Restoration of 1917 Steam launch - Rowella

Talk about a labour of love by Martin Krynen . Still, I think its a great vessel to resurrect, a lot of history


https://docs.google.com/presentatio...UMnyot8At0vJu38_2b2mE0LnM/present#slide=id.p8


https://sites.google.com/a/rforster...st-pictures-and-news/martinkrynenvisitsthelbt

 

She is a beautiful boat. She has very graceful lines.

 

Huon pine ?

 

Yes

"Fortunately Nancy's hull is Huon Pine so it required only limited replacement of planks damaged by fastenings ......... Martin and Judy have designed and built a new cabin to duplicate the original configuration, and have laid planked decks of Celery Top Pine over plywood throughout the boat."

http://www.woodenboat.org.au/index.php/newsletters/august-2012/86-restoration-of-motor-launch-nancy

 

It was latterly on the Sunshine Coast, that would have been a potentially hair-raising and slow trip up from Tassie and across the Noosa bar !

 

It still is up there from what I can gather. I reckon they would truck it down. That would be a fraught trip on the open ocean.

 

Yes, I can't see it going to sea, but possibly it did make the journey north under its own power, but maybe not.