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  1. RAID Sydney

    Hi All,

    Rather than create a new thread I thought I'd setup a Meetup website for RAID Sydney: http://www.meetup.com/raidsydney/. The first trip is a sheltered jaunt up the Parramatta River to Ryde...
  2. Hi Ross, Regarding the river cats, yes they...

    Hi Ross,

    Regarding the river cats, yes they definitely had a big affect on the beach at Abbotsford point. Commuting by ferry is lovely though, I wonder if a scaled up Bolger Tennessee or similar...
  3. Concord Ryde Sailing Club Sydney welcomes homebuilt boats

    Bugger, got excited catching up on this thread till I heard about the length restriction - we have a 16.5" Ness Boat and usually launch in Canada Bay, I've sailed up to Concord to watch the racing...
  4. (Off Topic) Some Mik/Bolger Inspired-If-Not-Designed Boat Projects Since My Last Post

    Hello Mik and list,

    Thought I should de-lurk and share some pics of Hilliard-eyeball-designed boat projects completed since my last post:

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    The pram was launched and named Majory-Ruth....
  5. Sticky: Hope you had fun on your travels MIK - Now that...

    Hope you had fun on your travels MIK - Now that you're back how about a stretched Goooose to show those Sydney to Hobart people a thing or two? ;-)
  6. Pub

    Ok I'll look for you at the festival and work out which pub, and bring the family along. If you'd like to do any more photo/video work this show let me know - this time I have my own camera-ship :-).
  7. Anyone Apart from Mik at Goolwa Wooden Boat Festival in South Australia This Weekend?

    The flights are booked and the various repairs to my boat seem to be working after a test sail on the Parramatta river yesterday, so on Wednesday night I'll be setting out on a 16 hour drive across...
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    And to extend this to the next stage, If you're...

    And to extend this to the next stage, If you're building a plane (as I am) can I suggest:


    Buying lots of books about aeronautical engineering,
    Staring at sketches and equations into the wee...
  9. Funny, my avatar for this forum, twitter and...

    Funny, my avatar for this forum, twitter and elsewhere was taken right out the front of Frothy Coffee - I think someone recognised the sandbar when I first joined the forum.
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    Moth Worlds

    I'll be on the Central Coast on holiday from tomorrow, if people are going to see the moths it would be nice to catch up.

    Robin
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    Catching up with the thread

    Just spent an enjoyable evening catching up on the last year or so of some of these threads. As for this thread, I was surprised/pleased to see my own boat (A Ness Boat) singled out early as an...
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    Some photos of the scow/pram project in her...

    Some photos of the scow/pram project in her current form:

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3460/3352699080_2727b93760.jpg?v=0

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3351871329_fed949c938.jpg?v=0
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    Why thank you :-) And yes it's Smith's Lake,...

    Why thank you :-)

    And yes it's Smith's Lake, well spotted. Just a few days before these photos the lake was the highest it had been in living memory (my extended family lived there through most...
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    Yes, we had some good chats in Boat Books - I was...

    Yes, we had some good chats in Boat Books - I was already very familiar with your work from the Duck Flat catalogue, Beth being a close second for my choice of boat (the Ness is still a canoe yawl). ...
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    Hi Mike, Michael has already posted some of...

    Hi Mike,

    Michael has already posted some of the show photos in the welcome thread, the full set is here:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/7960153@N04/sets/72157614890730947/

    And there are photos...
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    Introducing Robin

    Hello All,

    I've just joined the forum after running into Michael again at the SA Wooden Boat Show last weekend, and rather than lurk I thought I'd post a quick intro.

    I live in Sydney and...
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