Another year gone by and we are now making tremendous progress with Rose of Devon under the leadership of James Pardoe with Mungo and Jacob ably assisting part time. Having moved into James’ workshop there is a great atmosphere and we are all enjoying commencing systems fitting, engine alignment, deck and hull caulking etc etc. … take a look at the engine page; we finally fitted it in September after Lee Colwill’s meticulous rebuild.
The launch date is 29th September 2028, on my 70th birthday, so plenty of time for some good projects to evolve.
I am currently in the second year of a CofE Theology Durham University course, initially struggling with academia but now getting into the stride of it…great to see where life takes you.
Piety has been out on the river Helford doing a 20 mile round trip from Gweek to the “Shipwright’s Arms” (during an amazing eclipse of the sun) and I want to repaint her with a bootline and fit rubbing strakes and possibly a capping board. The Stuart Turner engine is really coming into it’s own now with a good steaming speed of 5kn against tide and most importantly “”reliability””…my friend Ed Hammond is the ST expert and he will hopefully also work on Rosey as the electrical engineer.
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I am often asked what will I do with Rosey once she is rebuilt? She will be based in Cornwall but maybe spend time cruising in the high arctic … North Cape, Svalbard, Tromso.
I have been very interested in Friedthof Nansen’s “Furthest North” expedition to the North Pole and particularly the vessel “FRAM” they used. We will incorporate ideas from this vessel and Amundsen’s “MAUD”, both can be visited in the Oslo Fram Museum.
To that end I am adding a new section entitled “FRAM” to document this famous vessel, how it inspires and to show work on a painting I have commissioned by Mark Myers.
All at sea, all good!
