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Huon Pine ketch rig motor-sailer Margaret Ellen

Margaret Ellen is a 38ft Huon pine ketch rigged pilothouse motor-sailer with a Gardner 4LW diesel. An R. H. ‘Dick’ Thompson (Launceston) design, built by Geoff Hiscock at Tamar Marine, Tasmania in 1970  Contact: Michael Baker, Phone 0438346115 Price: AU $80,000  “ALL REASONABLE OFFERS CONSIDERED” Dimensions: Length 38' (11.58m) oa; Beam 3.8m; Draft 1.6m Displacement:…
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WBGT Presidents Dinner Awards 2022

The Awards Results were; David Murphy Awards were conferred on Millard Ziegler and Ross Barnett, for exceptional services aligned to the Guilds Objects over many years. [caption id="attachment_24668" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Barb Murphy Presenting Ross Barnett with his David Murphy Memorial award. Photo Dallas Manning.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_24667" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Barb Murphy Presenting Millard Ziegler and Ross…
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MMAPSS Photogrammetry Project – Mayfair

Mayfair (1930) - REVISED Type: Motor launch Built: Strahan, Tasmania, 1930 by Harry Grining. 1487 Tonnage: 4.5 Dimensions: 32.8 oa x 8.6 x 3.0 feet Engines: 25-35-h.p. Invincible = 9-10 knots; (by 1970) Lister diesel, 27-b.h.p. Owners: Harry Grining; late 1940s Morrison Brothers. Harry Grining built Mayfair for his own use as a tender in…
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MMAPSS Photogrammetry Project – Iola

Iola ex Aeola ex Iola ex ? (c1930s) Type: Auxiliary gaff-rigged sloop yacht, ex fishing vessel Built: Tamar River, Tasmania, c1930s by David Hudson Dimensions: 16 feet Owners: Hudson; c1940 Geoff Tyson; 1940s Cyril Cameron; later Gordon Tyson; 1979 Gerry Wittingham; late 1980s James Cornwall; … ; 2021 Cameron family. This little Huon pine cod…
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Wooden Boat Guild Skeg newsletter

Skeg Newsletter for April 2022, Skeg V23 #7 Featuring: Presidents report. AWBF Maritime Trail,Piner Punt model making Workshop Presentation by Barbara Frankel, Wooden Rope Making Machine, Australis Knots Tasmanian Specialty Timber, Wooden Boat Board Bank Next Rowing Day and Triabunna report From the Editors Work Bench, Volunteer article requirements & Battery Point Boat Shed Boats…
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Wooden Boat Guild Skeg newsletter

Skeg Newsletter for March 2022, Vol 23 #6 Featuring: About the Guild President’s Report Little Swanport trip reports “Drop the Pilot” the story of MV Goondooloo A Rudder article: “Dead Water” From the Editors Desk ... Boats for Sale Library and Sponsors Calendar Skeg-v23-no6-Mar-2022.pdf
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Boyer Dinghy For Sale

For sale or lease (members only) Boyer Dinghy (aka green dinghy) The Guild’s Boyer dinghy has been restored (by Rob Nolan) and is now available for a free lease to members or sale to members or secondly sale to the general public. Boyer has provenance and the dinghy’s construction is unique. She is batten seam…
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