Posts Tagged ‘Rhoda Mary’

The story behind “Rhoda Mary” and “Katie Cluett” A Dispute Settled

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

"Rhoda Mary" and "Katie Clewett" Rhoda Mary” and “Katie Cluett2 schooners, Cornish built by the Ferris / Trebilcock families, they were soon famous schooners.

The tale gets better; (more…)

Rhoda Mary, schooner, and her builder

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Grave_W_Ferris_IMG_2710_1__wp.JPG “William Ferris built the Rhoda Mary at Yard on the beach near Point and Penpol, near Falmouth, Cornwall.

This is a site one can still visit.

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“Jane Banks”, topsail schooner now in print

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Jane Banks entering Bermuda”, is today a new marine print, taken from the marine painting, I have been working on this picture this afternoon with my printer at Adaptgraphics, for a descendant (more…)

Wishing a Merry Christmas to all my supporters, friends and readers

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

This is to wish you a sincere Merry Christmas and to copy my latest newsletter for those unable to receive the News Letter.  Itzac_eglise_IMG_6583_wp.jpg

Some of you will not have received my email Christmas card and new Christmas News letter, copy below.

Reasons for this include bounced and blocked emails (more on that below).

The Internet can be bizarre, I’d had a reply from Robin Knox-Johnston, star of my “Roaring Forties” painting, then got an, INVALID RECIPIENT message re the address! (more…)