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Click HERE to DONATE and help bring the Schooner Lotus back for everyone!
LOTUS NOW!
On December 14th, 2020The Friends Of The Schooner Lotus (FOTSL) purchased the boat from the Seneca Waterways Council. On December 21st, the LOTUS was transported to Beacon Bay Marina in Cayuga for indoor winter storage and assessment. Cayuga Wooden Boat Works at the same location has begun work to restore the severely damaged stem, keelson and horn timber. Follow these links to the Youtube clips of the move:
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DONORS TO THE LOTUS
We thank everyone for their support
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About us The Friends of the Schooner Lotus (FOTSL) were called together in 2018 by David and Rose Fox, and Tom and Martha Lightfoot. These energetic members of the Sodus Historic organizations envisioned the LOTUS as a centerpiece for the local history, and educational tool for the public, and a valuable boat for the use by scouts, other organizations and the public to learn sailing and history. The core group recruited other local and regional people in the sailing and scouting organizations with vested interests in accomplishing this goal. After much agony, a sailing lawyer, passionate about the LOTUS, finally achieved the seemingly insurmountable and arrange the sale of the LOTUS to the FOTSL. Now it is an incorporated entity in New York State under non-profit status, with the 501(c)(3) application to the IRS approved as a charitable organization. Fully insured and ready to do business, the capital campaign is now under way! |
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People
I was a scout leader in Sea Scout Ship 303 from 1995 to 2016. I was a Mate in the unit and became a Master in 2000.
Also, I became the Director of Maintenance from 1999 to 2016. I have much information on work done during that period including materials used, sequence of work, outstanding issues, etc.
Also have detailed plans of the sister ship from Mystic Seaport.
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History
Dedication chart created for Captain Steve Comstock from his crew in 1938 |
