When it rains, it pours as the saying goes- actually records all over New England are being broken including the Portland Maine rainfall record from 1953 which was broken Tuesday night. And here in Rockland the weather has been no different wet, wet, windy and wet - this means it’s time to work in the barn.
How oakum comes to us – even though the catalog says its spun already until we roll it, it’s not ready to use.
Now that all three crew members, Toni, Scott and Bo, are here rolling oakum took a third of the time this year!
Captain Jon’s to-do list in the shop.
Toni sands the captains wheel so a fresh coat of varnish can go on.
How many blocks does one 1927 Oyster Dredger turned fishing boat turned passenger vessel use?
Scott and Bo finish painting the rest of the blocks.
~Elizabeth~
Loving that the crew is here!
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