The sheer strakes are all on, bunged, and sanded. The covering boards are going on, the king planks are on, the decking continues. The Erie High School Maritime Program students are assisting in construction projects on the vessel as one part of their high school day. The hull has been fortified in the sixteen locations where large bolts penetrate the hull to fasten the chainplates. The battery box has been sealed, painted and installed. Old growth (pre-1908) reclaimed, vertical grained, long leaf yellow pine has been milled for sheer strakes, wale strakes, davits, cat-heads, decking, and more. The project remains in compliance with the US Coast Guard Marine Safety Center inspectors and is forging ahead.