Boatbuilding Report 2011-01-26

By Sally on February 12, 2011

Sally’s PIlot Gig Progress Report: We are preparing to put in the inwale. Decisions have been made about the frames-There are to be 4. We cut 2′ strips of plywood to begin making the frames.

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Annual NYS Safe Boating Course Report

By RobertH on January 21, 2011

We had a successful day and course!

VCB’s annual NYS Safe Boating Course on January 15th was beautifully hosted by the rowing club students of Borough of Manhattan Community College.

7 BMCC club members and one BMCC alumni earned NYS certificates as Safe Boaters!

9 Stuyvesant High School rowers and 6 Village Community Boathouse adults also attended and earned certificates.

The big screen, speakers, and laser pointer worked like a charm for our instructor Brendan Malone, whose boating experience, wisdom and knowledge alone would have kept everyone engaged and alert for the 8-hour marathon session!

Thanks to BMCC’s Learning Center, Media Center, and Buildings and Grounds department, the Richard Harris Terrace, a wonderful room, was comfortably heated and furnished. The club looks forward to preparing for their 2011 rowing season which begins in late April!

For more about the NYS Safe Boating course see

http://nysparks.state.ny.us/recreation/boating/education.aspx.

Sincerely,

Mary Nell Hawk

Rowing Club advisor

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Boatbuilding Report 2011-01-16

By RobertH on January 21, 2011

Sunday Boatbuilding Report: We put the final touches on the dolly/cradle and moved furniture to make room for it in the shop. In preparation for flipping the boat, we first moved it off its frame and into the table. The boat was suprisingly light. Then we flipped it over onto the cradle. The crew immediately got to work cleaning up the seams and sanding the interior. Now decisions have to be made about frames.

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Boatbuilding Report 2011-01-12

By RobertH on January 12, 2011

We sanded the hull and the outwale. The cradle has morphed into a dolly and is almost complete. Dave & Henry “glassed” the stem.

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Boatbuilding Report 2011-01-08

By RobertH on January 12, 2011

Dave and Rob put the starboard outwale on on Thursday, after cutting seven ‘darts’ into the sheer strake to fair the hull.

On Sunday, Sally, Nancy, Emily, John & Phil glued the outwale to the post side and cut some more darts. We painted the exposed end grain of all the plywood with epoxy paint. We sanded the starboard outwale. Karl did some work on the cradle.

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