SINKING A WOODEN BOAT: Pros and Cons for carvel, clinker and strip planked boats

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How did the sinking of a wooden boat called Sarah Anne come about? I'm into restoring and sailing old trailer boats.
Right now I am in a change of seasons. We are handing Moonlight on to our children and grandchildren to enjoy, but the story took a new twist when I unexpectedly took possession of Sarah Ann several months back. She is the big sister to Moonlight.
I'm on a mission to complete the restoration of Sarah Ann in the next few weeks and return her to Tasmania. I had hoped to take her for a sail before the 2000 km trip South, but I ran out of time.
You may be wondering why I decided to stick with the original name for Sarah Ann? I had planned to rename her "Claire de Lune" which is French for moonlight. This seemed appropriate enough as she is in a way a big sister to Moonlight, my 12 ft clinker dinghy.
But it turns out that there is a story behind the naming of Sarah Ann that makes her worthy of retaining the name.
Sarah Ann, was a 66 ft ketch weighing 45 tons, built on the Huon River, Tasmania, by John Burke in 1874. She spent her early years in the Huon-Hobart timber trade but from 1886 onwards she often traded up and down the Tasmanian east coast and as far North as Launceston.
Sarah Ann sailed from Launceston bound for Hobart on 21 April 1893 with a cargo of grain. She would have sailed past Gravelly Beach, the town we are relocating to in 5 weeks time.
She cleared Tamar Heads at 9 am on the 23rd, but failed to arrive. Two other vessels reported seeing Sarah Ann in the vicinity of Tasman Head on 25 April during a south-westerly gale, and it was thought the vessel may have capsized soon afterwards.
Then in July a party of hunters on Schouten Island reported finding the wreck of a vessel under the cliffs at Hen & Chickens Bay.
The remains of her only boat, a small punt, were found on the rocks with other wreckage, but there wasn't any trace of the crew of five or the passenger she was carrying.
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@jasonstork9606 Жыл бұрын

Chris, my wife and I lived on the hill in Trevallyn back in 98/99 when I worked at the manganese smelter in Georgetown. Your video brought back memories of strolling around the riversides and the gorge.

@SmallSailboatCruising Жыл бұрын

We often head up to the dam area as well. Certainly blessed with many options.

@rhysstapleton1074 Жыл бұрын

You have picked a very nice river to live on , all up and down particularly west tamar has lots of great spots with a good atmosphere. You are really going to enjoy exploring it all.

@SmallSailboatCruising Жыл бұрын

Yes it.does have character and is under appreciated. We grew.up here and yet we found other placed such as Coles bay for.most of our boating. I guess that’s why not that many people use it because Tasmania has so many options.

@WindwardToEden Жыл бұрын

Great episode!!!!

@SmallSailboatCruising Жыл бұрын

thanks for that. I was catching up on some of your journey earlier today to. How’s it going for you?

@WindwardToEden Жыл бұрын

@@SmallSailboatCruising no bad, stalling on the sailing due to some heavy financial hits we took over the winter, but at least treading water now, so saving for the live aboard should be able to start over again come September, as we had to drain all our savings to pay the bills (and some unexpected ones). But we will get there, it’s still our goal! 1 step forward, 2 steps back! Lol…

@richardjoy5060 Жыл бұрын

Great vid again, no nonsense, just good footage and expert commentary. 👍👏👏

@SmallSailboatCruising Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated I’m encouraged by your comments.

@carlchambers918 Жыл бұрын

Your passion always inspires me, Sir.

@SmallSailboatCruising Жыл бұрын

So nice of you

@stevewolf7205 Жыл бұрын

Good to see you back Chris hope things are going well for you all saw milly running along there looking forward to more videos cheers steve

@SmallSailboatCruising Жыл бұрын

More to come! it’s taken us a month to get settled into the new home. In our new chapter of our lives begins. I’m looking forward to getting into a routine of working on the boat and putting out some videos.

@Antipodean33 Жыл бұрын

Gotta admit my hats off to you, undertaking a job like this is no easy feat, even though she looked really good when you first got her, anyone who has been around old wooden boats knows it's not a walk in the park. There's definitely more of a "soul" to an old wooden boat and they're definitely worth the effort. Moving to Tassie is mine and my wifes dream, she has relies there, I hope all works out for you down there mate.

@SmallSailboatCruising Жыл бұрын

she’s like a big sister to my 12 foot at Moonlight. Same designer as mine and builder of Sarah ann. she has strong family connections with lifelong friends of mine, so I couldn’t resist her. She had my heart strings from the get go.

@VentureOffroadAustralia4x4 Жыл бұрын

I feel like you've bought us back up to date with the project and I very much enjoyed it. It's a big effort to move anywhere let alone interstate. looking forward to the next instalment.

@SmallSailboatCruising Жыл бұрын

We’ve survived the ordeal and now a new chapter in our lives has begun. I am really looking forward to painting the story of Sarah ann on a Tasmanian canvas. I’ve been doing some research and a local library and have picked up some interesting historical articles. Sarah an i’ve been doing some research and a local library and have picked up some interesting historical articles. Sarah and has quite a history has quite a history