What a wonderful craft she is! Magnificent effort 😍

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Ive known this young man for almost a decade and he is a wonderfull example of what real parenting should be about . If you want a child to grow up resilient and resourceful talk to Saul’s father and mother . Mainlanders , of which im one , are overly critical of Tasmania’s education system for all the wrong reasons ( ie an obsession with University degrees ) ive met several young men in my times in Tasmania and many , many are just like Saul . Well done son !

What a great story! Buying a boat at 12 and Dad in the background offering all the support and knowledge but no labour, that's the way to learn! Fantastic 👏👏👏

Fabulous , you impower me to find my own sailing boat !

Lovely story. Thanks for sharing it. And good on you Saul for persevering. Many would have given up and missed the rewards ❤

Brilliant Tony.

Congratulations. Quite a stable. Enjoyed the history lesson.

Excellent presentation Sir, you know your stuff. Beautiful boats, great family story of skill and perseverance. Beautiful boats aye

our "PAY" for a night of shipkeeping was a free fish and chips from Kailis. I can taste them still! hahahahaahha

what about ghost ships that sail the oceans without crew.

I loved playing with the sprits'l.

Dowels, or trunnels from Tree Nails!

I was one of the original shipkeepers, and spent many nights on board and keeping her deck wet, then I did a few trips as engineer.

Nice! Thank you.

Great Biography, Excellent Presentation , Extraordinary Family, Beautful Boats....Thankyou

You have great numbers of radiata pine growing in South Australia. Not Tasmania I realize, but consider this: You may think they are not good planking due to being too soft, but white pine and white cedar are softer and have been used as gold standard boat planking in the east coast of the U.S. for 300 years. If you think it is too hard, note that Douglas Fir and Philippine Mahogany have been used for planking for 200 years and more and they are both harder. If you think it is not rot resistant enough, it can be pressure treated easily, especially with ammoniacal copper quaternary, and has been used outdoors as well as in laminated beams. If you think it is not dimensionally stable enough, the huge amount of radiata can be selected for rift sawn or quarter sawn. Moreover, Dark Red Meranti (Philippine Mahogany) has the same tangential to radial shrinkage ratio and has 12% volumetric shrinkage versus Radiata's 10%. If you think that knots disqualify it, white cedar on lobster boats in New England and Maritime Canada have had knots thumbprint-sized for 200 years and more and these are planed smooth or divoted and filled with sandable fillers like epoxy. While radiata is available comparatively or completely knot free. People may not be used to it, but they can get used to it whereupon it develops a history and a track record. It just needs someone willing to pressure treat the proper sized lumber.

Its kinda funny...There were a lot of fine power boatbuilders in the northeast U.S. and Great Lakes at this same time, but in New Jersey there were a lot of Norwegian American boatbuilders, and they nearly all built some kind of very fine lapstrake (clinker) rough water powerboat. Many were admired and variations were built out on Long Island and down the coast. Though small frogs in a big pond, they had extensive influence.

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Fantastic (and fascinating) presentation. I remember as a 5 or 6 year old living in Sydney spending our Christmas holiday in a Halvorsen - a small one - 27 ft? We spent the few days in Broken Bay finding secluded beaches (some with natural waterfalls) so my parents could indulge in nude sunbaking with the protection of coconut oil (SPF 0). The sight of the fleet of beautiful wooden boats surrounded by pristine bushland at Bobbin Head is something I'll never forget.

Wonderful presentation, thank-you. During the 1970's we owned and lived aboard PEER GYNT in San Francisco Bay. She was built by Halvorsen in 1947 and placed 3rd in that year's Sydney Hobart. Brought by ship to the US she raced in San Francisco Bay's K Class and did a Trans Pac race in the early 50's. She retired from racing sometime afterward and was regularly cruised on the West Coast of the US and Canada. A very strong and beautifully built sea boat comfortable and capable in any weather. We sailed her from SF to Mexico and Hawaii and back in 1979-80. Unfortunately, she now languishes in a harbor in Vallejo, California and is in need of a total rebuild.

Thanks for sharing this with the rest of us around the world. Very interesting.

Arnie never changed.

Wonderful presentation Tony. You really know your stuff! Peter Gossell, (Ex Halvorsen Shipwright)

With bright work it's all about UV protection. I've used both (Mexico) and the main issue is keeping the sun off it as much as possible.

What a beautiful woman . In so many ways .

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I’m in tazzy next week I’ll try to come see you guys

Wow.

Had a 1963 Blythe Spirit. Lovely cruising boat.

I grew up on a Len Randell yacht. Dad owned a Len Len Randell 28 foot Sloop, which he kept immaculate condition. Entered her in the Sydney Hobart in the 70's. Great Designs and she was a very safe yacht in the open sea. Good On Ya Len.

So fascinating to hear more of your backstories. Iefke, I think everything you are doing in building Tarkine is also a great tribute to your love of your brother and his sailing passion. You are both beautiful storytellers, and I wish you a lifetime of new stories to tell.

I can only wish two very lovely mates the best of everything in their future adventure.

The Festival, the port of Hobart and all the Tasmanian coastal waterways are a yachtsman’s paradise.

I was the skipper of this boat 43 years ago .I took it to Cairns two years running and mother shipped on the outer reef to two game fishing boats .

The Wooden Boat Festival is one of the handful of key events that I miss from my life in Tasmania.

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Brilliant work - again!! So enjoyed it and looking forward to 2025!

It was an amazing festival thanks AWBF organisers ,all volunteers ,crews, shanty music groups and ANMM and whole Hobart and Tasmania for this amazing festival , thanks from Former Duyfken Foundation crew from Fremantle WA

Wonderful display. Well done!

Congratulations! That was wonderful.

A bloke who sold pianos told me that Beale pianos made in NSW had soundboards made out of Huon Pine

That real life story should be made into a movie.. Instead of all the rubbish currently on TV.

Thank's.. !!.. ŸŸ™

Liked this one too. In the Caribbean people generally don't eat Barracuda due to ciguatera. Wonder if it's a sign of different times or something else...

That was good, thanks.

Great old footage.

Such a lovely boat, and always a joy to hear Graeme speak about his passion 😊

Very interesting piece of history..