For those weather bound and a bit bored here are some pics of the rebuild of "Rosie". A Sydney Snapper boat from the early 1950s to traditional day boat in 2022.
I am banned from getting my hands on the 50 foot cray boat on the big slip, even comes with a re manufactured Gardner 6 LXB
What happens when you a flood, and you get 6 feet of water through the Shed. Where is should be, roof hit the roof beams of the shed. The boat took almost water just floated up. The crew boat floated up as well.
What a great project. I recently got my first power boat - a 15ft, 60hp Stejcraft - and after zipping about Port Phillip Bay in it I've decide I just prefer the slower progress of displacement hulls. They're more pleasant in heavy seas and sit better at anchor, but I also get the feeling with the fast boat that I'm in a hurry. Fishing or messing about on the water, in my view, is best done at a slower pace. There's more than enough hurrying to do when you get back to shore. You've got yourself a very civilised boat there...
Thanks everyone, but Rosie was a Xmas present for my wife, so there was important design criteria. 1.The fridge is the smallest fridge up can stand a champagne bottle upright in; 2.The loo had too be almost domestic quality 3. The full roof to stay out the sun when doing Chardonnay cruises 4. Had to be easy access to get on board so if you look carefully, the roof is not full length and the rear seat is raised too allow a comfortable step down into the cockpit etc
If you look carefully, all the planks are full length save for the shutter plank on starboard which is the only planks that we replaced as it never really fitted that well as is common as usually last price of timber left. Sister ship (Marks built) as a river beam trawler in the 1960s some where built by the Fisher family, some by the Marks family and some by both but construction was the same. Whether you got a 24 footer or a 28 footer depended on the length of timber delivered by the mill.
I am banned from getting my hands on the 50 foot cray boat on the big slip, even comes with a re manufactured Gardner 6 LXB
Re-launch after about a year on and off.
Keeping the workboat ethic.
Fridge door now has timber cover
