After several months of dedicated effort, the Schooner Hindu was returned to the water in Key West today, very exciting news! I only post this notice because the news has not yet hit the official blog, which I told you to follow some time ago. Judging from the pictures on facebook they are either recovering or still partying, in the grand tradition of Key West and wooden shipbuilders the world over. 

The 1925 William Hand bald-headed schooner has been a mainstay in Provincetown, MA for 50 years, and is credited with starting whale-watching tours out of that port. I understand the it has been greatly missed the last couple years, and I am sure it will be warmly welcomed back this summer. It was laid up and neglected in Key West because of some financial misunderstanding or other, until some foolish friends of mine decided to step in and save it. They are remarkable folks, most of the time, and managed to turn the 59’ 11 and 1/2” boat around in record time. Great praise and congratulations are due! 

I am sure soon enough you will be able to find much more info on Bonnie Rowan’s blog, svrowan.wordpress.com, which chronicles her various projects and enviable lifestyle. (But if you sometimes just want to run away to the Caribbean, maybe you should not expose yourself to temptation.)

Now maybe they can get to that boat they left in my barn…