December 27, 2016 Well! The big news is we successfully turned Schooner Huron Jewel’s hull over right side up. With a good crew of five, using jacks to lift up one side and chain falls to lower the other side down, we took our time over two days and made … Read More
VIDEODecember 7, 2016After working on and off for about a week to build “square wheels” and clean out the boat house, we were ready to roll Schooner Huron Jewel’s hull over so we could begin working on the interior.In this time lapse video we roll over the course of two … Read More
November 19, 2016 In this month’s update for Schooner Huron Jewel, I will summarize what has been done so far. Just over a year ago in the fall of 2015, we poured concrete and built the building in which we would build the schooner. Then over the winter I built … Read More
October 27, 2016 This month’s work was delayed a little by the Rebelle Rally Jeep project, but a new volunteer, Tom, did a fine job putting the core and outer skins on the rudder. Fiberglass should be going on that in a few days. I fabricated a quadrant arm to hook … Read More
September 25, 2016 We’ve been making progress on the schooner this past month, scraping and sanding and laying more fiberglass cloth on the hull. The keel is growing: 24 layers of hard yellow pine boards and only 2 more to go. Fifty pounds of lead went inside the aft part … Read More
August 25, 2016 This last month was busy; I spent a number of days sailing the Schooner Manitou down in Traverse City. When I was home I spent my time fairing the hull. Fairing is the process of making the surface smooth by sanding high spots and filling in low … Read More