News from Cygnet Wooden Boats December 28, 2022 at 09:01AM

UIRA UPDATE NO 26. A CURVY COCKPIT, A GRACEFUL HATCHWAY, BRONZE CRANSE & GAMMON IRON, A SAMSON POST, SPRUCE BOWSPRIT, PATTERNS FOR CATHEADS AND CHAIN PLATES, JUST ADD ENDLESS HULL FAIRING AND GALLONS OF VARNISH AND THAT BAILEY SCROLL! With the Australian Wooden Boat Festival fast approaching it's been a crazy busy time at the shed amplified by four year since the last festival in 2019. With so much going on and the recreation of so many components needed for a respectable Victorian Racing Yacht it has been difficult to take in all the activities, so I'll allow the photos to do the talking! P.S. CWB can not express enough our thanks to Wayne Olsen of Horizon Boats for sending over the ditch some of the his beautiful patterns made during the restoration of the UIRA'S older sibling the 1895 C&W Bailey 5 Rater IDA!

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats November 15, 2022 at 06:45PM

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Happy Launch Day ADELA, 97 Years Young!

Happy Launch Day ADELA, 97 Years Young!
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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats November 14, 2022 at 07:37PM

Happy Launch Day ADELA, 97 Years Young!

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UIRA'S older sibling IDA! https://youtu.be/TwNhOpX7xCg

News from Cygnet Wooden Boats November 08, 2022 at 07:40PM

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Fitting the Transom & Sternpost on our wooden boat Tarkine (EP5)

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats October 29, 2022 at 09:39AM

With big thanks to Afloat Magazine and Bruce Stannard for the wonderful article on TE UIRA and her restoration at Cygnet Wooden Boats. https://ift.tt/Irmw8RO

Cold moulded diagonal planking our wooden boat (EP 4)

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats October 18, 2022 at 07:19PM

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Gold leaf on our hand carved wooden transom (EP 3)

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats October 09, 2022 at 07:38PM

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats September 30, 2022 at 07:44AM

IT'S SHINY FRIDAY 🙃 Thanks to Iefke Van Gogh.

Ep 2 Sole, Bulkhead & Bunk.

Matt and Iefke are making great progress on TARKINE! https://ift.tt/khOPmJ4
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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats September 23, 2022 at 08:43AM

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats September 18, 2022 at 05:40PM

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats September 18, 2022 at 09:45AM

TE UIRA UPDATE NO 25. RUDDERLESS NO LONGER AND A BIG BIRDSMOUTH SPAR. As we emerge from a cold and wet winter, Team TE UIRA has been busy with creating her new rudder and mast. When Charles Marshall had to remove TE UIRA'S lead keel and donate the lead to the war effort in the early 1940's along with creating a new iron keel a new rudder was also constructed. Unbeknownst to us Marshall had used one of the original pintle and gudgeon in the construction of his new rudder, so when the 1940's rudder was dismantle much to our surprise and delight buried in filler and bog was one pair of the original bronze pintle and gudgeon. With master shipwright Lindsay Wood charged with creating a new rudder it was possible for him to recreate the missing bronze rudder parts and use the original pintle and gudgeon to cast more! Meanwhile Team TE UIRA have begun the huge task of creating UIRA'S 50ft Pole Mast from Sitka Spruce and using the birdsmouth construction method. No mean feat considering the length of the timber used to create such a large timber spar! As usual I'll let Iefke Van Gogh's wonderful photographs tell the rest of the story.

BEAUTIFUL BRONZE.

BEAUTIFUL BRONZE.
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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats September 16, 2022 at 07:30AM

BEAUTIFUL BRONZE.

Exciting news! Coming soon to Tasmanian bookstores and the navarine.net website, Those That Survive. Over 760 vessel profiles spread across two volumes.

Exciting news! Coming soon to Tasmanian bookstores and the navarine.net website, Those That Survive. Over 760 vessel profiles spread across two volumes.
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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats September 14, 2022 at 04:50PM

Exciting news! Coming soon to Tasmanian bookstores and the navarine.net website, Those That Survive. Over 760 vessel profiles spread across two volumes.

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A boat by the River - Getting to know us

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats September 01, 2022 at 07:01AM

EMMA. Photo Courtesy of Iefke Van Gogh.

EMMA. Photo Courtesy of Iefke Van Gogh.

