Wawona work party Saturday, 10-16

[Trapper]

I be forwarding this for the tall ship Wawona, S. end of Lake Union in Seattle, WA..

--Trapper--

Calling all hands for an important work party on Wawona! It’s time to

cover Wawona to protect her from the winter rains.

This Saturday, October 16th, we will be erecting the support frame for

the winter cover on the Wawona. We need a strong showing by our

dedicated volunteers to make the job go easily and quickly. We will be

lifting the support frames out of the hold, organizing them, and then

connecting and raising them to form the backbone of the plastic that

will be added later.

We will begin at 10 am. Bring work gloves, ratchets and wrenches,

portable drills with screw drives and ratchet drives if you have them.

1/2" and 7/16" are the most common size nuts and bolts that we will be

assembling. Right now there is a chance for showers on Saturday, so

dress appropriately.

If you don’t have tools, please come anyway. We will need lots of

hands, and there are a few work gloves on site.

Bring a friend and check out the near complete work painting the cap rail.

If you have questions about the work or what equipment to bring, call

Wayne Palsson at 206-412-4736 or wpalsson@aol.com

Julie suggested that we have tacos for lunch, that way, a number of

people could help provide lunch. If you would like to bring a taco

component, please let me know. We will need a crock pot, meat, cheese,

lettuce, tomatos, taco shells, salsa, etc.

If you think you might come to the work party, please let me know so we

can get an approximate count for lunch.

Thanks,

Alice Winship

206-448-0707

walice1@qwest.net

[Coastie04]

Definitely wish I could. If there was some way to fly out there for free, and get leave from CGA to do so, I'd be there. Nothing like a little bit of hard work on a tall ship, even if it is to cover her up. If anyone is in the area and doesn't know of the Wawona, definitely show up to help. Or at least find time to head on down to Seattle some time to tour the old lady. She's worth the visit.

Coastie

[Trapper]

Thank ye for the good thoughts, Coastie! I agree that she's worth a visit. Unfortunately, if we don't get more volunteers and money, we may lose her. The local Parks Department thinks she's not "pretty" enough to be here, so wants to give her the boot. I've got another benefit planned for after the first of the year, and I'm hoping that we can get some media attention for her plight. That, and raising even a bit of cash to continue the ongoing repairs and restoration will help her looks.

Pretty sad state of affairs when the first ship ever to make the National List of Historic Sites falls on hard times like this.

So, if anyone out there knows of someone with disposable income that would like to help restore the very last piece of Northwest Maritime History that remains, all donations are gratefully accepted.

Fair winds,

Trapper