Photos from 2018 Work Parties
Thanks to all the great volunteers who are pitching in their labor to make the completion of the boat shop a reality. Volunteer work goes toward matching grants, such as the Certified Local Government (federal Historic Preservation Fund) grant for the addition foundation and utilities.
Our construction documents (Northwind Architects) for the historic rehabilitation of the building call for adding a layer of plywood sheathing, infiltration barrier, vapor barrier and insulation to the walls, while retaining as much as possible all the original surfaces. The goal is to make this a useful, efficient building that retains the "feel" of the original. Some of the original siding is too rotten for re-use so we are filling in with new siding milled to match the original. And because we are shipwrights, new siding is sealed on the building side with linseed oil. There is also a breather space behind the siding.
The building and our rehabilitation is being thoroughly documented.
Our construction documents (Northwind Architects) for the historic rehabilitation of the building call for adding a layer of plywood sheathing, infiltration barrier, vapor barrier and insulation to the walls, while retaining as much as possible all the original surfaces. The goal is to make this a useful, efficient building that retains the "feel" of the original. Some of the original siding is too rotten for re-use so we are filling in with new siding milled to match the original. And because we are shipwrights, new siding is sealed on the building side with linseed oil. There is also a breather space behind the siding.
The building and our rehabilitation is being thoroughly documented.
2018 Photos by James Poulson:
2018 Photos by board and staff:
Outer Coast Summer Seminar Work Party:
On July 13th, Outer Coast Summer Seminar students - 16 rising high school juniors and seniors - and two coordinators spent an incredibly fun and productive afternoon volunteering at the Japonski Island Boathouse.
Students replaced sheathing inside the rebuilt wall of the storage room, they painted the 4H dinghies, weeded and brushed around the building, painted some exterior siding, cleaned and tidied the workshop, and helped begin the process of cataloguing the SMHS historical collections.
We had a great time meeting these exceptionally friendly and intelligent young people and wish them the best in the remainder of their time in Sitka!
Students replaced sheathing inside the rebuilt wall of the storage room, they painted the 4H dinghies, weeded and brushed around the building, painted some exterior siding, cleaned and tidied the workshop, and helped begin the process of cataloguing the SMHS historical collections.
We had a great time meeting these exceptionally friendly and intelligent young people and wish them the best in the remainder of their time in Sitka!
