2 Iain Oughtred designed caledonia yawls crated for shipping
2009 was a really busy year for us and 2010 has started in the same way. Here's what we have been up
to so far;
- Swallow Boats Storm 15 launched (another one will be started mid to late March
for a local client)
- building a new 22' Sam Devlin design
Tugboat
- full restoration of a lovely 60 year old 18' clinker for the local sea scouts with 2 more to
go
- The first two Swallow Boats BayRaiders have been started
- the Bowdidge Marine Designs, 14' power boat kit has been released and has just been
chosen by Woodenboat magazine as the "Wooden Boat of the Week" - see here for more info
- restoration on the carvel vessel Teal is continuing
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A Pair of Swallow Boats designed BayRaiders under construction
Finally after waiting many months to get some workshop space the first two Australian BayRaiders are well
underway. One boat will be going to NSW and another boat is being built as our spec/demo boat. A third boat has
been commissioned by a local customer and it will probably start at the end of the month.
The designed hull form
stability is clearly evident even these early build stages. Construction is from Lloyd' certified FSC marine
plywood that we import from the Joubert Group in France and WEST System epoxies and fillers. So far the spars for the first two boat have been made and the first hull is assembled with fitout
progressing inthe coming weeks.
We'll post pictures of the builds as they progress.
stitching up the BayRaider hull
fibreglassing the bottom panels on the BayRaider
sanding the BayRaider main mast - Tassie style
fitting the sheer plank on the BayRaider
Below is a short video of how we sand our masts at Denman Marine.
This one is for the first BayRaider. The mast is birdsmouth construction made from douglas fir (oregon) and WEST
System epoxy. The birdsmouth construction method results in a lighter mast and these ones are 8kg which is pretty
good for a 5 metre mast.
A pair of Gartside 10 dinghies
Time and good weather finally coincided and we have launched our latest Gartside 10 dinghy Celie-B.
This boat is being raffled by the Peregrine School as their annual fundraiser. Tickets are available via their website or in person at Salamanca Markets every Saturday.
If you are coming down for the Sydney to Hobart, she will be down at the wharf with tickets available on site.
We
were lucky to get a beautiful day for the launch and we managed to also get Bob Hawkins of Cygnet who won the last raffle
to bring last years boat, Selkie, down for a tandem row/sail.
Here's a few pictures of the boats.
Launch of the Gartside 10 dinghy Celie-B
2 Gartside 10 dinghies together - Celie-B and Selkie
Celie-B in the water for the first time
Gartside 10 dinghies under sail and oar
Restoration of Teal - a 21' carvel daysailer
We have recently commenced restoration work on "Teal", a lovely king billy carvel yacht
for a local client. Although we are still gathering information on her origins, we believe she was built in the North
of Tasmania, possibly Burnie, back in the 1940's. She has a lovely hull shape and apparently was a real
performer.
So far work has entailed;
- getting the shape back into the hull
-
new celery top pine stem, keelson and keel and huon pine transom
- the hull has
also been extended by 2' aft
The current owner is going to sail her extensively when she is finished
including some coastal racing so we have decided to go with a king billy cold molded overlay over the old carvel planking
which will make her immensely strong and able to handle the stresses that will be imposed upon her.
The king billy
stock arrived late last year and will be re-sawn into 3mm veneers for cold molding. We have a great thin kerf re-saw
ability so we will be minimising loss through cutting of this beautiful timber. We will be doing final fairing and prep
for cold molding later this month.
We'll try to keep the photos updated regularly on her progress - enjoy.
Molds in and turning her over
lifting the hull off the ballast keel
the backbone removed
cutting old brass hood end fastenings
Terra Linna Spars
We
have just finished making a new set of spars for the Terra Linna which is an old traditional tasmanian
fishing vessel.
The spars are made from oregon and the rig is a gaff cutter with topsail.
The spar and rig plan was
drawn up my local Naval Architect Murray Isles
Terra Linna Spar and sail plan (courtesy Murray Isles Naval Architect)
16 siding the main mast
sanding spars on the lathe
fitting rigging strop cleats to the main mast
strop cleats fitted
traditional wooden yard jaws on the mainsail gaff
Sam Devlin Designed 22' Tug Boat
We have commenced
construction on one of these salty little boats for a mainland client. Construction is Joubert BS1088 marine ply with WEST System resins and fibreglass. She is trailerable and will use a Yanmar 22hp diesel for propulsion.
The hull has been fuly
assembled and fibreglassed and last week saw the completion and installation of the skeg and stern tube. The bottom
of the hull is being prepped for painting and she will be turned for fitout shortly.
Fibreglassing the skeg on a Devlin designed Godzilla 22' tugboat
hull all glassed up awaiting the skeg
lovely curved transom that will be sheathed in 2 layers of 6mm marine ply
This will be an interesting project to watch develop so come back and view the regular
updates.
Swallow Boats Storm 15
We
recently launched Bon Ami a Swallow Boats Storm 15 for a local client. She was built from a pre-cut kit
of marrine plywood and epoxy/fibreglass. All the structural timber was celery top pine and the interior trim was huon
pine. The boat was very light and is easily towed by a small 4 cylinder car. The owner chose the uncomplicated
balanced lug rig and she performed very well on her sea trials.
We will be partially building a second one of these
boats in March for another local client.
These boats are available as a completed vessel or as a kit and at any
stage in between.
Roomy interior of the Storm 15
Launching the Swallow Boats designed Storm 15
Storm 15 exterior paint finished and starting on the interior
beautifully set balanced lug sail on the Storm 15
Denman Marine specialises in custom wooden boat building and repair.We utilise both
traditional methods such as carvel or clinker and modern methods such as strip planking, cold molding or clinker plywood.
We can custom build to any design - for example those by Iain Oughtred,
Paul Gartside, John Welsford, Mark Bowdidge, Francois Vivier, Atkin , Bolger B&B etc.
We are sole Australian agents for Swallow Boats including the BayRaider and also importers and re-sellers
of the world renowned Joubert BS1088 Gaboon Marine Plywood ( Lloyds certified and FSC certified).
