Two years ago, we met David Wright, a local boat restorer. He had purchased a 1964 Abaco built schooner and brought it back from the Caymans.
As the story goes, the purchase price was to payoff the bar tab of the owner and the crew consisted of more pumps than people.
When we met David, he had just recaulked the hull to, in his words, keep the sea out. Last year we stopped by Man o War and spent some time catching up with David again. He told us the next step was to restore the topsides to keep the rain out.
This year’s progress report is that he has indeed glassed in the cabin tops and is ready to start on the interior. In the meantime, the owner of a large schooner that went on the rocks in Canada has decided to donate all the rigging to David’s restoration effort. Thats 2-1/2 tons of masts, spars, rigging and sails. So David is now raising funds to pay for the $12,000 shipping cost.
Maybe next year the William H Albury will be back in sailing trim!
But if not…