Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Plugging Holes

These old wooden Schooners are a LOT of work. These guys are hammering shredded wood into the cracks of the wood...talk about tedious work.

6 comments:

SKIZO said...

AfabulousWork

Mr. Charleston said...

No stabilized platform, no safety harness, no hand rails, no cooler of water, no hard hats an steel-toed shoes... obviously no Occupational Safety and Health Administration in your neck of the woods. Great flick.

Kay L. Davies said...

Shredded wood, and then what? Glue of some sort, do you think? Or shredded wood swelling to fill the cracks when it got wet? Or will the boat be re-painted and the paint make the wood swell?
Bare feet might be better than steel-toed shoes, however. These workers might find steel-toed shoes too confining, too heavy, definitely awkward.
-- K

Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

Owen said...

Must take a certain amount of faith to set out to sea in a vessel thus repaired ? But then I guess something gets spread over the shredded wood ? Still, if cracks need filling, other cracks will appear sooner or later... Must be a beauty of a boat in any case...

kyungmee said...

Cool image!

Mr. Charleston said...

Being an old sailor, I feel I should let everyone know that what keeps wooden boats from leaking to the point of sinking is that wood swells when it gets wet, thus squeezing off any leaks. Most wooden boats keep water in the bilge even when in dry dock to keep the wood from contracting and creating thousands of leaks. Shredded wood, when wet, works almost as good as dry wick and pine tar.