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That's ok Wombat200,
I hope you find what your looking for :2tsup:

Thanks Stresslesski,
Actually this design was commissioned by a client in Maryborough QLD. He was originally looking at the Cruise Control 5.2, but wanted something larger for weekends or holidays...

G'day Rob,
Just thought I'd post a rendering of our latest new design coming out that is about to commence construction in the coming weeks.

Its called "The Black Label 27"

Its a trailerable...

G'day Par,
Yes, it does have a splash well. You just can't see it in the picture as it's lower down.
Mark

G'day all,
Just thought I'd throw up a couple of pictures of 2 of our latest power boat designs which have come out over the past 3 weeks:
The Roguewave XT-15 (a plywood composite design) and the...

Paulwonia Paradise or Port philllip plantation Shutters (same company) is the company whom we deal with in regards to our strip plank designs. :2tsup:

Dave and Sue are their names. Very nice...

Glad you liked it Cliff.
That was just a few power boats in paulownia strip plank composite.

For those who love the sailing side, here's another one of our designs, using the same method,...

G'day Woodeneye,
These are composite designs, not timber designs. The paulownia is only a core with several layers of 450 gm DB laminates both inside and outside. If you look carefully at the...

G'day,
Here's just a few examples for using paulownia in our designs. Its really easy to work with and overall, when compared to typical plywood construction, it works out to be the same in...

I totally agree.

Good idea Par, well worth the effort. :2tsup:

Actually mike,
This article was written in a bias sense at the time, as Bruce was a supplier for WRC and not Paulownia and at the time there was a bit of a war between the two. Also, he states in...

G'day Tim,
We've got a new design coming out that might suit your needs and also length required. It hasn't got a name yet (still thinking) :doh:
LOA overall 15 ft
Beam Overall = 6ft 8in
Dead...

Actualy Mike,
I've found that strip plank is one of the quickest and one of the most favoured in relation to the shape of the hull as your not constricted to flat panels.
My opinion anyway...

Nice design Par. Well presented.
Im curious though, why don't you have a website for you designs.
Mark

rob540,
I'm curious, in your video clip "Cruising Corio Bay", the background music..is that George Benson?
Mark

Years ago I saw a 42 ft catamaran rigged with crab claw sails up in Cooktown. Climbed aboard and had a very interesting yak with the owner about it. He was testing the principle of it. Don't know...

Venr,
yes you probably right in regards to Tasmania. Each state is slightly different in it's legislation.
In regards to NSW, this is the only state that I'm aware of that actually stipulates :
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Mik,
the problem here is because Chubbs lives in NSW, as the owner/ builder he cannot supply the info as per NSW legislation.

refer section 47 (a) of this link...

G'day Chris,
I prefer to answer this question off line as it wouldn't be fair to answer commercial questions here. But overall, not a problem. Give me an email
Mark

You fella's think you got problems.
An aluminium boat building company called us in to go over their designs (70 in all) and check them for ABP compliance. We did one of their 17 ft centrre...

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G'day All,
i just recieved launch photo's of Peter's Mushulu 12. I thought I'd throw this up as it just goes to show that age means nothing when it comes to boatbuilding.
Peter has never built...

G'day all,
Well after a few delays and other boating projects, the Cruise Control Plans are now finally finished. Whew! :2tsup:
So, here's the final renderings of the design that a few of you may...

Well despite the weather we launched the Mushulu 12 today. The weather was 15 - 20 knots wind with scattered showers. The photos look nice and calm but as soon as we were outside the breakwater it...

I just received this morning more pictures of Jeff's Mangrove Jack 3.65, so I thought I'd post them up for everybody
regards
Mark
www.bowdidgemarinedesigns.com

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G'day Koala,
I planning on having them finished by the end of next week. I was hoping to have them finished a few weeks back, but we've had so many interuptions etc, that it's set us back. :doh:...

G'day all,
Just got a couple of new pictures of Jeffs Mangrove Jack. It's about to be launched (well, by now it probably is as their now on holidays) As soon as they get back, jeffs going to send in...

Crikey, What a day!!. We've had pictures coming to us left right and centre from various clients and their latest build pictures. Jeff just sent these in
regards
Mark

Hi Mark,

Here are some...

G'day Everyone,
Here's a few more pictures that Jeff as sent across. He reckon's he's got around 3 more days of painting etc to do before launch day :2tsup:
You can find more pictures on our...

Crikey, your brother lives just down the road from us. We're at Bundaberg.
In regards to giving a hand, we're always available for advice etc to all our clients
(7 days a week) :2tsup:
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G'day Itsposs,
30HP.. it will slot straight in (long leg) :2tsup:
As I mentioned previously, you can take out the side seats and incorporate a centre console instead. This naturally will really...

G'dy C350z,
Maybe you could talk to Boatmik (Mike) about using one of his canoe designs and adapting to suit. I'm sure he'll help out and also, being an Australian, will make it easy to contact him...

G'day Itsposs,
In regard to the Bosun's mates construction, it designed so that the internals can be moved, added or subtracted from to suit whatever the client desires. In other words, if one...

I've just posted a thread regarding the University of Tasmania (School of Engineering)now building the Mushulu 14 as part of their curiculum.
It's good to see the students having fun. not only are...

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Hi Mark
Todays efforts...
Dave

Dr David Wood
School of Engineering
Faculty of Science, Engineering,...

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Hi Mark,
We've got to the "Boat Shaped Object" stage! A few of the students
have been coming in one day a...

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Hi Mark
Here's a paragraph about what the students are doing.
Second Year Engineering students at the...

This may give you an iea of how to building scale models. Craig built a scale model of one of our designs..the Mushulu 12, as a full floating propelled scaled model as a school project. :2tsup:...

Whilst working for Tom Fexas Yacht Designs as a Naval Architect, all their power boats were designed to operate in speed to length ratios of between 2 to 3. All had chines and all we're Test tanked...

G'day Everyone,
I've been a bit slack lately, not keeping up with posting Jeffs Progress photo's, so I thought I'd better load up the latest :doh:
regards
Mark


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G'day Everyone,
Just thought I'd post what's happening in regards to the Cruise Controls plans to date.
The plans are drawn on large "D" size or 2ft by 3ft sheets except for full size templates...

G'day Georgy


Actually, it's for everyone, including the "one of" builder.

One of the first questions asked on the rego form when it comes time to register your boat is

I see that you...

G'day Everyone,
I know this may be a bit of a commercial blurb, but we get so many enquires asking if our designs will be coming out in kit form. So with this in mind and working with Andrew Denman...

Thanks Kev,
Actually I'm spending a lot of time on these plans (actually I do on all of them), but in regards to this design and being that 98% of it is plywood construction, I'm really pulling the...

Crikey, Kev, you cracked me up when I read that. Mate, I'm going like the clappers at the moment. And while my mouse is smoking, I just picked up 2 more boat design contracts in the past 3 days. Now...

What's even better is, the plywood sheet sizes are bigger than your typical 2.4x1.2 m sheet size, meaning even more ply for your money !! :2tsup:
regards
Mark
www.bowdidgemarinedesigns.com

G'day Everyone,
In case any of you who may have been interested in the progress of our Mushulu 14, its just been SOLD. An elderly gentleman drove up from the Gold Coast (4.5 hr drive), took one look...

Speaking with Dave (Port Phillip Plantation Shutters - Melbourne) the other day, I queryed the structure of the tree. As it turns out, the species is actually related to Bamboo.

Unlike normal...

In regards to strength, the Chinese Paulownia is only 3/4's the strength of the Qld paulownia. in regards to moisture content, the chinese version was also tested at 11% as well. I recently got...