Surge in Volunteer Hours underlies the Schooner's Success in achieving her COI.

The COI has been the undisputed achievement for Spirit of South Carolina's Volunteers as a whole. But underlying that accomplishment has been the surge of effort by volunteers, spread over recent months to prepare the schooner, but also prepare themselves to take the deck.  That achievement is actually measurable in the surge of Volunteer hours devoted to the ship over that period.   And so we'll raise a glass (when it becomes practical, and an extra ration for our shipmates below, )  

Thanks for setting the pace!

This group are the first to hit the 200 hour number[Marlinspike Volunteer] since re-inception of the Program 4 years ago.

Nate Mack surpassed 238 Volunteer hours in September

Doug Hartley          227 Volunteer Hours in October

Ken Fonville             215 Volunteer Hours as of last August

Tony (the Wiper) Marchesani   203 Volunteer Hours August

 

This Group of new Foremast Volunteers have hit the 100 hour number

Laura Johnson surpassed her  100  hour mark last month.

Todd Cole, out of Atlanta  hit 64 hours in March, and 112 Hours in August

Walter Barton, close behind, hit 57 hours and accelerated to 109 in August

Danny Johnson actually hit 100 hours back in January, and would show more if he'd log it (:-)

Likewise, Mikell Evatt, with his 66 hours this year to October puts him over 100 .

These two New Volunteers haven't been exactly loafing either in achieving their Jibsheet Volunteer Rating..

Alex Lya, coming down from Columbia has hit 66 Volunteer hours last month.

Dave Lazar, new this year had accumulated 58 Volunteer hours by July