Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

managed to get 3 and a third planks sanded before the Velcro pad and my sander kept throwing discs must have worn it out.
will fix sander and carry on tomorrow.

Thanks for the information phil I look forward to seeing a picture of Saturn to compare the two boats, I couldn't find any pictures of a boat called wildfire but did see a picture of a boat called firefly on the oz boat racers website. It will be interesting to see what information your mate has. ch...

good evening, the mystery skiff is now spotlessly clean on the inside and turned upside down for tomorrow nights festivities of sanding the hull in its wood heated shed. The poor old girl has been out in the cold for the last 3 weeks. have attached some pictures of the hull profile for interest. Hop...

probably in your shed when you had the boat, not sure its the trailer that goes with it, it dosen't seem to fit properly.
do you still own it ?. or did I buy it with the boat.
cheers Nathan.

cheers Dave,
I always try to spend at least an hour a day on it, hope to finish cleaning in the next few days and then I can turn it over and sand the underside and finish assessing the planks so I can start the major jobs.

spent most of the day cleaning the inside of the hull, I used a mixture of paint brush cleaner ( white spirits) and plaster of paris mixed to a consistancy like toothpaste, I the brushed it on enough to cover the surface. After a few hours it had turned brown from drawing oil and grease out of the b...

g'day Ross, It has pacific maple planks with a 3/16 plywood backing, The planks are 13 1/6 thick so with the plywood on them total thickness is 1/2 inch measured at the transom. The engine bearers are also laminated with 3/16 plywood, according to Ron Hodge they only laminated engine bearers in high...

Good evening Ron,
it will definitely be returned to a skiff, it should never have been butchered in the first place and turned into a runabout.
I am hoping to find out the boats original name and restore it back to its original layout and colour scheme.
regards Nathan

have been working on the black skiff each night carefully sanding looking for a name have sanded top 2 planks on port side. will probably brace the hull as it has no deck and get a few mates to help me turn her over so I can sand all planks and assess what needs to be done to repair them. will have ...

Good Evening Ron,
I was great to talk you this evening and I look forward to talking to you more in the very near future.
I am pretty sure this boat is one of your masterpieces and have attached the photos you would like to see.
Regards Nathan.