So what started as a way to sort and handle donations and to allow a few of the guys to come get a few things they needed to get started back to work and such has turned into a full fledged thrift store. Hey, it is putting one guy to work full time and paying a few bills. However, it is sort of taking over and is already in need of more space. We will be looking for a bigger place to move the thrift store in the next month or two.

Now to more important things. The custom car trailer project we got and that was filling the shop has been moved out of the shop to be finished....it was actually too big to fit through the door fully assembled. This means the space it now availible for the first i550. I say first for we now also have hull # 206. The new mast parts have arrived from Dwyer and we have made arrangements with and are working with Bob Patterson of Neil Pryde. Bob has been very helpful and is being supportive of our little program.

I personally have a project to finish up and then the stitching will begin. Hopefully, the next post will be the hull and bulkheads going together.