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80 NOVEMBER 2020 I N - D E P T H projects, was consistently impressed by that kind of ingenuity. "Marty always wanted to do it the right way," he says. "He didn't take shortcuts." Adds Tully, " Working offshore is not ever ybody 's cup of tea. But Marty and his crew were willing to camp out at some of these places rather than spend the day going back and forth in boats. That made them more efficient…being out there for a week at a time, you could get around the weather." Nally recalls keeping his crew on site for the restoration of Petit Manon Lighthouse in the Gulf of Maine. "I had to have nine men out there all summer," he says. "I had to make sure they ate, drank, and smoked and had enough diesel fuel all week. And the work on the lighthouse was pretty rough— more than 100 feet in the air. "It was majestic—and scary," he says. "You had the sense out there that you were at the edge of everything." Many of the lighthouses had to be scaffolded for working on the masonry, and the lead paint blasted off the original metal of their lanterns, which would then be repainted with unleaded paint. Cast iron staircases inside a number of the structures required repair; windows, doors, roofing, replaced, with heavier materials and tools sometimes dropped off by helicopter. "It all had to be the way it was 200 years ago," Nally says. "You don't go to Home Depot and buy this stuff." Now in his 60s and still living on the North Shore, Nally completed his last full-scale lighthouse renovation on Martha's Vineyard a few years ago. "I kind of had to stop doing them," he says. "Too brutal." That's okay. He took his boat out to work on what architectural historians call "America's castles" more times than anyone can count, and because of that, his ship has most definitely come in. contact bakersislandlight.org "Working offshore is not everybody's cup of tea. But Marty and his crew were willing to camp out at some of these places rather than spend the day going back and forth in boats. at made them more efficient…being out there for a week at a time, you could get around the weather." — Joe Tully, the Coast Guard's inspector for the lighthouse projects Personalized protection Coverage that's catered to you. 12407192 Nikki Vazeos Hadlan Insurance Group 978-358-2310 Newburyport, MA 01905 nikki.vazeos@allstate.com Personalized service. Trusted advice. Your protection needs are unique. Shouldn't your insurance coverage be just as well? I am committed to learning what you need. And, just as important, what you don't. Call me or stop by to get a quote today. Subject to terms, conditions and availability. Savings vary. Allstate Insurance Co. © 2018 Allstate Insurance Co.