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Trawler Yacht 585 AFT CABIN
Designer
Bruce Roberts
BUILD FROM PLANS AND FULL SIZE PATTERNS IN WOOD / EPOXY
CLC Kaholo 12-6
Builder Name:
George Brindle
A fun and easy winter season build of the Chesapeake Light Craft Paddleboard from plans and a frame kit. I really wanted some colours that popped, hence the orange patterned cloth and blue grip pads. Total build time was probably less than 75 hours.
BONITO
Year Built:
1925
Built in Berrys Bay Sydney Australia by WM Boatbuilders in 1925 Now moored in Prince of Wales Bay Marina, Hobart Tasmania
Sailboats
International Class Dragon Sailing Yacht
Full restoration (2004-'08) of 1940 Borreson. Length 29.2ft. Beam 6.4ft. Double planked, fiberglass encased below water line. Harken hardware, North sails. Exterior is varnished wood with gold cove stripe. Cedar mast. Comes with excellent dual axle trailer. Asking $35,000.
Free Boats
JOHN ALDEN DESIGNED CATBOAT
Built 1951, Overall length 32 feet, Length on deck 30 ft., Beam 11 ft., Draft 3 ft centerboard up, 7 ft 6 inches down. Hull: Cape Cod Catboat with trunk cabin (design #870). Cedar planks on oak frames. Lead ballast. Bronze fastenings and bolts, also galvanized bolts.
Sailboats - Cruising
WOTAMA
Year Built:
1967-1974
WOTAMA is a 38' 6" auxiliary ketch, built 1967-1974 by Cyril and Margaret Wriede in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia to the 1947 design of Edward R Weber, then of Norge Boats Inc, Darien CT (published in The Rudder, January 1950, pp 62-63).