http://www.mysticseaport.org/morganblog/2013/03/a-look-at-the-past-few-weeks/ Mystic Seaport Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:43:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.mysticseaport.org/morganblog/2013/03/a-look-at-the-past-few-weeks/#comment-55 Tom Sat, 18 May 2013 16:27:52 +0000 http://morganblog.mysticseaport.org/?p=643#comment-55 Hi Ken,
At that time the ship will be on the lift dock and should be open to the public. At the very least, visitors will be able to walk around it, but we’re building a stair tower to allow visitors to come aboard as well.
The restoration has been a group effort involving volunteers & paid staff. The bulk of the work that typically is identified as Restoration is done by paid staff (removing planks, spiling, cutting and installing new planks for instance), but there is a HUGE amount of necessary work that is done by volunteers as well. Less obvious tasks like scraping, sanding and painting are led by volunteer groups, for instance. The volunteers also perform countless support tasks that make it much easier for the paid staff to do their jobs.
Tom

]]> http://www.mysticseaport.org/morganblog/2013/03/a-look-at-the-past-few-weeks/#comment-54 Ken Vorhaben Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:07 +0000 http://morganblog.mysticseaport.org/?p=643#comment-54 I am from Texas and will be visiting Mystic Seaport sometime between July 9 and July 13. Will the Charles Morgan whaler be available to see? I understand from the blog it will be under the last phase of restoration and will be launched July 21. Was the restoration done by volunteers?

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