Pulling boat J. HENRY

pulling boat

Round bottom pulling boat, J. HENRY; built by J. Henry Rushton, Clayton, New York; new pieces by R. D. Culler; lapstrake, cedar on bent oak frames (sawn frames bow & stern not original), mahogany sheerstrake; thwarts, floorboards, knees, keelson, and mast step made by R. D. Culler; mahogany strip fore and aft decks; topsides and insides lavender; bottom white; deck and sheerstrake varnished; equipment: 2 pairs of oars marked "R. D. Culler", rudder and yoke, mast, sprit and sail, varnished leather bailer, leeboard for starboard side (made by R. D. Culer), small bucket of tallow hangs from hook under stern thwart (made by R. D. Culler), stern thwart removable, white pine ditty box made by RDC, contains 3 types of twine, fit, bo's'ns pipe, 2 pairs oarlocks; after oarlocks are outriggers; see tape recording of George Kelley, Small Craft Weekend, June, 1978.