Last weekend while we were enjoying a lazy Sunday morning, Claire came upon an advert in the newspaper for the Wooden Boat Festival, so we thought it was a lovely day, i like boats and the kids like an outing - so off to The Docklands we went!
It turned out that the Festival wasn't exactly where we thought, so a little walking was around The Docklands precinct was required...the first attraction was the black and white cow up the tree
Eventually, after what seemed like an eternity of "How much further?" and "Are we there yet?" the Festival came into view...
The Festival was a combination of boats displayed in the water, boats on trailers and marque stalls. There was also a combination of yachts and motor boats (here is where my bias shows - any photos of motor boats were purely accidental!).
The only preclusion to the no motor boat rule was the steam boat. This little beauty was 18ft in length if I remember correctly.
The main attraction of the little steam boat was due to the fact that Claire's uncle has a 28ft (i think) steam boat in his shed - which is apparently on the list of steam powered things which may one day be restored...Stay tuned for photos of Claire's uncle's steam boat.
I might just add, that this is more of a pictorial edition that all the in's and out's of the boats - some of the boats may feature in a story of their own at some stage.
We then came across this 14ft daysailer / camp sailer from Tassy.
...Winwward II, a 54ft Bermudan Cutter...
...Sayonara, a lovely looking mid-50-something ft yacht...
...a 20ft, gaff rigged "Friendship Sloop", Hand of Friendship - out of Mordialloc (maybe just across the creek from work - i'll have to keep an eye out!) These are an lovely looking yacht from Maine (USA) with a similar story to the local Couta Boats, in so much as they were working boats that became a recreational boat with the advent of power boats - I'll find out a little more in time...
...just some impressively bright brass, timber and stainless steel...
...Scimitar, another beautifully presented 50ish ft yacht...
...I don't really know much about this boat, except that it lives in Mordialloc Creek across the road from work...
...an Herreshoff H-28, a classic timber yacht...more about this design to come in the future...
...i just liked the look of this one, i don't even remember what it is...
...a Couta Boat under sail, i was amazed at the speed of these yachts...
...and now for a few that would comfortably fit in the garage at home...wink, wink...
...James thought the blue one needed closer attention...
It has been bought to my attention that the garage at home will not be home to a timber yacht (be it a new construction, complete re-build, renovation or a perfect specimen) until all the current list of projects at home have been completed...oh well, a boy can dream...
And the girls at the end of the day - and yes Emily is in there somewhere...
