A MODEL KETCH SETS SAIL AGAIN

When Matt

Goddard’s father

Stephen passed away suddenly in 2009, he left behind his devastated 15-year-old son and an unfinished 1/50 scale model of the Clara May, a historic recreation of an 1891 wooden ketch — a type of two-masted sailboat. Wood expert Will Kirk reconstructed the sails, renewed the glue, cleaned the dry and discoloured wood and created a display stand. For Matt and his family, who remember his father as a truly wonderful man, the restored Clara May (above) now stands as a tribute to his memory, and one they can appreciate every day.