Aldebaran Floats Again

Earlier in the month, we reported on the sad news that Hayden and Fern Brown’s pirate-style 70-ft schooner Aldebaran smashed into the Richmond jetty on July 4. Sausalito’s Parker Diving Service did their best to stabilze the ferrocement boat until the hull could be patched and the boat raised. They accomplished this Herculean task yesterday.

Unfortunately, water continued to gush into the boat so the salvors tucked her into the mud on nearby Brooks Island. The other monkey wrench in the works is that the Browns can’t find a boatyard that will take her. If you want to help, pop over to Aldebaran‘s GoFundMe page for updates and to donate to the cause.