The Launch of the Must Roos

We took a break from cleaning our boat up for the season and watched the Must Roos launch for the first time ever. This is the vessel we helped step the mast at the beginning of our season.

The Captain built the boat from a proven design and had been working on it for fifteen years. A lovely vessel, perfect for a 'pirate crew' and for sailing. Red and black, steel hull which the man had welded himself, wooden masts and spars. All in all a labor of love and beautiful to look at.

The Captain and his wife, their assorted animals (3 Corgies and a Corby) and an increasing accumulation of people walked along behind the boat as it sat in the slings and traveled from the jacks to the slip. With the boat yard right next to the ferry boarding ramp, this unusual vessel drew quite a crowd.

Into the water it went, and . . . it floated! The expressions on the face of the ships owners as they anticipated then saw it work was a wonder to behold.