Bean Shanghai steps in to work on the Yangtze River Boat
Saturday November 20th, we have spent time working on the boat to get it ready for the Yangtze River project in 2010. A big group of volunteers from BEAN Shanghai decided to join us. BEAN is a networking, volunteering, and social group for young professionals in Shanghai. Their members can sign up for different volunteering events, and this day they chose to help us out.
The boat was docked at the Shanghai Sailing Club, where we arrived around 11 am, ready for some sanding action! We sanded off the orange paint and some of the handy men got into the boat and took off all parts of the boat that will not be used during the Yangtze River trip. The boat used to be a lifeboat, so it still had all kinds of life saving gear required to survive at sea (life vests, seatbelts, etcetera). This took up precious space that we will need for the projects’ equipment.
Shanghai Sailing Club has given us the possibility to leave the boat with them during the winter. In March we will move it to a workshop in Shanghai, which will make it easier to get to. At the moment we are putting together a team of handy men who will continue working on the boat in Spring.
A big thanks to all volunteers who helped us during this day!
