Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Engine bed removed over the weekend to show not all clean and dandy as the past images may have indicated! Used some caustic soda with a heavy duty scouring pad and gave the bottom planks to the hull a scub and the engine bed. Could be worth a go Brian to see if it assists with your oil issues? Chee...

Pop out so they fall back inside the boat obviously, or are you getting to be an expert at cutting and fixing perspex? Might have a job for you Bob, you know with all that free time you have! I have attached for everyone's interest the hinge bracket set up, the ply backing to the transom safely remo...

Hey Doc, ever been to Tasy? Got any free time? Thanks for all the info, it is certainly pointing me in the right direction. I got off to a good start because Bob sold me original Lewis windscreen brackets he obtained for the resto of Torea.

Chris.

Thanks again Doc and good to know. Hinges will replace hinges then, should be easy enough, might get marine grade stainless though. What about the windscreen, Bob has perspex in Turbo Fire, is that the norm re flex and possible cracking of glass?

Thanks for all the feedback! If I have a problem I now know 'the Doctor' will fix it! Hey Dave, I thought that might of been u in the cockpit of Torea in the Nostalgia pics, the full photos are clearly Yorke Peninsuyla! I have spent a bit of time there 10 years or so ago, mainly in Yorke Town, Edith...

Hi Doc and thanks. If you look back at the transom, there is also a smaller hole either side of the exhaust drain holes, are they linked to the same thing? The transom has a sheet of ply over the back, was that the norm? For Hooksters info, the weather good here as well but I have done a bit and hav...

When I booked two weeks ago I got the last cabin available, allegedly. I ran the other park there by mistake first and at that time they had plenty of accomodation but are about 2.5 k's from lake.

PS can you check out the club members only area about club issues for you information. thanks

Well its home and I can relax and now laugh about the one incident that threatened to delay my journey home with Torea. M daughter lives in Carlton but no off street parking. I was to stay with her Sunday before heading home on the Monday. I used her aunties home in Hawthorn which has a drive and ca...

Can someone enlighten me to what the extra small holes in the transom at bung level are for. Bob suggested they have been used to drain the exhausts with?

Right this will explain the current weather we are experiencing in Tasy. In fact a friendly warning to those in southern Tasmania re possible unseasonable weather that will effect this region for the next 12 to 24 months. It is likely during this period we will have heavy rain and strong winds, just...