Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Good on you Ray. Great pick up. Best you get this ready for Narrandera. It wouldn't be too hard to bring two boats now, one on a roof rack!

While not strictly "boat" work, i'm repairing the roof on my poor old Vanguard after one of the 2 TON straps i was using to secure Lighting 3 to my shed rafters broke causing the boat to come to rest sitting on the roof right on the curvature above the rear window. I tried pulling the two...

I wonder what the history is on it Ray? Interesting transom.

I've been struggling to get enthusiastic with the boats as so much other stuff gets in the way. The weather doesn't help. I know it'll never get done unless I do it so it will get the better of me. I have been busy buying on evilbay which is not good so I better get out there before I'm broke and ca...

Ok, what's everyone up to in their sheds this winter? It's too bloody quiet on here people so post up what your doing. Both of my boats are in bits so I'll need to pull my finger out before this up coming summer. 194592228_333987111708484_2712641154706046953_n.jpg 206894857_1349088358809463_75521155...

No not at all Will. Phil Irving designed the head so it could be plonked straight onto a standard grey. A picture is easier to detail the set up. The valves were actually not completely crossflow, more diagonal placement in the chamber. This allowed for a larger valves compared to what the bore diam...

Hi Will, I'll be using plain bushes in the rockers. Due to the larger size of the caged needle bearings we wouldn't have enough meat left on the rockers to maintain strength. It's not so much an issue with the exhaust rockers, but the inlets are very tight for room. Once we get the inlets machined I...

Thanks Bob. It's an exciting step finally after a lot of work and time. Im really looking forward to eventually turning the key but there's still a bit to go. I'm going to rework the lube system feed to the rockers so it's better regulated across both shafts.

Some progress today with the CNC machining of the exhaust rockers. I'm getting more toey than a roman sandal. 213657918_2876512325924245_6072362990552900053_n.jpg 214082914_985933945491856_434676727686768756_n.jpg 215367119_544891403355392_7832847635095760621_n.jpg 213874345_184495447025946_70574331...

Well before my time Greg but I did remember that I had a photo somewhere. It looks to be similar if not the same place as yours above. I don't have any details on it other than I found his pic at the Paynesville Maritime Museum. The second pic is a maybe. 138537375_1886098248212568_70620847813171350...