We began the day by loading up the ISM entry in the duckboat race at the Mantoloking Yacht Club. She is a beautifully (WoW) restored Beaton sneakbox. John S. drove her down to Mantoloking for the race.
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| Sneakbox on the trailer, headed for New Jersey and glory. |
Those of us left behind found a few important tasks with which to keep busy. Larry occupied himself with between-coat sanding and then painting the current maintenance project -- one of the ISM fleet Whitehalls. All the seats have been painted and reinstalled, a new sole has been fashioned, and the shearstrake and transom sport a new bright blue color. She should be ready for rowing any day now.
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| Larry wipes down the rail before painting the second coat. |
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| Everything sanded and ready to paint. |
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| Shiny enough to see your reflection. |
Charles worked on the shroud assembly for the second whaleboat rig. Splicing an eye around a bullseye seemed pretty straightforward, but splicing is not like riding a bicycle. If you haven't done it for a while, you had better get the book out and learn all over again.
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| It really does look like the picture. Really. It does. |
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| The splice to be behind a completed one. Something to aim for. |
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