Little Gaffers - Wooden Boat Association NSW
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Little Gaffers - Wooden Boat Association NSW
Photo Falmouth oyster boat with cabin Our Pittwater column returns! See inside this issue Alan Williams - Design Matters Part 2 - Little Gaffers April 2012 Scuttlebutt The Cairns Report - Good news to report; one of our members Don Roberts has just had his 90th birthday and also that Don is making a full recovery from a recent bout of pneumonia. Don assures me he will be at our April general meeting. Fifty of our members and guests came along to the March general meeting to hear a very informative talk by Shipwright/Naval Architect Noel Riley on the topic of “Developing Hullforms of Yesterday’s Timber Vessels.” Noel explained how he obtained sufficient information on a vessel Mary Ellis from National Archives and then used computer aided drafting (CAD) to draw Mary Ellis’ hull lines. Noel had on display a beautiful half hull model he had built of this particular vessel and also on display was another fine half hull model of the Bell Bird. For our April meeting, the guest speaker Mr Carl Ryves a former Australian Olympic sailor, will address our meeting with a talk titled “Designing & Building a 24foot Honduras Mahogany Speedboat”. It promises to be an interesting talk, Carl will bring along a hull model and a Lines Plan of his speedboat Rhapsody in Blue. I hope all of our members can attend this meeting. A reminder that a Build a Boat Survey 2012 was included with the March edition of Scuttlebutt, would you please take the time to fill out the form and post or fax it to the WBA. The postal address is WBANSW PO Box 884 Gladesville 2111 and the fax number is (02) 98793990. Our Committee is looking for nominations for the 2012 Hal Harpur award. Further details of this worthy award can be obtained through the Editor of Scuttlebutt, Chris Goddard. The WBA end of year dinner will be held on Tuesday 11th December 2012 in the club’s dinning room at the Gladesville Bowling & Sports Club. The sit down evening dinner will comprise turkey& ham with vegetables & gravy, Xmas pudding with brandy custard, tea or coffee, cost $25/head. Over the coming months we will be compiling a list of names of those members & guests interested in attending the end of year dinner. A social event has been arranged for members & their guests on Saturday 19th May 2012. It will be a BBQ & movie night, showing the movie “White Squall” and shown inside Simon Sadubin’s boatshed at Chowder Bay, Port Jackson. Members can be transported by Andi Morgan’s boat Pathfinder; pick up of members will be at various wharf locations i.e. Gladesville, Balmain & Pyrmont. Passenger numbers aboard Pathfinder are limited to 40; or if you wish you can travel to Chowder Bay by car. If you are interested in attending the movie night and wish to go via Pathfinder please phone Andi Morgan on 0416279887 to reserve your place. Further details including wharf departure times and movie starting time will be advised in the May issue of Scuttlebutt. There is a saying “Your trash may be someone else’s treasure”, why not contact the Scuttlebutt Editor Chris Goddard and perhaps place an advertisement in The Buy Swap and Sell section of Scuttlebutt. INSIDE THIS ISSUE 2 Presidents Report The Cairns Report Pittwater Pirates Design Matters Little Gaffers Part II 2 2 3 4 5 Buy, Swap and Sell Guest Speaker On the Horizon & Rhumb Line Reg, Gilli & Chris Dicker I have been wanting to write about RLR for a long time but my respect for the law has deterred me. He is an ex detective sergeant or sergeant detective and knows His rights. We planned a trip across the Coral Sea and though Reg was heading for the Kimberly he invited himself along. Before long we were actually going with him. Reg was certainly an experienced sailor, he once anchored off the coast somewhere and went to bed, he woke up with no land in sight. We were to witness his anchoring prowess on several occasions. One particular time we were anchoring off an idyllic little island in the Conflict Group, PNG, Westwind had got a hold in the steeply shelving sand but Reg had dragged out into deep water and was dangerously close to the reef. He came back in for another go and we could hear his wife, Lulu, yelling and screaming and Reg retaliating with all guns blazing. That is putting it mildly! As is usually the case the atmosphere on Westwind was calm and relaxed when we saw over the top of the books we were reading a catamaran drifting out towards China and with no apparent action on board. We hoisted the dinghy over and I had to row flat out to catch them. Reg and Lulu were sitting about as far apart as you can get on a 35’ boat and looking very despondent. Their sounder