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Feb 16, 2019

Comments for Rudder for Puffin

"Puffin" is now "Fullmoon"

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Feb 12, 2019

Favourite Cruising Areas and Wood Boat Events.

Share your favourite cruising areas and advertise your Wooden Boat Events, Festivals and Regattas for free to wooden boat enthusiasts everywhere.

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Feb 11, 2019

Delayed project!

Embarrassed to see it has been 6 years since I first responded to this Forum.A lot has happened in between.

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Feb 11, 2019

Wooden boats parade to isolated bay at Lake Rotoiti, Rotorua

Doris, Jasper, Miss Belair, Pablo, Freda, Miss Kathleen, and Lady Glad all ventured to Lake Rotoiti's Wairau Bay on Saturday.
They were among more than 70 boats in the Lake Rotoiti Classic and Wooden Boat Association's 21st annual wooden boat parade.

Feb 08, 2019

Sea school on a 1930 Nicholson Yacht

“Driac has been working for two full years now and people absolutely love her,” says owner-skipper Charles Lyster.

Feb 05, 2019

Boat Show Earned International Honors

The Inland Empire Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society has been awarded the “No. 1 Chapter of the Year” award at its annual International Show in Michigan.

Feb 05, 2019

Inaugural Salish 100 small-boat cruise ready to set sail in June

They’re coming from as far as Texas and Montana.
They’re sailing designs by Oughtred, Welsford, and Potter — even a recycled canoe from Craigslist, put back together with wood from an old school building.

Feb 01, 2019

Classic and Wooden Boat Parade returns to Lake Rotoiti

It will be a sight to see next weekend as many classic and wooden boats cruise along Lake Rotoiti for an annual parade.

Jan 31, 2019

Comments for Merron dinghy restoration ( like Duckling)

I am the archivist of the Fairey Owners’ Club researching the origins of hot moulding, used so successfully by Fairey Marine both for its sailing dinghies like the Firefly and Albacore and also the offshore powerboats like the Huntress, Huntsman and Swordsman.

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Jan 31, 2019

MAHURANGI REGATTA 2019 – The biggest & best classic wooden boat regatta in NZ – 90+ photos

WoW what a woody weekend – simply stunning on all fronts – sun > wind > location > people & of course the boats.
On my estimate, the biggest turnout of classic wooden craft ever.

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