A Tasmanian experience

[hookster]

Looks great admiral

[NPeth]

Looking great Chris. Can you give me some details about how you finished it of- stain?, varnish? boat coat etc. Did you use some kind of sealant like 3m 5200 between the planks and so on. I have holidays soon and am hoping to get onto my clinker Grumpy and finish the inside and outside of the hull so all any tips and information would be greatfully received.
Regards
Nick

[Chivs]

Hi Nick! Pretty much yes to all your questions, I did squeeze 3M 5200 between the planks, the keel was caulked so I pulled all that out and replaced with oakum and sealed with the 5200. The go for the stain is (check with Ross - Screwit) and mix some brickies red oxide into the varnish, I didn't trust my color blindness to do this, and scored some rosewood stain and have sealed it with Feast Watson Marine Spar varnish, a few in the club have used this, including the Hookster and I think it's ideal for our applications?

When restoring wooden boats you must love sanding and painting, then you must really love sanding and painting and lastly you must really, really love sanding and painting.

Cheers Nick

[Chivs]

Ahoy all, another news letter from the Hobart Wooden Boat Festival, for those interested, in it registrations are now open and close October 2012 Amazing considering the event is not held until February 2013.

Go to www.australianwoodenboatfestival.com.au

Click on HOT NEWS and then click on May 2012 e news.

Hope you find it interesting

Chris

[Chivs]

While I am on a roll, borrowed the Classic Boat magazine dated January 2012, the Special souvenir edition from my local Library to be very surprised to find the following article in Overseas news page 25

Australia
V8 power in the outback

On the weekend of the 29 and 30 October, the Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association held its 2011 Annual Regatta at Lake Talbot, in the heart of the Bush and hundreds of miles from anywhere reports James Nichols. That did not stop 24 boats attending, including James with his Italian built 1956 Donoratico ski boat Cesilde. One owner brought his 1930s launch Tomboy (pictured) all the way from Hobart, Tasmania.
The event, with plenty of banter, beer and boats, attracted one other Italian boat Cassata, a 1958 Abbate. The rest, naturally, we're Australian racing skiffs, runabouts and hydroplanes. One thing all Australian owners had in common was their love of big, noisy engines and speed. The roar of big V8 engines in small, wooden boats was unforgettable.

Thanks James for obviously sending the magazine the story and photo.

I will try and something clever and put a photo of the page on the board. If anyone got the magazine and do not want it, I will be happy to buy it off you etc, that is if I forget to return it to the Library.

Chris

[Greg]

Chivs

James did mention doing an article for one of the European magazines and this was obviously it. Fantastic that they would write us up. I am nervous now, though, about the inundation of entries we are going to receive from Europe for this year.

Greg

[Chivs]

Ahoy there Greg, yes very surprised to see it in their magazine, dare I say it, but its a bit 'high brow'!

Then again people do need tenders to get to their 100 foot vessels.

I will try to attach the image and text from the magazine, cheers, Chris.

[Chivs]

And here is the cover page of the magazine!

[Bob Vic]

Well done all round to get the exposure in this iconic magazine. I reckon it is the skipper's hat that did the trick Chivs....

Greg.... there will be inquiries from all over Europe looking for 5 star accommodation in Narrandera this year.

Bob

[hookster]

Bloody Tomboy again!!!! And the Rear Admiral at the helm as well I would have thought The Worry would typify our image more appropriately