Appropriate (don't know how to spell the French word) to all the recent discussions about CB revival, just received a notice from the National Park Service that might be interesting to folks in the SF Bay area. It seems that the Small Craft Department of the SF Maritime National Historic Park operates "classes, workshops & events", among which this year is a session called "Introduction to Bronze Casting". It's billed as an opportunity to learn how to do it all yourself. There are several other classes dealing with such subjects as oar & spar-making, principles of lofting, half-hull modeling, etc. Looks like a great lineup, but I hasten to add that I have no direct experience with the classes. They don't appear to do Web contact, but the telephone number of the Small Craft Dept. is 415.561.7120 Werner Pels (lurker and luster after M15)