Volunteers Evolving into self-organizing teams.

 Spirit of South Carolina Volunteers are evolving onto what business guru's have called "self-organizing teams",, those groups of people who quickly recognize and sign on to a specific objective, agree to take directions from a team member with best fit for the particular project, appreciate each other's skill sets and taken initiatives to work together,  and communicate. 

Mikell Evatt and David Brennon lay out
on the headrig with sanders to wood
and prep the jibboom for it's first few coats
 of preservative/sealant Dek solje D.1.

Last Saturday, Four Volunteers made an example: Tony Marchesani, Dave Brennan, Dave Lazar, and Mikell Evatt mustered aboard, picked up the Punch List of projects, selected three and went to work. They knew where the tools, abrasives, paints and solvents were stored. 

Having finished oiling the four belaying pins,
 David Lazar uses a corner-tool to sand out
 the details of the Mainmast Fife rail
 prior to wiping on first coats of  D.1
preservative sealant.

David Lazar and Tony down rig
the Mainsail peak halyard tackle
 to repair/restore the blocks 

 In the course of the day, they also identified some problem areas and added them to the punchlist. 

At end of the workday, tools, materials were secured in their places, messes cleaned up and the vessel left ship-shape.