EMMA. Photo Courtesy of Iefke Van Gogh.
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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats August 30, 2022 at 07:22PM

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats August 27, 2022 at 07:54AM

EMMA'S NEW RIGGING! Photo Courtesy of Iefke Van Gogh.

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats August 26, 2022 at 04:18PM

Wooden Boat Building in South East Tasmania has been a long tradition and how wonderful to see this tradition continue with so many young and talented boat builders now working and training in this beautiful part of our world! The restoration of TE REPUNGA @ Denman Marine just over the hill from Cygnet Wooden Boats is a fantastic example of the work being done by our talented Tassie Boat Builders! https://ift.tt/tOcw3IA

News from Cygnet Wooden Boats August 19, 2022 at 11:46AM

TE UIRA! 😊

TE UIRA! 😊

TE UIRA! 😊
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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats August 19, 2022 at 08:48AM

EMMA'S mast is looking resplendent with the final coats of Awlwood! Big thanks to Iefke Van Gogh, photographer and master of the brush! 😊

News from Cygnet Wooden Boats August 13, 2022 at 05:25PM

Wow! The S.V TARKINE is racing ahead! 🤩 https://ift.tt/Mgxl5Cn

TE UIRA by C&W Bailey. Built Auckland New Zealand 1896.

TE UIRA by C&W Bailey. Built Auckland New Zealand 1896.
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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats August 13, 2022 at 08:37AM

TE UIRA by C&W Bailey. Built Auckland New Zealand 1896.

News from Cygnet Wooden Boats August 12, 2022 at 07:54AM

LOOKING BACK. January 2018 we held the launch of two charming, Mrs Wilsons Rowing Dinghys! "Presenting the Mrs Wilsons Rowing Dingys ISABELLA and POOLTAH. (Seahorse) Designed by Walter Paisley in 1872 and built by Alison Pit and Jurgen Harder at Cygnet Wooden Boats under the supervision of Jeremy Clowes. Launched at Robleys Point Port Cygnet January 2018." Some history with thanks to the Tasmanian Maritime Museum: "John Wilson married Dinah Goodby in 1872 and soon presented her with this dinghy. Every Monday and Friday during their married life Dinah would row the 10 km between Cygnet and her husband's workplace at Esperance. She was still rowing it 65 years later aged 88. Mr Wilson had the dinghy built by ex convict Walter Paisley who was a youngster at Point Puer. He received a pardon in 1847 but remained a probationer for 15 years."

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The Alden Schooner LADY WINERMERE.

The Alden Schooner LADY WINERMERE.
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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats August 07, 2022 at 02:51PM

LADY WINERMERE.

News from Cygnet Wooden Boats August 07, 2022 at 02:35PM

S.V LADY WINERMERE. How time flys! Last December the team at CWB along with her owner removed the masts from the beautiful New Zealand built Schooner LADY WINERMERE for a complete refurbishment! After the masts were reinstalled her proud owner took this wee video to celebrate her return to sailing! Many thanks to Joshua for taking the time and sending us this little gem! Enjoy! 🙃

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats July 29, 2022 at 06:47PM

Mast building can be a very very long process! 🙃

OBIE MORRIS supervising the Game of Inches! 🤩

OBIE MORRIS supervising the Game of Inches! 🤩
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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats July 27, 2022 at 08:38AM

OBIE MORRIS supervising the Game of Inches! 🤩

News from Cygnet Wooden Boats July 17, 2022 at 12:01PM

THE NEW ZEALAND BUILT WOOLLACOTT EMMA. After 70+ years of service this beautifully built liitle yacht is well deserving of a whole lot of love and care! After three months in the shed EMMA has emerged looking very smart indeed! Great work from team EMMA, Iefke, Matt, Marshall, Taylor, Marleise and her proud owner Gwyn! Big thanks to Iefke for the wonderful photos!

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats July 16, 2022 at 04:48PM

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You'll need just a little Sitka Spruce for 56ft Pole Mast! 🙃 Photo courtesy of lefke Van Gogh.

You'll need just a little Sitka Spruce for 56ft Pole Mast! 🙃 Photo courtesy of lefke Van Gogh.
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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats July 15, 2022 at 05:47PM

You'll need just a little Sitka Spruce for 56ft Pole Mast! 🙃 Photo courtesy of lefke Van Gogh.

