In his report, he mentions finding a sail plan of another sister, the County ofLinlithgow, in Lubbock's Last ofthe Windjammers; also deck plans of the County of Inverness. Underhill's Deepwater Sail gives a description of a typical County ship. Probably Mr. Cumming knows of these references. Since the death late in 2006 of Gloria Kimberly, I have been unable to contact Arthur and don't know how far and wide his report was circulated . I have a photo of a lovely model of the Roxburgh he built after selling his Romance. I served as navigator in Romance in 1971-72 when we visited Mangareva in the Society Islands, but were unable to call at any of the Tuamotus due to weather and shortage of time. None of us were aware then of the Roxburgh, or we might have waited! CAROL
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