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Day 6

May 10, 2017

“Why are you so dirty?” asked one of the many kids visiting the Roseway today. A crew member Ava toured some kids around a museum and also took them to the Roseway. I’m not sure if they will be sailing on it later or not, but it was cool to meet some young local kids. I was quite dirty from sanding all morning today, the latex paint built up around my nose and cheeks where the mask didn’t quite cover.
It was nice to get a small break from the sanding and help kids aboard and answer questions they had. After lunch, (and the kids visiting the boat) I began pulling up caulking between the seams of the pine deck boards. It was quite similar to pulling it out from the break of the deck, but the seams are a bit tighter. After I had pulled up the cotton, a contractor named Richie followed along and filled them back in with fresh cotton, and used a huge hammer called a “beetle” and pounded it back in. After the new cotton was put in, new seams were made by putting rubber in between them. I had to be careful not to step on the rubber while it was still wet or it would stick to my shoe and I would track it all over the boat.

Luckily, I only stepped in it once and had to take my shoe off. The project of redoing the deck entirely is a huge undertaking, and we’re only getting after roughly half of it right now. The other half still needs to be scraped, and then re-seamed. Tomorrow’s plan is unclear, but I imagine I’ll be helping out with re-seaming for a good part of the day.

Work Log 11 hours 7am-6:30pm 30min LB – Total Hours: 63.5

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