A Schooner For East Texas
After twenty years of building, John Vardiman completed his boat and saw it delivered to the Gulf Coast and planted in the water for the first time. Dr Vardiman was fifty-five years old when he started cutting oak trees to process into beams, timbers, and plained lumber for to construct his 41' 6" 37,000lb sailing vessel. The Bradna Rose was built using G. Alden's Malabar II design as a guide. The full write-up is available in Wooden Boat Magazine from June 2014, www.woodenboat.com and here is a video story by Bob Phillips of Texas Country Reporter fame
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