Editor: Peter Higgs
Volume 14 Number 10
Sunday April 3rd 2011 New Norfolk Autumn
Festival. Big boats to travel in a flotilla leaving Lindisfarne MYCT at 7.15 am to arrive at
New Norfolk approx 11.30am.
Changes are due to the Bridge opening times being between 9.30 and
4.00pm only.
See more detail page 6.
For directions from the Brooker Highway
Austins Ferry to Millbrook ramp.
Small boats are advised to row/motor to
New Norfolk. We suggest this ramp as the
New Norfolk one will possibly be over
crowded.
Presidents March
Report 2011
Firstly, congratulations go to all members
for their contribution to the recent AWBF
2011. It is the Guild‘s greatest opportunity
to show off members‘ boats, meet likeminded enthusiasts and make a few dollars for the finalisation of projects. It took a lot of work,
though and on reflection we may have spread ourselves
a little too thinly. However it was a great success!
After a mammoth effort by Noel and Noelene Hall and
their apprentices Robin, Cherelle, David and Charles
with help from Peter, Rob and Tony, the Terralinna was
carefully placed on a trailer by a group of members led
by Project Manager Peter Higgs. She arrived at the Festival in the dark on the Wednesday. She was appreciated by all who looked at her and especially by those
who remember her as a wreck from a previous festival.
After another great effort she is back in the shed and
ready for final work.
Jim Tayton, Carol and Cheryl, assisted by Penny, Chris
and Kevin and others, put on a great welcoming BBQ for
Wooden Boat
Association
members at
the Mariner‘s
Cottage on
Thursday evening. Despite
a slight drizzle
everybody
had a good
time and set
Restored Terra Linna at the AWBF 2011
the tone for a
great Australian Wooden Boat Festival. Prior to the BBQ
Ainesley, Robin,
Charles, Tony, Brian,
Jim Bonham and
helpers had erected
the WBG tent and
the scaffold to enable visitors to see
into the Terralinna.
Our long-time, but
Terra Linna at the 2003 AWBF
rarely seen lately,
member Eric Bound
(of Bound Builders), came to our assistance with tools
and expertise just when it was needed. Thanks Eric.
Photo David Murphy +
Small boats can launch at the ramp at Millbrook, see map
2011
Photo Peter Higgs
Stop Press
18th March
The five teams of staff at the WBG stall were ably led by
the hardworking Victoria Bishop, Carol Tayton, George
Ramm, Ainesley and Ros Smith and Chris and Penny
Morton. Thanks go to all the members who attended the
stall and sold merchandise and raffle tickets. Robin and
Cherelle once again put together a magnificent basket of
goodies for the raffle. The Guild is now in a sound financial position. My lasting memory is being asked to go into
town on my bike to get more cloth for sails for the models
which were being packaged on site after the pre- packaged ones had all sold.
The bike was there for my role as Manager Boats Ashore.
Thanks go to members David Gatenby, Graeme Nichols
and Nigel Reeves as well as my other volunteers who
were there first thing in the morning and late at night for
three days.
Just prior to the Festival the opportunity came up for the
Kettering Yacht Club and the Wooden Boat Guild to join
together to sell programs at the Festival. Thanks to the
great efforts of Jim Tayton, David Morton and Brian Marriot and their many volunteers each organisation made
worthwhile money even though program sales were lower
than expected.
Australian Wooden Boat Festival. I think I could safely
say it was the best AWBF ever and by far the largest
with the inclusion of the newly (two thirds) refurbished
Princess Wharf No1 in all its new glory plus the Franklin
Wharf link to the Constitution Dock area.
Prior to the AWBF George Ramm had volunteered to ensure that the Bounty Boat was displayed at the Festival.
Owner and skipper Don McIntyre was away and George
had to use his initiative when things did not go to plan.
Thanks George. David Gatenby has gained many new
ideas from the wonderfully interesting set-up of this genuine adventure boat!
As Dockmaster, I had an enormous but satisfying task of
trying to find berthing space for approximately 360 vessels on the water, while Graeme Hunt had to find spaces
amongst the entire onshore infrastructure for another
150 vessels. The waterfront was an absolutely fantastic
sight to see with flags and multi-coloured bunting adding
to the spectacle. And, as for the crowds....they were
enormous, I‘ve never seen so many people on the
Hobart waterfront at any one time, as I did on the Saturday and Sunday of the Festival.
It was good to see some old faces and some new ones at
the AWBF. Congratulations to all members who spruced
up and displayed their boat …or three!
Well done Roscoe with the Piners Village where the
