We continue to have volunteers helping with the duckboat to get it ready to launch. Along with our usual volunteer Cheyenne, student TJ Jones and faculty member Bonnie Levinthal have been stopping in to help.  Photographer Jaime Alvarez (https://www.jaimephoto.com/) Has been dropping by the shop to document the last stages of the build.

All photos in this blog entry are by Jaime Alvarez.

 

Cheyenne has become our resident metal worker and has been put in charge of finishing the bronze jam cleat that will be mounted on the centerboard case of the boat to tie off the sheet line that controls the angle of the boom when under sail.

 

John Thompson prepares to steam bend the rub rails with the help of shop assistant Alex Bell.

 

TJ Jones sands and varnishes the rub rails and spars.

 

Bonnie Levinthal using a Scotch-Brite pad to prepare the base of the mast for varnish.

 

Cheyenne fairing the deck with the rub rails in place.

 

Painting the deck “Alerion Green”

 

John Thompson fits the floor boards into place as Bonnie Levinthal varnishes the mast.

 

More photos from around the shop by Jaime Alvarez…

Shipwright and Shop Educator Dave Dormond working on the 24′ Corinthian sloop.

 

Shipwright and Shop Director Jeff Huffenberger adjusting calipers in front of the shop’s bandsaw.

 

H. John Thompson working on the interior of the duckboat.

 

Shipwright and Shop Educator Dave Dormond making a pattern for the coaming and splash guard of the 24′ Corinthian sloop.