by Alethea | Jan 26, 2017 | Ship's Log
It’s official: we have a blank for the starboard fore channel! Yesterday, we took over part of spar alley to set up sawhorses and sheets of plastic for the Great Glue-Up of 2017. Lots of clamps and a few gallons of epoxy later, our three separate boards had...
by Alethea | Jan 24, 2017 | Ship's Log
We’re running out of sawhorses, workbenches, and rig shop space—a sure sign that we’re keeping busy. Down in the rig shop, we’re serving, sanding blocks, and building some new stays and backstays. In the woodshop, we’re using epoxy to glue up...
by Alethea | Jan 17, 2017 | Ship's Log
This morning, the crew took a field trip along the Bayfront to visit Dave Bierig’s sail loft, where we learned a little about sailmaking in general, Niagara’s sails in particular, and the challenge of making sails for reconstructed and replica ships. We...
by Alethea | Jan 14, 2017 | Ship's Log
Today was the second day of winter sail training, and morning muster was so crowded with volunteers that we abandoned our usual muster spot and moved into the wood shop. It’s the most help we’ve had all winter, and we took advantage of it—projects that...
by Alethea | Jan 12, 2017 | Ship's Log
We’re only halfway through our Tuesday-Saturday work week, but the rig shop crew and the carpentry team have already hit some major milestones—we’ve moved from sanding spars to varnishing them, and from deconstructing the foredeck to rebuilding it. The...
