09 Apr March Progress report

We’ve got an official dead line, June 20th. 2015, the Rule is scheduled to slide into Humboldt Bay.  At 1600 hours the tide will be right and baring unforeseen problems we will splash after almost four years of hard work. There is a great deal of work to be done between now and then but a lot of hours are going into the finale stages.  Several volunteers have traveled hundreds of miles to stay and help out. Money is coming in which is really helping.  Sails have been ordered,  port holes and other deck hardware are being located. Don Mathes traveled down from Oregon and overhauled the anchor wind less and then went to work painting.  Helen Jaccard drove in, set up camp and left a week later with paint between her fingers and in her hair.  Jason Kraft (the tree house guy) has installed grab rails on top of and inside the main cabin. The usual crew continues to move forward;  cabin interior has been framed and primed, Mizzen boom gallows are shaped and are being varnished along with hatch covers and the main mast is progressing. Daisy is assembling and repairing blocks and other pieces needed for the rigging.  Needless to say a lot of us have been very busy.

Hopefully this week we’ll get the exhaust system in along with other through hull fixtures for cooling water and waste from the galley and you know the rest.  I’ll not try to name all the folks involved today but interest in the project is increasing and more help is needed.  Articles continue to be published and this Thursday the 5th. of March The Arcata Theater Lounge is showing Nuclear Savage  (a documentary about radiation poisoning in the Marshall Islands) highlighting Veterans For Peace and The Golden Rule Project.  No photos this month, too busy but Steve Ninehaus has been putting progress pics and short videos on the face book page, at least that’s what I’ve been told. They can be accessed through our web site,  VFP Golden Rule Project.

Sincerely submitted by Chuck DeWitt,  Restoration Coordinator