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...
by Alethea | Jan 10, 2017 | Ship's Log
Amy McDonagh is a carpenter’s apprentice and will be sailing with Niagara in the summer 2017 season. How did you find Niagara? I did a sailing program a few years ago with SEA (that’s the Sea Education Association) and that’s when I fell in love with...
by Alethea | Jan 7, 2017 | Ship's Log
For the last few days, we’ve had a straightforward schedule. We move snow in the morning before we start sanding spars. Sometime around lunch we move snow again, then troop back inside and sand more spars. And at the end of the workday, if the weather gods have...
by Alethea | Jan 5, 2017 | Ship's Log
Compared to yesterday’s blizzarding wind and snow, the weather this morning felt almost peaceful. It was cold and grey, but quiet. Only a few flakes of snow drifted down while we shoveled the remains of last night’s storm off the plaza. So when Adam and I...
