Dorothy Rose's Blog (2)

The Dorothy Rose is currently hauled at a yard in Port Townsend WA. 

She has recently begun to appear a bit down in the bow.  This brings up two questions:

#1 does anyone have a drawing that would show the original water line on a pilot 35?  My hull was repainted recently, and I want to confirm the painted water line is where it should be.

#2  When  she was hauled, the yard noticed a steady leak from the lower fitting of the rudder to the keel.  Does anyone know,…

My boat is on the hard at Port Townsend.  Saturday I was on board, finishing preparations to be put back in the water, when I heard someone call out.  

It turned out it was Rick and Helen, who own of the Chilean Pilot 35s!  Its original name was Calypso, and I cant remember its current name.  At any rate, they live in Port Angeles, but keep the boat in Port Hadlock.  Port Angeles is on the Strait of Juan de fuca;  she reported that at that location the weather was either "hooting", or…