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• Living alongside a woodenboat building yard, spring is like Christmas.
  • Wood that's been around for decades, tells stories.
  • Beautiful. My 52 year old spruce mast has a few more dings than that, but still going strong.
    • I bet. This 1961 stick is off Rhodes THUNDERHEAD. It's been shortened this winter.
      • Here it was last fall, full length, Charlie.
        • Here's the one off my 1963 Rhodes Meridian
          • Of course, while she owned the boat my ex discovered a small rotted section
            • Hey, I got a two by ten'ish 8' long clear spruce in my shop..you shoulda called.
              • LOL-Thanks- I got the clear fir from our friend Riley over in Passcagoula
                • Agree. It's sorta humorous, we got clear fir everywhere around here. Just pick the grain...
        • And I meant to add- that is gorgeous. I was missing the spreader brackets when I got the boat
  • WOW ! Looks like somebody poured honey over that thing, amazing. Cheers, John
    • When I read that, I thought you wrote Money. I think that works, better.