Greetings.

[CaptGriffiths]

Greetings from Oxford, Md. I look forward to getting to know more about the people in this forum. Currently I am occupied with caulking my rather leaky decks on my 1903 wooden boat. It's time to remove the winter cover but not before the decks are done!

[jrd22]

Welcome Capt. Sounds like you have an interesting project going. Would you have some good pictures of your boat to share with us? There are a couple of wooden boat guys on the forum, I'm sure they'll be along shortly.

[CaptGriffiths]

Needs doing every thirty years. I'll be sending photographs shortly. Regards,
CG

[WanderingStar]

Sounds interesting. Please tell us her details too. My boat is a 39' wooden ketch. I never caulk the decks, they are plywood!

[CaptGriffiths]

The name of the boat is Rosalind. Built for fishing St. Ives, England 1903. 40 ft on deck and 22 tons. I have owned her since 1959. She is now a gaff ketch kept in Oxford Boatyard, Md. Chesapeake Bay. Where is your boat in Long Island? I may have seen her. And when was she built?
Regards, CG

[CaptGriffiths]

Here are a few photos of Rosalind.

[kb3pwc]

Hello Capt Griffiths. Welcome to the forum. We have enjoyed this communication for some time. It is full of interesting information and nice folks.

We also have a vessel at Oxford Boatyard and are always in awe of your beautiful vessel. Your bright work is just breathtaking and she is no small vessel to keep up. Our hats are off to you. Do you live aboard?

Over this winter our little boat has been in the shed for a refit at Oxford Boatyard. We have been treated well there and would recommend their services but are eager to get launched for 2010. We have also felt fortunate to have the boat, this past winter, in that shed. The snow, wind and spring floods have not been so easy this past year but for us, since we were inside, we had minimal worries.

I really enjoyed seeing the older pictures of Roselind. Do you have the dates they were taken? Also the picture of her sitting on her keel is wonderful. Must have been taken in the UK?? Does she sit squarely as the picture shows or is there a pole on her other side for support? My brother used to have a Meadowlark Ketch he would pull up on the beach to scrape and paint. Our vessel has a modified full keel but would never sit as your's, almost upright.

Have a wonderful sailing season. If you see us leave the shed, do drop by to say hello. I know there is the filth of 8 months of sanding and general dirt aboard Tango. I can't wait to start to address the grime so she can become more habitable. Good sailing!

Leslie

Clayton and Leslie Owen
S/V Tango, Cabo Rico 34
currently on the hard, Oxford Boatyard, Oxford, MD

[WanderingStar]

Captain Griffiths, so sorry I took so long to reply, I wasn't watching the thread. My boat has only been on LI one year. Her previous 40 years were lived in Florida and the Bahamas, under the name "Lodestar". She is a 39' ketch built in 68 in Largo Fl.
I've been reading your series in Soundings, and enjoy it very much.

[fixxxer0]

curious to see how it comes out

i have an old wooden thompson im restoring