Classic Australian Wooden Power Boats

Welcome to the Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association's official website.

This site is here for all those interested in classic wooden powerboating in Australia. It covers speedboats, raceboats, racing skiffs, hydroplanes and anything else that floats, is made of wood, goes fast and makes a lot of noise doing it.

On offer on the site are pictures and articles of owner's boats, restoration projects, ordinary runabouts that have been in families for years, boats that are no longer extant but deserve a mention, old raceboats, past drivers and races, in fact anything about old wooden powerboats. Most pictures and articles are from contributors, people with a story to tell.

The Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association is made up of enthusiasts from all over Australia. We are a loosely formed group with little structure. This ensures a degree of freedom and helps avoid the burden of bureaucracy and insurance issues. If you are interested in becoming a part of our group, there is a link at the bottom of this page that will take you to our membership application page. You don't have to own a wooden power boat to become a member, but only wooden boats are permitted at our "gatherings".

A large part of this website is our Bulleting Board (link elsewhere). The BB provides a forum to exchange information on the wooden powerboat scene in Australia as well as among our group. While you do not have to be an Association member to use the Board, it is encouraged.

Subscribers to the Association also receive the Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association's newsletter, "THE HOLLOW LOG", which is published every three months.

I hope you enjoy this website.