Guild‘s Gordon was on display. Also the Shipwrights Village where Grahame Dudgeon demonstrated his mini oar
making. Thanks Grahame for the nice income from the
successful sales of the mini oars. I believe they are going
all over the world.
Just a very quick breakdown of where the vessels came
from to attend the Festival; there were 421 vessels from
Tasmania, 35 from Victoria, 8 from South Australia, 27
from New South Wales, 11 from Queensland, 4 from
New Zealand, 5 from Indonesia and 1 from Japan.
Thankyou again to all members for their efforts and for
contributing to a wonderfully successful and highly acclaimed AWBF 2011. We will do it all again in 2013.
That‘s not bad for our little island state....as written by
Bruce Stannard in the March edition of Afloat magazine
”No wonder this is now ranked among the greatest maritime festivals in the world”.
Graeme Hunt
It was a fantastic effort by all the AWBF volunteers, not
to mention the effort of the Wooden Boat Guild Volunteers who installed, removed, looked after our tent, sold
merchandise and raffle tickets, sold programs, chatted to
the public and assisted with many other facets of the
Festival. Well done.
President
Now that we are returning to some sort of normality, the
Guild can now think about the rest of the year and the
activities we are going to embark on. The Committee
have started the planning process of events with the next
rowing day being on Sunday April 3rd to the New Norfolk Autumn Festival.
The Trip Leaders for this rowing day will be Peter and
Dallas Higgs. There will be further information on this
event on the Calendar page of this issue of the Skeg.
Secretary’s March Report 2011
Sorry for the lack of reports and quiz questions of late,
although, to my disappointment, no one ever answers the
quizzes, except for one member, when I actually gave an
incorrect answer....just to check on who was paying attention, you understand!
The Terra Linna was looking really splendid at the Festival and is a real credit to Noel and Noelene along with
the ‗TL apprentices‘. This project is nearing completion
but wait....there‟s more....there is still quite a lot to be
achieved before the official launching sometime in the
not too distant future. More on this later in this edition.
The next Terra Linna working bee will be on Sunday
April 10th.
On the completion of writing this, I will very excitedly be
about to head over to Strahan on the West Coast (by
coach, if you don‘t mind) to meet up with friends who
have invited me to do the last leg of the Royal Yacht Club
of Tasmania, WMcA Building Services Van Diemen‘s
Land Circumnavigation Cruise (VDL-C) on their vessel
along with a group others. Strahan, Port Davey and
Bathurst Harbour, Recherche Bay, Dover, Port Cygnet,
Barnes Bay and Hobart. With any luck I‘ll be back in time
for the meeting on the 21st, if I‘m not, I‘m sure you will
manage without me!
Don‘t forget, our next general meeting will be on Monday March 21st starting at 7:30 pm at the Mariners Cottage.
Last month’s (or I should say Novembers) question
was: : A „covering board‟ is; 1) a committee intended to
protect the reputation of a shipyard 2) The outside
planks of the main deck 3) a baffle that shields the bin-
During the last couple of months I have had great pleasure in being on the Organising Committee (along with
other members of the Guild) for the myState Financial
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nacle from inclement weather.
This question courtesy Jim Broadside from AFLOAT
And the correct answer is: A „covering board‟ is the
outer plank of the main deck and is usually wider than
other deck planks
This month’s question: A „sheepshank‟ is a knot
used to 1) shorten a rope temporarily 2) secure a
rope to the ring of an anchor 3) encircle and haul a
load without tightening around the object.
What‘s that I hear you say Cheryl.....now the Festival is
over....firewood and the garden, oh! I thought there for
a minute you said something about painting the
house!.... phew!
Roscoe
haviour confirms it was parental withdrawal symptom‘s!
Work is continuing slowly as Noel, his team and the rest of
us recover from the AWBF 2011.
The additional castings have been collected from Retlas
and are being finished and drilled.
Once these are fitted we will be able to fit the rowlocks and
complete the centreboard and rudder installations. Then it
will be time to step the masts and other spars.
It will be great then to have an official launch and appreciation celebration with members, sponsors and donors.
It is also hoped that we will see Terra Linna as a feature
vessel at the MYCT Expo and the Bellerive Seafarers Festival particularly considering she was the ―Flagship‖ at
many Lindisfarne Rowing Club Regattas in the early
1900‘s.
