Tasmanian WBF Trip 2009. Thread 3.

[rufustr]

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

and Tasmanian WBF Trip 2009. Thread 2. http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93510

A lovely classic Workboat that attracted my interest was the Riawe built in 1912 and lovingly owned and cared for now by Linda and Lindon Haigh.

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[rufustr]

The Owners provided their thorough history of their very lovely boat.

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[The Bigfella]

Great story Rufus.

I love the look of her with the sail and no wheelhouse

[rufustr]

There were dozens of timber or wooden fishing boats in the docks during the festival, some taking part, and some that use the docks as their home port.

A fishing boat with sailing rig.

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Note that a cabin has been built where there would normally be a wet well on these boats.

[rufustr]

Some lovely workboats came and went.

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[rufustr]

In Straughn, I came across this old Cray boat.

Talking to a bloke who was putting a new bottom on an alloy plate workboat in a nearby shed, I discovered she was owned by a retiree who had been restoring her until his health deteriorated.

The boat had sunk at its mooring and had only been refloated the week before.

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[shamus]

Nice thread.
Another very old fishing boat is the 'Viking' built, I think, about 1893. Built as a 'cutter yacht', there are photos of her in the yacht club racing, later had a wheelhouse fitted & a Ford 80hp motor and worked on the South and West coasts as a cray boat. I did about 12 or 15 trips on her in the late 70s. The owner who had her then has retired, I know, and I wonder if he's let her registration lapse. She was about 40 ft x 9ft x6 ft, and rolled a bit in those big swells you get on the west coast, but she liked to surf coming home across the south coast, though that made the skipper a bit nervous.
I'll have to see if I can find a photo of her.

[rufustr]

Some more photos from Straughn showing the cray boat and some old hulks that looked to me like old coal or gravel barges.

Just quietly rotting into the harbour.

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[PeterSibley]

Thanks Rufus ,Tas has the best looking workboats in the country ! Very pretty .

[Tom Galyen]

Rufus,

The boat info you listed in post #5 of this thread was returned to its owners on the very day I was born, August 29, 1944. I had nothing to do with that however.

Tom G. (Seaweed)

[WX]

Thanks Rufus, I'll make it down there one day...probably have sail down given the state of my bank account:D

[RFNK]

the very day I was born, August 29, 1944. I had nothing to do with that however.

Lazy little bugger! :eek:

[gannett]

We are also the proud owners of a Ned Jack!
"The GANNETT is featured on our cruising website.
http://www.sailing-story.com/boat-building-gannett-ivy.php
She is waiting patiently for us as we ended up in Satun, Thailand,
where Mike worked for three years as the Head Shipwright on the
CARIAD restoration project.
http://www.cariad1896.com/
http://www.sailing-story.com/gaff-ketch-yacht-cariad.php
We are now restoring a "Cornu Classic" "EIGER" initially in
the yard at Satun but are now completing her whilst cruising around!
Great to see some shots of Hobart!
cheers

[rufustr]

Thanks for those links Gannett and welcome to the forum.:cool::cool: