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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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