I was down in Houston for Christmas and visited Rose - the boat David Kent has been rebuilding. She’s coming along really nicely and has a number of interesting features:
cast bronze bits and bowsprit base
cast bronze stanchion caps
very beefy bowsprit
belaying pins
split lazarette hatch
mainsheet traveller
companionway hood with storage boxes
split/hinged companionway doors
bronze rod rigging for the bobstay and under the boomkin
Hi Kent - Do you know where the stanchion caps came from? Those are really
nice. I have several split stanchions I need to repair this winter. Mine
are laminated 3 thick. I’m planning on epoxying and driving self-tappers
through the stanchions. They’re already painted, so I’m not too worried
about the cosmetics of the glue and plugs - I’ll repaint over the whole
thing once its all repaired. Cheers, Jeremy
The previous owner, Brian Wootten-Woolley, bought the stanchion caps from Port Townsend Foundry in the mid nineties. The boat name at that time was “Swift”
