2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart

2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival HOBART

Wooden Boats Ashore Their Stories

Jan 26_2 2019

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 1 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Amy

Name: Amy Boat Owner: Alan Steele Designer: Ian Oughtred Builder: Alan Steele Description: A labour of love, built over a 4 year period under the guidance of Duck Flat Wooden boats in Adelaide, using epoxy from West Systems and finished in AWL Craft 2000. The boat has taken over 1000 man hours to construct with the mast made from Hoop Pine using the birds mouth system of construction. Constructed from Ian Oughtred plans using traditional boat building methods. LOD feet: 10 Hull Timber: Gaboon Plywood Type of Boat: Sailing Dingy State: South Australia Built: 2018 Location PW1

Anne Maree

Name: Anne Maree Boat Owner: Nick Saramaskos Designer: Reg Fazackerly Builder: Reg Fazackerly Description: This Clinker built Dinghy is very special to me as I knew Mr Reg Fazackerly for many years.The Dinghy was designed and built by Reg for Mr. George Bridge Senior of Newtown Bay and later inherited by his son George Bridge Jr who tells me the Dinghy was built in the early 50’s George and his Wife have enjoyed many happy years with the Dinghy. Unfortunately, due to bad health they were unable to continue the upkeep so the Dinghy Deteriorated. Purchased by Nick Saramaskos early June 2010 with much encouragement from Rose Barivett. Help from Andrew Denman of Kettering and Peter Laidlaw of Franklin and many hours of Hard work I am very happy with the end Result. LOD feet: 13 Hull Timber: King Billy Pine Type of Boat: Clinker Dinghy State: Reg Fazackerly Built: 1954 Location Mures

Page 2 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Arctic Tern

Name: Arctic Tern Boat Owner: Tony Landy Designer: Iain Oughtred Builder: Tony Landy Description: Iain Oughtred Design. I have built a number of clinker plywood craft over recent years. I decided to do an Arctic Tern as I like the double end design and nice appearance. The Arctic Tern is often built rigged as a yawl , I prefer the sloop rig. Except for the Okoumi Plywood planking, all the timber in the craft is recycled, including the spars. The mast came from a 100 year old Oregon radio mast, a lot of the other timber came from recycled Oregon and White Pine beams. The gunwhale and knees and sundry cleats and blocks were made from home grown Spotted Gum. I planted this tree 50 years ago, put it through a Lucas mill and the planks were air dried for four years. I have been building boats on an off as a hobby since 1952 and I have particularly enjoyed the challenge of this one. LOD feet: 18 Hull Timber: Marine Plywood Type of Boat: Sailing Boat State: Victoria Built: 2019 Location Franklin Wharf

Austin

Name: Austin Boat Owner: Graeme Hunt Description: An early design plywood canoe/kayak purchased from the Austin’s Ferry Yacht Club prior to its closure. Holes in hull and deck repaired and repainted. LOD feet: 10 Hull Timber: Plywood Type of Boat: Plywood kayak State: Tasmania Location PW1

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 3 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Barney

Name: Barney Boat Owner: Roscoe Barnett Description: A batten seam carvel dinghy with the top plank as clinker, of this size, is very very unusual. LOD feet: 7 Type of Boat: Clinker Dinghy State: Tasmania Location Mawson Place

Bramble

Name: Bramble Boat Owner: Roscoe Barnett Designer: Unknown Builder: Unknown Description: Bramble is a single station punt of clinker construction from Huon Pine over Tassie Oak and Celery frames. Unfortunately there is very little history, however it has been established she was built in the 1940-50’s. She is at present being refurbished by the present owner. LOD feet: 12 Hull Timber: Piners Punt Type of Boat: Huon Pine State: Tasmania Built: c.1940-50’s Location Mawson Place

Break Point

Name: Break Point Boat Owner: Richard Boult Designer: Clark Mills Builder: Ian Johnston Description: The boat was built by parents from the Sandy Bay Sailing Club in the early 1990’s under the guidance of Ian Johnston. LOD feet: 7 Hull Timber: Plywood Type of Boat: Optimist Sailing Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 1990 Location: Mawson Place

Page 4 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Canoe

Name: Canoe Boat Owner: Erin Wilson Designer: Ted Moores & Merilyn Mohr Builder: Douglas Coghill Description: This Western Red Cedar strip canoe is fibre glassed inside and out. The design of the canoe has proved to be well suited to touring. LOD feet: 17 Hull Timber: Western Red Cedar Type of Boat: Canoe State: Tasmania Built: 2017: Location Mawson Place

Carrot

Name: Carrot Boat Owner: Adele Whelan Designer: Tim Whelan Builder: Adele & Sebastian Whelan Description: Built at home in quick time. Easy for one or two children to take for a quick explore of local beaches, points and creeks. LOD feet: 7 Hull Timber: Plywood Type of Boat: Canoe State: Tasmania Built: 2017 Location Mawson Place

Child of Preana

Name: Child of Preana Boat Owner: Jim Butterworth Designer: Bill Foster Builder: Crew of Preana Description: Took 3 years to build as time permitted. Under survey, has own buoyancy. LOD feet: 10 Hull Timber: King Billy Pine Type of Boat: Sailing Boat State: Tasmania Built: c.1993 Location Mures

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 5 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Chilli

Name: Chilli Boat Owner: Robert Cooper Designer: Johann Klepper Builder: Longhaul Folding Kayaks Description: I had this Mk2 Quattro built for me in 2013 by Long Haul Folding Kayaks in Colorado, USA. The timber frame, with stainless steel and aluminium connectors, is partly assembled outside the skin, then inserted and the assembly completed, followed by inflating at least 2 of the 4 sponsons along the sides so as to tighten the whole structure. The lower 2 sponsons can be inflated to change the shape of the hull and provide extra flotation. Along with air bags and/or supplies in drybags filling the interior the boat holds very little water even if entirely capsized or swamped. A spraydeck covers the entire open cockpit, except for the crew, to keep out breaking waves. The entire sail system, including outriggers, can be erected and dismantled from the rear cockpit seat and can be stowed inside the kayak. I use the boat a couple of times a year, mostly solo with a BSD sail system including leeboard and outriggers for cruising around Moreton Bay for a week or two or more, camping ashore each night, or sometimes sleeping aboard at anchor if nowhere ashore can be found. I carry camping gear and up to a weeks water and 3 weeks food but could carry more aboard. When alone I use a boat roller to roll the empty boat up the beach to above high water to camp, having previously relayed up the cargo. The folded boat, sail system, and all equipment and supplies fit entirely inside a small hatchback car for the journey to and from the launch site. It sails well enough that I only paddle maybe 20% of the time, using a single blade outrigger paddle. I mostly paddle while exploring up the tidal creeks and rivers into the mangroves. This is a very strong and durable folding kayak. I have been caught out in Force 5, gusting Force 6 but would rather have not, though no damage done. But I have bent a rudder blade by broaching while surfing down wave faces running downwind in a 20 knot wind. The outriggers saved capsizing. Should’ve reefed earlier but the speed is exhilarating. The boat has kept me out of trouble despite errors on my part. I’ve just moved the boat to Hobart, where I’d like to spend the years ahead sedately exploring Tasmanian waters with friends. LOD feet: 17 Hull Timber: Hypalon Type of Boat: Folding Kayak State: Tasmania Built: 2013 Location Mures

Chris Craft

Boat Owner: Christopher Hazell Designer: Chris Craft Builder: Chris Craft Location Vic Doc

Page 6 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Coghil Boat

Name: Coghill Boat Boat Owner: Douglas Coghill Designer: Wilson Bros. Builder: Wilson Bros. Description: This King Billy Pine dinghy was built by the Wilson Bros. in 1960. It was intended as a fly fishing boat. It spent most of its life up at the lakes housed in a shed. At some point it had an impractically sized cabin added to it. I saw the dinghy at the last boat festival and decided I had to buy it. The ugly cabin was the first thing I removed in the restoration process. After that came the stripping and sanding of old paint (including lead based primer!).Then sanding and more sanding. I also had to find a new “knee” for the bow as the old “sheoak” one had rotted. It has been a privilege to work on this fantastic boat. LOD feet: 14 Hull Timber: King Billy Pine Type of Boat: Clinker Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 1960 Location ?? Cuilin

Name: Cuilin Boat Owner: Michael Tuck Designer: John Watkinson Builder: Don Brown & Michael Tuck Description: A very capable and seaworthy small boat. A Drascombe Lugger was built in the UK & sailed via the Mediterranean Sea, the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Malacca Straits and Arafura Sea to Australia in the late 1960’s by David Pyle & a companion. A wooden Drascombe Lugger was also trailered to Greece and sailed back to the UK in 1973 by Ken Duxbury & his wife. This design and similar boats by the same designer have proven to be very popular in “Raid” type events in Europe and the UK. They are now built in FRP under licence. This particular Drascombe Lugger has a few individual modifications. These include stainless steel centre- plate, rudder and rudder-stock; a boom is fitted for better sail shape & control; a spinnaker is also added to the sail inventory. An elliptical cockpit coaming is fitted rather than the straight-sided & square cornered one shown in the original plans. The spars are all varnished Oregon Pine and the trim is done in varnished Huon Pine and also Sheoak. The bottom boards are in varnished King Billy Pine. LOD feet: 20 Hull Timber: Marine Ply Type of Boat: Drascombe Lugger State: Tasmania Built: 2008 Location PW1 Forecourt Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 7 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Damar

Name: Damar Boat Owner: Wooden Boat Guild Of Tasmania, Inc. Designer: Tamar Yacht Club Builder: David Barnes Description: ‘Tamar’ class dinghies were common in Tasmania in the mid 20th century. In 1947 the Tamar Yacht Club (TYC) established the specifications for a general- purpose, lightweight centreboard dinghy that could be used for such diverse purposes as racing under sail, rowing, fishing or as a yacht tender. They were built from “modern” materials (principally plywood on timber frames), measured 11 ft in length and 4 ft 6 inches beam and were hard-chined to simplify construction for amateur builders. They could be fitted with a small outboard motor as well as carrying a stem-head sloop rig for sailing and racing. The design was a development of the earlier Devonport-based ‘Mersey’ class and the definitive drawings were prepared by 17 year-old trainee draftsman Graeme Titmus and based on the fourth boat built, SKUA. Plans were published in the ‘Examiner’ newspaper and kits of fittings could be purchased by amateur builders. More than 200 sailing ‘Tamar’ dinghies were built with sail numbers allocated by yacht clubs using them (especially Tamar and Bellerive), while many more were built for rowing or outboard motor propulsion. Damar, a restored Tamar Dinghy previously owned by David and Margaret Barnes of the Lindisfarne Yacht Club and WBGT, was built by David Barnes around 1970-71. She carried a second-hand set of sails numbered 17 that evidently originated from T. L. Sward’s Mary M. Damar was beautifully restored by Wooden Boat Guild member Graeme Nichols after many months of tender love and care. She required a complete strip back to bare wood which revealed some structural damage that has now been repaired. As a result she is in sailing condition and ready for members to use at our monthly outings. LOD feet: 11 Hull Timber: Plywood Type of Boat: Tamar Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: c1971 Location Mawson Place

