ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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"Boats ashore and afloat expressions of interest registrations for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2023 are now open".

Just saying! :D

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BarraMan wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:05 am "Boats ashore and afloat expressions of interest registrations for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2023 are now open".
Just saying! :D
I'm still hoping to sail Great Sandy, with Feather Pram as her tender, the 1000 nm south to the island State of Tasmania for the 2023 Australian Wooden Boat Festival. I'll be submitting an EoI this weekend.

Great Sandy was built in Tasmania in 1995-96 out of now rare and highly prized local boat building timbers, and is considered by Tasmanian wooden boat enthusiasts to be a cold-molded wooden boat classic.

I sailed her down to the 2011 and 2015 festivals, and was overwhelmed by the local affection for her.

Pic of Great Sandy in her Festival berth the day after the Festival in 2011.

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Currently building Jacques Mertens ST21 "Skinnydip". Boating adventures: Splash testing and using 'Skinnydip, as a basis of further building refinement; Adams 44’ sailing sloop "Great Sandy" (cruising and maintaining); Iain Oughtred Feather Pram "Mini Dip" (building); Jacques Mertens R13 "Wood Duck" (built and due for maintenance).

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Good fun!
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Enjoy GB!!! Jeff

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Sounds like fun GB. Tom
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BarraMan wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:05 am "Boats ashore and afloat expressions of interest registrations for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2023 are now open".
Just saying! :D
Barra Man, are you considering taking your head-turning big barra boat down to Tasmania for the 2023 Australian Wooden Boat Festival?
Currently building Jacques Mertens ST21 "Skinnydip". Boating adventures: Splash testing and using 'Skinnydip, as a basis of further building refinement; Adams 44’ sailing sloop "Great Sandy" (cruising and maintaining); Iain Oughtred Feather Pram "Mini Dip" (building); Jacques Mertens R13 "Wood Duck" (built and due for maintenance).

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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glossieblack wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:01 am
BarraMan wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:05 am "Boats ashore and afloat expressions of interest registrations for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2023 are now open".
Just saying! :D
Barra Man, are you considering taking your head-turning big barra boat down to Tasmania for the 2023 Australian Wooden Boat Festival?
Ahhhh Michael, it was once in my thoughts but after 5 yrs of fishing the FB3 would need a refurbish to fit into that elite company! :D

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I think you might be selling the BBB a little short Lee. I bet she would do just fine as is. Show them what a working boat looks like :wink:

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Fuzz wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:38 pm I think you might be selling the BBB a little short Lee. I bet she would do just fine as is. Show them what a working boat looks like :wink:
Lee, Fuzz is spot on.

The Australian Wooden Boat Festival, like its international counterparts, is not about presenting superficially pretty boats. It's about presenting examples of important timber-based innovative boats that have anticipated and responded to evolving user aspiration over the decades.

IMO, your fuckin' big barra boat (FBBB) variant to JM's MG20 design is relevant to any DIY builder who wants to get across challenging waters fast, before sheltering and fiishing, or just relaxing, in more protected waters. Such is the case all around Tasmania. The year round reality is run and shelter. All around island Tasmania, you need to be able to run fast when the weather is is good (approx 25% of time), and hide when it's not.

Boat finish, providing it's seaworthy, is irrelevant to the Australian Wooden Boat Festival. Functional relevance and sound build is what counts. And based on JM's design, you've developed and built an exemplar that will appeal to many in demanding Tasmanian waters.

I encourage you to take your FBBB down to Tasmania, and enjoy the interaction with what will be a a large range of locals. They don't give a stuff abut Bristol Bronze, They are genuine functional boaties interested in what could work for them. And I reckon you've built something that is a potential game changer for the under 25 footers amongst them.
Currently building Jacques Mertens ST21 "Skinnydip". Boating adventures: Splash testing and using 'Skinnydip, as a basis of further building refinement; Adams 44’ sailing sloop "Great Sandy" (cruising and maintaining); Iain Oughtred Feather Pram "Mini Dip" (building); Jacques Mertens R13 "Wood Duck" (built and due for maintenance).

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Lee, it sounds like you need to take your Barra hunter to Tasmania. :D

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