I guess I'll blame it on everybody recovering from the Cooper Bridge Run. First, The Bridge Run effectively shut down access to the Maritime Center Saturday morning, kaboshing an otherwise beautiful Volunteer day for some time on the masts. Second; Apparently everyone spent Sunday recovering from the Bridge Run, leaving only Ken Fonville and myself for the designated alternate Volunteer Sunday Afternoon. Nope, I won't be joining you on next year's run either, and I've got plenty of lame excuses.
And a surprise package arrived. Check 'em out. Eight brand spankin' new oak mast hoops, direct from Massachusetts. These replace the five sprung hoops, one already missing, with one spare to be mounted on each mast. They just need two coats of linseed oil and they'll be ready to bend on,, literally. I can count at least 13 of you who've been there and know what I mean. So, here we go!
The Vinegar rust treatment on about 20 pounds of rusted hand tools you worked on over past two weekends did it's work, and I spent today wiping off WD40 and stowing them, ready for use, wrenches, driver bits, pliers, drill, router, and bung/plug bits-all restored for use.
It's easy to focus-one task done, then another one, and another,, and lose track of where we're going with all this. Easy to question.. what's the point of it. This time last year, the ship's engines and electronics had been repaired enough to deliver the ship into Shipyard at Thunderbolt. MAJOR investments later, She's back, seaworthy, pretty again, systems getting their final adjustments, and installations, sails about to return any time. Active recruiting for a Captain and Mate is ongoing. Capt Hackett's team is doing their part. They are looking at us do do ours,, the stuff we're good at. Tall Ship sailor stuff. Our COI is out there on the horizon.
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