Running an experiential education program becomes considerably easier when you live in a community that understands and supports your efforts. For Station Maine, Rockland is that community.
Our trailer, after eight years of hard use and abuse is showing its age and needs major repairs. The project is being taken on by the Welding/Fabrication class of our local Voc/Tech. Ed Lee, the welding instructor, suggested that we need to know what paints are state of the art to give this rebuilt trailer its best start in life. He sent me to Rockland Marine.
Rockland Marine, our neighbor, hauls and paints some pretty serious vessels on her ways, and has done so for more than a hundred years. John didn’t just recommend a strong, industrial grade epoxy primer and undercoat. He donated two gallons, insisted on delivering them himself, and suggested E.L.Spears, our local hardware store, for a good solid enamel top coat.
Spears was quick to recommend a top quality enamel to finish the job. And even quicker to donate it.
Belts are tightening all over Maine. The economy is no easier here than elsewhere. It’s just that we live in a community that understands the magic that happens when you put a kid in a boat. We live in a community that supports that effort however they can.
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