BUILT STRONG

The temperature is dropping and winter has officially settled in with ice forming in Cold Spring Harbor and Oyster Bay not too far behind with more cold weather on tap. However, the colder weather has not slowed the pace of the shipwrights and volunteers working on Christeen. The deconstruction process is approaching its half-way point as most of the frames have been cut and removed from the keel on the starboard side.



Volunteers remove nails from planks





Volunteers plug the nail holes in the frames



It is exciting to imagine a boat suspended from the strength of its frames, deck and deck beams but if any boat can handle the stress as she has over the past 10 sailing seasons dutifully taking people of all ages out on the bay to learn about the marine environment; Christeen has proven she can handle the pressure, literally.  As frames are cut away from her keel more and more weight is transferred away from the keel and into the skeleton of the boat. She was built or overbuilt as a working boat and the frames and deck beams are broad and strong easily handling the weight of the hull transferred from the keel. 

Frames removed from keel

This is an exciting time and progress can easily be seen, if you were thinking about stopping by but weren’t sure of the time, you can’t go wrong with any of the days leading up to the end of the year.  The guys will be here until they take the week of the 27^th off for the holidays.

Shipwright removing frames



Volunteers sharpen rip saw blades