| Friday April 3rd, 2009 |
| Submitted By: Mack |
April 3, 2009
The Ship is looking better and better all the time. The painted superstructure makes a staggering difference in the appearance of the ship. The paint that is being used is gray epoxy, a MIL SPEC paint that is really tough. It was donated to the foundation a year or so ago by a paint company that had it as surplus. It comes in 5 gallon cans and hardener and thinner has to be mixed in before using. The amazing part is that it makes a finished surface that is very hard but yet pliable. It seems to be perfect for a wooden ship. So far, (with the exception of decks) the painted areas are:
The fantail area including gunwales, bulkheads to the ship’s interior watertight doors.
The entire port side 01 Level including superstructure bulkheads and overhang from the 02 Level
Most of the starboard side 01 Level except the overhang of the 02 Level
All the 02 Pilot House Level
All the 03 Level except the bulwark around the flying bridge
There is only a small amount of the 01 Level to be completed. The overhang has been pressure washed in order to prep the wood and remove loose paint. When it is dry and the weather cooperates the 01 level will be completed. The next area to be started is the main hull on the port side. There is still some prep work to be completed but that side is already about 75% ready to accept paint. All in all progress is good and she’s looking better and better all the time.
Estimates are that with three good work days the port side hull can be completed. There are a few local people who are helping right now who are reciprocating for work that Mike did over the winter on their projects. Mike works all the angles he can and believe me, he never stops moving. He is up every morning at 0400 and performs his routine check of the ship. He walks the decks, and checks the bilges and looks for anything that might be amiss. There have been intruders from time to time who appear in boats and try to come aboard. Mike calls them “pirates” and thinks that they have burglary in mind. He’s been able to chase them whenever they have tried to come aboard. Mike seldom leaves the property unless someone is there to look after things.
If you notice in the photos, there is a crane and a tug boat. The red tug is a style that is somewhat unique but common in the California Delta area. These tugs have a very high pilot house to be able to see over the barges of rip-rap that they commonly tow. Maintenance on the levees is never ending and the rip-rap or rocks are used to repair and stabilize the levees. The tug and crane are maintenance and repair projects that Mike helped out with over the winter.
Spring 2009 Progress Photos |
| Friday May 16th, 2008 |
| Submitted By: Webmaster |
We are currently looking for a new, more accessible home for the ship. Any help is appreciated. Details below.
Move the Ship |
| Sunday March 23rd, 2008 |
| Submitted By: Webmaster |
The new usslucid.org has launched! There are many new features and updates. If you have a few minutes we would like to know your thoughts of the new site.
Lucid Website Survey |
| Thursday February 28th, 2008 |
| Submitted By: Mike Warren |
More Pictures...
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| Thursday February 28th, 2008 |
| Submitted By: Mike Warren |
We've been removing the last remnants of civilian installations topside in CIC along with burning wood debris on the barge, along with several days of ''scrub wood" removal on the port side for prep work prior to our official paint prep party on April 15th and main paint party on May 26th.
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| Thursday February 28th, 2008 |
| Submitted By: Mike Warren |
With a few folks (Rex, Barry and Neal = civilian volunteers) to help during this last few days, we've managed to get quite a few things accomplished on the old girl that have been delayed for months now, because of the lousy weather and available help.
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| Monday February 25th, 2008 |
| Submitted By: Mike Warren |
The rain has stopped once again, and bilge pumping is part of the POD. Work on the new set of floats/camel hasn't started just yet because it's still too wet to get way out back on the property and bring them up to the levee road where we'll work on them. It's our objective to get two sections put together and make another one twice as long (38' ft) as the first one that we made out of old fiberglass dock float sections, so we can use them for the next work party scheduled for April 15th.
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| Saturday February 23rd, 2008 |
| Submitted By: Mike Warren |
The gray paint that we have available looks quite well on the portside patch as it's drying in, but may be a tiny bit light when we go ALL gray. We're looking into adding some darker tint to it and ''Mack'' McAllister and John Loarie are working on mil specs for what Haze Gray color actually is today. I have no doubt that we'll have a good-looking paint color ready for the real paint party in a few months.
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| Saturday February 9th, 2008 |
| Submitted By: Mike Warren |
Well we just heard that we're going to be land-locked for awhile, or at least Island-locked, because the Coast Guard requires the ferry boat be taken out of the water every five years for an inspection and needed repairs, so they'll take it out of service after the last run on Friday the 15th until Monday March 3rd.
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| Tuesday February 5th, 2008 |
| Submitted By: Mike Warren |
Still pumping the bilges and maybe the rains are behind us for a few days. It's nice to see the ship's high and dry for a change. Don Cole is coming out for a short visit today in preparation of a general work party that John Loarie has started planning and I'm looking forward to seeing him.
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| Saturday February 2nd, 2008 |
| Submitted By: Mike Warren |
We're pretty excited about our new webmaster, Jarred Freeman that has joined with us to completely revamp our website and work with us to create an exciting MSO - Minesweeping Museum destination portal site to let you know what's happening in Lucid Land.
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| Monday January 28th, 2008 |
| Submitted By: Mike Warren |
We're installing some plastic bird netting (actually garden covering) that Carl Haynes sent us, [(thanks Carl)] over a few of the large open areas leading to the reel well and CIC off the stack deck, that we haven't closed up with plywood yet, so we can get a jump on the birds (barn swallows) nesting in the old girl.
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| Tuesday January 15th, 2008 |
| Submitted By: Mike Warren |
It's taken four different days to pump the bilges from our last rains because we have to sometimes pump from one bilge compartment to the other (no limber chains) to get it all into the fwd engine room where our main (largest) pump is located. We'll be finishing up today hopefully.
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| Friday January 4th, 2008 |
| Submitted By: Mike Warren |
The ship's high and WET, 43 degrees with NO shore power. I'm writing this on the 7th ... The storm did indeed arrive with a vengeance. We lost all power early on Friday and almost everything screeched to a halt. Full generator power in force for the property and the ship is way too wet to think about switching to generator power. Bilge pumping will be in order shortly.
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