Saturday's Volunteer Day Turnout.. well, just wasn't.

 Simple truth is, choices must be made.  Probably to be  expected, when a major volunteer activity subsumes all free time just the day before.  Still it was a disappointment that the muster on Saturday was just Bryan Oliver, and Ryan Davis.  The disappointment swiftly morphed into a mental lessons learned exercise. Y'know, the one where you categorize lessons learned  into columns headed by the phrases :"Stop doing this",, "Do this Better.",, Start doing this"  In this case the lesson was:  "Plan into the schedule, a realistic time frame for properly "Putting the ship to bed".  And since over 90% of work place issues are "Management", (yes, really,). This is the Bos'un's problem. So...

 The two us faced several tasks that needed attention from the previous day's harbor cruise.     

Ryan astride the foresail gaff
starting a lashing for the awning.

Between the two of us, we set priorities for what we could accomplish, agreeing to make this a half-day effort, to avoid the afternoon heat.  Ryan took on the project of removing the stripped out screws and lifting off the headsail downhaul fairlead bar, then filling in the holes with wood shims and epoxy.  

Bryan pulled out the awning from it's stowage in the forecastle, rummaged for a scrap leather, and with the schooner's canvas repair bag on deck spread everything out and patched over a 10 square inch area where the Sunbrella had chafed thru.  By 1300 the awning was ready to rig up.  Motivation was strong for success of this task,  for the life saving shade we would soon enjoy. 
We certainly made quick work of it, and so secured from projects. 

Bryan's lasso-ing job snagging the pole
and securing it to the foremast shrouds.

Bryan stayed behind to secure the deck and  pump the forecastle bilge, and in doing so, discovered the Yokohama log had frayed it's south end and was drifting north between the ships hull and the dock. Grabbing a coil of old rope out of the lazarette, Bryan threw a loop around the loose telephone pole end, hooking a thru bolt, then hauled the pole and it's two Yokohama's back into position, this time tying off to the fore shroud chain plates pending the next opportunity to make it fast to the dock. 

And now, on to a better plan for the next Volunteer gathering.