It is fantastic to report also that Graeme Broxam has volunteered to edit and publish the 2nd edition of the Terra
Linna History.
Terra Linna Report
Well the Terra Linna was shifted out of Bellerive for the
Festival and then shunted back in following the Festival.
It would be fair to say it was an easier shift back in than
it was getting it out.
Photo Peter Higgs
The Guild owes a big thankyou to Robin for organising
the loan trailer and a bigger thankyou to.Huon B&B‘s
for loaning
their trailer
to the
WBGT.
Photo Peter Higgs
After shifting her out I
had a
phone call
from Noel
Terra Linna at the AWBF 2011
the following morning
reporting that some bugger had stolen (removed) the
Terra Linna from his
backyard. I think
he was having
withdrawal symptom‘s, any parent
knows what I
mean! Anyhow,
interestingly I did
not receive a call
when the Terra
Terra Linna returned home although not
Linna was restolen!
turned. This be-
Graeme is researching the same and using many corrections we have collected over the years since the first edition.
The following is a short excerpt from some of Graeme‘s
research Draft 1 highlighting 1. some of Terra Linna‟s regatta entries and other appearances and 2. a description
of her building:
When, in 1884, a new race for vessels under 21ft. waterline length was introduced into the Hobart Regatta, it
drew eleven entrants, and eight in 1885, while ten 28footers were entered in both years. Thirteen 28-footers and
seventeen 21-footers took part in 1886, twelve and seventeen, respectively, in 1887. Races for yachts under 28ft.
and 21ft., respectively, remained features of regattas for
the rest of the 1880s and the 1890s, with occasional
events for larger or even smaller boats. However, in general, smaller numbers of vessels competed in each event,
usually of newer boats in each class with reasonable expectation of winning a place.
It was in this environment that the Terra Linna was
built in 1881. Although it is known that she was built at
Sandy Bay by George Luckman for himself and Harrington
Wedge Knight, no account of her construction or launch
has been found. She made her first public appearance,
however, at a race on the Derwent on 19 November 1881.
The name ―Terra Linna” is believed to derive from a Tasmanian aboriginal name for the region around Eaglehawk
Neck on the Tasman Peninsula, and was in more recent
times the name of one of the Calvert family‘s properties on
South Arm (yes this could be our member Roly‘s family
properties (PH)). However, there also appears to be an as
yet undiscovered Latin meaning for the words as it is noted
as the name for houses on both sides of the continent – in
1909, for example, there was a rooming house Terra Linna
in Musgrave Street, Mossman, Sydney, while in the period
1899-1913, at least, a property Terra Linna stood opposite
the railway station at Guildford, near Perth, Western Australia. In 1922 the name was resurrected with the completion of the last large inshore trading ketch Terra inna (one
3
word) built in Tasmania.
Table showing Race Entries of Terra Linna with other Entrants
DATE
EVENT
BOATS
TIME / PRIZE
19-11-1881
DSBC Race
Terra Linna, Aida, Asa, Clara
£5
17-12-1881
DSBC Race
14-01-1882
DSBC Race
24-01-1882
Hobart Regatta 28‘
Scylla, Kittiwake, Terra Linna, Asa,
Aida, Stormbird
Kittiwake, Terra Linna, Scylla, Lilla,
Clara
Terra Linna, Ada, Scylla, Aida, Asa,
Kittiwake, Clara, Josephine
04-02-1882
DSBC Race
Scylla, Ada, Terra Linna, Kittiwake, Lilla
11-02-1882
DSBC Race
Ada, Terra Linna, Asa
18-02-1882
DSBC Race
Kittiwake, Terra Linna, Scylla, Clara
(didn‘t start).
5hr. 16m. £2
£15
4hr. 55m. 22s.
4hr 45m 48s
£2
Second place in second class boats for the season.
04-03-1882
DSBC Race
Terra Linna, Ada, Scylla, Kittiwake, Lilla
President‘s Cup
18-03-1882
DSBC Race
Terra Linna, Ada, Kittiwake
£6
02-05-1882
Presentation of 10 guinea epergne by President J. S. Dodds.
11-11-1882
DSBC Race
Ada, Terra Linna, Scylla
£3
18-11-1882
DSBC Race
Mystery, Terra Linna, Scylla, Ada
5hr 2m 35s £3
02-12-1882
DSBC Race
Terra Linna, Ada, Scylla, Mystery
4h 42m 48s £6
When, in 1884, a new race for vessels under 21ft. waterline length was introduced into the Hobart Regatta, it
drew eleven entrants, and eight in 1885, while ten 28-footers were entered in both years. Thirteen 28-footers and
seventeen 21-footers took part in 1886, twelve and seventeen, respectively, in 1887. Races for yachts under 28ft.
and 21ft., respectively, remained features of regattas for the rest of the 1880s and the 1890s, with occasional events
for larger or even smaller boats. However, in general, smaller numbers of vessels competed in each event, usually
of newer boats in each class with reasonable expectation of winning a place.