showed 40 metres and they had 20 metres of chain swinging in the tide. “What’s the go”, I ask, “anchor won’t hold” one of them says. It was the most exquisite day and we were in a far flung paradise, so much so that we look back on that place, sun drenched, turquoise water and a tropical breeze wafting over a lazy afternoon as if it belongs in a dream. Sometimes all people need is a little support, I helped Reg haul the 20 metres of chain in and Lulu fired up the engines, we headed back to the steep white beach, Lulu on the helm, she starts yelling that we are a bit close then starts screeching and I felt eternally grateful for all the forces of fate and circumstance that brought me my wife Gilli. “OK, drop her now” I say to Reg, he drops her (the anchor, not Lulu) and I call for both engines astern, the anchor bites and I jump in our little dinghy and row back to the real world, which is surreal anyway. Rhumb line Reg cursed the bad luck that blew out all his sails, lost a propeller in 50 meters of water and numerous other calamities but I would be more than happy to have his amazing luck. Pittwater Pirates Brian Hunter & Geoff Docker W NE Presidents Report Alan Stannard Association Members Geoff Docker and Brian Hunter convened a meeting with the view to increase boating activities for wooden boat owners on Pittwater. The first Friday Skippers meeting was attended by six enthusiastic starters and two apologies were received from other keen skippers who were unable to attend that afternoon. The meeting was held in Geoff’s business workshop at Mona Vale which is a great venue being a wood working shop with lots of stacked timber, sawdust, machines etc. One corner of the shed is currently occupied a gorgeous putt putt in the final stages of restoration. Along the opposite wall a bench was stacked with glued up laminated deck beams for the 6metre class YEOMAN which Geoff is totally rebuilding in an annexe at the front of the shed. YEOMAN is almost ready for turning right side up after epoxy sealing the bottom of the hull is completed. The shed is a great atmosphere for wooden boat enthusiasts to hold a meeting so after a sausage sizzle and a few beers were consumed it was voted that the Friday meeting would be a regular thing to discuss and plan future activities and men’s secret business. The second meeting Friday the 16th March had seven attendees and two apologies, the agenda moved along and an Easter event was planned. This starts of Good Friday the 6th April 12noon rendezvous in Towlers Bay to spend the night and Saturday sail in company up to Yeoman’s Bay for a raft up, off course all woodies are invited if you are in Pittwater just join the group where it suits you, we won’t be hard to find just look for WBA burgees. There promises to be much discussion over the weekend about a course for a race home on Sunday or Monday. Skippers at the meeting were charged with networking with as many other woodies to get a good roll up. It is envisaged we will shortly set a calendar for the rest of the year with input from skippers coming to the Friday meetings which all woodies are invited to attend, there is already discussion about sailing to Hobart for the festival in February 2013. For more info ring Geoff 0414479714 or Brian 0417208830 happy boating......Splinter. Pittwater Pirates Logo by Alan Williams. Thanks Alan! Beautiful Ginara Islet 6 7 7 Rumbline Reg heading for China, me in hot pursuit, taken in the Louisiades 3 Little Gaffers Design Matters Alan Williams Alan Williams, ( Quirky ) continues his series on design matters. I wonder if anyone reading this can help me out. I recall a few lines of a poem from school days, but not the author nor anything else about it except that the writer was planning to retire to the coast, somewhere Golant gaffer, strip plank design. The Itchen Ferry “west facing where I shall keep a dainty craft In which to dart and dream“ Interesting how a handful of words can hang around in your brain for years and set the imagination going….In my mind’s eye I could see that this would be me and the Quirky & crew aboard Stormy... about to dart and dream boat was always a little gaffer ‘Whoops, just broke the gaff jaws.’ with tan sails. Probably of West Country workboat origin. Since I first read those lines 60 years ago, it is encouraging to see that the stock of little gaffers, rather than becoming an endangered species, may even have increased. Here in Australia we have the wonderful Couta Boat embodying everything that one could Couta Boat - Thistle, a dainty craft!. wish for in a wholesome little vessel...Our recent viewing of that excellent DVD showed us how brilliantly they were conceived to meet the requirements of their noble calling: supplying the fish and chip industry