The Virginian-Pilot
                            THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, March 11, 1996                 TAG: 9603110043
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

DRESSING UP FOR VISITORS

ILLUSTRATION: Color PHOTO BY DREW C. WILSON\The Virginian-Pilot

The Elizabeth II's beauty secret to smooth out wrinkles is not Night

of Olay but caulking. Robert Putnam, above, hauls tools aboard the

old-fashioned way. The 16th-century representative vessel is

undergoing its annual maintenance at Manns Harbor, and this year's

caulking is the first since its launching in 1983. Bill Edwards,

right, manager of interpretation at the historic site, applies a

protective lead-based paint to metallic bolts in the ship's interior

deck.

by CNB