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Overfalls dedicates restored Monomoy boat

Lewes Mayor Ted Becker, left, and Overfalls Foundation President Albert Didden Jr. cut the ribbon at the display shed of the recently restored Monomoy boat. BY NICK ROTH
Nick Roth
September 16, 2015
David Bernheisel gives a history of the restoration effort to bring the Monomoy boat back to life. BY NICK ROTH
Music was provided by The Buffalo Chip and the Heard. BY NICK ROTH
Overfalls Foundation President Albert Didden Jr. thanks supporters for attending the organization's closing party Sept. 4. BY NICK ROTH
Tony Cappella of The Buffalo Chip and the Heard is all smiles between songs. BY NICK ROTH
Kurt Houff performs with The Buffalo Chip and the Heard. BY NICK ROTH
The group's closing party was held next to the Lightship Overfalls along the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.

The Overfalls Foundation community was on hand Sept. 4 for the official dedication of the restored Monomoy boat.

Since 2011, a small group of volunteers have slowly restored the 26-foot life boat, first in the former brush factory that is now RISE on Kings Highway and then in the bowels of the decaying former Lewes power station on Schley Avenue. The thousands of hours of hard work finally paid off Sept. 1, as the boat was moved to its permanent home next to the Lightship Overfalls at Canalfront Park in Lewes.

The Overfalls group plans to test the vessel in the water, but for now the organization's remarkable revitalization sits on display just a few hundred feet from the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.

See a story about the restoration of the Monomoy boat here.

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