About 100 people turned out to see the launch of the U.S.S. 2 Sense yesterday, including the Mayor and a whole lot of the City Council, School Committee and Fire Department Rescue Team!
See the launch here:
Some more shots here:
…and a great clip here:
We got a great piece in the Daily Item here, too: LYNN STUDENTS LAUNCH BOAT THEY MADE FROM SCRATCH
The weather cooperated, but as an old sailer friend would say, she kept us honest – the wind picked up to just over 12 knots (onshore, fortunately) just as the boat hit the water. It was the first time these kids had ever been in a boat, forget rowing their own vessel, and they handled it like old salts. The Fire Department Rescue boat joined us just off the ramp, and regaled us with some siren play, and Carl Carlsen read us a passage from his book Brickyard Stories 2.0, to give us some context and history of the actual site.
It was an afternoon to remember.
Honestly, there are no words. The Mayor said that this is the kind of thing that happens when the community comes together to support a passion. Bob McCarty from Community Boatbuilding said he’d never, in the ten years he’s been doing this, has he seen a city turn out in such force to see a launch. City Councillors commented that this city was fiercely hungry for this type of project, this energy, and the work of these kids.
All we can say is, this is only the beginning, folks, just watch us!
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