Lloyd‟s Yacht Register (1901) describes Terra Linna as being 8 tons measurement, 28.0 x 9.0 x 3.9ft., and confirms George Luckman as designer and builder, though it incorrectly gives 1882 as the date of construction. It gives
From the Editors Desk
Photo Graeme Hunt
What does one do when one
finds a ―note in a bottle‖.
I have been knocking
around beaches and waterfronts for some 60
years. Having read many
pirate stories and of
course ―Treasure Island‖ I
was aware that there was
a communication method,
mainly when one is in trouble on the water, known as
a ―Note in a Bottle‖.
Terra Linna in Lindisfarne Bay circa 1890‘s
Picture courtesy ―History of Bellerive‖.
her sail-maker as J. Forsyth & Son of Hobart.
Terra Linna was typical of many of the yachts built in
the 1870s and 1880s, and there is every reason to
believe that they owe their designs to the whaleboats
that were built and used in large numbers in Tasmania, and not only for whaling. Many thanks Graeme!
Graeme Broxam and Peter Higgs
However, until this years
―Clean Up Australia Day‖
Opening the Bottle containing the note!
at the Duckpond, I had
never encountered this form of communication. So it was
very exciting to make a find!
I could decipher through the bottle that the note was either
written in 1990 or perhaps 1960. So being 2011 I decided
there was no possible chance of saving these poor
wretches from the perils of the sea!
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It immediately
became an
object of intrigue! All and
Judy coaxes the note out of the bottle
sundry speculating about
the content of the note whilst yours truly and Judy Hunt
struggled, trying to open the bottle and retrieve the note
in tact.
Photo Graeme Hunt
Eventually Judy
managed to coax
the note out of the
bottle by wrapping it
around her small
finger. Once out it
still took some time
to decipher the
same.
Relief relief!! The
senders of the note
were not in any
great danger at the time of writing and dispatching their
―note in a bottle‖.
Deciphering the note from the bottle!
It became evident that the note‘s authors were two
young men who were enjoying time on a boat but were
in search for some young female company. In an attempt to attract members of the opposite sex they decided to write a note of invite and then to dispatch the
same in a bottle and over the side.
So let‘s reflect on what
a note in a bottle can
do, even in this day of
technology based
communications, the
old snail oops ―bottle
mail‖ still works. Albeit
did not attract the intended Babes!
Well done Zac and
Dave!
Photo Graeme Hunt
During discussions it was established that there were
many commonalities, Judy‘s Principal is Zac‘s Uncle!
Graeme worked with the son of the owners of ―Silvado‖
and the were into Race Horse ownership just as Graeme
and Judy are.
Photo Graeme Hunt
Having come
to this conclusion I decided
to return to the
Duckpond with
the bottle in
tact.
Dave and Zac read their note some 9
years later
More on the note in the bottle on the back pages.
Peter
Event Report– Saturday and Sunday 5th &
6th March 2011
Barnes Bay Big (and small) Boat Bash /
Clean-Up Australia Day
Report by Roscoe
Owing to a rather hectic work load with my ‗real job‘ after
the Festival, Maori Lass was still in a pen at the RYCT on
the Friday of the Barnes Bay weekend, I hadn‘t had a
chance to get her back to her mooring in Howden...not to
worry.
The weather had been a bit plain all week although the
forecast did give me some encouragement for the weekThe note indicated that the bottle was not the only item
end. Along with the crook weather, I had been informed
to be dispatched over the side (read more on this later). by one of our members that the grassy area adjacent to
the Duck Pond we use as our HQ had been fenced off
The note contained phone numbers for contact which
with a locked gate. Bother! Peter Higgs, who traditionally
we could not resist. On phoning the first number, prebrings along his caravan to use as HQ got on the phone
sumably Mum, confirmed that Zac no longer lived there
but this is his number! On contacting the second number and did a little sleuthing
we spoke to Dave‘s Father who could clearly recall the
event whilst having a great chuckle. He commented that As it turned out, the land we always assumed was council
he had a photo around the house somewhere with the
land is actually owned by the Indigenous Land Council
boys ―Welcome Notice for all Babes to join the Cruize‖.
(ILC). After the obligatory phone calls, one of which was
We have been promised a copy of the photo.
to South Australia, Peter finally found a contact on Bruny
Island who managed the area, and was prepared to allow
Soon after we had spoken with both Zac and Dave and
us onto the site to carry out our 5th Clean-up Australia
arranged to meet for coffee to discuss the ―Note in the
