On a hot afternoon in late July, Russell Evans. Preston Hartge and Jeff Smith paced like expectant fathers. Their "baby" is a 32' x 88' x 11' deck barge designed and built at Smith Bros. yard in Galesville. The barge was named for Evan (at right) since he welded the barge single-handedly. Hydraulic jacks slowly raised the port side of the barge as she sat on greased I-Beams. Finally, the angle was enough to let the barge slip smoothly into the Chesapeake. The boys didn't have much time to enjoy their baby, Preston delivered her to Coastal Designs for charter the following morning and later that day the first load of steel was delivered for the next barge and Russell started welding again.