After the launch on Friday, the Gyrfalcon stayed at the dock in Port Townsend through the weekend. This was for several reasons: first to make sure that the planks were tight, and there was no significant leakage (there is always a small amount of leakage when a wooden boat is returned to the water until…

After the Gyrfalcon was hauled, and the team from Haven Boatworks had a chance to inspect her, we came up with a list of needed repairs. Many of the repairs were anticipated, some were unexpected, and since we had a hard budget, some had to be postponed to next year. On the anticipated list were…