Hi everyone,
Weather permitting, I’ll be down on Saturday to continue the spar inspection on Wavertree. If anyone is interested in lending a hand, let me or the duty Volunteer Coordinator (Nora McAuley or Julie Finch) know. I only need one person, I believe.
Thanks,
Charlie Deroko
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Hi everyone,
The work to send selected Wavertree spars and rigging down was finished on schedule yesterday afternoon. With Jim Barry’s thorough planning and under his expert hand, the work was efficiently and safely completed. We also had the time to re-stow some of the ship’s sails in the after ‘tween deck.
Jim’s crew (Cully, Corinna [Jim's wife], Prairie, Teo, Cully, Boyd, Shannon, Kirsten) were augmented by waterfront staff member Carlos and Pioneer mate, Mike Magno. Kirsten and Teo are former SSSM employees who worked on Wavertree in 2000. It was good to see them back for this job. Victor Lee provided logistic support when needed. Victor, by the way, has provided me with information regarding the deck winches as fitted to Wavertree. His previous place of employment in Guyana, had similar winches and he has supplied me with photos that will be helpful in my research.
Volunteers that helped the work along were Neil, Nara ,Julie and I think (pardon my lapse of memory) several others. Dana helped me correctly measure the spars yesterday morning.
There’s much to do this maintenance season to fulfill the needs of our good Pioneer, Lettie and WO Decker. Along with the necessary work required to keep our operating vessels operating, we will begin work aboard Wavertree. Over the coming weeks, I will inspect the spars and rigging that were sent down. Upon his return, Richard and I will compose a list of jobs for the ship.
Thanks,
Charlie Deroko
Hi everyone,
An update on Jim Barry’s progress aboard Wavertree:
As of this morning, six spars have been sent down since work began on Monday. As of noon, today’s effort was augmented by Nara, Julie and Nora who assisted Jim’s weekday crew.
The weather has been nearly perfect permitting the work to continue uninterrupted.
Three spars remain to be sent down along with the existing running rigging.
Richard and I will discuss future work on the spars to be done over the coming months.
Thanks,
Charlie Deroko
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