HUGE EFFORTS

Christeen’s deconstruction has been moving along this winter, volunteers have been pulling their oars coming in each day to assist Josh and Joe and manage their own projects like working on the centerboard, standing rigging, the wheel house and other projects going on simultaneously alongside the major keel repair. 

  

Volunteers have given more than 100 hours working on the centerboard thus far

 

Josh Herman - courtesy of Peter Braune

Friday may be the big day, with all the frames marked and removed from the keel, the shipwrights have ventured to say they may attempt to drop the keel very soon, as soon as Friday December 17^th – ahead of schedule! This is due in no small part, as has been mentioned before, to the way the boat was built by the volunteer effort in 1998 when Christeen was re-launched. However, the effort the volunteers are putting in this winter cannot be overlooked, because of them the cradle for the boat was built with little help from the shipwrights along with a multitude of other jobs and tasks like sawing lumber for the project with the saw mill. The effort the volunteers have put forth has been tremendous and the WFC is extremely grateful for the time these people have given to the project thus far, and look forward to working alongside them as the Christeen is put back together.

Some of the frames removed from Christeen; labeled, cleaned and ready to be reinstalled

If you ever have a chance to stop by during the busy holiday season, this week and next week will be high activity weeks with a lot going on. Make the trip down to the Western Waterfront and say HI to the Christeen and meet some of the guys involved in getting her back in the water in the spring.



Josh & Joe - What's next?