Page 8 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Daniel Moore

Name: Daniel Moore Boat Owner: David Edwards Description: The previous owner lived in Darwin and owned the shack next door to our shack in Barton Avenue, Triabunna. He came in to see me one day (in 1990 I think) and asked if I would like to buy his boat. One look and I bought it, as he only wanted $300. I tried using it that summer, but it leaked too much to be usable, even after I soaked it in Spring Bay for a week. I have restored the boat by re-clinching all the copper rivets and stripping the paint from some of the top planks. I have named it “Daniel Moore”, after my great great grandfather who was a Van Diemen’s Land convict with a Ticket-of-Leave living in the Spring Bay district when my great grandmother Emma Ann Moore was born in November 1851. Daniel died in March 1852, and on his death certificate his occupation was listed as “Fisherman”. “Daniel Moore” is mounted on a wooden cradle sitting in a wooden trailer, which is being towed by my wooden car – a 1963 Morris Minor Traveller. The timber on the car is subject to wood rot – it is made from English Ash, but the King Billy Pine in “Daniel Moore” is immune from that. LOD feet: 13 Hull Timber: King Billy Pine Type of Boat: Clinker dinghy State: Tasmania Location: Kings Pier

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 9 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Deadman’s Revenge

Name: Deadman’s Revenge Boat Owner: David Taylor Designer: Nick Schade, Guillemot Kayaks, USA Builder: David Taylor Description: I had wanted to build a strip planked wooden kayak since 1998, and in 2009, whilst having some English Oak milled, I was given the trunk of a California Redwood. I knew nothing about this timber and had no idea what I would use it for, but decided to have it milled anyway. However, some years later, on removing a board from the rack, I found the timber was extremely lightweight, very stable and had suffered no distortion during the drying process. At that point I decided that if I ever got around to building that kayak, this would be the timber that I would use. Following the 2017 Australian Wooden Boat Festival, I decided that the time had come to either build a kayak or forget about the idea altogether. Over the next couple of months I researched a number of designs and finally settled on a Micro Bootlegger Sport designed by Nick Schade from Guillemot Kayaks. With just a slight rake to the stem and stern, this kayak has an almost full-length waterline, giving it good speed potential. With a bit of flare and relatively high sides, it has good stability, while still being narrow enough at the waterline to minimize how much water is disturbed. It has a transitioning chine that is rounded in front and hard behind. This allows for smooth progress into waves, while providing a positive control surface while under sail and paddling down wind for capable surfing. At 18kg, the finished weight is the same as the minimum allowable for a racing surf ski competing at Australian Surf Lifesaving Championships. On 27th April 2017, I started setting up the strongback and forms and on 18th May, I laid up the first strips. I machined the California Redwood planks to 20mm wide x 4.5mm thick. However, the finished thickness after fairing and sanding is only around 3mm, hence the need for the finished shell to be completely covered with a layer of fibreglass. In addition to added strength the fibreglass also seals the timber, thus preventing rot. The boat was then finished with four coats of marine varnish. I made the rudder from carbon Fibre and fibreglass. On 19th January 2018, at last, the boat was finally launched. I would like to acknowledge the help and guidance that I received from Graeme Cooksey who has built a number of strip plank kayaks. Graeme’s expertise was invaluable, particularly in the early stages of the boat’s construction. LOD feet: 15 Hull Timber: California Redwood Type of Boat: Sea Kayak State: Tasmania Built: 2017 Location PW1

Page 10 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Dexterity

Name: Dexterity Boat Owner: Peter Deck Designer: John Welsford Builder: Peter Deck Description: A great little cruising dinghy. Suits a solo sailor or a family of up to 4 or 5. A 2hp Honda outboard can be mounted on the transom bracket. LOD feet: 13 Hull Timber: Ply Type of Boat: Houdini Design State: Tasmania Built: 2010 Location PW1 Forecourt

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 11 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Diamond Daytripper

Name: Diamond Daytripper Boat Owner: Allan Newhouse Designer: Allan Newhouse Builder: Allan Newhouse Description: Female paddlers often have difficulty finding a kayak that is easy to handle off the water. Lightweight recreational paddlers often find that in trying to find a kayak light enough to handle, they have to settle for something that is so short that it is very slow with poor tracking. This kayak is specifically designed to suit such a paddler with good tracking, stability and speed. It is close to the ideal length for a recreational kayak. It is long enough to perform well, but not long enough to make it unnecessarily heavy and awkward to handle. While it is a similar shape to serious sea kayaks, its lower volume and lack of perimeter safety line mean that it is intended to be used as a recreational kayak rather than an expedition craft. Most of the kayak is Paulownia, an ideal timber for strip built kayaks since it is 10% to 20% lighter than WRC. The strips are 4mm thick and are covered inside and out with one layer of 85gsm glass cloth with BoteCote epoxy resin. That construction creates a kayak that is remarkably light, yet is stiffer than a fibreglass, kevlar or carbon fibre kayak. At around 10kg, it is only about two thirds the weight of a similar size thermoformed plastic or fibreglass kayak and about half the weight of a rotomoulded plastic kayak. The timber strips are glued together around forms using ordinary PVA woodworking glue with the edges bevelled to get a tight fit rather than using bead and cove edges. Since the timber is encapsulated in fibreglass and epoxy, there is no necessity to use any special glue between the strips. Like many British sea kayaks, it is designed to perform well without a rudder. The design was created using Kayak Foundry, a free program available from blueheronkayaks.com. The timber came from one of the many Paulownia plantations around Australia. This particular plantation is near Bellingen in NSW. It was bought as 25mm thick rough sawn planks which were dressed on the faces before strips were ripped from the edge. The glass cloth, BoteCote epoxy and Aquacote water based polyurethane were all sourced from Boatcraft Pacific. LOD feet: 15 Hull Timber: Recreational Kayak Type of Boat: Paulownia & Western Red Cedar State: New South Wales Built: 2019 Location PW1

Page 12 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Dinghy 2

Name: Dinghy 2 Boat Owner: Stuart Beltz Designer: Ronald Beltz Builder: Ronald Beltz Description: Tasmanian Ronald Beltz was a joiner and boat builder who designed and built many boats from his Lenah Valley home. Born in 1905, as a youngster he sailed regularly with several sailing identities from the time, including Stewart Pybus, Alan Partridge and Fred Fennel. Ron finished his apprenticeship with Crisp and Gunns, but was entirely self-taught in boat building skills with little schooling beyond Grade 7. Ron was able to build all manner of timber boats from his own half models, and although he hated maths and spelling, he was gifted at drawing and made intricate models of all his boats. A fine joiner, his family house in Giblin St Lenah Valley was testament to his skills, with many beautiful joinery fittings and fixtures using fine Tasmanian timbers including Blackwood, black heart sassafras and myrtle. Ron was a regular joiner fitting out boats in the 30’s and 40′,s including Winston Churchill. He built a joinery workshop in his back yard with all manner of tools and machines enabling him to set up a business from his home. Ron’s first boat was Sand Peep in 1934, a 28 ft 6″ Huon Pine motor cruiser. She resides at Prince of Wales Bay in Tasmania and is being restored by a wooden boat enthusiast. She was launched at Constitution Dock using the steam crane. Storm King, Ron’s favourite, was built in 1938 and is a 28 ft Huon Pine cutter. She has been restored to her former glory and entered the 2018 Sydney Wooden Boat Festival. There is a great connection to the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for Storm King! See www.yachtstormking.com Storm King is now looking as good as ever following the great work from the family that owns her in Sydney. Ron was enlisted for military service however because of his trade skills he found his was to Prince of Wales Bay building boats of all sizes for the war effort. Mavourneen was Ron’s next project. Built for a local ship chandler, Jack Donaldson, Mavourneen is a 32 ft sailing sloop made of Huon Pine. The remarkable story of Mavourneen includes her racing performances in Tasmania, to being sold, renamed Bikini and moving to Melbourne in 1958, to being purchased by Jay Lawry in 1992, and sailing around the world. She is at this show after a refit from Jay and journey from her home port in New Zealand. The Helen J was Ron’s final vessel, built in 1950 and at 50 ft this Tasmanian Oak fishing boat was a remarkable sea vessel. Unfortunately, she was lost at sea in 1997 with the loss of two lives off Tasmania’s rugged West Coast. Ron, with the assistance of family members including carpenters Doug Beltz (Ron’s son) and George White (Ron’s son-in-law) built a number of small dinghies for the family, including hull No 2 on show here today. Fortunately, Ron Beltz’s family of has many of the tools and half models in Hobart, and has slowly put together the history and the story behind Ron’s boat building, his workshop and family home, all of which have the trademarks of a very talented and self-taught craftsman. LOD feet: 11 Hull Timber: Rowing Dinghy Type of Boat: King Billy Pine State: Tasmania Built: 1970

Location Mures Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 13 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Dinky Danske – DD

Name: Dinky Danske – DD Boat Owner: Joy Phillips Designer: Russell Brown – PT Watercraft Builder: Chris Dickson Description: You can see thePT11, the nesting sister of the PT Spears on Off Center Harbor’s website https://www.offcenterharbor.com/videos/pt-11-nesting-s LOD feet: 11 Hull Timber: Okoume Marine Ply Type of Boat: Sailing / Rowing Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 2018 Location USA Village

Eleanor

Name: Eleanor Boat Owner: Thomas Clark-Hansen Designer: Glen-l Builder: Thomas Clark- Hansen Description: After purchasing 2 logs of King Billy Pine from Tasmania’s west coast. The build began. A steep learning curve followed learning the art of wood work and boat building simitaniously. Construction of the67 designed hull from was achieved by cold moulding ply over King Billy and Celery Top frames. 10mm King Billy was then strip planked over the hull. The same method was used on the deck with Celery Top inlay placed between King Billy planks. Bottom the hull is constructed from 6mm ply with Dynel cloth cover. Eleanor is powered by a Mercruiser 1997 5.7L competition skier. Raw water cooled. Straight shaft, direct coupled to flywheel. Upholstery is jag red viynl done by the builder. Over the 5 years it took to complete the build a lot of skills were learnt and great satisfaction gained from the first ski behind Eleanor. LOD feet: 15 Hull Timber: Ply & King Billy Pine Type of Boat: Ski Boat State: Tasmania Built: 2018 Location Elizabeth St Pier

