I have the opportunity to buy a complete good condition Prindle 19 cat for a bargain price, including trailer, beach trolley, sails etc. I'm too...
There's a full bridgedeck CSC ( in Queensland) done as a motorboat with twin outboards. Looked like a nice boat. For a sailing version, I agree...
If resale doesn't matter, work out how long you're likely to use the boat. If it's no more than 5-8 years, build it out of the cheapest exterior...
WHEN will BL sail? Lots of interested people waiting.
I have been studying the 8m-10m homebuild sheet ply cat range for years. (My retirement project.) Kohler's designs generally have one big...
Wharram classics were my introduction to cats, my first boat was a 27' Tane. It was so cheap that me and my partner jumped at it, only to discover...
My shoestring budget and boating dream eventually led to owning half of a 27' Wharram Tane. It was educational, but didn't end well.
Alum on wood frame construction doesn't sound like a good idea for many, many reasons. A clue should be the fact that nobody uses it, and that...
Roger and Anne Simpson make some of the most beautiful banjos imaginable. Handcrafted fine timbers with incredible marquetry inlays by Anne. He's...
AFAIK all Qld. marinas require $10mill public liability cover, plus cover for salvage/removal of vessel if necessary. Obviously the boat in...
It was blowing 25+ knots in Townsville over the weekend, if that thing had gone out into the chop it would fall apart in about 15 minutes. (Note:...
Sadly I didn't have a camera. It was rather "special". Years ago in Townsville marina I noticed an old Wharram Narai. The whole deck area was...
Had a brief chat and a quick look on board when they had her dried out in front of the Whitsunday Sailing Club for a bottom scrub. On Richard...
