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A boat by the river
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24.01.2022 Do you remember Ruby? Here is the sadly forgotten boat ruby that we dismantled for the lead. Finally delivered to our shed for the stockpile. 1 ton down, 5 to go!
22.01.2022 Engine rebuild. This weekend we had a good run on rebuilding our Fordson major engine. A complicated and systematic process and without the help of Josh Azzopardi we would have been very lost! Another day or two of work and we should have her running.
22.01.2022 Australian Wooden Boat Festival announces: A boat by the river - the story of a young Tasmanian couple building their dream wooden boat 'Tarkine'. Their build will be on display to the public at 'Dave's Shed' during our event - The Maritime Trail 2021, just one of the many hidden secrets in the wooden boat world. We can’t wait to welcome all of you and show you around! We’ll have food, drinks and good conversation for you. See you then, Matt&Iefke
20.01.2022 Had some good help today with a shed clean up.
18.01.2022 Planking complete! After 3000 bronze screws, 12kg of bronze nails, 4 drills (cheaper is not better), over 100 litres of epoxy resin, and more than 100 planks - each side. We are complete! Moulds have been removed, next beam shelf and deck beams!
17.01.2022 Screwing and edge nailing the strips to the frames.
12.01.2022 Planking up. Finally finished the frames and floors, and after a little bit of research (thanks Obie) we are into planking! We are working up the hull with 25mm x 30mm strips and fastening with silicon bronze screws and bronze nails. Our recent investment was three sacrificial drills that will hopefully see to the end of planking.
10.01.2022 Since 1994 Bark EUROPA has sailed with an international crew; all part of the worldwide EUROPA family, and with every member their own st...ory to tell. Crew members Matt and Iefke have been sailing on EUROPA since 2014 and 2016. These are their adventures: We met on EUROPA while sailing from the Netherlands towards Montevideo. Matt had been on board for a while and passionately worked as Bosun when Iefke joined as deck crew in 2016. We sailed the North and South Atlantic voyages together in the years after. Our joint passion for sailing and traditional boats led us to embark on our own adventure of building a boat in Southern Tasmania. We loved sailing on EUROPA for the family we became part of, for the ship and her traditional rigging and for the voyages she undertakes, being a ship that truly sails. We've made friends that are like family and learned all about life on the ocean and decided that we wanted to keep sailing. When we celebrated our marriage in 2018 we were surrounded by Bark EUROPA crew members from all over the world which made the day extra special. Sailing EUROPA gave us the skills and the confidence to start the adventure of building our own home on the water. We are currently building a 41ft wooden pilot cutter inspired sailing boat that will take us around the world when she is finished. We hope to follow in the footsteps of the great Ocean Wanderer and explore the waters of our world under sail, together with our very own little ships dog Obie. You can have a look at our building project on our social media page: A boat by the river
10.01.2022 Time to get excited! This is your chance to have a tour of Dave’s shed and our boat Tarkine. Maritime trail Tasmania 2021
08.01.2022 https://www.australianwoodenboatfestival.com.au/a-boat-by-/
07.01.2022 Working fast to get our last 4 frames finished!
06.01.2022 Slow sunday.. Preparing strip planks for another day of planking!
02.01.2022 Planking prevails. Roughly a month in and planking is going smoothly. We can lay about 7 planks a day, between filling and machining up stock for the next day.