to feed Melbourne day trippers. They were fast, to bring the catch back in fresh condition, stable, even with a centre board and shallow draft. A bit of internal ballast and plenty of beam helped here and the beam gave them the carrying capacity for a ton or two of barracuda. Replicas are being built and it is a strict condition of the class association that all construction methods must follow the original boats. Plank on frame, no hollow spars nor any fibreglass allowed. If you want to cheat, and build something 4 similar, but trailerable in strip plank, David Payne’s 17 foot Snapper boat deserves your attention. Alan, The Couta boats resting at the SASC Gaffers Day 2011 Golant gaffer, foredeck. Over in the Solent that separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland, they faced even choppier conditions than Port Phillip Bay .You get a lot of wind against tide when you have four tides a day. To fish in these lumpy conditions, year round, the Itchen Ferry was evolved. Similar in size to the couta boat but with just a bit more draft and no centre board. They were cutter rigged and had their staysail bowsed down to a curious iron bumbkin that ran alongside the bowsprit. These fishermen were expert sailors and during the summer months often gave up the pleasures of handling dead fish for white flannels and well paid jobs of crewing on those vast racing yachts they had between the Wars. Moving westward to the wonderful Fal estuary, even today, oysters are legally required to be harvested from little gaff rigged open boats. Some may be over a hundred years old but the local firm of Gaffers and Luggers has been churning out copies in that hull substance we don’t want to talk about. But they look just as good as the originals. In the same way that the Mazda MX5 and others have brought topless two seatering to drivers who were not alive when MG and other long dead marquees were making the bare knuckle originals, it is always interesting to see how traditional designs can The Falouth oyster boat with cabin. be used as a basis for modern creations. Just as the modern two seater motorist and that includes me, has little interest in chasing 15 grease nipples every 1,500 miles, there are many sailors who appreciate all the strings and pleasures of gaff without having to hammer caulking into their garboard seams. Strip plank and clinker ply bring the idea of building your own boat to the DIY craftsman who has just put up his first set of shelves. You probably didn’t expect to hear from again, but I me have been bu sy trying to out the woode sort n Shrimper but I am af that I have raid been baulked by the new ow of Cornish Cr ners abbers who have now re the design an gistered d name of th e Cornish Shrim preventing an yone from co per pying it even although I do me n’t get any de sign fees! Having recent ly had severa l people ask about a woo ing den Shrimper I decided not beaten and to be started on th e id boat of simila ea of a revi sed r size but w ith a differen hull shape, t motor position , centreboard and a hand y rig I have etc. attached a of a prelimin copy ary drawing for you to lo and would be ok at interested in any commen you may have ts . Just to let yo u know we have decided build one an to d have now h ave a friend ours who hope of s to start w ork on one as Plans are w well. ell on and I will shortly be printing off the full size sections etc. best regards, Roger. The Cornish based architect Roger Dongray has designed more than his fair share of modern gaffers. His original container sized 19 foot Shrimper was built in clinker ply to suit his own family needs. Since then, this and nearly a dozen of his other designs have being made in fibreglass. It is a sad fact of life that when this happens, the design is no longer available to the vegetable fiber enthusiasts. To overcome this, Roger has produced the jaunty 19 foot Golant Gaffer for strip plank construction and the clinker ply Golant Prawner which embodies 30 years of experience and feedback from the Shrimper and others. Lovely. But I miss the Shrimper’s porthole. The Cornish Shrimper. The 19 foot limit was not intended to fit them into a 20 foot container, that’s the maximum length he can build in his garage. All lovely little gaffers in which to ‘dart and dream’. Now who on earth was it that wrote those lines? BUY SWAP and SELL Cutter rigged yacht MAGIC well known festival and classic yacht regatta participant that outperforms other yachts her size regularly. Custom design and built to a very high standard by a perfectionist , Magic is 35’ LOA, 28’ LOD, 8’9” beam, 5’ draft. Constructed with King Billy Pine hull and ply decks and sheathed with dynal and epoxy she is as good as when launched in 1997 after many sea miles. The