Rosborough RF-28

[jeff OR sally@messinginboats.com]

Does anyone know anything about this boat? How long it was made,
whether they are seaworthy and made well?

[spar...@my-deja.com]

Jeff or Sally,
I owned a Rosborough wooden ketch from the mid-1970's. Construction
was robust, but more workboat than yacht quality. Systems varied from
excellent (engine install) to poor (deckhouse construction, rig
design). Don't know the RF-28 model in particular but I can tell you
quite a bit about Rosborough as a builder - if you have specific
questions feel free to ask.
Regards,
Paul Pomerantz ("Spartina")

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[Don White]

One of our reporters lives almost next door to the small boatyard and
sails out of a club across the road.
He inherited one of the Rosborough boats last summer when a relative
died.
I'll ask him tomorrow.

[Don White]

Yo Jeff....
Caught up to the co-worker this afternoon.
His boat is the RF-18 model but he knew of the RF-28.
His impressions....
nice, big, expensive ( as compared to modest Nova Scotia standards)
He did have a comment that it may be a bit top heavy with excessive
rolling in heavy seas unless
an additional keel was built into the v-hull.
Not sure if this was a standard option of something fabricated later
when problems arose.
Rosborough boats do have a web site. You might want to ask them about
improved keel.

His impression of his RF-18...
flat bottomed ...not fun to take out into the Atlantic in moderate
swells.
(He had to motor up from St. Margaret's Bay)
He also owns a double ender type sailboat a Halman 20.. so he could be
comparing to that.

[jimh]

In article <3A647670...@tc.umn.edu>, colw...@tc.umn.edu wrote:

> Does anyone know anything about this boat? How long it was made,
> whether they are seaworthy and made well?
>

We visited Rosborough while driving around Nova Scotia in 1997. They
were building an RF-246 and a RF-22 models at the time. Didn't see an
RF-28. The RF-22 hull mold was originally a SISU boat, I believe.

They are low volume production built-to-order builders. The plant
consisted of a laminating/mold shed and a second fitting-out shed. There
were 3-4 boats in the process of construction; one boat in the mold.

Their boats appeared to me to be well-made and use quality components.
The designs are straightforward and do not make use of too many complex
molded, curvy parts. We love the sliding doors on the RF-245 Cabin
models.

We saw a few other Rosborough boats at various harbours in Nova Scotia.
They seem to have made a variety of shapes and sizes in their fairly
long history. At one time the apparently made wooden sailboats.

Have you visited their website: URI:http://fox.nstn.ca/~bobrsbro/

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[Sy Weiss]

Hi,
I do know that the company is very reliable, we own a Rosborough 246, and
are most pleased.
see http://syweiss.home.att.net/ for a quick look as our " Spartina ".
Rosborough has a web site also.

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[Don White]

Now that's what my brother-in-law should have bought...instead of his
houseboat.
How much does it weigh??

[Sy Weiss]

Hi Paul,
Wonders never stop. We own a Rosborough 246 with the name " Spartina " We
love it.
See http://syweiss.home.att.net/ for a look.
What type of boat do you now have? We know of another Rosborough with the
name Spartina. Found this out also by
Chance.
Regards
Sy Weiss "Spartina"

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[jimh]

In article <%C5a6.2230$7b2.1...@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
"Sy Weiss" <syw...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> We own a Rosborough 246 with the name "
> Spartina " We love it. See http://syweiss.home.att.net/ for a look.

Heya Sy,

Have you done any cruising aboard your Rosborough? Slept aboard for a
week or more? I wonder how she works out as a pocket cruiser?
Comfortable?

What power did you use? 4-Stroke? What is the fuel economy?

How does she handle in a seaway?

Thanks!

--jimh

[Sy Weiss]

In Answer to questions:
We chose a Yamaha 115 four stroke for power. Works great. With our
configuration, speed abt 20 mph max.
Cruise @ 15mph we get abt 2.8 gal/hr. weight 5000 lbs.
Two people have lived on Spartina for two week period, no problem. Space is
well laid out. I will post other views of
Spartina soon on my web site. You can see Rosborough site
http://fox.nstn.ca/~bobrsbro/.

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[Sy Weiss]

In Answer to questions:
We chose a Yamaha 115 four stroke for power. Works great. With our
configuration, speed abt 20 mph max.
Cruise @ 15mph we get abt 2.8 gal/hr. weight 5000 lbs.
Two people have lived on Spartina for two week period, no problem. Space is
well laid out. I will post other views of
Spartina soon on my web site. You can see Rosborough site
http://fox.nstn.ca/~bobrsbro/.

jimh <ji...@continuouswave.com> wrote in message
news:jimh-991DF3.0...@news.mw.mediaone.net...

[Larry Horton]

Rosborough boats shop is about 20 minures from where I live. Their email
address is rosb...@dunmac.com

"Don White" <whi...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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[spar...@my-deja.com]

Dear Sy,
Nice to hear from you. I sold my Rosborough ketch, Nautilus, in 1997
and I now own a Hinckley yawl named Boheme. The name was given by the
previous owner, who was quite an opera fan. I intend to re-christen the
boat Spartina when I get her Awlgripped this summer, provided I can get
up to the Hinckley yard as planned (I keep her in Greenport, Long
Island, New York). I am a fan of the John Casey novel. Good luck!
Best regards,
Paul Pomerantz

[Don White]

Twenty minutes???
I could almost walk there in 20 minutes. (all downhill)