Black Rose Photo Gallery
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Black Rose keel, stem
& formers set up
Formers, stringers, stem
& stern posts in place
Half of the inner skin
planking completed
Deck structure in position
Hull nearly finished showing her outer diagonal skin
Decks laid &
cabin top fitted
Mainmast showing rounded
heel to allow lowering down
Hewing out the bowsprit
with an adze
Black Rose slips into the water 24th Oct 1999
Kevin & Michael lofting out the No.1 jib at Wrabness
Bending on the throat
cringle of the mainsail
Dock stowing the mainsail
Michael bending on the topsail headstick
Black Rose hauled out of the water in Maldon
The shake down trip
Sailing off Heybridge on the River Blackwater
Black Rose picture gallery, The building of a classic boat
Traditional Charter, The Holt, Butt Lane, Maldon, Essex CM9 5HD. UK
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