After Josephine Forrestal donated the Pious Puffin II to Bob Jones College, it was featured during a dedication for the James V. Forestal Library on February 23rd 1967. Click the image to see the dedication.
The college sent the Curtises the following photos:
Open College PhotosBy August of 1968 she had been de-masted in an accidental encounter with a bridge. The College had indicated that a couple of professors had taken the Pious Puffin under a bridge which was too low for her 65′ masts.
The following postcard was sent to Jones College to remind them it was time to have the Pious Puffin hauled for its annual barnacle scraping. Ironically, the postcard itself also shows the Pious Puffin docked at the marina with its damaged masts.
In the postcard, the damaged mast can be seen laying across the top of the Puffin and hanging over the stern …
