It started raining and thundering today, keeping us from applying the final coats of Penetrol to the spars. We were able to move some smaller pieces of the boat undercover, where some of us scraped some paint off the wood and then repainted it. Those of us outside got drenched in horizontally-falling rain water, so it...
Continue readingThursday at Bayshore
Today, we were applying a second waterproofing layer to the large masts of the ship. We also arranged and painted the pulley blocks. In between the painting, small groups picked up trash along the Bayshore premises. The weather was breezy and sunny, so it made for an ideal day for working outside. Another activity we...
Continue readingBayshore: Waterproofing the Rigging
Today we painted Penetrol on pulley blocks along with the other main parts of the ship’s rigging. We took turns sanding, painting the pulleys and cleaning out the insides of the pulleys with diesel fuel. Every now and then we switched groups and jobs.We did this all day* until we decided to play a...
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Day Two, Bayshore Trip
After the tour yesterday we were ready to start working. Today we worked on sanding different parts of the masts for the boat. In total we sanded close to 5 masts. This was to prep the masts for the varnish tomorrow so that the new varnish will stay on the wood for a while....
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First Day at Bivalve
We had a busy day! We went to the Port Norris Wawa to grab lunch, then headed to the Bayshore Center at Bivalve. After a tour of the museum, we went on a walk through the wetlands with Captain Jesse. Then we learned more about the projects we’ll be doing this week, including sanding...
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First Bayshore meeting!
It was great to finally get a chance to see our group together. Fun facts: 50% of us chose blue as our favorite color, and the most popular favorite food was ice cream (5 out of 16 votes). After introductions, we watched a slide show to learn a bit more about the Bayshore Center...
Continue readingThe Bayshore Experience
What is the Bayshore Experience? For the past week, we have taken the long trip to the Bivalve Learning Center. We have learned about the oyster industry and all of the tasks that need to be done to get the ship, the A.J. Meerwald, up and running for the sailing season. We can now...
Continue readingSaying Goodbye to Bayshore
Today was out last day working at the Bayshore Discovery Center. Our day began with long bus ride to Bivalve, NJ. When we arrived, we began working immediately. Before even working we separated into groups that had different jobs, like organizing materials or lifting planks of wood. First, Alex and I moved large planks of wood...
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Day 4: Scraping, Sanding, and Snow
Wednesday, March 25th was an exiting day at Bayshore. We were split up into groups to work on different things. One group cleaned and varnished wooden blocks while another varnished spars. After a refreshing snack break, we scraped the paint off wooden deck boxes to repaint later. We had a surprise visit from everyone’s...
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Day 3: Sailing Knots and Hanging Blocks
Today was quite an eventful day! We learned how to tie different kinds of knots. We learned the bowline knot, the rolling pitch, and highwayman’s knot. With our new knowledge of knot tying, we hung up the blocks with rope so we could varnish them. We also moved picnic tables. While others were working...
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Day Two: Sun and Sanding
Prior to arriving at Bayshore Discovery, we stopped at Wawa which was different from the one we stopped at on Friday because it was under construction. When arriving, everybody put on their layers of clothes but we all soon figured out that it was warmer than we thought. We started to sand more blocks...
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A quick break in the sun
Teamwork in the air
When we first arrived we were given a tour of the main building. They informed about various oysters and shucking competitions. Then we went to the dock and moved around equipment to go about our day easier. The inclement weather didn’t even faze us because of all the fun we were having. After that, we...
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The snow didn’t stop us today!
We sanded the spars of the boat today!...
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Bayshore Planning Meeting
We are looking forward to our planning meeting on Thursday, March 19th during assembly period in the Moriuchi Room!...
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