Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Phew! What a relief. Nirvana is launched and it all went really well. My biggest fear was a leak or a major tech problem - you all know how it goes with boats. It's all good until they touch the water. My expectation was a top speed in the low 20 mph bracket, so to see 27mph on Ross' GPS was very pl...

Following a big push over February, I can confidently now say that Nirvana is essentially finished and will be displayed at the Paynesville classic boat rally. I was frustrated with a string of dud 6 volt batteries, but eventually settled on a Optima Redtop battery. So a rework on the battery carrie...

No worries - we'll look after said boats for said people... if we remember what boats and who. What is the event again?

Great news. I'm sure that this will be a wonderful additional to the yacht rally .... er sorry, classic boat rally! Good work Craig.

Great to see the old girl out on the water.

Yes Raymond, I've booked in to Paynesville so will be there. Aside from an unexpected issue, Nirvana will be on the water & running.

Sure am Greg! It's been quite the journey, very satisfying, especially the run home. Thankfully I don't need to crawl up under the deck many more times... I hope.

The light at the end of the tunnel is pretty big now. A heap more tasks checked off this past week or so. Throttle cable brackets made & fitted up, choke cable is in, water temp gauge fitted, oil pressure gauge in, tachometer cable fitted off, fuel tank lag bolts in and today all the electrical ...

Guys - can we create a list of boats/drivers attending. I'm in with Nirvana. Who else?

The drive train is now all lined up & locked down. Skeg and log sikaflexed & bolted in. Fitted the log gland, transmission flange and safety collar. Tomorrow I'll lock wire the bolts on the flange and replace the log screws with the right ones (longer) when they arrive tomorrow. Lots of smal...