Tasmanian WBF Trip 2009. Thread 2.

[rufustr]

Also see Tasmanian WBF Trip 2009. Thread 1. http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93257

and Tasmanian WBF Trip 2009. Thread 3. http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2119433&posted=1#post2119433


The Wooden Boat Festival.

My favorite boat at the Festival this year was a small Launch named Latura.

These are photos of Latura I took at the WBF in 2007.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/CopyofWBSHOBART2007319.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WBSHOBART2007325.jpg


This is the photo board of the boat's history.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WBSHOBART2007323.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WBSHOBART2007322.jpg

[rufustr]

Another 2007 photo.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WBSHOBART2007320.jpg

[rufustr]

On Friday this year I managed to get some photos as she came into the dock after the parade of sail.

In the distance.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WOODENBOATFESTIVALTRIP2009022.jpg

At the entrance.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WOODENBOATFESTIVALTRIP2009023.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WOODENBOATFESTIVALTRIP2009024.jpg

In the docks.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WOODENBOATFESTIVALTRIP2009025.jpg

[rufustr]

I really like the detailed workmanship on this boat.

The Owner in the hatch in the foredeck.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WOODENBOATFESTIVALTRIP2009030.jpg

The bow.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WOODENBOATFESTIVALTRIP2009031.jpg

The cabin detail.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WOODENBOATFESTIVALTRIP2009032.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WOODENBOATFESTIVALTRIP2009034.jpg

[rufustr]

The cockpit aft.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WOODENBOATFESTIVALTRIP2009033.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WOODENBOATFESTIVALTRIP2009035.jpg

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/WOODENBOATFESTIVALTRIP2009036.jpg

[rufustr]

The owner has some photos on some web pages.

http://images.newsphotos.com.au/images7/Lores/96034433.jpg

http://www.boatregister.net/Latura(1924).htm (http://www.boatregister.net/Latura%281924%29.htm)




http://www.boatregister.net/Latura_files/Latura%281924%29_small.JPG
LATURA (1924)
Lew and Lizzie Garnham are looking for further information on the history of their handsome motor launch Latura. They lovingly restored the launch between 1998 and 2003.
The Garnhams have identified a number of previous owners, but want more information on when the boat was in the possession of those owners and anyone who might have been missed.

Original Name: LATURA
Propulsion: Screw
Type: Launch / day boat
Hull material: Wood (Huon Pine)
Year Launched: 1924
Builder: Bayes Bros
Place built: Battery Point Tas
Machinery type=Motor originally petrol Tilco 2 cylinder petrol, engine, then a Clae[ marinised Ford Prefect, then Holden Grey, currently 35 HP B -Marine diesel
Dimensions: 24' x 7' x2.5' depth

Owners: 1924-32 HENRY INKERMAN FEATHERSTON of Hobart, CLARK of Birches Bay, L. CHOPPING of Woodbridge, B.PRICE of Dover, BRIAN &JOY HOPE of Hobart, DAVID BOYES of Hobart, DR R. RAYNER, B MARDEN of Sorell & Dodges Ferry, 1982-96 PETER & KAY SIERZANT of Dodges Ferry, 1996 to date DR LEWIS GARNHAM of Hobart
Status: Restored and operating at Hobart, Tasmania.

[rufustr]

A thread on a similar boat from NZ has been started by it's owner Mark.

http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=2125934

[raiseddeck]

Check out some of the Atkin raised deck designs which look similar:

http://www.atkinboatplans.com/

" Chum
A 26' 3" Raised-Deck Cruiser
By William Atkin

A motor cruiser this time. A small one. With just enough room for two and with all the fixings needed for comfortable cruising. She is well under the government's taxation ruling, 26 feet 3 inches, and rather more shoal in draft than the average boat of this length. However, for all her lack of length and draft this little Chum is a friendly sister of the sea and can be depended upon to plug along under her modest power plant, blow high or blow low. "

[PeterSibley]

She certainly is lovely Rufus .I saw her enjoyed the detail but she's a motorboat:(....no masts , no sails !

Aside from that .......:) delightful !

[PeterSibley]

She certainly is lovely Rufus .I saw her ,enjoyed the detail but she's a motorboat:(....no masts , no sails !

