Bosun School is done for this year.
Another excellent Bosun School session has come to a close here on the waterfront in Lunenburg. We had a fine gang of keen marine students. Since last September up until a few weeks ago they have been busy and hard at it. Under the leadership of long-time PICTON CASTLE Bosun Gabe St Denis and old Bosun Captain Daniel Moreland we got a lot done in in a short amount of time.
Basic Knots, Splices | Extensive Small Boat Handling in Sail & Power Aboard Schooners, Sloops, Cutters & Motor Skiffs | Boatyard Boat Managing & Hauling Small Vessels |
Worming Parceling | Basic Sail Making & Repair | |
Wire Splicing & | Small Wooden | Metal Preparation, |
Overhauling | Basic Line Handling | Basic Caulking |
Tackles | Chafe Gear & Dock Lines | Basic Varnishing |
Safety Working Aloft | Ship Mooring | Shipyard Safety |
Sending Down & | Leadline & | Hauling, Blocking & Sundry Details Associated with Drydocking |
| Ship Down Rigging |
All the skill sets we go over are important. The one we try to drive home as much as possible is “small boat handling” and to that end, we go out in our wide range of boats day after day; instruction, practice, demonstration and practice, then practise practise practise. You cannot truly be an accomplished mariner without being capable, competent and practised at the handling and care of small craft. Just the way it is. And becoming good at small craft offers many insights into large ship operations in all catagories. To this end, we got the gang out sailing, rowing and motoring in dories, cutters, sloops, skiffs and schooners. And of course launched and hauled them as well as caulked and painted them and put them up for the winter. On our final days, we spent time with the gang one on one looking to placement opportunities in the “next ship” all of this gang will do well I am 100% sure.
