Schooner Ernestina is hauled out at
Kelley's. Some of the
detail work continues and we are drilling holes
for the keel bolts. We await final word on our
strategy for bolting plan and other work after
presenting the plan to Coast Guard. It was very
helpful to have Nat Benjamin aboard to give
advice and to confirm the plan we have.
We also talked to other
professionals such as Chris Mello, a Naval
Architect from Dartmouth, and Harold Burnham, a
shipbuilder from Essex who recently built the
schooner Thomas Lannon and is in the midst of
another schooner project.
Keel bolts will start in later
this week.
Captains: Sophie Morse
Schooner Ernestina on the ways at Kelley
Shipyard.
The crew from Tony Marques Shipwrights sledge
hammer in a 3/4" drift into a 5/8"
diameter hole. The clench ring temporarily taped
up out of the way.
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Nat Benjamin of Gannon &
Benjamin Shipyard in Vineyard Haven on Marthas
Vineyard stops by to chat with Sophie Morse, Fred
Sterner and Carl Moberg from US Coast Guard. We
appreciate his advice! Look for the Schooner When
& If out in Vineyard waters... Gannon &
Benjamin restored General George Patton's
beautiful schooner after severe damage in a 1991
Nor'easter.
House jacks help close the joint at the
forward end of the keel in preparation for keel
bolts and drifts.
The zincs in the sea water intake (sea chest)
that supplies cooling water to the main engine
are welded in place.
Four large zincs are mounted on either side of
the prick post to protect the propellor and
shaft.
Twenty-eight pound zincs.
Mate Fred Sterner prepares some graving pieces
for the false keel where we had removed wood to
look for keel bolt heads. The oak blocks are
epoxied into place.
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