Bottle‖. Judy, Graeme and yours truly had a great meet- Day, have our evening and breakfast BBQ and for Peter
to have his van on site as well. Thank goodness for that!
ing and the boys were so happy that we had eventually
found their bottle and note. One even commented that 9
years earlier Judy would have been most welcome
aboard their cruise!
One of the other stories to come to life was that they
were on Grandpa‘s boat ―Silvado‖ and he was quite OK
about the add for Babes but under no circumstances would he have approved of the
boys drinking, so they just made the note
up !
So, I fronted up to the RYCT on Saturday morning, with
Mrs B as chauffeur, weather still not so good but it eventually turned into a beautiful sunny day with a light northerly.
By the time I buggerised round sorting things out on Maori
Lass it was almost noon and a nice little sea breeze had
come in. I had a lovely motor/sail down the River but unfortunately at Pierson‘s Point the breeze completely
dropped out, so I had a nice motor to Barnes Bay, managing to catch a very nice squid on my trolling line on the
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ing.
Photo Graeme Hunt
Photo Graeme Hunt
way.
After we finished cleaning
up people
started to head
off, although
the Bishops,
yes, John (who
always gets
apologised for, John and Victoria biked it to and from the Duckfor not attendpond!
ing meetings)
and Victoria arrived on their bikes....they were on the
same ferry over as Mrs B. but we are assured, got lost
on the way from the
ferry!....have
you ever heard
such a story? A
note from the
editor: John I
kept my word
and reported
nothing!
Photo Graeme Hunt
On my arrival in
the Duckpond, I
could see Peter
with his vehicle
and van....on the
outside of the
locked
gate....ooops,
At the Duckpond, locked out!
what‘s gone
wrong? I anchored Maori Lass and headed ashore to
investigate. To cut a very long story short, super sleuths
Hunt and Tayton, not to be confused with Holmes and
Watson, finally and what appeared to be effortlessly, produced the key to the locked gate and as they say, the rest
is history. Although, I did see Peter with a large spanner
in his hand ready to adjust the gate in some way! Or was
I just imagining that?
Photo Graeme Hunt
Mrs Smith managed to catch another squid during the
afternoon and along with the one I scored on the way,
they were beautifully presented to
the gathering
round the evening
BBQ as a very
nice entree.
Needless to say,
the dinner of gourmet burnt offerings
(thanks for the
BBQ plate, Peter)
were fantastic and
Dinners up!
then to top it all off,
Peter had a beautiful piece of pork in his special, ―not a
Webber BBQ‖ that was shared round. Thank you very
much Peter.
Mrs Tayton had
to attend a function in Kettering,
heading off by
car as did Rob
and Jo, Mrs B.
also headed off
by car not wanting to get caught
in a ferry queue
similar to the
one she enNoelene and Judy on Farewell
countered on
the way over that morning. Malcolm in Aurora, a visiting
wooden boatie from the Kettering Yacht Club headed off
along with Noel,
Noelene, Graeme
and Judy in Farewell followed by
the Smiths in
Lady Daphne and
Jim Tayton and
Barb Murphy in
Sylvena. Peter
was the last land
lubber to leave
while Maori Lass
Ainesly and Ros depart on Lady Daphne
Photo Graeme Hunt
Sunday, we woke to a beautiful calm, mild morning, along
with that fantastic sight of the mist rising off the water in
the Duckpond. The day turned out to be a real cracker.
After our breakfast BBQ we all completed the necessary
paperwork (it never ends), collected our gloves and bags
and headed off to collect rubbish.
Photo Graeme Hunt
Well, we encountered a bit of a problem here. There
wasn‘t much rubbish to speak of. We made the observation that because the area had been fenced off from the
road, there had been no vehicular access since Christmas and no or little rubbish had accumulated. We then
made the assumption that if any boaties had been there
they removed all of their rubbish. So, all in all we only
gathered two bags of real rubbish and six bags of recyclables which was mainly made up of broken glass that
appeared to quite old, oh, and of course the contribution
of bottles and cans from the Guild on Saturday night. A
bit of a worry!
Peter, on the other hand, while on his search for rubbish
in his rowing boat found....‟a message in a bottle‟....which
will be revealed by him in the Skeg or at the next meet-
Barb and Jim set sail
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was the last on
the water.
With a freshening sea breeze
Maori Lass departed at
1500hrs. I
hoisted the main
Continued on page 6.
General Meetings are on the
3rd Monday of each month, inc. public holidays except in the month of December.
Calendar 2011

