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Sunday, February 10. 2008

Chuck the duck

Well Chuck and Sandra's visit went well. We had about 7 JW boats at Plimmerton on Sunday. Chuck got to sail in Pat Quin's 6m Whaler and Richard Schmidt's Navigator. We then spent a few hours at Peter Murtons boat building business looking over his collection of classic boats in various stages of repair. Peter is also building a steam engine to put into his century old motor launch.Whaler



We ended the day seeing over 'Faith' - a 70 year old solid teak motor sailer in Evan's Bay and seeing a rebuild job that Bernie Perano is helping with in Island Bay. It was imported from Canada and has some interesting features.



You can see Chuck's photos here.
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Thursday, February 7. 2008

Duckworks Boats - NZ visit

Chuck and Sandra from Duckworks Boat Building Supplies are visitng NZ. They will be staying with me Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th Feb .

Richard Schmidt has announced a get-together Sunday morning 10am at Plimmerton. We are hoping to get a few builders and owners of John Welsford designed boats together for a sail and general chit-chat. Right now the weather forecast points more to a few hours of talking and mutual admiration at the Plimmerton Boat club, Karehana Bay than any significant voyages around the bay.

Anyone interested in boatbuilding of small boats is welcome to come along.
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Saturday, February 2. 2008

Towards a Resolution

Charlie Whipple's Resolution is getting closer - keel is cast and rails fitted.
Take a look


Resolution on 30-01-2008 - rubrails etc
Rubstrakes etc fitted

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