kelpie

[Snoo973]

Someone knows where to find infos (body lines maybe?) on a boat named "Kelpie"? Its apparently a 30' gaff cutter boat desiged by W. Fife around 1894, and now should be in Australia.
The only info i have are from an half hull builder' site:
http://www.sutcliffegallery.com.au/gen/Models.htm
and they are basically what i wrote above

T.I.A.

[TonyH]

Hmmm, I don't know where the lines etc are (I suspect the Australian National maritime Museum may have them if anyone does) but I know where the boat is - she sits on a mooring in Snails Bay (Balmain, Sydney Harbour) about 20 metres from the boat I occasionally crew on. Very pretty little boat, in good condition, sadly she doesn't seem to get much use these days - I've never seen her off the mooring (although I'm only there occasionally, of course).

Cheers

Tony Hunt

[shamrock]

Kelpie used to be owned (and possibly still is) by John Wood and you might try giving Jim Willet of the Wooden Boat Association a call on (02) 9874 8057 to track him down.

Cheers
John Coolahan