Marson

Today we also received word from Marson, part of Alcoa. They agreed to donate various sizes of rivets, along with a rivet gun.

Thanks Marson/Alcoa!

Pettit Rocks!

Bob Harris, the area's Pettit rep, called me this morning and made a awesomely generous pledge of easypoxy Topside paint. Our boats are going to look classy in scarlet and grey. I can't wait until we get to work. Thank you Pettit!

Update: West Systems

The other day we received our order from West Systems. At substantially discounted prices we receive our 105 resin, 205 hardener, and various fillers, and glass tape and cloth.

Thank you West Systems!

http://www.westsystem.com/ss/

Update: Schaefer Marine

We received a message back from Schaefer Marine who has agreed to donate Cam Cleats with fair leads for our project. This is a really huge help, as our old cam cleats have definitely seen better days, and don't even spring back to grab line currently.

Thank you Schaefer!

Here is a link with the cleats:

http://schaeferhardware.com/detail.aspx?ID=1401

Beginning Boat Status

I embedded some pictures of the boats we took last week. We're using these when we email companies asking for assistance. Shows what we are starting with.

Post #1: Project Blog Created

Tyler and I are planning on renovating a few of OSU's boats this summer. Already we have been identifying what needs to be done and making plans. West Systems has pledged a 50% discount on epoxy products and we are working on getting other sponsorships. I figured it may be interesting to keep a blog so that parties can keep track of our progress. I've never used blogspot before so I apologize ahead of time for any clunkiness. We'll work it out over time.

Chaz