THE CREW 2004

 

From June through December 2004, sixteen dedicated men worked hard on Dolphin, accomplishing monumental tasks.  Our gratitude to them all, more than words or their paychecks could ever express.

(2004 Dolphin photo credits: Kara Williams, Eric Trautman, Maureen DaCosta, Wilson Allen and Sequoia Sun)

 Top: Peter Robinson, Enifonso Villena, Sequoia Sun,  Phillippe Almedia, Jeff Menoher, Bob Rogers
Bottom: Ary Jocquim Alfonso, Enrique Vazquez, Jim MacKinnon

"Big Guy" Sequoia Sun and "Joe College"  Justin Becktold	Bobby Passarelle driving out fastenings to remove the last of the old planking.	Robert Rogers from Trinidad grinding rust off a cabin sole deck beam prior to painting.
Walter cutting off fastenings to remove the last of the old planking.	Peter Robinson grinding rust off a cabin sole deck beam prior to painting.	Brazilian "Master Blaster" Phillipe Almeida, king of the needle gun.
Enrique Vazquez installing a butt plate.	Enrique Vazquez, happy to be in a boat.	Justin Becktold installing a fastening.
Ary Jocquim Alfonso, iron worker from Brazil	Enifonso "Eddy" Villena, master artisan in steel from Peru.	Jim MacKinnon, master shipfitter, Irish in every way.
"Mr. Connecticut" John Wisner of Connecticut Fireboat, master ship builder and demolition man.	John Wisner giving the thumbs up, "Hey, destroying boats can be even more fun than building them."	"Epoxy Man" Jeffery Menoher shims out the frames to fair the lines for the new stern hull shape.
Justin Becktold, John Wisner and Enrique Vazquez, admiring their handiwork after having amputated Dolphin's transom.	Carpenter Neil Everett spiling a plank	"Captain Enviroman" Peter Willcox, master fastener on Dolphin, captain of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior for 20 years.