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...
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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...
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