Oarlock & Sail Wooden Boat Club

When it rains, we put up the tent on the dock, and keep working!

It was another good day at the dock, with work continuing on the Auk in the shed, and Enke on the dock.  Enke’s interior has been cleaned and scraped, a coat of varnish on all the brightwork, the mast has had a split filled with epoxy and varnish started.  She’ll be back in the water soon!  The mast needed a new sheave on top for the halyard, so Arnt used our great old drill press (thanks Kristyn!) as a lathe, using a rasp to shape the sheave.

Another installment of Life in the Harbour, thanks to Duane:

And, part two of Rob’s ’round the island story is published in Passions magazine – it starts on page 20:  https://www.fairwinds.ca/passions-magazine-spring-2020/

With the gradually improving situation regarding Covid-19, and the relaxing restrictions, we reopened our workshop on Saturday, with some restrictions.  We limited ourselves to 4 or 5 people in the shop, and have a list of other things to do out on the dock.

Thankfully it was a nice day, weather-wise, and so we started on some maintenance on the boats, beginning with Enke.  We got a coat of bottom paint, washed the sail, took the mast back to wood, and are in the process of repairing a minor split in the mast, readying it and the boat for some fresh varnish.

A recent addition to the dock, arranged by Sheila, Bruce and Duane, is a piano!  We’re fortunate to have several wonderful players who have put it to work, and enlivened the dock!  Thank you Tom, Rob, and Duane for the gift of music, and to Duane for the video.

It felt so great to be back, even in a rather limited way!

The Maritime Museum is continuing to add interesting content in their #VirtualVMM site, including this look at one of the models in their collection.