Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Some cool pics of old boats. My favorite is Firebolt. A stepped hydro design by Wackett (aeroplane designer). Firebolt was unique in as much as it had a puller prop in front of the step. The hull was powered by an Maybach zeppelin engine. It rolled on Rose bay probably becuase the motor was too tall...

A guy turned up here yesterday from the bush with a pic of a Frank Lewis skiffabout rear mount (Ford Cleveland powered)identical to the one I sold. Looked to be in good condition. The stuff is still around.

Ive been contacted by the organisers for at least 6 -10 vintage speedboats for the next show July 30. Ill keep everyone posted when I learn more. Dave

Atomic fired up tonight without too many dramas. The rest is in the hands of the Gods.

Well Atomic is up and running again. Hopefully it will last the distance.

I was out in the shed till 1.30 am getting Atomic ready. After the frustration of a bad set of heads and then random studs pulling through the block. Last night I decided to pull it all apart, Helicoil all the stud holes and put it all back together. Its now ready to fire up. Heres hoping its OK. To...

Darren Ive been sidetracked with doing a new motor for Atomic for the bridge race this weekend. To top it off I wasted a whole day today in court from 9am till my case was finally heard at 4pm. Now Im walking for the next 3 months. The bad news is I now dont have a job. The good news is I have heaps...

Got a friend out today and we spent the day stripping out the interior linings floors etc.. Found that all the battens on the starboard side had turned to powder. Looks like the copper nails affected them somehow. The funny thing is the port side is like new. Ive removed the transom planks and am go...

Thanks. Ill try the steam first and the polycure second.

I need some advice. If you look at the shot with my daughter in it you will see on the side of the hull some diagonal black marks. No matter what I do they wont sand out. Any ideas on how I can get rid of them? Im not keen on bleach.