Monday 4 th April Special Committee Meeting
6.00pm

Sunday April 3rd New Norfolk Autumn Festival.
Big and Small Boat day with the WBGT Flotilla
leaving from Lindisfarne at 7.15 am to arrive New
Norfolk 10.20am. Small boats to launch at Millbrook ramp 9.45am. Come along for the beautiful
Autumn colours on the river.

Sunday April 13th Terra Linna Working Bee
10.00am

Friday, April 15th Peter Higgs reporting on the
Terra Linna restoration to TMAG

Monday April 18th WBGT Committee and General
meetings

May 7th Kettering Yacht Club Maritime Market
9.00am—4.00pm

May 22nd Tinderbox big and small Boat day. Trip
Leader Roscoe BYOG&F

June 11, 12 & 13th Port Sorrell wooden boat event.
Trip Leader Graeme Hunt possibly Education
Camp or Shearwater Country Club.
The next general meeting of the
Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania Inc. will be held at
the Mariners’ Cottage,
Napoleon Street, Battery Point commencing
at 7.30 pm
Monday 21st March 2011 (past tense)
There will be a committee meeting held
prior to the General Meeting at 6.00pm, at which
members are welcome
http://www.woodenboatguildtas.org.au/
Guest Speaker, 21st March 2011
Rob Nolan will talk about Jo and his ventures North
to sail the Whitsundays, Northern NSW and the
Hawkesbury in their NIS Boat
April Guest speaker will be Roscoe talking about a 30
minute National Parks DVD about Port Davey/Bathurst
Harbour plus some of my photos plus the Emeritus II blog
re Van Diemans Land Circumnavigation.

July 24th, Morton’s Home, Geeveston, Model Boat
event BYO model boats and food + grog. David
Morton Trip Leader.

August 21st Cygnet Yacht Club Big and small
boats BYOF. Trip Leaders Robin and Cherelle.
Jim Tayton offered to continue his ―Couta Crossing‖ video ( we do
need a tape video player for this) and Peter Higgs has some reserve items if needed

September 25th, Jordon River Rowing Day
BYOG&F. Trip Leader Peter and Dallas Higgs.
Presenter/s or practical demonstration required for future meetings.

