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Top: Jim Barry, Wavertree's chief rigger; Bot- tom: Richard Dorfman, weekend volunteer coordinator for Wavertree.

Beginning this past February, workers recruited from around the globe, as well as weekend volunteers from the New

York area poured all their efforts into refurbishing the ship. Led by chief rig- ger, Jim Barry of Seacock, Mass., the regular work crew performed daunting tasks that encompassed rigging wire onto new masts, (the crew managed to put up 19 spars in 23 days), reinstating the main deck and restoring a raised foredeck structure that initially never existed.

Barry, an accomplished rigger who has worked on noted restoration jobs, such as the Moshulu in Philadelphia; and the Glen Lee in Glasgow, Scotland, first heard about the restoration job from friends. Barry decided to try out his tal- ents in New York, eventually land- ing his current position as chief rigger — where a 12-hour day is typical.

According to Barry, the bulk of

Wavertree's work was completed in the morning by the regular workers, with volunteers joining the crew every Satur- day and Sunday.

Headed by Richard Dorfman, who is

Wavertree's weekend volunteer coordi- nator, the group consisted of about 25- 30 individuals, who according to Dorf- man, "even showed up when we had to shovel snow off the vessel's deck on a cold February morning."

An architectural lighting designer by trade, Dorfman, who also volunteered his efforts on the Elissa restoration pro- ject, supervised the volunteers in per- forming tasks, such as sanding and painting, to galley rigging and con- structing forms for ballast blocks. He credits one particular volunteer, Josh

Payne, who helped build the shape for the vessel's main top mast.

On a typical weekend, Dorfman's

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On the day of MR/EN's visit to the

Seaport, the regular crew — as well as

Dorfman — were readying the vessel for its pre-OpSail stint at Staten Island,

N.Y.-based Caddell Shipyard. The his- torical ship had its handiwork shown off at the Parade of Ships, where it sailed

Circle 216 on Reader Service Card among other historical vessels as the

Amistad and the aircraft carrier John F.

Kennedy. Wavertree will not end its run at OpSail though, interested visitors will be able to view the restoration project in all its glory at the Seaport Museum. "The prize here is a spiffy, well pointed, well fitted out ship that we can take sail- ing and take care of," Dorfman said.

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