I'm in the middle of a nice visit with Preston Parsons prior to his departure to England. He brough over a couple of nice photos. The first is of "The Peterborough" with some rain. The second is of "Courage" out on the water. Both photos were taken by Preston during Homecoming Weekend earlier in September

Here's an update on the Chestnut Sailing canoe that Preston worked on 7 or 8 years ago. After a good sanding and varnishing by the campers, the hull has been sanded down and new canvas has been put on by Eric, Catherine and Chris

Eric and Chris with the new canvas

Here's a shot of Catherine Holmen stapling the new canvas on the yet to be named Chestnut canoe.
We are looking for names for these canoes. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to leave some comments! Some thoughts so far have been to name them after the virtues and after staff who have worked at MPC in the past.

First Steps

The restoration of 2 canoes began today. Campers and staff joined Eric Gyselman in the MPC shop to secure ribs, sand and varnish these yet to be named canoes.

It is, and will continue to be, a great opportunity for the campers to get some hands on experience with repairing and restoring these canoes that have been idle for too many years!

These campers are busy sanding and varnishing the Chestnut sailing canoe. This canoe was restored around 2000 by Preston Parsons. You may remember seeing it, it was the only green wood & canvas canoe that camp had!

Below, you can see Eric "eyeballing" the canoe.