Tuesday, July 27, 2010

June 1977

   In May, it was still quite cold. Peter Lawson one day motored from Newport to Marblehead, with "Nanny" a Holmatro powerboat, an attractive stylized boat that was capable of only 8 knots at full speed.
This meant that the trip was much longer than we anticipated. It also meant that this boat could not keep up with the twelves. Sailing upwind exchanging sails was often a problem with "Nanny".
coageous and independence at bannister's wharf
dredging bannister's
independence in lift
ted hood, scott perry,teddy
 Preparation of Bannister's Wharf(where the Candy Store is located) which would be our base for the summer. included a lift which "Independence"would share with "Courageous". There was not enough water, so dredging was done in a very original way. If you click on the photo of the tugboat, you will see the crew, something I had never  paid attention to until this posting.
     Each of the crew had assigned responsibilities for boat maintenance, in addition to our jobs as crew. Official measuring the boats, and the June Trials, in the next post.

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