Page 14 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Ellipsis 4.5

Name: Ellipsis 4.5 Boat Owner: Ellipsis Boats Designer: Scott Blee Builder: G.Stewart Description: Ellipsis Boats was founded in 2017 by two Hobart based designer/builders with a clear intent; to create functional, minimal & stylish lifestyle products for pure enjoyment on the water. Our first model was the Ellipsis 4.5; a 4.5 meter (14.75 ft) recreational rowing skiff. It’s a minimal design, with a plumb bow to pierce waves, a high freeboard to stay dry and feel secure, and a faceted surface form that gives the hull great strength and stability. It’s very innovative and goes and looks like no other sliding seat rowing skiff around. The first Ellipsis 4.5 design prototype was built in 2017 out of 10mm corecell fibreglass, by the founders of Ellipsis Boats, Thierry Cueff and Scott Blee, and was used as a full size test boat to perfect the detail and performance of developing a high-end carbon fibre production model for world wide sale, using a Kickstarter campaign to promote and seek funding. The designer Scott Blee (founder, owner and designer of SABDES Yacht Design), was later approached by Hobart Shipwright Gordon Stewart to build and develop the first ever marine plywood kit version. Ellipsis Boats decided to take on the challenge to then offer both a production version and kit version, keeping the end build result looking 99% as close as possible. The end result and World Premiere is presented here at the WBF Hobart 2019! The plywood version presented here was itself a simple build procedure, due to its flat hull panels, and faceted hull form, and absence of unnecessary detail. The beauty of the marine plywood enhancing the overall aesthetic, and bringing even more purity out of the design. LOD feet: 14 Hull Timber: Okoume marine ply Type of Boat: Rowing skiff State: Tasmania Built: 2018 Location Mures

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 15 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Elver

Name: Elver Boat Owner: Bruce Tyson Designer: Philip Bolger Builder: Bruce Tyson Description: The boat was designed as a car topper with reinforcing fibre glass inside on the floor. I also covered the exterior hull with fibre glass to make the soft strip planking more durable. The stern is Celery Top over ply with Celery Top coaming around the cockpit. LOD feet: 16 Hull Timber: Western Red Cedar Type of Boat: Motor Canoe State: Tasmania Built: 2017 Location PW1

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Expedition Sport Name: Expedition Sport Boat Owner: Daniel Brooks Designer: One Ocaean Kayaks Builder: Daniel Brooks Description: The Expedition Sport is a medium-sized touring kayak designed by Vaclav Stejskal of One Ocean Kayaks (oneoceankayaks.com). It is designed for medium sized paddlers with an ideal paddler and gear capacity of 73kg (up to 91kg) and to be very efficient at typical paddling speeds. The stern deck rises a little from the shear line to provide a lot of storage capacity for overnight trips and the hull tapers to a keel at the stern, making it a strong- tracking boat. The kayak was built between 2010 and 2014 in between moving several times around Sydney. The Finished Boat weighs around 20kg which is lighter than a lot of kevlar boats. All timber is Western Red Cedar which is very bendable even without steaming. A formwork was constructed which was then stripped with bead and cove cedar strips. An electric stapler is used to hold the strips in place whilst the glue dries (Titebond III glue was used). After stripping is finished, the boat was split in half and the formwork removed. Inside and out were then fibre glassed. Fibreglass cloth and West System 105 epoxy resin was used on the inside with West System 207 Special Clear Hardener on the outside. The cockpit coaming was formed using carbon fibre and the seat is made from minicell foam. Shock cords hold the hatch covers tight against a foam gasket on a composite hatch rim. The boat was finished using Interlux Perfection Plus two part varnish. Attaining a good finish was one of the hardest parts of the build. Having not logged the number of build hours invested in the boat, the only estimation would be A LOT. Taking out moving four times from the equation, I would guesstimate at approximately two year’s worth of weekends. Having learnt from all my mistakes, I would hazard a guess that I could probably build another one in about three months, if I had the luxury of not working!! LOD feet: 16 Hull Timber: Western Red Cedar Type of Boat: Sea Kayak State: Tasmania Built: 2014 Location PW1

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 17 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Franklin

Name: Franklin Boat Owner: John Sutcliffe Designer: John Sutcliffe Builder: Glenn Brown & John Sutcliffe Description: This Dinghy has a centre case suitable for rowing or sailing. LOD feet: 10 Hull Timber: Dinghy Type of Boat: Huon Pine State: Tasmania Built: 2018 Location Elizabeth St. Pier

Fritha

Name: Fritha Boat Owner: Jim Mcindoe Designer: Jim Mcindoe Builder: Jim Mcindoe Description: I began building this Viking ship in my garage in 1998 from a plan in a book which I scaled down. I unfortunately had to abandon it due to work and family. Then this year, with the help and encouragement (or ultimatum) of Geoff and Pete, I once more took up the challenge to recreate a Viking Faering, adapting it as I went in an effort to recreate the beautiful design and lines of the Viking craft I have admired for many years.” Copper roved and bronze screwed, with Norwegian style sawn frames, the construction is as traditional as possible. The deadline of the next AWBF 2019 was set as the last finish date acceptable to Jim’s friends Friends footnote: This boat is sure to steal attention when towed behind Jim’s lovely 24′ double ended carval yacht. LOD feet: 14 Hull Timber: Celery Top Pine Type of Boat: Viking Faering State: New South Wales Built: 2018 Franklin Wharf

Page 18 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Gordon

Name: Gordon Boat Owner: Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania, Inc. Description: Gordon (as recently named by her current owners) was donated to the Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania by Laurie Harris (of Launceston) on 25 February 2010. The punt had been in Laurie’s ownership for about 30 years. It is believed that Gordon was previously used (with an outboard motor) by the Tasmanian Forestry Commission as a personnel transport for its staff on the Gordon River. It is believed that the punt was salvaged as a wreck from the Gordon River before Laurie purchased it. Gordon was accepted into the Australian Register of Historic Vessels at the ANMM on 15 October 2010. Gordon was a roughly-built vessel with planks that are far from symmetrical on both sides, and a considerable variation in width at the stem in particular. She is considered to be representative of a commercial boat of her era with little in the way of refinement. In 2016 the WBGT resolved that the restoration of Gordon would be its next major boat restoration project. The vessel will be restored to operational condition with as much of the original structure as possible preserved, but new planks fitted to replace those that are broken and/or (partly) missing, and extensive reribbing. The existing planking will be rendered watertight by splining, filling and sanding, and the finished vessel will be presented in a painted condition. Michael Staples’ plans will be used to coax the hull back to the lines that it is believed to have been built with. Physical work began in May 2017 and continued intermittently throughout the rest of that year and 2018. Construction Notes: Clinker construction, seven planks per side, top plank doubled. Rib spacing on average 7’(180mm) centres. Some ribs are offset and cross over giving double ribs across the bottom of the punt. It is difficult to decipher the number of rowing stations as there are no rowlock blocks, although there are some visible fastening holes. Gordon was surveyed by Michael Staples in July 2010 using the traditional line lifting method, plans being drawn of the vessel “as is” and also with corrections allowing for changes in shape since new. A second survey was funded by a Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme (MMAPP) grant sponsored by the National Maritime Museum of Australia to Peta Knott of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania. On 15 March 2010 Gordon was surveyed electronically at the Mariner’s Cottage car-park, Battery Point by Peta Knott and Dougal Harris for the Maritime Museum of Tasmania. The collected data was used as the basis for plan (1) that follows. In July 2010 Gordon was delivered to Mike Staples’ workshop at Cygnet to be surveyed by traditional methods to allow comparison with electronic survey. Mike Staples produced a plan (2) of the vessel “as is” and another plan (3) faired to compensate for the extent that the punt had lost its original shape over the years. These plans have been published in a book “The Tasmanian Piners’ Punt – Their History and Design”. LOD feet: 15 Hull Timber: Huon pine Type of Boat: Piners’ Punt State: Tasmania Built: c1920s Location Mawson Place Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 19 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Grandbaby Cradle

Name: Grandbaby Cradle Boat Owner: Sarah Taylor Designer: Jordan Wood Boats Builder: Brendan Boon Description: This cradle was lovingly built for our first grandchild. Since then three other grandchildren have used the cradle and two other grandchildren (who live interstate) have had sleepovers in the cradle: Scarlet 2012, Naomi 2015, River 2015, Owen 2017, Joshua 2017 & Chloe 2018 LOD feet: 4 Hull Timber: Huon Pine Type of Boat: Baby Cradle State: Tasmania Built: 2012 Location: Mawson Place

Hallora

Name: Hallora Boat Owner: Lindsay Pender Designer: Ian Oughtred Builder: Lindsay Pender Description: Construction occurred over a 10 year period whenever work and domestic constrains permitted (which wasn’t very often). Fun to build using Ian Oughtred’s accurate Egret (now Shearwater) plans. Sails well but regrettably far too infrequently. The rudder pivot has been designed to be removable with a view to attaching a small outboard motor. Yet to be used in this mode. LOD feet: 11 Hull Timber: Sailing Dinghy Type of Boat: Marine Ply State: Tasmania Built: 2012 Location Elizabeth St Pier

Page 20 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Harmony

Name: Harmony Boat Owner: Peter Lynch Designer: Jack & Joe Pompei Builder: Jack & Joe Pompei Description: At the start of year 9, aged 14 and having acquired a stack of King Billy Pine from the late Lake Margaret wood stave pipeline, it was decided, in consultation with my teachers, to build a small clinker boat. With the planks averaging 4.5m, a plan was chosen to best utilise these lengths. After much thought and debate with my teachers, I chose a Paul Gartside design. With a good stock of Celery Top Pine from the Woodbridge school, lofting of the plans were underway in early 2017. Celery Top Planks were dressed and selected for the various components; transom, backbone, hog and stem. Meanwhile, the rough and dirty King Billy planks were thicknessed down. After 60+ years in the pipeline, the outer surface was black and majorly covered in tar, the inside abraded considerably from its original 2″ thickness but the timber within was in most planks, in excellent condition. The frame was almost complete at the end of 2017 but due to my optional subject choices, I was unable to continue construction at school. The boat table, moulds and frame were moved to a shed in Gardners Bay. With some mentoring from Ned Trewartha, and hands to call upon from my grandfather – Dusty (Derek) Shields, former teacher – James Kirkland, Livio Muench and Ashika Gray, construction is ongoing. LOD feet: 19 Hull Timber: Motor Launch Type of Boat: Wooden State: Victoria Built: 1960 Location Vic Doc

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 21 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Haven 12 1/2

Name: Haven 12 1/2 Boat Owner: Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding Designer: Joel White Builder: NWSWB Description: The Haven 12 1/2 is Joel White’s centerboard adaptation of Nathaniel Herreshoff’s classic 12 1/2. “12 1/2” refers to the waterline length. LOD feet: 16 Hull Timber: Daysailer Type of Boat: Red Cedar & Celery Top Pine State: USA Built: 2019 Location USA Village Helga