October MYCT Expo, Bellerive Seafarers Festival—
Terra Linna to be sailed to venues

Huon Show November

Christmas in the park December

Cockle Creek Feb 2012 Trip Leader David Morton

Maritime and Maritime Heritage lunch box talks 12
noon till 1.00pm — 1st Tuesday of each month at
TMAG Royal Society Room organised by the Maritime Museum. The April talk will be on the Restoration of the Terra Linna by Peter Higgs.
Skeg articles by the 1st Monday of each month please . If the deadlines can’t be kept the SKEG will be published without late submissions!
1. Skeg photographs by the 1st Monday of each month.
2. Speaker/demonstration ( it can be a demonstration of a
wooden boat building activity or problem solving activity)
for next month are always needed so get your name and
topic in to the Editor.
Officers of the Guild contact list
President
Trip Leaders responsibilities; the Trip Leader is to confirm meeting paces and
times (including maps) for the Skeg edition prior to the event. Skeg closing time
is 1st Monday for text and 1st Monday for photos every month. Following the
event the Trip Leader is to provide a short story and up to 5 of their own photos,
sized and titled (as file name) appropriately, of the event for inclusion in the
following Skeg. Members wishing to submit photos from the rowing days are
required to provide a maximum of five to the Trip Leader so that we do not get
same/similar contributions. All must be sized as below with a title as the file
name.
0408146752
Sen.Vice President Brian Marriott
0419877684
Vice President
Jim Tayton
03 62674051
Secretary
Ross Barnett Home 6227 1720 or
mobile 0438 300 229
Members wishing to submit articles & photos: All members articles and
photos are most welcome as contributions for the Skeg or other publications.
For the Skeg, articles are preferred to be in MS Word with no formatting. Members are asked to restrict their photographic submissions to 5 In total per month
and to have resized the photos to the following specs. No PDF‘s please!
Treasurer
David Barnes
03 62441302
Flag Officers
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& Brian Marriott
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Mess Officers
Vacant
Committee
David Gatonby
0428391432
Noel Hall
03 62445583
Peter Higgs
0419803317
David Morton
0400560330
then motored out of the Duck Pond, hoisted the #2 and
from Truganini Light (which is just round the corner) I
sailed one leg, past Quarantine Point, past Woodcutters,
and past Snug Point all the way to our mooring in Northwest Bay, a little to windward and the rest a reach, absolutely fantastic, five to seven knots most of the way. It
was so exhilarating....Maori Lass was in her element....I
must get out more often....
Roscoe
Next Roving and Rowing Day,
Sunday April 3rd 2011 New Norfolk Autumn
Festival.
Big boats to travel in a flotilla leaving Lindisfarne MYCT at 7.15am to arrive at New
Norfolk approx 11.30am
Des‘s canoe and Teepookana at Triabunna
Small boats can launch at the ramp at Millbrook, see map
For directions from the Brooker Highway,
Austins Ferry to Millbrook ramp.
Small boats are advised to row/motor to
New Norfolk. We suggest this ramp as the
New Norfolk one will possibly be over
crowded.
Boats in the shed—David‘s display
Trip Leader Peter and Dallas Higgs
Photos, promised from Springbay, by
Graeme Hunt
Two old blokes aboard Admiral
David and Graeme
The Ferry Admiral
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Another great day in Paradise—the Duckpond 2011 photo GH
For Sale:
Argo
Hi Peter, just a few
photo‘s to look at. The
top two are of "Percy
Charles" and the rest
are of "Argo". I am
looking to sell Argo so
if you know of any
Member looking for a
nice little dinghy please pass my details on.
Argo is all Huon pine 4.7mts x 1850 she has a wet well
and lined inside which makes a great finish. The motor is
a 6hp Yanmar diesel and is in good condition. Argo is on
a good trailer but is not registered. I bought Argo to keep
and sell Percy but have had such a great time with Percy
with her original rig I have changed my mind. Please feel
free to give my e-mail and mobile to anyone interested.
Dave and Zac‘s note in the bottle
Photo Peter Higgs
Gavin can be contacted through the editor.
Eltin Ronan - Having just arranged to purchase
Gavin Boon‘s Fazackerly I need to offer Eltin Ronan for
sale. She‘s been a big/little restoration job for a boat with
a lot of history. Looking for a mad keen wooden boater to
take her on and maintain her as part of Tasmania‘s Maritime history.
Great rowing boat and
prepared to negotiate
the price.
Contact Peter on
0419803317
Malcolm caught out at the Duckpond
Eltin Ronan beached at Spectacle Island, Dodges Ferry
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The arrow denotes where the ―note in the bottle was found. Dave and Zac recall the ―note in the
bottle‖ being dispatched from Alexanders
Map courtesy of “D‟Entrecasteaux Waterways” edition 2, CYCT & DPIWE
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