Re: HMS Bounty's newest. deckand reports
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "builtaboat" <pcencer@b...> wrote:
alongside "The Pier" in St. Petersburg, FL. last Wednesday
afternoon, which just wet me wistle, so to speak.
Then, later that night, I got searching on the old internet and
found the Bounty's web page at:
http://www.tallshipbounty.org/
After searching around in there a bit, I emailed them and said I'm a
hobby boatbuilder, scuba diver, pilot, watercolout artist, cook and
ex RCN(R) Bos'un, can I come and play?
And they replied, Yep!
But personally, I think, they'd even take Peter Lenihan!
No 'countin' fer tastes.
Bos'un Bruce Hector
Would you believ that the 14 or so of the Bounty's full time, er,...
paid crew actually LIKE to indulge in a cold brew after a long, hard
day, trying to wear the skin off'n their fingers? Who'd a thunk it?
> Well, I am curious... Do you just show up to volunteer?What I did was take the $5 tour where the Bounty was tied up
alongside "The Pier" in St. Petersburg, FL. last Wednesday
afternoon, which just wet me wistle, so to speak.
Then, later that night, I got searching on the old internet and
found the Bounty's web page at:
http://www.tallshipbounty.org/
After searching around in there a bit, I emailed them and said I'm a
hobby boatbuilder, scuba diver, pilot, watercolout artist, cook and
ex RCN(R) Bos'un, can I come and play?
And they replied, Yep!
But personally, I think, they'd even take Peter Lenihan!
No 'countin' fer tastes.
Bos'un Bruce Hector
Would you believ that the 14 or so of the Bounty's full time, er,...
paid crew actually LIKE to indulge in a cold brew after a long, hard
day, trying to wear the skin off'n their fingers? Who'd a thunk it?
Well, I am curious...
Do you just show up to volunteer? How do they assign tasks and
determine skill level?
It would seem to have the potential to be messy, what does one wear?
And do they serve breadfruit for lunch?
Do you just show up to volunteer? How do they assign tasks and
determine skill level?
It would seem to have the potential to be messy, what does one wear?
And do they serve breadfruit for lunch?
Not exactly a homebuilt, but ..... she's a hell of a ship!
Wow, han can so much fit into a single day.
I hit the deck at 9:15 am, as the mates meeting was going on. All the
crew were gatehred at the main mast listening to to job assignments
of the 1st. mate. Followed by a discussion on the crews scuba
training, about half a dozen were signing up for that.
Turned out half the crew were fellow canucks. The second mate Chris,
was from my home of Kingston and had spent 15 years on our own tall
ship, the Brigantine St. Lawrence II.
I was assigned to work with Meagan, we were to strip the top hamper
off the main mast shrouds, cut all the existing sheething and
frappings off, slack off these shrouds, apply a liberal coat of
"Crisco" into the deadeyes, then using come-a-longs re-tension them
and whip on 4 new sheethings and frappings (with Captn's Balls at the
bitter end of the frapping knot, but that's another story) to hold
the
whole schmozzle in place for the next 6 years.
Everything we did, led to three new tasks. For example, to ghet a
come-a-long we had to take on off the mizzen shrouds. Easy, except it
was under tension. This required that we apply a trio of new
sheethings on this shroud to hold it while be stole the come-a-long.
Up forward, as we started to tension the first shroud (there's 5 on
each side of the main mast) we noted that the bolt holding the
chainfalls was pulling out of the hull as we added a ton of pull. Had
to go below and tighten the bolts holding these first.
All in all a GREAT day! I'm stiff in places I haven't been stiff for
years. HMS Bounty has 9 new sheethings wound on and pulled tight
between Meg's and my twin Marlin Spikes, I had a satisfying and free
lunch, several coffee breaks with the best coffee I've had in the
states, (Maybe coffee just tastes better on the deck of a square
rigger, after all, it was only Folger's), made several new friends
and
was asked to return. High praise from this salty crew.
I'll be working a couple of days a week on her untill she sails in
late March. I'll also take my camera next time to make a ton of pics
and hopefully produce a few new watercolours of the Bounty.
Bos'un Bruce
Moaning softly, and trying not to let my wee flagon of hootch slip
through my very heavily "hand creamed" hands.
But, rarin' to go again. I'll be working two days a week, if my
aging back holds up, in the hpes of earning a berth on a voyage. She
leaves for the Tortugas and Jacksonville late March!
Bounty quote of the day.
"She's not dirty, she's just covered in Crisco!"
Wow, han can so much fit into a single day.
I hit the deck at 9:15 am, as the mates meeting was going on. All the
crew were gatehred at the main mast listening to to job assignments
of the 1st. mate. Followed by a discussion on the crews scuba
training, about half a dozen were signing up for that.
Turned out half the crew were fellow canucks. The second mate Chris,
was from my home of Kingston and had spent 15 years on our own tall
ship, the Brigantine St. Lawrence II.
I was assigned to work with Meagan, we were to strip the top hamper
off the main mast shrouds, cut all the existing sheething and
frappings off, slack off these shrouds, apply a liberal coat of
"Crisco" into the deadeyes, then using come-a-longs re-tension them
and whip on 4 new sheethings and frappings (with Captn's Balls at the
bitter end of the frapping knot, but that's another story) to hold
the
whole schmozzle in place for the next 6 years.
Everything we did, led to three new tasks. For example, to ghet a
come-a-long we had to take on off the mizzen shrouds. Easy, except it
was under tension. This required that we apply a trio of new
sheethings on this shroud to hold it while be stole the come-a-long.
Up forward, as we started to tension the first shroud (there's 5 on
each side of the main mast) we noted that the bolt holding the
chainfalls was pulling out of the hull as we added a ton of pull. Had
to go below and tighten the bolts holding these first.
All in all a GREAT day! I'm stiff in places I haven't been stiff for
years. HMS Bounty has 9 new sheethings wound on and pulled tight
between Meg's and my twin Marlin Spikes, I had a satisfying and free
lunch, several coffee breaks with the best coffee I've had in the
states, (Maybe coffee just tastes better on the deck of a square
rigger, after all, it was only Folger's), made several new friends
and
was asked to return. High praise from this salty crew.
I'll be working a couple of days a week on her untill she sails in
late March. I'll also take my camera next time to make a ton of pics
and hopefully produce a few new watercolours of the Bounty.
Bos'un Bruce
Moaning softly, and trying not to let my wee flagon of hootch slip
through my very heavily "hand creamed" hands.
But, rarin' to go again. I'll be working two days a week, if my
aging back holds up, in the hpes of earning a berth on a voyage. She
leaves for the Tortugas and Jacksonville late March!
Bounty quote of the day.
"She's not dirty, she's just covered in Crisco!"