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Finished up putting the name on the back of the ole girl...Resolute, steadfast determination, unwavering....BH

Looks damned good, Bob!

Nice!

That's a great name! There was a rybovich of the same name. Also I believe there is a model of a J class boat at the Vanderbilt museum in centerport. Googling it that boat was an Americas cup winner. Also via google a British navy ship.

Bob,
Good Name, very fitting for all that you have done to her. Could you post some more pictures of the teak covering boards just to show the faithful what she looks like from the cockpit.
Pete Fallon.

Bob

Almost there. You should be proud of her, looks great.

Looks great! I have admired your work all along! Classy name and font!

Everything you've done looks first class. You should be very, very proud of Resolute.

the name fits the boat and capt, looking good bob

i cant wait to see the picture of the first tuna that comes thru that door. good luck with her.

Bob,
She is looking awsome !! Finish her up and get some blood on that deck. Nice work.

Pete, Here a few shots of the teak coaming and covering boards..haven't oiled them up yet...BH

That looks sweet!
Nice UW lights.

Very well done Bob.....the ole girl is nothing short of first class.....


hb

Correct me if I am wrong did the crew walk away from ship after being frozen in Artic ice . Captain was disgraced in British court.they went on a rescue mision and HMS Resolute became ice in up in the Artic then was spotted floating 1500 miles south.taken over by Americans and reluctantly given back to British .

Thanks for the history lesson on HMS Resolute. This is how I came across her name in the USS Alabama...works for me..BH

Bob H,

She looks PHENOMENAL!!!

Congrats,

John

Boat looks awesome Bob . Unrelated I just read a story on this British adventure and the ship hms Resolute almost causing a third war with the British until we returned the ship.

P.S. lets go with the American version resolute is a great name.

Another interesting angle on the resolute is that the American government restored the ship after it was found adrift off of Conneticut and returned the Resolute to the British. When the Resolute was finally retired and broken up, the British Government had some desks made up from the timbers. One of those desks ended up in a pretty interesting place!

This is from Wikipedia

The British government ordered at least three desks to be made from the timbers of the ship, and they were constructed by cabinet makers at the Joiner's Shop of Chatham Dockyard. A large partner's desk was presented to U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 as a gesture of thanks for the rescue and return of Resolute.[1] Since then, this desk - known as the Resolute desk - has been used by every American President except Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Most Presidents have used it as their official desk in the Oval Office, but some have had it in their private study in the Executive Residence. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first to remove it from the Oval Office, and it was returned to the Oval Office first by John F. Kennedy and then by Jimmy Carter.[1]

A second desk, called the Grinnell Desk or the Queen Victoria Desk, was also made from the timbers of HMS Resolute. This smaller lady's desk was presented to the widow of Henry Grinnell in 1880 in recognition of her husband's generous contributions to the search for Franklin. In 1983 it was given to the New Bedford Whaling Museum and is currently in their collection in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

A third desk was commissioned by Queen Victoria and appears to have been used aboard the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert. This remains part of the Royal Collection and is now on long-term loan to the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth.

Accounts of dubious provenance state that one or more additional desks were made from Resolute timbers.

Looks gorgeous, your covering boards are outstanding. She's going to turn heads and break hearts.

And to think, I was going with "Reload"

awesome !!

verry cool !!!! love it....she can almost smell the water now Bob , keep up your great work !!! almost there !!

BR Gert

Pt Judith owes you....
Well done Bob-
Best,
Stephan