Name: Helga Boat Owner: Ned Trewartha Designer: Iain Oughtred Builder: Ned Trewartha Description: Acorn 15 ft rowing dinghy made with full lenght, book matched King Billy planks. Celery Top Pine ribs and Huon Pine thwarts. The only time it has been in the water is when it was launched by Iain Oughtred in 2011. Ned Trewartha is one of the rare true artists. His boats have Soul. All good boats seem somehow to be more than the sum of their parts and Neds especially have a real quality which sets them apart.They make one think: I want this boat!. Iain Oughtred March 2011 LOD feet: 15 Hull Timber: King Billy Pine Type of Boat: Rowing Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 2011 Location Murray St carpark

Page 22 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Herreshoff Pram

Name: Herreshoff Pram Boat Owner: Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding Designer: L. Francis Herreshoff Builder: NWSWB Description: L. Herreshoff designed this pram to row, stow, and tow well. The hull is remarkably easy to row because of the bow transom. LOD feet: 10 Hull Timber: Dinghy Type of Boat: Western Red Cedar State: USA Built: 2016 Location USA Villiage

Hope

Name: Hope Boat Owner: Charles Ritchie Designer: Charles William Ritchie Builder: Charles William Ritchie Description: Designed for net fishing on Rubicon River. Sold to Bryant Griffiths in 1950 purchased back by Charles Ritchie Junior in 2005 who restored her. LOD feet: 18 Hull Timber: Huon Pine Type of Boat: Cllinker Dingy State: Tasmania Built: 1945 Location Mures

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 23 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Jabiru

Name: Jabiru Boat Owner: Terry Lean Designer: Kroger Brothers Builder: Mick & Sam Purdon Description: Trevassa Too is a 10ft sailing dinghy (Foster 10) originally designed by Bill Foster of Hobart. Bill was Jock Muir’s first shipwright apprentice in 1946. The builder, Ross Muir started his apprenticeship under Bill Foster in 1962 on the police boat Alert. Trevassa Too displays the infinite Tasmanian workmanship and timbers of Huon Pine and Blackwood. Trevassa Too has a modified gaff with bowsprit and spinnaker. LOD feet: 19 Hull Timber: 12 sq m Sharpie Type of Boat: King Billy Pine State: Tasmania Built: 1959 Location Mawson Place Jacqui

Name: Jacqui Boat Owner: David & Sharyn Powell Designer: Reg Fazackerley Builder: Reg Fazackerley Description: One of the last Fazackerley dinghies built as a prize for the Royal Hobart Regatta. LOD feet: 9 Hull Timber: King Billy Pine Type of Boat: Clinker Rowing Boat State: Tasmania Built: 1975 Location Mawson Place Jo Dwyer

Name: Jo Dwyer Boat Owner: Ainesley Smith Designer: Perce Coverdale Builder: Perce Coverdale Description: Reportedly built for a Mr. Len Nettlefold (Holden dealer of Hobart) for him to transport his entire crew to his Yacht. Hence the extra plank. LOD feet: 10 Hull Timber: King Billy Pine Type of Boat: Clinker Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 1948 PageLocation 24 Mures Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Junior K1

Name: Junior K1 Boat Owner: Allan Newhouse Designer: Allan Newhouse Builder: Allan Newhouse Description: This junior racing K1 was built from reject Western Red Cedar venetian blind slats with Paulownia accent stripes. The slats were 3.5mm thick and 45mm wide. They were a gift from a visitor to the 2015 AWBF who offered them to me while inspecting the kayaks I took to that festival. Removing the rounded edge and ripping them down the middle gave me 20mm wide strips. The timber is covered inside and outside with 125gsm glass cloth and BoteCote epoxy with non-yellowing hardener and with Aquacote water based polyurethane for UV protection. The edges of the strips are bevelled to get tight joints rather than using bead and cove. They are glued together around forms on a strongback using normal PVA wood glue. After sanding, the strips are covered with glass and after a few extra coats of epoxy to fill the weave and more sanding, the deck is connected to the hull with fibreglass tape inside and outside. Fitting out is completed with the cockpit, seat, footrest and rudder, and bulkhead to create an air chamber so that the kayak is unsinkable. The kayak is my own design created with a program called “Kayak Foundry”. It was designed for a 30kg child and has been paddled by children between 25 and 40 kg, so would suit most children between 6 and 12 years of age. It is 4.2 metres long with a maximum beam of 47cm and a waterline beam of 40cm with a 30kg paddler. It weighs 7.65 kg. Like most adult K1s, it has an underslung rudder controlled by a tiller bar and like many recent racing kayaks and skis, the deck is cut away to allow a more efficient paddle stroke by keep the kayak narrow at the catch, the point where the paddle enters the water. It is a similar size to a couple of commercially available children’s racing kayaks. However it is quite stable for a racing kayak. The design gains much of its stability from the width behind the cockpit as the kayak is quite narrow in front of the cockpit to permit an efficient racing paddle stroke. Adult sea kayaks take me roughly 200 hours to complete. This junior kayak probably took about 150 hours, partly because it is smaller, but also because not having the upswept bow and stern common on sea kayaks meant less time using a heat gun to help bend strips. LOD feet: 13 Hull Timber: Western Red Cedar Type of Boat: Junior Racing Kayak State: Tuross Head Built: 2013 Location PW1

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 25 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart King Billy

Name: King Billy Boat Owner: Trevor Brown Designer: William Brown Builder: William Brown Description: This is the last dinghy built by Bill Brown. One of his sons, Trevor Brown, has had the dinghy since the 1980s. The dinghy was taken to Queensland by Trevor for several years before returning to Tasmania in the 1990s. The dingy was originally painted but was stripped back to bare timber in 2016. One of Trevor’s sons, Steve, has restored the dinghy to its present condition. LOD feet: 10 Hull Timber: King Billy Pine Type of Boat: Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 1975 Location Mures

King Trailers

Name: King Trailers Boat Owner: Greg King Designer: Seebold Boats Builder: Seebold Boats Description: 0 to 160kph in 4 seconds 4/5 g force on turns. You can enter a corner at 200kph and turn the boat! Trim buttons on the steering wheel are constantly used to keep the boat level on the water so as not to blow over backwards. Engine revs at 10600 rpm. LOD feet: 18 Hull Timber: Powerboat Type of Boat: Marine Ply State: Tasmania Built: 1985 Location Vic Doc

Page 26 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Kittiwake IV

Name: Kittiwake IV Boat Owner: Ross Muir Designer: James Alderton Builder: Ross Muir Description: A “SUP” built from Western Red Cedar, Peruvian Walnut with Curly Maple and Alaskan yellow cedar accents and inlays. LOD feet: 12 Hull Timber: Cadet Dinghy Type of Boat: Australian Red Cedar State: Tasmania Built: 2018 Location PW1

Kitty C

Name: Kitty C Boat Owner: Kim Cooper Description: Dinghy was bought from a gentleman in Glenorchy about 20 years ago. Took the dinghy to Bradys Lake to use as a row boat for fishing. While it was there over 5-6 years the condition deteriorated. It was taken to the Spring Bay Shed last year where it was restored by Bernard Wilson and Eric O’Keefe and returned to me in very good condition. LOD feet: 12 Hull Timber: King Billy Pine Type of Boat: Clinker Dinghy State: Tasmania Location Mures

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 27 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Kooyong

Name: Kooyong Boat Owner: Wooden Boat Shop Designer: Wooden Boat Shop & Andy Dovell Builder: Wooden Boat Shop Description: The Kooyong 28’s variable dead rise planning hull was designed by Australia’s leading naval architect, Andrew Dovell. Combined with WBS’s unique styling and construction method, performance, comfort and safety at sea. Kooyong 28 crafted as a perfect all-purpose boat for fishing, swimming, dining or commuting with a spacious open design. LOD feet: 28 Hull Timber: Makore & Cedar Type of Boat: Centre Console State: Victoria Built: 2018 Location Vic Doc Larus

Name: Larus Boat Owner: Des Clark Designer: Derek Eckland Builder: Thorp Description: Stornaways were designed along the lines of traditional English fishing boats capable of sailing just under jib & mizzen in winds up to 30 knots. This boat was fitted to a very high standard with a revised rig designed by Steve Walker Sails to suit Tasmanian conditions. She is powered by a six-horse power Yamaha axillary outboard and happily motors at six knots. The boat sails beautifully and because of it’s shallow draft it can negotiate low tidal waters. Her Oregon masts are easily rigged by one person with the specialised, mast raising crane. She supports a Genoa, Jib, Marconi Mainsail and Gunter Rigged Mizzen. Both headsails are on foilers. Anchoring and reefing can be performed from the safety of the main cabin. LOD feet: 18 Hull Timber: Plywood Type of Boat: Trailer Sailor State: Tasmania Built: 2005 Location PW1 forecourt

Page 28 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Leatherwood

Name: Leatherwood Boat Owner: Sebastian Whelan Designer: Jack Holt Description: Row or sail. A universal vessel to adventure from shacks, campsites or sailing clubs. Race, cruise or just muck about. LOD feet: 10 Hull Timber: Plywood Type of Boat: Mirror Dinghy State: Tasmania Locatio Mawson Place Luka

Name: Luka Boat Owner: Doug Fielding Designer: David Payne Builder: Doug Fielding Description: Vessel was originally started to be built as a motor boat with a Blaxland engine. I was given the vessel unfinished on a building jig in 2015 and built her in my spare time at work. I decided to build it as a sailing/row boat. We launched Luka on Mothers Day 2018 and she is stored on the aft roof of Barcarolle II, a 50ft carvel planked Hugh Morris. She also has a custom made trailer for travel. The layout for the boat was done on the fly, the rig is off a Heron sailing dinghy and she has 4 watertight compartments. Her swing keel has 7kgs of lead and I used Teak and Silver Ash for her brightwork. All fittings are from Classic Boat Supplies and I custom made the main sheet bracket. The paint is Barrier 625, Cootamundra, Snow White, Bright work is Awlwood. My hope is that I can pass on my love of sailing to my 10year old daughter and we can enjoy many fun times sailing Luka. LOD feet: 14 Hull Timber: Sailing Boat Type of Boat: Plywood State: Queensland Built: 2018 Location Mawson Place

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 29 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Manuka

Name: Manuka Boat Owner: Whelan Family Designer: Richard Hartley Description: Trailer sailing in Tasmania offers ready access to the most stunning of all waterways; Maria, Freycinet, Pedder, Lake St Clair- where next? LOD feet: 16 Hull Timber: Plywood Type of Boat: Hartley TS16 State: Tasmania Location Mawson Place

Margaret

Name: Margaret Boat Owner: Nick Bowden Designer: Nick Schade Builder: Bowden Description: Constructed from timber salvaged from the lake Margaret wood stave pipeline LOD feet: 17 Hull Timber: King Billy Pine Type of Boat: Sea Kayak State: Tasmania Built: 2016 Location PW1

Maria Kirby

Name: Maria Kirby Boat Owner: Joe LeCato Designer: John Gardner Builder: NWSWB Description: This gorgeous Whitehall pulling boat was built by students at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding-USA. LOD feet: 17 Hull Timber: Pulling Boat Type of Boat: Western Red Cedar State: USA Built: 2018 Location USA Village

Page 30 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart MaxC

Name: MAXC Boat Owner: Scott Woodroffe Designer: John Philp Builder: John Philp Description: MAXC was built by John for his good friend Max Collins who I have named the boat after. Restoration was begun in 2011 and finally finished in 2019. During restoration the original floor boards which were King William pine have been replaced with Celery Top Pine. As it’s use will be on an infrequent basis I decided to seal the clinker joints with an epoxy resin in an attempt to make it a ‘dry’ boat LOD feet: 10 Hull Timber: King William Pine Type of Boat: Rowing Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 1964 Location: Mawson Place

Meg

Name: Meg Boat Owner: Spring Bay Community Boat SHed Designer: unknown Builder: unknown Description: Owned by Colin Harold Walters, Meg was used as a family fishing boat on the East Coast of Tasmania and on the central highland lakes. Meg was donated to the Spring Bay Community Boat Shed by Lesley Walters and other family members.Meg saw long service as a reliable and loved family member. Constructed from King Billy Pine, Meg is a typical clinker dinghy, and was fitted with a single cylinder Wing motor. The Spring Bay Community Boat Shed plans to restore Meg and use her on Spring Bay as an excursion boat. LOD feet: 12 Hull Timber: King Billy Pine Type of Boat: Putt Putt Clinker Dinghy State: Tasmania uilt: c. 1945 Location ??

