Hawaii's future floating maritime museum is still an ugly, rusty old “;tub”; known as the Falls of Clyde.

But it won't be that way too long if work continues at its present pace.

Within 30 days the 80-year old sailing vessel will have a fresh coat of paint.

By 1969 she'll once again be a beautiful four-masted sailing ship, the first floating maritime museum in the world. Pretty fast work for a volunteer project.

And a lot of credit for the transformation from “;rust bucket”; to beauty will belong to a group of Windward Oahu boys.

Youngsters from Sea Scout Ships, 216, 47 and 65, Explorer Post 205 and the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets have been working on the ship once a month for almost two years now.

Yesterday about 50 of the boys swarmed all over the ship battling rust, dust and rotten timbers.

They were chipping paint, hauling junk, heaving lines and cleaning up the ship, getting ready for the big paint job which will start soon.

They were full of ambition—and sandwiches donated by a Waikiki restaurant.

Their supervisors were full of nothing but praise for the boys and their efforts.

“;They're tremendous. They do most of the work here. I sure wish we had more people like them,”; said H. “;Rip”; Yeager, vice-president of the organization that owns the ship and is trying to restore it.

“;What do they do? Everything. Why, when we first came here, there wasn't even a pier. These boys hauled this thing from Barbers Point and erected it themselves,”; Yeager said.

“;They love this work and we love having them here,”; he added

Patrick O. Crowell, skipper of the Sea Scout Ship 216, said, “;My boys come here once a month as a community service. They love it and the experience is good for them.”;

Some work is done of the ship almost every day.

“;But we get most work done when these boys come down,”; Yeager said. “;Today is the most productive day we've had in two years.”;