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There she is, ready for many more miles of rowing!  The Vogler turned out beautifully, with new seats in yellow cedar, and fresh varnish and paint.  We put her back in the water on Saturday.

Her bottom paint is now a nice blue, which goes very well with the bright white above water.

Dale promptly took her out for a quick row – the first of many!  It’s great to get the boat back in the water again and looking her best.

Last Wednesday we had Ragna and Button Swan out for a beautiful and peaceful evening of sailing – the wind seemed to die down just as we did a practice rigging, but came up again, so we went out for a couple of hours, and it was wonderful!

It’s always nice to see other small boats arriving at our dock – one of the owners with a larger boat also has this little beauty, built by Dave Bradford at Alder Bay Boat Company – nice to see one of his boats out on the water!  Also, Dale S. had his SCAMP Luna, a sweet little cruiser out for some sailing, and took a few people out in it.

Button Swan and Ragna, enjoying a gorgeous sunset!

Our trusty old 1920s rowboat, Vogler has now had her first coat of paint and varnish done, and is starting to look great – big thanks to Dale for the extra work during the week, to keep the project moving along!

A layer of Dolfinite bedding compound between the layers of wood will help keep the water out of the joints.  And the clipboard will fill up as the coats of varnish build up!

Other fun at the dock – we’re called on once in a while to help turn a boat around at the dock, as other owners do work on the boats, or get ready to leave the dock.  It’s always fun to handle the ropes like that!  And our club boats are getting out there regularly for some great fun.  We’ve started on an instructional video on how to rig Ragna, and hope to have that out soon, to enable more club members to enjoy the boats!  Meanwhile, we do have a printed set of rigging instructions at the shed, or available by email by request.

Another way to get involved with our dock neighbours is a fundraiser by Providence, a 64 foot 1903 gaff ketch built in Denmark, now starting sail-driven cargo service between Vancouver, Vancouver Island, and some of the southern gulf islands, and eventually planning to go as far as Costa Rica for coffee.  They’ve got some interesting offerings in return for funding: I’m looking forward to a day-sail with them – on a slightly bigger vessel than our little boats!

https://www.wayblaze.com/fundable_projects/help-us-launch-canadas-first-sail-cargo-service-in-the-salish-sea/

https://www.providence1903.com/