2 Iain Oughtred designed caledonia yawls crated for shipping
Here's what we have been up to over the last month;
- Swallow Boats BayRaider
20 completed and launched for a NSW client
- decks down,
fitout and internal painting continues on the new 22' Sam Devlin design Tugboat
- two
more Swallow Boats BayRaider 20's are well underway
- one for a local client and another for a Lake Macquarie client
- restoration on the carvel vessel Teal is continuing with the second layer of
cold molding on
- another Gartside 10' traditional dinghy has been planked up ready for fitout
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Swallow Boats designed BayRaiders under construction
Progress
is going well on the BayRaider 20's with the first boat recently launched, the second hull coming along nicely and the
third boat fit out is going well.
The first boat Linda Lass is now home in NSW after her launching
and sea trials last week. It was a grey old day for launching and the wind was perfect - a steady 15-18kts with stronger
gusts. We trialed her firstly off the wind with the ballast out and she was on the verge of planing. We filled
the ballast tank on the reach (about 3 minutes to fill) and when we turned around with 20+kts across the deck she sailed just
like a keel boat - very sturdy with plenty of momentum to cut through the chop. At no time did we think to put in a
reef which was pretty amazing.
The wind started to drop down below 15kts so we dumped the water ballast through
the bailers and she took off again with exhilarating performance. It was wonderful to have "two boats in one"
- a sturdy ship when it was blowing harder and a boat that performed well when the wind was lighter.
A second sail
a few days later in light winds showed she would move in the slightest of zephyrs and with the NACA foil section rudder and
centreboard she was going to windward very well.
The self tacking headsail made tacking a breeze and it really
is just a matter of putting her about and not touching any of the sheets.
We also performed capsize testing on
the boat which was a pretty freezing exercise despite the wetsuits. Without the water ballast in she took the lightest
of touches on the centreboard for her to pop back up. With the ballast in, one of us had to climb the mast at the same
time one was leaning out on the gunwale to get her to go over. Once over, we had to hold the mast down as she wanted
to right herself and when we did let the mast go she popped back up very quickly with a very small amount of water in
the boat which quickly drained out of the sump at the back of the cockpit. Getting back on board was very
easy with the built in step in the rudder blade. You can see in the picture below how high she floats in the water on
her side thanks to her large amount of built in buoyancy. If the outboard was fitted it would be well clear of the water.
On the trailer she was very light and easily towed by our 4 cylinder car. She was built to within 5kg
of designed weight and on the trailer the combined trailer/boat weight was only 650kg.
All in all, everyone who
sailed her was impressed and we should have some video footage of the sea trials and capsize testing on line shortly.
The second hull will be going to Lake Macquarie and this boat is going to be on display at the Sydney Classic
and Wooden Boat Festival in Sydney in October this year where demonstrations sails will be available on request
(conditions apply).
Hull#3 has also been commissioned and will be staying locally with some keen sailors.
Hopefully hull #4 will be our next demo boat to be started in August/September.
With deposits taken on
two of the new BayRaider 17's it looks like this year there will be at least 6 BayRaiders on the water in Australia
which is just fantastic. We will be considering a Swallow Boats get together at the next Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart next Februrary. There is a great Raid race in the lead up to the festival and the BayRaiders will hopefully
be involved.
Construction of the BayRaider, like all our epoxy ply boats, is from Lloyd' certified FSC marine
plywood that we import from the Joubert Group in France and WEST System epoxies and fillers.
We'll post pictures of the builds as they progress.
If you are thinking
about having a BayRaider built for the coming summer I would strongly suggest you get in contact with Denman Marine quickly
as build queue slots are filling fast.
The first Australian BayRaider20 just launched
very simple to rig single handed -just a few minutes on the trailer or on the water
The BayRaider 20 - sailing beautifully during her sea trials
The BayRaider 20 reaching at speed in 15-18kts of breeze
lovely spacious interior with plenty of place to hide under the dodger
BayRaider 20 capsize testing - yes the water is very cold in Tassie in winter
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.
Gartside 10 dinghies
The Peregrine School Raffle was drawn recently and the Gartside 10 dinghy Celie-B was won by the Wharton family
in New Norfolk, Tasmania.
We have commenced the 5th of these delightful dinghies for the next raffle which begins
in October. Peregrine will have the boat at the Sydney Classic and Wooden Boat Festival in Sydney (October 16/17) and
tickets will be available at the festival.
So far she is all planked up and ready for fitout.
clamping up a freshly steamed plank on the Gartsdie 10 dinghy
2 Gartside 10 dinghies together - Celie-B and Selkie
shaping the Gartside 10 Transom
Gartside 10 dinghies under sail and oar
The raffle is drawn at the end of May 2010 so get in now to buy the last tickets.
We will
be starting another gartside 10 for Peregrine school in June for the 2010/11 raffle and will get some pictures up on the website
as the build progresses.
Restoration of Teal - a 21' carvel daysailer
Restoration work continues 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
- fairing the hull and preparing her for the cold molded overlay
- cutting
veneers for the cold molding
- applying the first diagonal layer of cold molding
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 has been 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.
The first of the three layers is now on and the beautifully fair hull shape is evident. We are
anticipating that Teal will be on our stand at the 2011 Australian Wooden Boat Festival as a restoration "work in progress".
We'll try to keep the photos updated regularly on her journey back to the water - enjoy.
Molds in and turning her over
lifting the hull off the ballast keel
spiling and fitting the first layer of veneer
wetting out the king billy with epoxy prior to gluing onto the hull
gluing on the king billy veneers
applying the second diagonal layer of king billy pine with WEST System epoxy
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.
Fitout is continuing with the decks now permanently down
and we are getting into the steering and engine systems. The small fore-cabin fitout is complete and the superstructure is
going well.
We recently turned Godzilla over so we could proceed with the interior fitout. Turning a boat
over in a small space is always interesting so we made a video of turning this one over which you can see below.
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 have recently partially built a second
one of these boats 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
scarphing the hull panels for the Storm 15
hull stitched up ready for taping and filleting
alignment jig makes the scarphing easy
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).