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 31 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Millie

Name: Millie Boat Owner: Peregrine School Designer: Bill Foster Builder: Ned Trewartha Description: Specially handcrafted by Ned Trewartha for a raffle prize as a fundraiser for the Peregrine School. LOD feet: 10 Hull Timber: Huon Pine Type of Boat: Foster 10 Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 2018 Location Vic Doc

Milo

Name: Milo Boat Owner: Paul Cook Designer: Ian Oughtred Builder: Paul Cook Description: Amateur built by myself to the lovely Ian Oughtred design LOD feet: 11 ull Timber: Celery Top Pine Type of Boat: Rowing dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 2018 Location Franklin Wharf

Mini Simmons

Name: Mini Simmons Boat Owner: Craig Ludlow Designer: Matt Danes Builder: Craig Ludlow Description: This was my first solo build after attending a building workshop held by Tree to Sea on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Built using Paulownia and reclaimed Cedar LOD feet: 5 Hull Timber: Paulownia & Cedar Type of Boat: Hollow wooden Surfboard State: Tasmania Built: 2016 Location Brooke St Pier

Page 32 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Miss Doherty

Name: Miss Doherty Boat Owner: Ian Nicolson Designer: Ian Nicolson Builder: Ian Nicolson Description: In 1975 we moved to the West Coast and became fascinated by the Piners Punts. Sometimes we visited a Mrs Doherty at Strahan. It was only later that we realized the significance of her name in relation to punt building at Strahan. At Strahan I also purchased a few pieces of Huon Pine at the sawmill and some of this is incorporated in “Miss Doherty’s gunwale. LOD feet: 12 Hull Timber: Plywood ype of Boat: Piners Punt State: Tasmania Built: 2016 Location Mawson Place

Miss Twinkle

Name: Miss Twinkle Boat Owner: Ian Nicolson Designer: Ian Nicolson Builder: Ian Nicolson Description: We just desperately needed a convenient light dinghy, that would fit into the back of our van for those “special” occasions. Miss Twinkle is clinker built from plywood strakes (planks), which were glued and temporarily stitched together with copper wire. LOD feet: 7 Hull Timber: Plywood Type of Boat: Pram Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 2007 Location Mawson Place

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 33 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Mistral 11

Name: Mistral 11 Boat Owner: The Windeward Bound Trust Designer: John Alden Builder: Watty Ford Junior Description: Mistral II is a 1922 classic yacht designed by John Alden in the US as design 145. She was built by Wattie Ford jr in Sydney. She 63 ft plus bowsprit and bumpkin by 15 ft and displaces just over 36 tons. Mistral II is being gifted by Barbra Burton to the Windeward Bound charitable trust in Hobart where restoration will be a job training and readiness for employment program. The State of Tasmania has indicated support for this program and an application for grant funding under the Tasmanian Government Work Pathways program has been approved. A commitment to cover the restoration costs of Mistral II has also been made by a Tasmanian benefactor. Captain Sarah Parry will provide supervision of the project and of the sail training program that the restored vessel will provide. The core workpiece of the project is the 64 ft (22 metre) gaff rigged schooner Mistral 11. This vessel was in the process of being restored by her owner, and had reached the stage of having her entire interior 1960s ‘modernized’ fitout removed, her deck removed and relaid in marine ply, and some remedial work done to some of her frame heads where years of freshwater degradation had damaged the top foot or so of some 20 of her 70 frames. Her hull is sheathed in copper. She is built of sawn, ‘sistered’ hardwood frames, planked throughout in New Zealand Kauri, and was decked in Teak. She is basically sound, is afloat and is making no water. Her rudder is degraded but the bronze metalwork is intact and a new rudder will be easy to craft. All her fastenings and bolts, keel bolts etc, including all her rudder fittings are Tobin Bronze, and while she has been stripped down, all her fittings come with her and are all re-usable. She also comes with 3 and half packs of new Burma Teak, (imported many years ago by her former owner), one pack of which has been milled to the correct size of her deck timbers, and will be used for that purpose. She comes with her original construction plans and much other documentation. Although built in Sydney, she was (and is) registered on the British Register but in Hobart. She was one of the 9 yachts to participate in the first Sydney – Hobart race in 1945, and competed in 4 others. When completed and in survey, she will be used by WBT for advanced sail training and other purposes as required. She is a very important piece of Australia’s Maritime History, totally worth preserving, and she will live on for many years to come. In her present state, she is an ideal training platform totally different in both presence and practicality from any normal shed based activity. Apart from any necessary out of water work, all remedial and restorative work will be able to be undertaken with the vessel afloat. It is intended she be berthed in front of Windeward Bound on Elizabeth Street Pier.

LOD feet: 72 Hull Timber: New Zealand Kauri Type of Boat: Schooner State: New South Wales Built: 1922 Location Mawson Place

Page 34 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Mourning wood

Name: Mourning wood Boat Owner: Kim Koltoft Designer: Unknown Builder: Kim Koltoft Description: We use and love this boat, LOD feet: 16 Hull Timber: Canadian Canoe Type of Boat: Paulownia State: Tasmania Built: 2013 Location PW1

Napier

Name: Napier Boat Owner: Geoff Martin Designer: George Martin Builder: George Martin Description: Built as a tender for Georges 40 ft boat. Said to be the second last piners punt built in Strahan LOD feet: 14 Hull Timber: Piners’ Punt Type of Boat: King Billy Pine & Huon Pine State: Tasmania Built: 2003 Location Mawson Place

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 35 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Not the Tardis

Name: Not the Tardis Boat Owner: Freyja, Robert & Lewis Nicolson Designer: Herman Boro Builder: Ian C. Nicolson & Bob Smith Description: Robert and Lewis wanted to call their boat The Tardis but Freyja said “No! Not the Tardis!” And that it how it came to be called “Not the Tardis!” LOD feet: 6 Hull Timber: Punt Type of Boat: Gaboon Plywood State: Tasmania Built: 2009 Location Mawson Place

Obsession

Name: Obsession Boat Owner: Greg Hatten Designer: Greg Tatman Builder: Greg Hatten Description: This style of boat is common on the rivers of the Pacific Northwest in the United States. It was handcrafted by the rower and owner, Greg Hatten and has traveled some of the most challenging and treacherous rapids in North America. The boat has been the featured attraction in video’s, photographs, calendars, catalogs, blogs, and product shots with some of the best outdoor brands in the U.S. including – Patagonia, Pendleton Wool, Mountain Khaki, ThermaRest, Sawyer Oars and many others. With a flat bottom, flared sides, continuous rocker, and high bow, it is designed for technical moves in white water. It has logged thousands of river miles in 15 national parks, over 100 Wild & Scenic Rivers, and countless rapids. LOD feet: 16 Hull Timber: River Boat Type of Boat: African Mahogany State: USA Built: 2006 Location USA Village

Page 36 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Old Digger

Name: Old Digger Boat Owner: James Gould Designer: Unknown Builder: Unknown Description: Boat found on the shore at Coles Bay 30 years ago by Sid Graham of Bicheno, who salvaged the wreck & displayed it on his front lawn. It was spotted by boating enthusiast, Barry Connell, who immediately saw the historical significance of the boat which he recognised as having been built at Gravelly Beach. Sid gave the boat to Barry who was keen to see its restoration however, due to ill health he reluctantly gave the boat back but stressed to Sid the value of the vessel and his hope that the boat would be restored. Sid contacted James Gould of Dover who had an interest in Couta boats & he agreed to buy Old Digger. When the boat arrived in Dover, James contacted the Franklin Wooden Boat Centre who, upon seeing the boat, agreed that historically she was worth restoring and with the keel in good shape reconstruction could go ahead Thanks to the craftsmanship of Peter and Florian and the enthusiasm of everyone at The Wooden Boat Centre, Old Digger has been bought back to life as original as possible. Thanks must also be extended to Greg Muir for the invaluable advice he was able to provide towards the reconstruction process. Also thanks to Greg Walsh of Bicheno for donating the masts from the legendary ketch,The Enterprise 1901, which adds to the history. We are still seeking any information on Old Digger, whose history was sadly lost upon the death of Barry Connell. We did question the name of the boat since soldiers of the First World War were referred to as diggers, which would date the boat around 1914. However in view of the boat having been built a short distance from the North East mine sites it is thought the boat’s name originated from the mine workers who were referred to as diggers. James was keen to showcase the intricate workmanship hence the boat being unpainted. After the boat show Old Digger will be painted and put on Esperance Bay. LOD feet: 18 Hull Timber: Couta boat Type of Boat: Huon Pine State: Tasmania Built: 1890 Location Mures

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 37 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Paddleshell

