And it all starts from here!!!!

Old fishing boat at Picton's Northern Star The Boat

[@mikeward6194]

Was Northern Star owned by the Fishburn family back in the 70s

[@mikeward6194]

Read down Michael. Jim was my Mum Mavis' cousin and I recall spending some very happy times in Dryden Bay as a teenager in the early 70s

[@966Mako]

Plenty of potential & could be done nice. Good luck 🤞🏼

[@bilgerat711]

Thanks love the old boat, appreciate your comment

[@dfharris03]

Thanks for sharing! When was she built, how many feet is she, and what powers her?

[@bilgerat711]

Hi, 40 old fashioned feet, built 1967 in Picton by Carey's boat yard for Jim Fishburne who was commercially fishing the Cook Strait out of Drysden Bay. I believe she was a home-design, additional dead-wood to the keel to ensure she tracked backwards in the bad wind against tides typical of the area, extra Australian iron bark timbers along the chime and scantling for a 50 footer. I believe Jim wanted something fairly bullet proof that if she broke her mooring as was quite likely where she was based, would not bash herself to bits on the beach. I believe she was originally powered by a Gardener LW, I see the original books are still on board and the engine was later upgraded to the 6LXB she currently has.

[@theovanveen5375]

Nice one! How is the Gardner running? I am in the 'same boat' with the renovation of SeaFury here in Nelson. Good luck and keep posting please!!

[@bilgerat711]

Gardener is a sweet old engine but having a birthday at the moment, a couple of issues with the reduction box, acronym for BOAT is holding true but can't help it, needs to be done otherwise Boat becomes only a float, hoping to get it all sorted and know the basics are up to scratch, I have a face book page also Picton's Northern Start the Boat, feel free to join and post about your own boat, photographs, updates would love to see some pics

[@pernielsen9812]

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[@bilgerat711]

Thanks for the feedback, I'll source some better music to fill in the blanks

[@johnbowen2963]

kill the dam music, you just drive viewers away , don't need it, by by. I'm gone

[@bilgerat711]

Thanks for your feedback, I'll do that good to have some feedback, as you have probably guessed I am not a video producer it is all organic and happening as it happens