Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Good evening all,
Can anyone please tell me where a good place to buy 200 x 35 pacific maple / meranti from.
Cheers Nathan.

I have been playing with stains myself and I don't like the colour the mahogany stain is, it looks too artificial. Maybe try mixing the walnut and mahogany stains ie 90% mahogany 10 % walnut and test it on some scrap timber to see how it looks and just keep playing with different ratios until you fi...

G'day Rayza,
I haven't decided on the engine yet, I will keep researching names while I restore the hull and if nothing has come up by then, probably a 350 chev because they are easy to get.
cheers Nathan.

Thanks for that, I will be getting them from boatcraft pacific or classic boat supplies.

Thanks Dave, I thought most of them were, its hard to tell from the pictures what they are. Could you please let me know which ones are 16 footers. You have mentioned previously that the hull is similar to mouse, one Mouse was 13 foot 6, is it possible there may have been another one built later tha...

The Port top plank is now faired off with the inner gunwale, I have back drilled through original holes in the next plank down through the new top plank to 3/32 so they can be drilled to size later once the new ribs are in. The plywood is now glued on the outside so I can move on to removing the nex...

Good evening all, I have short listed some potential names for the mystery skiff through research looking at old racing pictures and the archived hollow log newsletters. Can anyone tell me which of the names are not a 16 foot Lewis skiff, or are accounted for. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...

have shaped top plank roughly to its correct shape, it is clamped and hopefully if I leave it a few days it will keep the shape a little before I glue the plywood on it and clamp it back in place. Once the glue dries it should hold its shape and I can do the final shaping.

I removed the port top plank and I found some of the ribs look like they have been damaged in a collision at some point.
was it common for boats to run into each other racing?.
If they didn't run into each other that often it may help to narrow down a name for the boat.

very nice, I suspect it may be a plastic though