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 was less pleasant than it might have been. Others repainted the walls and plinths in the gallery area of the museum. The lunch at the end was cool, and there was pizza, and some people made a salad that at least a couple people thought was good. We shared our food with our volunteer helpers Jay and Kate, as well as some of the crew members who were in the office for the day. As a treat, Kate brought us delicious ice cream!
We did some reflections of the trip, then we were all glad to go home because it was very cold and tiring. We didn’t realize how much work it takes to keep a wooden tall ship up and running. The Bayshore staff and crew were very grateful for our help with the rigging. In four days we did work that would have taken Jay and Kate weeks to finish, and we freed up the crew to spend their time repairing the structure of the boat.
