OPUS
by Bud Fisher
(Kittery Point, ME)
28’ Ralph Winslow Foresum 1954 .
Built by Elmer Collemer in Camden Maine. Double headsail sloop.
Needs refastening, repowering.
She popped a garboard under the mast step and sank at the dock.
1999 Westerbeke 3 cylinder, 21 hp diesel may be seized.
All electrical went under.
Wooden mast needs work also.
She is a beauty worth saving.
Just needs some younger energy.
I’ve had her since 1984.
Many, many happy memories.
White cedar on white oak.
Laid pine decks.
Dynel/epoxy cabin tops.
Varnished black locust toe rails and trim.
She has a coal/wood burning stove.
Also newer poly fuel and water tanks.
$5000 OBO.
Located Kittery Maine
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