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8.9mt Cruising Yacht Farewell For Sale

Farewell For Sale $65,000.00 Contact; Steve Hall 0419120039 Year Built: 1998 Registration Number: 20117 Designer:  Noel Hall Builder: Noel Hall Length Overall: 8.90m (29’2”)      Beam: 3.1m       Draft (approximate):1.40m Farewell has been in the same family from new, and was regularly used for cruising in Southern Tasmanian Waters.  An entrant in the Australian Wooden Boat Festivals…
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Wooden Boat Guild Skeg newsletter Vol23/3 Oct-Nov-2021

Skeg Newsletter for October to December 2021 Featuring: Presidents report including: Presidents Dinner Christmas Barbecue WBGT in Strahan Short Battery Point Boat Shed report How we fund the Guild Trip report: Huon Cruise in Company Booroowanng inglorious demise Boyer Dinghy From the Editor's Bench For Sale Library and Sponsors Calendar Skeg-v23-3-Oct-Nov-2021.pdf
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Ross Patent Slip

The following is a draft research paper regarding the Ross Patent Slip, it origins and workings in Hobart's Battery Point. This could become a virtual reality production that would enhance the experience of visitors to the Battery Point Slips area. Research article regarding the Ross Patent Slip Napoleon St Battery Point
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Tamima

Tamima was designed by W D Bailey of Como NSW in 1929, a 30 ft canoe-sterned enlargement of the 27 ft transom-sterned Albatross he designed in 1927. The name Tamima means Albatross in Bruny Island native tongue. Her lines were published in Australian Motor Boat and Yachting during 1929. Tamima was built as a cruiser…
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