coach house is solid Silky Oak, this together with Mahogany and Merbau, creates a warm traditional varnished interior. Quality furnishings and fittings together with specially made bedding and SS cooking pots to fit the stove complete the comfortable functional interior layout . Great galley with Origo stove, 12V frig and plenty of cupboards and good worktops. Magic has 4 berths, private toilet with holding tank option and plenty of storage and is totally dry below decks for comfortable cruising. Electrics include 2 separate battery banks, solar panels and VSR smart charge system, near new VHF with DSC, Colour Chartplotter (Full Aust Charts), Depth sounder, Autohelm, DVD/TV/CD stereo, lights everywhere. All the usual gear with 2 anchors plenty of chain and anchor winch. Sails and diesel engine are in good condition as is all the gear. Spares and tools and rubber ducky with outboard included. Must sell, looking for offers around $55000. Phone Brian Hunter 02 99793873 (evenings) or 0417208830. WBA members may place a non-commercial ad free of charge if the member’s name and phone no. appear. Non-members are charged $20 for a text ad (maximum 25 words). $30 with a picture. Ads will run for two issues, members ads longer if you ask for an extension. Submissions close on the 20th of each month NOTE Items for free. NO Charge. Contact Editor see page 7 for details. FOR SALE: Putt putt, 19ft with 5HP Simplex engine. Hull considered sound but needs minor repairs and painting. Best Offer. Phone Marcus 0414 870 821 or 02 4283 3489 FOR SALE: 36’ Trawler project. Spotted Gum hull, Celery Top Pine laid decks with ply overlay with fibreglass sheathing. Merringannee is in sound operable condition with much recent work completed. Built by Kemp and Cunningham in 1979 for offshore trawling. Comfortable 4 berths and toilet in forecabin, wheelhouse has small galley and storage, new equipment for outside bbq galley supplied plus other materials, genset and tools. Good project with plenty of potential. Power is Volvo MD100b 150HP diesel ,reliable and economical, with 3:1 Twin Disc gearbox driving a 35”x26” 4 blade prop thru a 3” dia prop shaft. She has stacks of power and cruises easily at 9kts at 800RPM with fuel consumption 7ltrs/hr. POA currently seeking offers around $47000. For more details contact Brian Hunter 0417208830. Mr. Noel Riley a Shipwright and Naval Architect, explained the process of making a half hull model from a ships build data, tonnage lengths, transverse framing arrangement etc and using a ‘free to download computer program’, producing laminate drawing data. We are so so lucky to have passionate people like Noel, keeping alive the true beauty of days gone by.... Thanks Noel. Peter Muras & Nigel Renfrew have joined our association. Welcome! The Wooden Boat Association of NSW inc. Members Monthly April 2012 www.wbansw.org.au Meets at the Gladesville Bowling and Sports Club, the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7:30 pm Next Meeting Tuesday 10th April Guest Speaker - Carl Ryves Designing & building a 24’ Honduras mahogany speedboat The Wooden Boat Association of NSW inc. PO Box 884 Gladesville NSW 2111 FOR SALE: 16’ putt putt. Built 2011 in Huon Pine & Spotted gum. As new Vire 6hp marine engine with gearbox. New trailer, oars, life jackets, anchor and rope, stainless petrol tank etc. For more pics email ; braeng@ihug. com.au or phone John Wagemans, (02) 4369 7687. $14,600 o.n.o. Wooden boat member pays $1000 less www.wbansw.org.au Email: Smith_m_peter@yahoo.com.au YOUR COMMITTEE BoatCraftNSW.com.au Aussie made Products Designed for Aussie Conditions President Alan Stannard 9416 7238 Vice President Ross Mclean 0425 330 560 Membership Secretary Ross Andrewartha 4739 3706 Editor Chris Goddard 0414 447 007 editor@ wbansw.org.au Secretary Phillip Turvey 0417 657 613 Treasurer Tony Curtis 9452 4166 Marine Epoxy System FOR SALE: “Seaweed” – 11’ 6” x 4’ 6” rowing skiff. Single chine, flat planked, copper nailed and roved/ clenched. Removable floor boards. Professionally made of unknown vintage. Some soft areas to be replaced plus a good rub-down and repaint needed to be someone’s pride and joy. Rowlocks and handmade oars included. Located Woronora. $550. Jon Bell 9545 2584 + Water based Polyurethane = half hull model of the Ketch Mary Ellis, Designed and built by Thomas Riley Shipyard: George Frost. Kincumber NSW 1898 Are you looking for; - Silicon Bronze FOR SALE: Nantucket is a one off build , in 1975, by Harlan Hall who was General Manager for the Sydney Maritime Museum from 1980 to 1985. Cold mould 5/8” thick timber construction (no ribs or stringers). Hull, topsides, deck and cabin top all epoxy sheathed. Cat boat designed hull from Chesapeake Bay area of USA. Presently gaff sloop rigged with older style alloy spares. Gaff main not put up for over 10 years. Pro-furl headsail, large sun awning, Honda 8hp aux, S/S centre board. Length on deck 20’ 10” Beam 8’ Draught 1’ 8”centre board up. Sink and toilet, basic interior with two small bunks. Boat is in good condition, presently berthed at Long Island Marina, Brooklyn, NSW half hull model of the Bellbird, Designed and built by Thomas Riley Shipyard: Riley’s Island. Woy Woy NSW 1883 Long Life Clear coating Rubberised Non Slip Paint Barry Manton. 