Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Lewis Skiff-abouts were more in the size of 16 to 17 feet in 1965. The larger 18 feet hulls I recall came around 1970 and were Fibre glass bottoms with either wooden or glass decks and then were all glass so believe it would be closer to 1970 than 1955.

You would be correct to doubt the year and rear engined boats in the fifties is questionable also.
Lewis did not believe in rear engined boats even in the middle 1960,s when Everinghams started to win in this style , they still built big Skiffs like Ronda Babe.

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Not plastic - not a Stephens . All the inspiration for the Stephens line did come from Everingham though.

Wild Woody

Any guesses on who built this one ?

Good profile , reasonable hull depth , not to deep and full width wooden adjustable Cav plate similar to late 60,s Everinghams ???

Wild Woody

Another good looking Hull with interesting stem and deck profiles and cav plate and dashboard design. Great thing about wooden boats they are all different.

I believe thats the original owner , anyone know what happened to it ?

Named HI TENSION , built around 1969 period , original home Sydney area.
Length 17 ft 6 inches
Beam 6 ft 7 inches
Trans 5 ft 7 inches
Full width Metal Cav plate
Colour Holden Premier Blue



Something to ask about and enjoy the hunt.

Wild Woody

This photo by Bob Carter shows the same Hull

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