Name: Paddleshell Boat Owner: Mason Hinn Designer: Mason Hinn Builder: Mason Hinn Description: Behind the design of Paddleshell is the idea of minimalization. The shell of the SUP (stand up paddle) board is the necessary element. If it’s deck and core were eliminated, the stand up paddlers would be brought closer to the surface tension of the water. Rather than above the water, the paddlers would be on the water. Research and development produced a prototype, which showed great promise. She came on the supermoon tides of March. Hidden within the weathered remains of a Cedar tree, not large or long, was to be her body plan. After a split, hew, and quarter, followed by a pile of Cedar curly cues, her shape was revealed in the run of the grain. She would be the smallest of craft. Without the need for a pencil line, the band saw followed the grain to cut the sheer and the chine. Crown into this drift log’s root wad was a fair shape that flared out to form the bow. For the bottom deck, fall off was used to mill tight quarter sawn planks. It was tied all together with the tail end of the side rails fit into a locking dowtail joint on the transom plank. Sprung around the shaped bottom planks, the side rails were then fixed to a rabbeted beak head crook. As the supermoon log slipped into the water in her new incarnation, she showed shallow draft and low free board. With her displacement at 50 lb and reserve buoyancy a bit more, a question remained – where was the loaded waterline? One way to find out was to hop aboard. Upon our retrieving a full crab pot, the vessel’s flat bottom provided enough stability to land the heavy load. The current designs, slightly different from the prototype and involving a zip and glue technique, perform beyond expectation and invite a builder to elaborate. Paddleshell is designed for solid wood construction. The wood of Paddleshell is Western Red Cedar. It is light. We carry this boat like a board so weight is important. Red Cedar also has a fair strength-to-weight ratio and good adhesion properties. Paddleshell provides a unique paddling experience. As a flat water, fair weather boat, it offers a relaxing, comfortable and beautiful way to exercise. Like sailing, though, Paddleshell can also be filled with excitement. Paddleshell was designed in the Pacific Northwest where tidal flux and sudden wind changes are omnipresent. In all locations, paddlers are wise to stay keenly focused on conditions of wind, weather and water both prior to and during their journey. Paddleshell provides a multitude of experiences at all levels. LOD feet: 11 Hull Timber: Paddling Shell Type of Boat: Western Red Cedar State: USA Built: 2016 Locatio USA Villasge

Page 38 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Peanut

Name: Peanut Boat Owner: Beven King Designer: Butler, Neilson & Watson Builder: Butler, Neilson & Watson Description: Motor – Olds 4-6 HP. Used to carry grog & supplies on Macquarie Harbour to lighthouse & shacks. LOD feet: 13 ull Timber: Motor Launch Type of Boat: King Billy Pine & Huon Pine State: Tasmania Built: 1948 Location PW1 Forecourt

Pearl

Name: Pearl Boat Owner: Craig Stockdale Designer: Chris Smith Builder: Chris Craft Description: 1942 Chris Craft deluxe Runabount 17′ barrelback – one of 186 Survivors LOD feet: 17 Hull Timber: Mahogany Type of Boat: Chris Craft Barrelback 1942 State: Victoria Built: 1942 Location Vic Doc

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 39 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Punt Hobart

Name: Punt Boat Owner: Roscoe Barnett Designer: ‘Hookey’ Nielson Builder: ‘Hookey’ Nielson Description: Punt is of clinker construction from King Billy Pine planking over Celery Top frames, fastened with copper nails, clenched and is believed to have been built in the 1920 or 1930’s. She has six planks per side, whereas most Piners Punts are seven planks per side. The two garboard planks have been doubled up inside and outside for extra strength. This vessel has been owned by the present owner for 15 years and has undergone a complete refurbishment. She is on the Australian Register of Historic Vessels, HV404. In 2018 she attended the Launceston Wooden Boat Festival, the Paynesville Wooden Boat Festival, the Geelong Wooden Boat Festival and the Sydney Classic and Wooden Boat Festival. LOD feet: 13 Hull Timber: Piners Punt Type of Boat: King Billy Pine State: Tasmania Built: c.1920-30’s Location Mawson Place Pygmy Pinguino Pro 150

Name: Pygmy Pinguino Pro 150 Boat Owner: Pygmy Kayaks Designer: Pygmy Kayaks Builder: Pygmy Kayaks Description: For the last six years our recreational Pinguino kayaks have been our best-selling kits. Paddlers have loved the stability and ease of paddling the Pinguino 145 and the Pinguino 145-4PD. People who have chosen the 145 and 145-4PD are generally interested in day trips on mellow water, but increasingly we’ve heard from folks who want a stable, more ergonomic kayak for fitness paddling or light touring. For these folks, who want the stability of a recreational kayak with the spirit of a touring kayak, we’ve created the new Pinguino 150 Pro. With a 23.7” beam it has the stability and roomy comfort of a recreational kayak but its new patented deck cutouts makes it feel like you’re paddling a 22 touring kayak. At 15′, its length is a crossover between a recreational and a touring kayak, giving it the perfect balance of top end speed and hull efficiency, hull efficiency and paddle ergonomics.The Pinguino 150 Pro is great for all-around recreational use as well as fitness paddling or light touring. Innovative new deck design: Starting with our new Pinguino Pro, we have cutaway the sheer line to allow a kayaker to take a significantly closer paddle stroke. You get the same length, wetted surface and initial stability of a 15 x24 kayak, but with over 3 inches of sheer line width cutaway at the widest part of the boat (which is also the center of your paddle stroke), it feels like you’re paddling a much narrower kayak. You get significantly better paddling ergonomics at the cost of a small sacrifice in secondary stability. No more banging your knuckles on the sheer or having to reach out over the sides of a wider, more stable boat. The new cutouts are both ergonomic and beautiful. LOD feet: 15 Hull Timber: Sea kayak Type of Boat: Plywood State: USA Built: 2017 Loc USA Village Page 40 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Raffle Boat

Name: Raffle Boat Boat Owner: Wooden Boat Centre Designer: Bill Foster Builder: Mike Johnson Description: Built at the Wooden Boat Centre by Mike Johnson and students as part of a 7-week course using rare Tasmanian timber. LOD feet: 10 Hull Timber: Huon Pine Type of Boat: Clinker Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 2018 Location Waterman’s Dock

Redfish – Golden

Name: Redfish – Golden Boat Owner: Redfish Kayaks Designer: Joe Greenley Builder: Joe Greenley Description: Pompei Boat Works, has been a Mordialloc and Victorian boat building institution for almost 100 years, the time honoured method of carvel planked wooden boat building. Under the ever watchful eye of Joe & Jack Pompei, there is no need or a place for technology, there are no computers, no CAD drafting or lofting and it’s all about the adze, mallets, caulking iron and steamers that are the norm. The old traditional way of wooden boat building, is still the best way. Nothing has changed since Jack’s passing in 2008. Joe Pompei’s views and focus remain fixed in the centuries old tradition of carvel, planked wood on frame boat building. LOD feet: 16 Hull Timber: Sea Kayak Type of Boat: Western Red Cedar State: USA Built: 2007 Location USA Village

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 41 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Redfish – Parr

Name: Redfish – Parr Boat Owner: Redfish Kayaks Designer: Joe Greenley Builder: Joe Greenley Description: Strip-built kayak that has been fiberglassed inside and out. Built from Sapele, Western Red Cedar, Peruvian Walnut & Alaskan Yellow Cedar pinstripes. LOD feet: 12 Hull Timber: Sea Kayak Type of Boat: Western Red Cedar State: USA Built: 2000 Location USA Village

Redfish – SUP

Name: Redfish – SUP Boat Owner: Redfish Kayaks Designer: Joe Greenley Builder: Joe Greenley Description: Strip-built kayak designed for kids weighing up to 40kg. Built from Honduran Mahogany, Western Red Cedar, Peruvian Walnut & Alaskan Yellow Cedar. LOD feet: 14 Hull Timber: Stand-up Paddle Board Type of Boat: Western Red Cedar State: USA Built: 2010 Location USA Village

Page 42 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Sabre

Name: Sabre Boat Owner: Gordon Stewart Designer: Herr Kroger Builder: Don Muir Description: The Sharpies were designed in Germany in 1931 and the class quickly developed fleets throughout Europe. In particular in the UK, Germany and Holland. The first Australian boat was built in Adelaide 1934 and soon spread to other states. The boats in Europe continued to adhere strictly to the international rules whilst the Australian 12 Square Metre Sharpies gradually departed from the International rules. Although the hull shape and dimensions remained constant (even the modern Australian LW Sharpies still share identical hull offsets as the 12 sqm. Sharpie design from 1931), amongst some minor structural differences, the Australian boats added;- spinnakers, a third crew member, full length sail battens and much later (about 1958), buoyancy tank bulkheads and trapeze. By the time the Sharpie was selected as the two man dinghy for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics the Australian 12 Square Metre Sharpie would have been one of the biggest dinghy classes in the country. However, by that time none of the Australian 12 Square Metre Sharpies would have complied with the International rules so a number of new boats were built in Australia to International 12 Square Metre Sharpie rules. At least three International 12 Square Metre Sharpies were built in Australia in anticipation of the Olympics. At least one in Sydney for RSYS, Sir James Hardy built “Tintara” (Now in the Adelaide Maritime Museum) and Rolly Tasker built “Falcon IV” (Still in existence somewhere on the mainland). Rolly Tasker’s Falcon IV” went on to win the Silver Medal behind the Kiwi boat “Jest” helmed by Mader. Jest is currently undergoing a full restoration in New Zealand. After the 56 Olympics the class was quickly outdated by more modern classes like the Flying Dutchman. A small number of Australian Sharpie sailors changed classes but eventually, as the old planked boats aged, a group of Western Australian Sharpie sailors came up with the idea of building a lighter version to the exact shape and measurements but from plywood. The new lighter ply hulls proved significantly faster than the older planked hulls. Initially owners simply transferred their gunter rigs straight over the the lighter ply hulls but within a season or two they all had new Marconi rigs. This is how the Lightweight Sharpie (now called the “Australian Sharpie”) class was born. It was only after the ply boats were built that the old planked timber Australian Sharpies went from being called “12 Square Metre Sharpies” to the now commonly used term “Heavyweight Sharpie”. The term “Heavyweight Sharpie” was officially introduced in 1962. The class had it’s last official National Championship in that same year. In Europe they still sail the International 12 Square Metre Sharpies with reasonably large fleets in the UK, Netherlands, Germany and Portugal. There are also a small number sailing in Brazil. European Championships are held every year with fleets of 50+ boats competing. LOD feet: 19 Hull Timber: Huon Pine & Oregon Type of Boat: 12 Square Metre Sharpie State: Tasmania Built: 1953 Location Mawson Place

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 43 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Scarbro

Name: Scarbro Boat Owner: Kurt & Jan Wagner Designer: John Hartsock, B & E Pickett Builder: K & J Wagner Description: The idea of building a boat was planted when my son, Jesse Wagner, was clearing up at his S.A. Boatshed “Goolwa Wooden Boats” and he found the half-finished stations for the mould, and the instruction book “Rip,Strip, and Row ! A Builder’s guide to the Cosine Wherry” by J.D Brown. Jesse had built many beautiful boats by that time, and insisted that it was time the “old man” had a go. I have been a custom furniture maker for many years in Beechworth, and had a fully equipped woodworking shop, but I had never built anything designed to float on water! So, years later, with patient assistance from Jan, making and fitting all the strips, hours of sanding and fibreglassing, we eventually brought her half-finished to Tasmania, where we found Jeremy Clowes and Cygnet Wooden Boats, who watched over the final stages of assembly with occasional encouragement and advice. The inspiration of being among real shipwrights and boaties, and living in this magical part of Tassie, between Cygnet Bay and the Huon River, made it imperative to get this little boat finished and launched ! So…Here she is, and indeed, she floats ! Right side up ! And rows beautifully! The name “Scarbro” is in memory of Jan’s great-great-great grandfather Joseph Wright, who came to Australia on “Scarborough” with the First Fleet. LOD feet: 14 Hull Timber: Western Red Cedar Type of Boat: Rowboat State: Tasmania Built: 2017/2018 Location Mures

