I received the following email from sailor and web dude Todd Follansbee. I thought it was for a worthy cause so wanted to share. Pass it on:
Lovers of wooden boats know Lowell’s
boat shop as one of the oldest and last surviving wooden boat builders in the
country. Home of the Amesbury Dory and readers can vote to help them get a
valuable grant AND possibly win a beautiful hand crafted wooden Amesbury Dory.
Can you please help spread the word, they are in the top ten and there is a
good shot if they join the other wooden/traditional boat enthusiasts and just
go online and vote. There is NO obligation, so Please help this wonderful
Amesbury treasure win an online contest for $1M Grant funding from Amex for
historic preservation – it will help with much needed building repairs.
Log on to http://www.
place your vote. Everyday through May 17th. They are currently in
9th place and really need your support.
After casting your daily vote you
may enter to win a Lowell’s
Dory by sending an email to VoteLBS@lowellsboatshop.com w
the subject.
If you happen to live in the Coastal
Massachusetts region near NH and are interested, This weekend on Saturday and
Sunday 10:00-4:00 there will be an open house at Lowell’s celebrating the
contest with family activities and special events such as tours,
boat building demonstrations; rowing on the Merrimack River; boat related art
& origami; treasure hunt; face painting & balloon art; artists at work
on site; wet paint auction; traditional New England fare; music; and more. It
will be worth the trip, Amesbury is a nice town.
Please vote and spread the word, this is
something wooden boat lovers need to help keep alive. This is an authentic,
traditional boat builder who has been building dories on this site for over 200
years.
Best,
Todd
That blog is so interesting. I must say that at first I thought it would be a waste of time, but after reading your post was impressed with its quality. I just hope that over time you continue maintaining the same quality, and most of the same passion at the time of writing.
It is a pity that those places when there were the magic to build boats. I would like to learn how to do it. but it looks like a hard work to do.