A new Volunteer Role is Looming in near Future: Dock Watch

 WHEREAS:  With the winter approaching and the Christmas Holidays,, our onboard Security Chief, and Chef, Hunter, who has sustained our  Volunteer Days for the past year, will need to go home for an annual leave.  

THEREFORE: It's currently falling to us Volunteers to take up the slack to ensure a physical presence on board sufficient to deter the more adventurous tourist or dock wanderer to come aboard and explore, or worse. It has happened before.

I'm calling on Volunteers to find a few individual days on their calendar, notionally, from mid December thru mid January, who can devote  a day to come on board, overnight.  Exact time window TBA, as will be the start and end hours. General responsibilities will be to:

• remain on board during your watch.    
• Retrieve and raise the national colors if flying.
• Discourage uninvited onboard visitors (Welcome to bring aboard one or two friends to help )
• Perform a boat check at least twice during the 12 hour overnight period, to include
• pumping a bilge as necessary.'
• Check Dock lines and fenders 
• Adjust gangway height at high tide to keep clear above adjacent lifelines stanchions.
• Maintaining orderliness and stowage on the deck and below. 

If you can help staff our schooner anytime during this period please contact me with the Days available, and # of watches you are willing/able to devote, or schedule. 

Text Bryan Oliver at: 314-409-0433

or email:  bryan@spiritofsc.org

Thanks in advance for your help in keeping Spirit of South Carolina safe and operational.