Page 44 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Selah

Name: Selah Boat Owner: Tim Gadischke Designer: Arch Davis Builder: Tim Gadischke Description: Arch Davis has a unique method of boat design. This is a lapstrake dinghy, but instead of having traditional, cross frames, there are longitudinal frames “stringers” on each chine. While she has traditional styling, she’s been built with modern techniques and Eqoxy glue. I built this boat when I was a teenager. At the time, Dad, my older brother and I pooled resources, expanded the shed and bought some more tools, and we simultaneously built a boat each. (Dad, a 16ft strip plank canoe, my brother a 23ft Mahogany Runabout) Both of those boats are in QLD. At the time, we were the talk of the town, as we were on top of a hill in a country town 2 hours from the nearest coast. There were plenty of jokes involving Noah’s Ark etc. Selah is designed and built as a sail/row boat, but when I had a young family, sailing became impractical and unsafe with babies, so I modified the transom to hold a small outboard. These days’ my eldest son (9 years) loves sailing as much as I do, and this boat gets as much use now as she ever did. I wouldn’t be surprised if, in ten years time, he will have his own beautiful boat to display in your festival. I’ve been involved in several small wooden boat regattas over the years (Tweed River Classic, and Bribie Island classic boat regatta). LOD feet: 14 Hull Timber: Pacific Maple & Marine Plywood Type of Boat: Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 2004 Location PW1 Forecourt Shadow

Name: Shadow Boat Owner: Jet Oda-Fraser Designer: Paul Gartside Builder: Jet Oda-Fraser Description: Planks for this hull were salvaged from the late Lake Margaret wood stave pipeline. Boat excluding hull is constructed from Celery Top Pine. LOD feet: 14 Hull Timber: Sailing Boat Type of Boat: King Billy Pine State: Tasmania Built: 2019 Location Mures

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 45 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Sid Skiff

Name: Sid Skiff Boat Owner: Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding Designer: Ray Speck Builder: NWSWB Description: Master boatbuilder and NWSWB instructor, Emeritus Ray Speck, drew the lines for this classic Puget Sound small craft while working as a young boatbuilder in Sausalito CA. Ray saw that the harbormaster, Sid Foster, was using a particularly sweet little 12’5″ lapstrake skiff to row around Richardson Bay. Ray took the little skiff’s lines with Sid’s permission, and over time, developed them into a range of skiffs from 13 to 18 feet long. Ray estimates he’s built just about 100 of these beautiful boats so far in his nearly 45 year career as a boatbuilder, many of them while teaching at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding. Built from Western Red Cedar, Sapele, and White Oak. Includes a set of custom oars, sprit rig, custom cover and EZ Loader trailer. LOD feet: 13 Hull Timber: Daysailer Type of Boat: Western Red Cedar State: USA Built: 2016 Location USA Village

Slip

Name: Slip Boat Owner: Ian Nicolson Designer: Fred Dion Builder: Ian Nicolson Description: Fred Dion of Salem, Massachusetts built his dory about 1910. I built mine to fish from. It’s been used in many Tasmanian waterways, is sea- worthy and easy to row LOD feet: 12 Hull Timber: Swampscott Dory Type of Boat: Gaboon Plywood State: Tasmania Built: 1997 Location Mawson Place

Page 46 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Somes Sound 12.5

Name: Somes Sound 12.5 Boat Owner: Ken Bradbrook Designer: John Brookes /Herreshoff Builder: Ken Bradbrook Description: The boat was built with the help of Duck Flat Wooden Boats in Mt Barker in Adeliade. This is a lapstrake design of the classic Herreshoff 12.5′, it is a john Brookes modification for a centre board option and slightly wider in the bilge sections. LOD feet: 15 Hull Timber: Sailing Boat Type of Boat: Marine Ply State: Victoria Built: 2018 Location Elizabeth St. Pier

Southern Eagle

Name: Southern Eagle Boat Owner: Barrie Oakley Designer: Barrie Oakley Builder: Barrie Oakley & Don Brown Description: In memory of my great great great grandfather James Oakley who sailed to Tasmania as a free settler on the Southern Eagle. LOD feet: 12 Hull Timber: Sailing Dinghy Type of Boat: Huon Pine State: Tasmania Built: 1999 Location Elizabeth St. Pier

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 47 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Tasmania

Name: Tasmania Boat Owner: Rowing Tasmania (custodian) Designer: A & E Edwards Builder: A & E Edwards Description: The eight-oared Cedar rowing shell “Tasmania”, was built by Melbourne boat builders A & E Edwards, for the 1926 Interstate Eight- Oared Championship of Australia. Rowed over the three-mile Hamilton Reach course in Brisbane on Saturday, May 8, 1926, the Tasmanian crew beat South Australia by a length in a time of 15 minutes and 43 seconds, with Victoria ¾ of a length further back, and Queensland fourth, two lengths behind. New South Wales did not finish. After the race, the shell was housed and rowed at the Longford Rowing Club, and on the demise of that club moved to the North Esk Rowing Club. It fell into disuse in the 1950s as newer boats were acquired. Roger Fowler, who was a member of the North Esk Rowing Club and who worked at the Boag’s Brewery saved the boat by putting it up in the beams of the old malt store there. “Tasmania” has subsequently been accommodated at the Riverside Rowing Club, then moved with that clubs equipment to the Tamar Rowing Club, then to a shed on Roger Fowler’s son Darryl’s Riverside property before it was restored and took pride of place in the QVMAG’s Inveresk Sporting Gallery where it remained until 2018. With QVMAG looking to revise its display area and its capacity to mount different exhibitions, “Tasmania” was again looking for a home. Recognising the significance of this 94-year-old shell, Rowing Tasmania has made space available at Lake Barrington International Rowing Course to ensure the safe storage of the boat. “Tasmania”is significant for a number of reasons “ to wooden boat enthusiasts for its traditional Cedar veneer construction and intricate spars and bracing and the design and construction of it staterooms (rowing stations); to the Tasmanian rowing community as the boat in which Tasmania last won the Interstate Eight- Oared Race for the King’s Cup; and for the community at large, as an example of the type of boat rowed at the Royal Henley Peace Regatta in 1919, at which the AIF Number One Crew won the gold cup commissioned as the prize for the winning crew by King George the Fifth. The winning 1919 crew included two Tasmanians “Fred Robb and Arch House, both from the Derwent Rowing Club” now the Derwent Mercantile Collegiate Rowing Club. To mark the Centenary of Australia winning the King’s Cup, Rowing Australia and Rowing Tasmania have arranged for the trophy itself to be displayed at this wooden boat festival and the Royal Hobart Regatta Association is holding a special wooden eights race to coincide with the Centenary of the King”s Cup and the 2019 AWBF. LOD feet: 68 Hull Timber: Cedar Type of Boat: Rowing Shell State: Tasmania Built: c1925 Location PW1

Page 48 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Tassie Too

Name: Tassie Too Boat Owner: Fott Designer: Batt and Blore Builder: Lucas & Gronfors Description: Tassie Too was launched from the Battery Point slips on 26 November 1927 having been built by Charlie Lucas and Chips Gronfors. The vessel was commissioned by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania (RYCT) and paid for by subscription to allow a second Tasmanian boat to compete for the hotly contested Forster Cup. “Tassie Two” was designed by Skipper Batt, with assistance from Alfred Blore and John Tarleton. All three had collaborated on the first TASSIE and again combined to draw the plans needed to construct the hull of Tassie Two to Skipper Batt’s lines lifted from his model. The first “Tassie ” was built on a shoestring budget, and rushed together for the 1925 Forster Cup series, which it won convincingly. It then repeated the wins in 1926 and 1927. This encouraged the Tasmanians to build a second boat, but in more organised circumstances. The RYCT raised the funds by subscription and Tassie Two was launched in November 1927. It was made ready for the Sydney series, held in early 1928, which it won, skippered by Harry Batt. The original Tassie finished second at the event. Tassie Two is planked in Huon Pine on hardwood frames as specified in the class rules, and features a pivoting centreboard – a detail introduced to the class by the Tasmanians. The centreboard was also designed to flex when sailing upwind. The thought was that this would create more lift and improve the yacht’s windward abilities. The round-bilge hull shape was designed to be at its best in heavy conditions, but it performed well in all conditions. It was considered an extreme design by other sailors in the class. Tassie Too was skippered by Harry Batt again in 1929 and 1930, N. Winzenberg in 1930 and 1931, Skipper Batt in 1934, 1935 and 1936, Harry Batt in 1937, Skipper Batt in 1938, A. K. Ward in 1939, Neall Batt in 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950, Ediss Boyes in 1951 and Neall Batt in 1952. It won the Forster Cup in 1928, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1952; a statistic unmatched by any other vessel. The original Tassie won the event in 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1929. A third boat, Tassie III, was built by Charlie Lucas at Battery Point in 1929, based on a model by Skipper Batt with plans drawn by P. C. Douglas, but it only triumphed over Tassie Two at the Forster Cup on two occasions (in 1931 and 1938). Plans were made for a Tassie IV, a half model at the RYCT shows the hull shape, but the vessel was never built. “Tassie Two” was also very successful with seven wins in the Albert Gold Cup race, an event that preceded the Forster Cup series on the calendar. Six of these wins were in succession from 1947 to 1952. LOD feet: 25 Hull Timber: Huon Pine Type of Boat: Restricted 21 State: Tasmania Built: 1927 Location PW1

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 49 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Teepookana Hobart