News from Cygnet Wooden Boats July 08, 2022 at 05:23PM

A SHED FULL OF AMAZING TALENT! 😊

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats July 01, 2022 at 11:40AM

UIRA UPDATE NO 24. HULL SHEATHING, BIG BOLTS AND ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL RUDDER! It's been awhile since the last update so lots to catch up on! After what seemed to be endless timber plugs, splines and fairing of the hull we began the difficult task of applying a layer of dynal sheathing to the hull. The question is often asked why sheath a perfect wooden hull? Firstly the triple diagonal construction of TE UIRA is incredible strong and stable but the multiple layers of planking can be a complete nightmare if a leak develops with water tracking along the inner layers and appearing on the inside far from the external incursion. Secondly maintenance and its increasing cost. We are hopeful that TE UIRA will be extant for another 100 years and the coating will help decrease the cost of her maintenance now and in the future! As a racing boat UIRA may one day compete with her contemporaries in New Zealand that have also been restored this way. Keeping the water from the timbers keeps her lighter and faster on the water! After the sheathing we added a lick of paint so we can start the final fairing of the hull ready for sanding and painting. The next huge job has been drilling through metres of keel timber and lead to insert the new keel bolts. While it was tempting to use spiral drills for the lead with over a metre of material to drill through it was considered not worth the angst of the drill bit binding and breaking in the lead, so a more robust but slower type of drill bit was used! The drilling team of Andrew, Matt, Marshall, Jeremy and Taylor drilled through a combined total of 6 metres of lead ballast. A big thanks to our engineer Edd who made all the bolts, nuts, drills and counter bores to accomplish the task! With the ballast keel now bolted in place what a big beautiful boat needs is a big beautiful rudder and all the parts to attach it to the boat! Lindsay has been busy constructing said rudder from slabs of glorious New Zealand Kauri and making patterns for the pintles and gudgeons to attach the rudder that now have been cast in gun metal bronze ready for fitting! Lastly her new feathering propeller has arrived so we can prepare the rudder aperture to accommodate the new prop. Enough said for now, I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story! Enjoy!

News from Cygnet Wooden Boats June 16, 2022 at 05:19PM

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats May 13, 2022 at 02:01PM

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats May 06, 2022 at 09:16AM

Big Bronze Nuts and just how long should your sticky out bit be! 🙃

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2022 ABD Group Classic Yacht Regatta - Race 1

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats April 06, 2022 at 08:52PM

Check out the superb work of our fellow Tasmanian boatbuilder and friend of the shed, Jonathan Minnebo! https://ift.tt/aqPs0GE

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats April 01, 2022 at 08:50AM

The 1925 Derwent Racing Launch ADELA is progressing well towards a relaunch in the spring!

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats March 22, 2022 at 06:49PM

CHARLES BAILEY'S ROGUE FINALLY GETS WET AGAIN AFTER A WEE BALLAST AJUSTMENT! Photos Courtesy of "The Restoration of Rogue (1892)" https://ift.tt/BMysE8x

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats March 12, 2022 at 08:59AM

UIRA UPDATE NO 23. PLUGS, SPLINES, FAIRING, AND WOOHOO 4.3 TONS OF NEW LEAD KEEL! Not all wooden boat building is glamorous, plugging up hundreds of nail holes and splining meters of planking and then fairing it all is shoulder breaking work! So that's why they called them "Lead Mines"! As mentioned earlier TE UIRA lost her lead keel to WW2 and so a new lead keel needed to be cast. There was much excitement when the new one arrived and moved carefully under UIRA! Now the difficult job of drilling through almost a metre of lead and keel timber to attach the 6 Aluminium Bronze keel bolts that will hold the 4.3 ton keel to the boat.

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ABD Group Classic Yacht Regatta 2022 Race 1 - Hummingbird-Photography

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ROGUE – Whats 15 Years When You’re 130 Years Old

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats January 17, 2022 at 09:57PM

With thanks to the Classic Yacht Charitably Trust of New Zealand for the picture of Charles Bailey Jun's yacht ROGUE ready for relaunching after a stunning restoration taking many years to complete. "The 1892 Bailey built Rogue having her mast restepped after a major refit. A beautiful addition to New Zealand's active fleet of classic vessels. Next step is to refloat her tomorrow to confirm her waterline before completing the antifouling."

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats January 02, 2022 at 08:20AM

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News from Cygnet Wooden Boats January 02, 2022 at 08:13AM

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