Spring Outfitting - Day Seventeen

Trevor made a guest appearance for day seventeen of spring outfitting! Trevor has worked on schooners for years but now works at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard dealing with submarines. He took advantage of a lovely spring day to leave the desk behind and come to Rockland to get dusty with us. Thanks Trevor! Here he is finishing the sanding of the main cabin top.

And here's John, laying down on the job, taking care of the other side of the main cabin.

Because we're replacing some of the galley sole, I stripped the remaining pieces so we could bleach them. Our hope is that the older pieces lighten up a little bit to better match the new pieces. Here is Jackie (trust me, it's her!), also laying down on the job, cleaning up in preparation for applying the oxalic acid.

Jackie and Mike finished sanding all the white paint in cabins #5 through #12. That's a lot of overhead sanding! Next will be to clean up and prime any bare spots before it all gets a nice new coat of paint.

Mike wasn't feeling well today but you wouldn't know it from this picture. He hung in there, got the job done, and even varnished a couple pieces in the varnish room at the end of the day. I love that he works in that jacket!

The crew has the next two days off but visit to see what Brian and I get accomplished. We will be meeting with the captain we've hired to run Rendezvous to establish a spring outfitting list for that boat. And we're planning to till for the garden. What else? Maybe a nap? Yeah, that's sounds nice!