Whiskey Plank

Wednesday, July 22

We got the final plank on today and flipped the boat over. It was fun. Geoff got all the other classes to come watch as we popped it off the molds, lifted it up and carried it out of the shop. Everyone had their camers taking photos. It was like walking down the red carpet to the Wooden Boat Oscars. We took it over to a grassy place set it down and rolled it over. Then we picked it back up and marched it back into the shop for fitting out. There has been a guy from the New York Times here doing an article about the school and our class. He took a bunch of photos. We might show up on the front page in the next couple of days.

The last plank is traditionally known as the whiskey plank so we all had a toast with a drink of scotch after the last plank went on the boat. I am pretty sure this is completely against school rules. We quit early today and joined Geoff on his boat for a sail around the harbor. The coast here is so different from our Gulf coast. It is just beautiful.