Aside from that .......:) delightful !

[rufustr]

Peter,

I think the reasons I like her so much are these.

Wonderful style to the new superstructure.

Beautiful detail and workmanship so obvious all over the boat.

Great use of space for the size of the boat. She is 24 Ft. overall.

She was built originally in 1924 to a design by William Hand.

The owner rescued her from a paddock and painstakingly restored he in a sympathetic way without being a slave to the original.

She is obviously beautifully maintained and much used.

A small gaff rig could be installed as a steadying sail or as a means of propulsion on a suitable day.

I'd use a boat like that all the time while a small yacht might not get as much use.

She only draws 2 Ft. 6 In. so she is eminently suited to Moreton Bay, Pumicestone Passage, and the Sandy Straits.

Rufus.

[PeterSibley]

But you have to run the engine all the time ! I like engines , I have a mate who takes his boat all the way up the river to Ipswich .An old Yanmar /Lister clone 20hp at 1000 rpm .Very nice .I've motored up the bay in a dead calm but the thought of having to have one running all the the time ...I just can't countenance !:o

That aside , I agree wholeheartedly about the skill involved above ...beautifully done :).

[rufustr]

Well the idea would be that you didn't have to run the engine all the time, but I know where you are coming from.

My main priority would be that I use the boat all the time.

I have a friend with a Hess Serafynn that is absolutely beautiful, but he hasn't used it for 8 months for one reason or another.

Another mate and I sailed his dingy out to watch the start of the Brisbane to Gladstone race on Friday.

There were hundreds of boats out, but the marinas around Brisbane are full of boats that only move once or twice a year.

[PeterSibley]

Well that THE problem isn't it ? Boats and life .I have several friends with boats and none sail them as much as they would like , with one exception and that is a windsurfer .

The bloke at Ipswich sometimes has his 32 foot ketch on a mooring at Redland Bay ,70 odd k away ....and worries about the weather and dragging moorings .He'll get a few days in this Easter ,wet ,but sailing .Another bloke has his on a mooring outside his shop and still doesn't get away as much as he should .The family has other interests .

I know a very nice 18 foot doubleended open boat , sprit rigged that sits in a shed .The owner has a crock hip now .He used to sail it ,probably a few weeks a year on Sydney Harbour and the lakes .Not now and the kids aren't interested .

Depressing reality ....and I'm not sure a motorboat makes much difference over sail .My boat was started ,as are lot ,with the idea of oceans and maybe Patagonia .But Ellee had a stroke and I'm going to be a lot older before I'm free to feel big seas under any keel of mine .
I wish I wanted one of those lovely little 18 foot beach cruisers ....but I don't .I know I'd love it for a few months then when the Summer came and I started frying ,I'd loose interest .

No solution ,but fun :)
Peter

BTW ,I'll buy your friends Serrafyn .....or I'd like one , lovely little boats ,especially the gaff rigged Renagade .

[rufustr]

Mike, the Serafynn owner and builder, has just finished doing up his mast and I helped him put it back in.

He has changed his head sail to roller reefing and is waiting for his new sail.

I've been annoying him for a sail as soon as he gets the new sail, which should be in the next few weeks.

I think he is going to take the boat out of the water when he gets the sail, so I'm going to take lots of Piccies and I'll do a thread on the boat.

Peter, It"s the fact that we all have different tastes that makes Wooden Boat Owners so interesting.

[PeterSibley]

If it ever becomes possible I'd very much like a look at the Serrafyn ,especially the accomodations .With my "change of circumstance " I've been wondering if I'm going to be overboated !

[ShagRock]

Very nice wooden boat, indeed! Thanks for posting the photos!:)

[rufustr]

Peter,

The Serafynn is a beautiful boat and the workmanship is exceptional.

Mike built her himself, although the boats name is Matthew J after his son, so perhaps she is a he.

I 'll make it a priority to get some photos for you at the first opportunity.

Mike is a gentleman, I met him at the launching of the Blue Moon Yawl that I posted all the pictures of some time ago.

I saw him on Friday when I was returning from the start of the Brisbane to Gladstone and he was fiddling with his batteries.

