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Oiling Spars

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Submitted by mate on Fri, 2008-11-14 13:52.

About 20 volunteers went to the State Pier in New Bedford to oil some of Ernestina's spars; the main gaff and boom, the fore gaff and boom, and the jumbo boom.
Ernestina spars

It was pretty hard to roll over the main boom without the forklift, since it weighs about 2100 pounds, so we borrowed one to stay safe.

Mainboom

They all were scraped down and then sanded. We applied a coat of boiled linseed oil.

They looked a lot better by noon.

better

Manny from the DCR has added a few coats of oil since then.

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hey wish i could of been

Submitted by Roxy on Sun, 2008-11-23 17:02.

hey wish i could of been there to help out with getting ernestina back and sailing again but im sailing on a different boat and gone for the winter but when i get back to the states i will help on my days off from sailing love that boat and miss sailing on her

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