Messing about in boats...Restoring a 1964 Ensign
“ There’s nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing than messing about in boats” - Kenneth Grahame ....When you have a good old boat, there's a lot of messing necessary Calypso on the St. Marks River on her way to have a little work done. With AQUAVIT in storage in Maine til next summer, and Bay Breeze at Sailors Wharf Boat Yard in St Petersburg waiting for us to begin our spring cruise, we are working on getting Calypso spruced up: new sails, roller fuller, paint job and some fiberglas touch up of the rub rail flange. Calypso is a 1964 Pearson Ensign daysailer, designed by Carl Alberg, 23 ft in length, 3 ft draft and 3,000 lbs. Calypso is number 627 of the 2000 or so made. Floorboard Repair The floorboards in our Ensign were worn and tired. After 60 years stainless steel screws were corroded and not holding. Rust popped up some of the teak plugs, also called “bungs”. Mostly, the wood was in decent condition with only a ...