A few of us Volunteers from Spirit of South Carolina, have been regularly donating two hours every Thursday for the past several months on restoring the yawlboat Charles Sneed. Her story has already been shared in an earlier blog posting. [Introducing the Yawl boat "Charles Sneed"]
No other name is so inextricably linked to the story of Spirit of South Carolina, starting with the vision of her purpose, her construction and her early successes. In a fitting tribute to the yawlboat's namesake, Charles Sneed, Edwin Gardner composed a poem marking the occasion.
Rob Dunlap takes it from here:
"This poem below was crafted by the late Edwin Gardner, the true leader of the resurgence of traditional oar-on-gunwale pilot gig rowing in Charleston in the mid 1990's. He and a few others of us felt the need for the SPIRIT of SOUTH CAROLINA to have a yawl as nearly all American nineteenth and early twentieth century schooners carried. The poem tells the tale of the yawl and to some extent the schooner and accurately reflects the true vision of Charles S. Sneed. It was certainly Charlie who hatched the idea of the SPIRIT and started things moving in 2000. Thus the dedication of the yawl to him.
This Sunday, the 30th, The Lowcountry Maritime School, will relaunch her at the Sea Island Yacht Club in Rockville. at 1030 hrs.Volunteers who helped restore her are invited to participate.
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