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Calling all Volunteers!

Time is flying! It's only 14 weeks until the cover comes off and
rerigging begins. We've made good progress with repairing and preserving
rigging so far this fall and winter, but we still need help scraping and
oiling blocks and hearts and reseizing blocks into their strops..
Starting in February we will begin painting spars, rigging the topsail
yard, and overhauling the anchor windlass barrel.

So come to any of the work sessions Wednesdays and Thursdays 6:00 pm -
8:00pm and Saturdays 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. There is plenty to do.

In addition, we have several stand alone projects which could be worked
by individual volunteers at times other than the regularly scheduled
work sessions. These projects are:

1) Make 2-3 dozen new hanks for the foresails

2) Make new rammer heads (turn on a lathe) for the new safety and
flexible rammers for the gun

3) Make the new safety rammer

4) Make the new flexible rammer

5) Make new double blocks for the gun tackle

If you would like to undertake any of these projects, contact the Bosun,
Eric Standen.