Name: Teepookana Boat Owner: Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania, Inc Designer: Adrian Dean Builder: Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania, Inc Description: The “Franklin”design was based on a 14ft punt formerly owned by retired piner Frank White of Strahan. The original was of unusual in being double-skinned, with a canvas layer between the two layers of planking. According to White there were others with this construction: it is however unclear if they were built this way, or “doubled” in their old age to prolong their lives. In White’s punt the inner planking was worn down almost to the canvas interlayer through the regular use of an enamel dish as a bailer. “Franklin” is a conventional clinker-built boat with a fairly robust vertical keel. Adrian Dean served his apprenticeship as a wooden boatbuilder with Jock Muir of Hobart, and from 1967 worked as a teacher in craftwork and outdoor education as well as a professional designer specialising in sea kayaks. He was a consultant in the design of the sail-training ships Leeuwin and One and All in the 1980s. In 1992 he began working at the Wooden Boat Centre at Franklin, and it was during this time that he designed “Franklin”. The name is something of a double-entendre with the region for which the boats were well-known on the West Coast, as well as the region where he now worked (and, coincidentally, around which the type was probably developed). In 1997 he built a much larger punt, the 19ft Princess. Teepookana (named after the former port at the entrance to the King River east of Strahan) was an early project of the then-recently formed Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania. She was built to a very high standard, and her keel batten in particular is somewhat thicker than traditional west coast punts. Teepookana has been in continual use as a recreational vessel by the Guild at its events, on display at events such as the Australian Wooden Boat Festival, and on a semi-commercial basis as a film prop. LOD feet: 14 Hull Timber: King Billy pine Type of Boat: Piners’ Punt State: Tasmania Built: 1998 Location Mawson Place The Duke

Name: The Duke Boat Owner: Peter Darke Designer: unknown Builder: V.E.Darke Description: This one of 2 boats built by my father in 1956, one was sold this boat was obviously retained and is still used on small lakes and lagoons in the midlands and highlands. The seagull outboard was purchased in 1974 and has been used on the boat since. This type of dinghy was common at the time but was superseded by Fiberglas and later aluminium. The brass fittings contrast well with the mahogany and adds to the appeal of the boat. It is important that this type of boat is preserved as part of boating history. LOD feet: 13 Hull Timber: Huon & Celery Top Pine Type of Boat: Fishing Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 1956 Location PW1 Forecourt

Page 50 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart The Hunter

Name: The Hunter Boat Owner: Good Story Paddle Boards Designer: Matthew Nienow Builder: Matthew Nienow Description: This hollow wooden surfboard was built in Hobart as a Steiner School project, using Himalayan Cedar which fell during a storm at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. With the dimensions based on a 5′ 11″ epoxy Fred Rubble shortboard by Channel Islands, it is a hollow construction with marine plywood ribs and stringer, weighing just 4.3kg overall. The deck and hull each consists of 4 bookmatched strips of 6mm thickness Himalayan Cedar planks, which have been glassed with 4 oz cloth and West Systems epoxy inside and outside to add to the strength of the surfboard. It has a contemporary 5 fin layout with Futures Fins, allowing it to ride either as a thruster of quad configuration. Meanwhile the tail pad is made of cork in keeping with the theme of a sustainably built wooden surfboard. Building it wouldn’t have been possible without the invaluable help of countless others. Namely Mathew Farrell, who developed the design. Having built many hollow wooden surfboards before, his wealth of knowledge made this project possible. The woodworking expertise of Rod Dransfield was much appreciated when it came to shaping the board. Meanwhile our family friend Hairy was a legend in helping me with the routing out of the fin boxes. Finally a big thanks to David Mercer from Penguin Composites for helping to fibreglass the board so expertly. LOD feet: 17 Hull Timber: Racing Paddle Board Type of Boat: Paulownia State: USA Built: 2017 Location USA Village Toni

Name: Toni Boat Owner: Reg Harvey Designer: Foldaboat Builder: Foldaboat Description: This boat is on the Australian Register of Historic Vessels and is a rare example of folding boats. The material in the joins was very forward thinking for its time and is still in virtually seaworthy condition. LOD feet: 12 Hull Timber: Ply Type of Boat: Foldaboat State: Tasmania Built: 1963 Location Mures Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 51 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Trevassa Too

Name: Trevassa Too Boat Owner: Ross Muir Designer: Bill Foster Builder: Ross Muir Description: Kittwake IV 2018 has Australian Red Cedar and Huon Pine timbers. Mast, boom, gaff, oars and pole of Canadian Spruce. Originally designed by James Alderton (NSW) in 1921 and modified in 1923. The design now approaches 100 years. Kittiwake IV displays the best of infinite workmanship. The last timber Tasmanian 12ft cadet dinghy was built in the late 1970s. Then arrived the fibreglass moulded cadet dinghy with built in buoyancy and later marconi rig. The first timber Tasmanian cadet dinghy was built by Charles Lucas at Battery Point, Hobart in 1923 and many others built for local and interstate junior sailors also by Lucas. The first interstate competition was held in Hobart in 1924 and the title shared between Chook Newman (Tas), Unknown Skipper (NSW). In 1924 the Governor General of Australia, Lord Stonehaven presented a trophy to be known as the Stonehaven Cup which has been presented up to 2018 in Victoria. By 1986 it was estimated that 300 12ft Cadet Dinghys had been built and 2500 young sailors had participated in cadets sailing. The first female skipper to win a Stonehaven Cup was in Adelaide in 2005. Early years saw all states participating and then, in later years only Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia. The Muir family won 4 Stonehaven Cups – Jock Muir 193 in Kittiwake; Max Muir 193 in Kittiwake; Ross Muir 196 in Venom; Greg Muir 196 in Kitt Ross’s dinghy passion has been to build Kittiwake IV. Since building Venom in 1963, Red Jacket in 196, and Narranda in 1969. Ross Muir’s Kittiwake IV continues on the Muir family tradition at Battery Point boatyard. LOD feet: 10 Hull Timber: Cadet dinghy Type of Boat: Huon Pine State: Tasmania Built: 2018 Location PW1

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Name: Trim Boat Owner: Russell Kenery Designer: Unknown Builder: Frederick & Harry Moore Description: This rare Tasmanian has led a fortunate life, spending her first half century criss-crossing Hobart’s River Derwent and Melbourne’s Hobson Bay, but rarely getting wet. As a lifeboat she sat under canvas on the steam ferry S.S. Rosny, that was built by Frederick & Harry Moore at Kennedy’s Shipyard, Battery Point, and launched on 26 July 1913. Photographs in the Maritime Museum of Tasmania confirmed the lifeboat’s provenance: her proportions, lines, strakes and distinctive bow roundels. The clinker-build construction is Huon Pine, with Blue Gum keel and stems, the design being that of a traditional River Derwent utility workboat prior to the advent of compact marine engines. She’s a 15ft double-ender with plumb stems, flat sheer, and the 5ft 6in beam has the three beams to length hull ratio for good carrying power and seaworthiness. Three thwarts accommodate a total of four oarsmen, two off-set, and her flat keel and barn-door rudder enable pulling onto shore. In 1964 the 18th Launceston Sea Scouts [today’s 1st Tamar Sea Scout Group] launched her into a new career, as a training-cutter. They fitted a daggerboard, Sliding-Gunter rig with stem-mounted headsail, and she sails nicely. In her 100th year the current owner, Russell Kenery, gave her an overhaul, stripping her down to bare timber. Although her strakes were sound some dings were filled with epoxy, a little rot in her stems was cut out and made good, and she was completely re-caulked. The hull was recoated in two-part polyurethane, traditional White exterior and Cumberland Stone interior. As she had no name and given only four letters would fit the roundels on the bow, she was called Trim after Matthew Flinders seafaring cat. The Australian National Maritime Museum has listed Trim on the Australian Register of Historic Vessels (number HV000596), based on significance, completeness, provenance and rarity. LOD feet: 15 Hull Timber: Huon Pine Type of Boat: Lifeboat State: Victoria Built: 1913 Location PW1 Forecourt

Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 53 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Una Hobart

Name: Una Boat Owner: Spring Bay Community Boat Shed Designer: Unknown Builder: Unknown Description: UNA was donated to the Spring Bay Community Boat Shed by Chris Lester, the last of a long line of previous owners. She was named UNA in honour of a previous owner’s mother. The Spring Bay Community Boat Shed believes that the design of UNA was based on an American pattern runabout, a design at least 100 years old. She has been modified into a work boat by the addition of the fore and aft towing posts, and was used as such on Macquarie Harbour. After her transfer to Dover, she was refurbished and the large skeg added, along with a bigger motor. Again, she was used as a work boat. It is planned to install a modern diesel motor and gearbox and a replacement rudder. A forward control console will be fitted. The original Invincible motor will be restored to working condition as a static display. A new floor and seating will be provided. A sun canopy will also be fitted. Once restored, UNA will be kept on a mooring in Spring Bay, and used by the Spring Bay Community Boat Shed for on water activities, primarily in East Coast waters. UNA will also be trailer-able to other Tasmanian locations. The Spring Bay Community Boat Shed is based at The Village in Triabunna, and is part of the Eastcoast Regional Development Organisation Inc. Meetings are held most Monday mornings, and on other days as required. We are privileged to be responsible for a significant collection of small wooden boats from the Spring Bay area. LOD feet: 18 Hull Timber: Work Boat Type of Boat: Huon Pine State: Tasmania Built: c.1920 Location TBD Van Diemen

Name: Van Diemen Boat Owner: Ned Trewartha Designer: Bill Foster Builder: Ned Trewartha Description: 11 ft Rowing dinghy made from Australian Red Cedar and Silver Ash ribs. Silver Ash ribs bend bea utifully and did everything we asked of it LOD feet: 10 Hull Timber: Australian Red Cedar Type of Boat: Rowing Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 2019 Location Murray St. Car Park Page 54 Classic Yacht Association of Australia 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart Wagg Boat

Name: Wagg Boat Boat Owner: O.G.Wragg Designer: Iain Oughtred Builder: O.G.Wragg Description: Dinghy is Humble Bee design by Iain Oughtred. Clinker built ply. has been built to look more traditional with Blackwood ribs, copper nailed & roved, which add extra strength. Interior is finished in Deks Olje, oars are handmade of Blackwood &a Celery Top Pine. Exterior finish is Toplac marine enamel. LOD feet: 8 Hull Timber: Marine Ply Type of Boat: Tender Dinghy State: Tasmania Built: 2019 Loc TBD Wen

Name: Wen Boat Owner: Helen Batt Designer: Allen Witt Builder: Helen Batt Description: Wen was built as a retirement/carer project. I worked on the build 2 days a week for 18 months. My objective was to use my woodworking skills again after years of teaching, 8 years as a woodwork teacher. All aspects of the build was sequenced with building notes supplied by the designer Allen Witt. Wen rows very well and I’m very proud of her final finish. Her oar blades, rudder blade and centre board are all painted pink in recognition of breast cancer awareness. LOD feet: 14 Hull Timber: Marine Ply Type of Boat: Rowing Boat State: Tasmania Built: 2018 Loc Mures Wooden Fred Rubble Surfboard

Name: Wooden Fred Rubble Surfboard Boat Owner: Lachlan Hayes Designer: Mathew Farrell Builder: Lachlan Hayes Description: Last of the heavy weight Sharpies built in Tasmania. LOD feet: 5 Hull Timber: Surfboard Type of Boat: Himalayan Cedar State: Tasmania Built: 2018 Location PW1 Classic Yacht Association of Australia Page 55 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart

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