Pete

Those are both outstanding examples of their type.  Knowing how a curved transom
on the Cheseapeake draketailed dead rise boats is built, I have to admire the
builder of the Blues Star for that lovely derriere.

Ed Minch




On Oct 8, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Pete via OldTools  wrote:

> My wife and I own two wooden boats, the 1997 Scott Sprague-designed 26-foot 
> utility tug BLUE STAR and the 1927 Schertzer Brothers-built 47-foot bridge 
> deck cruiser RIPTIDE, both of which, I'm happy to say, are afloat and 
> operating  well though, as always, needing just a bit more work.