Gear Maker - I stumbled across this online and had to reach out. I am a Captain of Steamboat Minnehaha and the President of the nonprofit Museum of Lake Minnetonka that which owns, maintains & operates the boat. Your work is marvelous! Would you consider allowing our organization to use your creation? I'm thinking it could be a masthead for our newsletter, but I can envision other uses too.
Given that you are familiar with the boat, you might not know of recent developments. At the end of 2019, we lost access to the only launch facility on the lake where she can be put in and taken out. As a result, we have been unable to operate - leaving us without ticket revenue to pay for maintenance, etc. We are working to finalize a plan for a new launch facility but that will likely require a significant fundraising campaign and may take an extended timeframe. Would you allow us to use your art for fundraising purposes? We would certainly provide appropriate attribution.
Thank you for what you created. I hope you'll allow us to share it more broadly.
Happy Holidays!
Tom McCarthy, MLM President
