Day 28 6/24

Today we were doing some community service, we were going to work on the On-Rust. Although the professors didn’t really know what we were doing. We once again returned to Peebles Island. Before getting to work we learned a little bit about the boat. The On-Rust is an exact replica of a Dutch Sailing Ship. The original ship burnt in 1914, the replica was built soon after. This ship was important in the fur trade. When it was built they used oak because it was water resistance and it could be bent by fire.  I was shocked when he said that it was built all by volunteers, 250 to be exact.

After learning a bit about the ship we went below deck. Down there it didn’t even feel like we were on a boat, they had so much down there! We then started to work, I first cleaned a couple coolers, painted the boom, and then oiled the deck. Everyone there was really nice, and was glad we were there to help. Today was another short day, but it was really fun.