A Busy Week-End Started on Thursday for Spirit of South Carolina and her Volunteers.

Volunteers got an early start this week - on Thursday when Laura Johnson and Dad, Danny, and  John Whitsitt donated a few afternoon hours to the continuing project to finish restoring the yawl boat Charles Sneed, currently  shedded at the Lowcountry Maritime School in Mount Pleasant.  

Laura Johnson and John Whitsitt
taking a break while scuffing the hull
 of Charles Sneed in prep
for her coats of white.

You'll recall from previous blog entries, that Charles Sneed was built beside, and concurrently with Spirit of South Carolina by the same shipwrights and volunteers, but was only launched once or twice for rowing before being mothballed. 
 Now, thanks to participation of Spirit of South Carolina Volunteers, the yawl boat is finally in the home stretches towards the goal of being launched later this spring, complete with 3 banks of oars, and a two-masted lugsail rig. 

Volunteers interested in helping with two hours of their time on Thursdays 1630-1830, should contact Bryan Oliver at bryan@spiritofsc.org