so he could lay on two more coats of D1 preservative. Gary Pope arrived mid morning to reinforce the effort. As those maintenance projects closed down, Volunteer Coordinator, Bryan Oliver, mustered the newest volunteers, for a whirlwind tour of the ship with particular attention to the watch duties of Boat Checks.
By early afternoon, and the first signs of ominous clouds, the varnish had "kicked", tools and gear were put away and the Schooner was better off to the tune of over 40 Volunteer hours given to her in maintenance and ship handling skills.
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