I think Mike would be pleased to meet you, and perhaps a meeting could be arranged.

Perhaps we can press him for a sail.

He's getting used to my badgering him for a sail.

[PeterSibley]

Thanks Rufus , that would be appreciated .:)

So which do you prefer , (design wise ) Blue Moon or Serrafyn ? They are both of similar size aren't they ?

[PeterSibley]

I've been looking at this thread ,

http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12628

[rufustr]

Peter,

The Serafynn is a lot bigger boat than the Blue Moon, and if I was going to build a yacht I wouldn't build either of them.

The Blue Moon is cramped and quite small inside without standing headroom.

The Serafynn is roomy inside with a beautiful fitout and plenty of room and headroom.

You must remember that I have never sailed on either of these boats.

Whenever I have been offered a sail on the Blue Moon it has been at short notice and I havn't been able to get there.

Neither is particularly fast, although a 23 / 24 Ft. displacement boat is never going to be fast.

Mark built the Blue Moon carvel planked over frames, and Mike built the Serafynn cold molded.

The Blue Moon is Gaff Rigged with lots of strings.

The Serafynn has a Masthead Rig.

This is a photo Mark sent me of his Blue Moon Yawl.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/MARKPYE073_11_1.jpg

If I were to build a boat in this size range it would be Paul Gartside's Surprise.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/SURPRISE24.jpg

[PeterSibley]

Good comment and a good choice !

Here's a boat I really liked at the Hobart WBF ,a Fenwick Williams "Annie " .I spoke to the owner at the show , he's a long lean bloke about 6'3" :D .He's sailed her to Bali and back (with a woman companion IIRC ),maybe headroom for me , but definitely not for him .I'm 5'7".:o

http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL282/9443996/17245530/361167360.jpg

[rufustr]

A couple of links to Annies

http://www.woodenboatrescue.org/carview.php?view=87

http://www.woodenboatstore.com/prodinfo.asp?number=400-016

These are the issues of Wooden Boat that Annie was discussed in.

ANNIE (Fenwick C. Williams yawl): comments, 43:84

ANNIE (Fenwick C. Williams yawl): construction commentary, photos, 41:78

ANNIE (Fenwick C. Williams yawl): cover photo/Benjamin Mendlowitz, 41:0

ANNIE (Fenwick C. Williams yawl): letter by Art Brendze, 151:9

ANNIE (Fenwick C. Williams yawl): teak deck repair/Fred Bauer, 117:32

ANNIE (Fenwick C. Williams yawl): update (1999), photos, 150:38

[PeterSibley]

Thanks mate , a nice little boat for coastal sailing ...but a mite small and slow for going far I'd venture .That bloke in Hobart must be a patient man .:)

[rufustr]

I don't need a boat that will go far Peter, but I want a boat that I will use frequently and that gives me a lot of satisfaction and pride of ownership.

Aesthetics are very important, but the boat has to be practical as well.

Rufus.

[PeterSibley]

The frequency of use is a very personal thing ,compromising with family commitments ,ease of getting underway .

I fully expect to liveaboard at some stage ,at that stage frequency of use will be high ! Living here a 50 km drive from the nearest possible anchorage ,I know I would not use any boat as much as I should .

[rufustr]

I don't think I will have a problem spending a week or three at a time on a boat like this Peter.

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo39/rufustr/CopyofWBSHOBART2007319.jpg

[PeterSibley]

Buy or build Rufus ?

[rufustr]

I'm still open minded about that Peter.

I'd like to be able to trailer the boat, and to achieve that the hull would have to be relatively light and modern, but with a classic cabin structure and fitout.

I'll post on the forum when I finally start the project.

[Peter Duck]

G'day Peter; a good mate of mine has a really lovely Hess Renegade which he is reluctantly having to sell, if he can get the price that he's after. He's just moved it from Melbourne to Hobart, so he may now be getting some really worthwhile cruising done. If you're fair dinkum about wanting to buy one, I could ask him if it is still for sale.

[PeterSibley]

Peter ...not at this stage .I'm still spinning my wheels .Thanks for the thought .:)

Is it advertised somewhere ?