Boat Building – photos and stories Archive

  • Robert Bonney graciously made his Derwent Skiff available for exhibition at the Design Centre of Tasmania in Launceston. The exhibition celebrates the first ten years of the Tasmanian Wood Design...

    On exhibition at the Design Centre of Tasmania

    Robert Bonney graciously made his Derwent Skiff available for exhibition at the Design Centre of Tasmania in Launceston. The exhibition celebrates the first ten years of the Tasmanian Wood Design...

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  • Australian Wooden Boat Festival Featured on ABC Collectors On Friday the 3rd of June, ABC’s Tasmanian based Collectors program featured the recent Australian Wooden Boat Festival (AWBF). It showed off a...

    Boat Festival on ABC Collectors

    Australian Wooden Boat Festival Featured on ABC Collectors On Friday the 3rd of June, ABC’s Tasmanian based Collectors program featured the recent Australian Wooden Boat Festival (AWBF). It showed off a...

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  • I picked up a small box of “stuff” from the freight depot. Doesn’t look like much – but there’s lots of bits. After unpacking and wondering, I quickly assembled the...

    The Kit and Kaboodle!

    I picked up a small box of “stuff” from the freight depot. Doesn’t look like much – but there’s lots of bits. After unpacking and wondering, I quickly assembled the...

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  • Julian Robertson has spent many evenings last year building a Derwent Skiff, a design by Allan Witt that won an Australian Wooden Boat Show design competition in 2007. Here Julian describes the journey so far.

    The Building of Joy

    Julian Robertson has spent many evenings last year building a Derwent Skiff, a design by Allan Witt that won an Australian Wooden Boat Show design competition in 2007. Here Julian describes the journey so far.

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