At the January General Meeting held at the Montrose Bay Yacht Club Gary Roberts gave a presentation about building his model boat the “Vincent Dee”. The “Vincent Dee” is a Clyde Steam Puffer. Gary is a member of the Marine Modellers Association - Tasmania came into being around 1969-70 and was started by three model…
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WBGT General Meeting Presentations 15th April 2019 about Terra Linna’s Restoration and History.
At the General Meeting on the 15th of April Graeme Broxam made a presentation outlining the History of Terra Linna, our 1882 ARHV 88. As well. Peter Higgs made a presentation about the restoration process. Both presentation were received well by members present. However, both are quite large files and as such, each presentation has…
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WBGT visit to Franklin Wooden Boat Centre for the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building’s work on a Haven 12 1/2
Visit to the Wooden Boat Centre at Franklin Members gathered at Franklin on 16th Jan. 2019 to view the USA Boat Builders engaged by AWBF 19. Led by Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building Chief Instructor, Sean Kooman, a team of USA Boat Builders are building 2 X Haven 12 1⁄2 ‘s to order by…
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Using Photogrammetry for the production of Boat Lines
Recently the Maritime Museum of Tasmania implemented a project to explore the potential of using Photogrammetry for the recording of boat lines. previously under the guidance of Peta Knott MMT did similar using the Laser Total Station method to capture the 3D features of boats. Although Successful it was an expensive project. Since then the…
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The continuing origins of the Piner’s Punt Story!
What are the origins of the Tasmanian Piner’s Punt? For some time there have been opinions that it was used in the Huon whilst others claim it was designed and built by Doherty and his sons in Port Davey, Strahan, and subsequently became the Piner’s Punt of the West Coast Piners. Recently, Brian Marriott circulated…
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