0429 945 600. $9900. Nails Screws Fasteners - Copper Boat Nails - Bronze Boat Fittings - Jeffries Marine Glue - Oakum & Caulking Cotton - Rot Repair System? We have them all available No items from Asia 6 Andi Morgan Raffle Winners FOR SALE: 14’ 6’’ WHILLY BOAT Designed by Iain Oughtred - Constructed in Honduras Mahogany throughout. Hull finished clear. Steel centre plate. Tip up rudder. Fine grain Oregon mast and spars. Standing Lug rig. Newly completed. Together with Heavy gauge “Easytow” trailer (new). $6500.00 Alan Chinn 03 9578 6418 mob 0408 380 104 (Victorian WBA member) WANTED: Bluebird Timber, must be in good condition. Sydney Pittwater area. Phone James Nash 9969 4913 NEW MEMBERS Guest Speaker DRIVE Marine Services BEVERLY HILLS NSW 02 9533 5470 0412 366 998 Advertising and Sponsorship: The committee is still looking for advertising and sponsorship in order to cover the higher costs of Scuttlebutt and associated postage. If interested or know of anyone who may be interested, please contact any member of the committee. Advertising would include an advertisement in Scuttlebutt (circ 300+) plus a sponsors link on the WEBsite front page (Avg 1,400 visits per month) Disclaimer: Opinions and advise expressed in this publication and the Association’s meetings are those of the individual originator’s only. The Editor and the Association’s Committee do not necessarily endorse views expressed at such forums Participation in events organized by the Association may involve certain risks which include the possibility of harm or damage to vessels, equipment or persons inherently associated with the perils of the sea or weather. Such risks will require the exercise of the prior judgment of members on behalf of themselves, their guests and invitees whether to commence or continue any particular activity irrespective of information supplied by Association officers. Scuttlebutt & WEB stuff Andi Morgan Members Alan Williams Ken Travers Based on a series of highly popular articles written for Classic Boat Magazine, this witty collection recalls some of the incidents the author has survived in over half a century of messing about in boats. Most sailors will find something to relate to in these escapades from around the world and they will bring a wry smile to any boaters lips. The author’s wonderfully witty cartoons help bring these anecdotes to life. All these stories are true so WBA member Alan Williams writes under a pen name so that his architectural clients do not think they are entrusting their work to a seagoing Mr Bean. Copies are available from Boat Books in Crows Nest at $24.95 or less on Amazon . WBA members can get copies from Alan at meetings for $ 20. NOTICE: Wish you could have a colour photograph of any image seen in the magazine or on the WEB? Call or email the Editor or Andi from just $5:00 each ON THE HORIZON THIS YEAR 2012 April 10 WBA Meeting - Guest Speaker Carl Ryves, Designing and building a 24 foot Honduras mahogany speedboat. May 8 WBA Meeting - Guest Speaker Dr. Ian Hoskins, Historian, Sydney Harbour: A History. May 19 WBA Movies in Chowder Bay Boatshed. Transport and times TBA June 12 WBA Meeting - Guest speaker Andrew Randell, building the yacht Jackie R, the winner of the Hal Harpur 2011 Award. June 15 - 17 Timber and Working with Wood Show – Moore Park, Sydney. Visit www.eventseye.com/fairs/f-timber-and-working-with-wood-show-sydney-10072-1.html July 10 WBA Meeting - Guest speaker Sean Langman ‘Business of Wooden Ferries; preservation verses bottom line’ August 14 WBA Meeting - Guest speaker Ross Gardner, Building & sailing an 18th century replica - Ellen Mary September 11 WBA Meeting - Guest speaker Joe Walsh, Maintenance your best mast insurance. September 22 - 23 The Classic & Wooden Boat Festival, Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney. October 9 WBA Meeting. October 21 Davistown Putt Putt Regatta and Wooden Boat Festival Contact www.davistownputtputt.com PLEASE NOTE A DATE HAS CHANGED November 3 - 4 RMYC Timber Boat Festival November 13 AGM - WBA meeting December 11 WBA Meeting end of year dinner and Hal Harpur Award Presentation NEXT YEAR 2013 February 8 - 11 Australian Wooden Boat Festival, Hobart. 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