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Built as a replica of a turn of
the century schooner, this
project was built on a dirt lot
just east of Carson City. Check
out the following pictures to
see why our original estimated
load and move schedule of 7-10
days actually took 3 weeks!
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Upon arrival in Moundhouse NV, we unloaded some equipment and retired to Carson City to find a hotel for the week's stay. Vera Cruz is a newly built replica of a turn-of-the-century schooner. She's 100' long, 16' wide, 17' high, and weighs 95 tons.
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As we slept, winds from the west blew over Lake Tahoe, picked up moisture, and distributed a 30-mile-wide helping of snow around our project. This phenomenon, called the 'lake effect', went on for 3 days!
Well, the first thing we beach-boys from sunny southern California did, was make a trip to the store for some snow gear. Then we set-out to see if we could find our buried tools and equipment.
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For the
next 10
days, we
had to
contend
with 6
inches
of
talcum-powder-consistency
mud on
the
sunny
side of
the
boat,
and 6
inches
of ice
on the
shady
side.
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With progress slowed to a crawl, we hired 3 welding crews to help fabricate the steel-framework cradle needed for placement of our dollies, and support of the boat.
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Gil is working on dolly installation at the bow. Maintaining our footing was one of our biggest problems in either ice or mud.
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