After a whole bunch of minor projects that ended up taking 3 1/2 months, we’ve finally got Enke back in the water, and under sail! Feels great to get all that work done – the most obvious and time-consuming part was the floorboards, and in our excitement, we forgot to photograph the end result! Here you can see that they are removable, which makes it easier to bail and clean the boat.
The Auk project is coming along well, with a couple more planks steamed, gains cut, and ready for riveting. Our next challenge is finding boards wide enough to allow for the curve of the next couple of planks. We may resort to scarfing to get the angle.
A couple of weeks North Star was dressed up in some of her sails – nice to see Sheila’s hard work paying off!
The third installment of Rob’s tale of adventure around Vancouver Island is available here, starting on page 20: https://www.fairwinds.ca/passions-magazine-summer-2020/
A reminder that the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival is happening next weekend, as a virtual event. Hopefully next year it will happen for real, and some of our members will be able to take their boats, as was the plan for this year.
Oarlock and Sail Wooden Boat Club 