Stop Press: Member’s need to be financial

for the forth coming year.

Please pay subscriptions online, $47 (full and family)

and $27 (concession and student) Account name:

Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania BSB: 067105 Ac-

count No: 10052077 . Please include enough details to

identify yourself and the reason for the payment.

President’s Annual Report - August 2017

Wood supply and wooden boats

The issue of wood supply is a returned focus for the Guild. This has come in the form of the draft Tasma-nian Special Species Management Plan and the re-cent launch of Living Wood Tasmania as an initiative of the Tasmanian Special Timbers Alliance.

A focus on wood supply was graphically presented by Andrew Denman, Director of Denman Marine Pty Ltd, to the July 2017 general meeting of the Guild.

My reference to a returned focus is in a sense that it has been an interest that has never left, but in recent year has shifted away from the management and supply side of timber to construction of wooden boats, having built up a supply of timber over past years. The Guild’s Articles of Association has as one of its objects:

To ensure that the materials required to enable viable continuance of the craft are able to be guaranteed into the future. In particular, to pro-mote wooden boatbuilding as a priority user of Tasmania's unique but scarce specialty timbers, which have a world wide reputation for their suit-ability for boat building.

Indeed, the Guild had an early interest in wood sup-ply and the sustainable management of special spe-cies timbers. Writing in The Rudder (precedent to the Skeg) Issue No.1 Autumn 1994 Ian Johnson wrote:

‘The Guild’s negotiations with the Tasmanian Forestry Commission have resulted in a commit-ment to manage responsibility what remains of our rare and precious native boat-building tim-bers. We do, however, need to support sawmil-lers by buying the timber when it becomes avail-able.’

At another place in Issue 1 Ian wrote

‘…because of past mismanagement, supplies of king billy and celery top pine of a quality suitable

Editor: Peter Higgs Volume 20, Number 1, August 7th 2017

General Meetings are on the 3rd Monday of each month, inc. public holi-

days except in the month of December.

The next General meeting will be held on Monday 21st of August 2017, 7.30pm,

Members can start earlier, BYO plate to share at the Mariners Cottages, 42 & 44

Napoleon St Battery Point 7004.

There will be a committee meeting com-mencing at 5:30 pm, - 6.30 pm.

http://www.woodenboatguildtas.org.au/

Guest Speaker, 21/08/2017

7.30 p.m. with—Web Site Re-Development Sub

Committee demonstrating the new web site and

launching the same. Members please bring

your Hand Held device if you wish?

Skeg articles by the 1st Monday of each month covering

that month’s activities please. Please submit articles in MS

Word format with no formatting.

1. Skeg photographs by the 1st Monday of each month

to be of .jpg format with the title as the name of the

file.

More speakers or people prepared to demonstrate a

craft or seamanship skill associated with wooden

boats are required urgently.

Guild of Tasmania is affiliated with the Wooden Boat

Associations (WBA) of Australia. It meets monthly as

noted above to achieve its Objects which include:

• The recognition and furtherance of the art, craft and science of wooden boatbuilding in all its forms.

• The preservation, development and record-

ing of the skills, processes, tools and materi-

als associated with the craft.

• To encourage the use of wooden boats and

to promote their access and enjoyment par-

ticularly to young people.

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for boat-building are very rare and we hope an understanding between the (Forestry) Commission and sawmillers ensures that most of it is turned into high ‘value added’ Tasmanian built boats.

‘Our disagreement with the (Forestry) Commission is in trying to influ-ence them to stop the massive waste of special species timber because of much-too-fast cutting of old growth forests. We seek the Commission to move much more quickly into re-growth forests and to stop mak-

ing excuses why it cannot further hasten the inevitable move.’

Despite early attempts by the Guild to foster a good relationship with the Forestry Commission, now Sustainable Timber Tasmania, the position of the protection and sustainable supply of special spe-cies timber has not been beneficial to the boat building industry as now demonstrated in the need for a management plan for unique and iconic Tas-manian timbers. The position of low volume, widely distributed, special species timbers being some-what lost in the all-consuming battle over clear-felling, plantations, wood chips and pulp wood over many years.

To get back into the conversation on wood supply the Guild intends to make a submission on the Tasma-nian Special Species Management Plan. The draft principles for a submission focuses on:

Sustaining the ongoing viable populations of special species timbers.

The harvest of special species timbers being driven by sustainable replacement not just demand driv-en.

A wood supply industry that is not woodchip driven.

An industry that recognises other economic values including from non-targeted species, eg leather-wood allowing honey production.

That cut yield maintains price levels that reflect uniqueness and scarcity and that promotes highest and best use of the resource.

That highest and best use is a cascading objec-tive with boat boards having first pick.

Submissions on the draft management plan need to be lodged by 9am Monday 28 August 2017.

HMS Victory

The Guild has been gifted a model of the HMS Vic-tory by Brian and Patricia Jenkinson of Prospect Va-le. This highly detailed model built by Brian is some 1250mm long, 900mm high and 400mm wide. The model is destined for the entry to the bottom cottage where it currently sits on a temporary table. We now need to find or construct an appropriate table/display case for the model. Any offers to construct or leads to a source of a display case are invited.

Thanks to Ern Bryan for doing the collection for the

President Rob Nolan, discussing the draft Tasmanian Special

Timbers Management Plan at the recent media launch. Photo Peter

Higgs.

Andrew Denman addressing media

launch. Photo Peter Higgs

Model of the HMS Victory, kindly donated by Brian and Patricia

Jenkinson on display at the Mariners Cottages. Photo Rob Nolan.

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Victory in their camper van, a vehicle large enough to safely transport the model.

Rob Nolan

Guild President

8th August 2017

Secretary’s Report August 2017

General meetings have been proceeding as scheduled on the third Monday of each month, well-patronised with av-erage attendances over 20 commencing with the ever-popular “Curry Evening”. These will continue until Daylight Savings and the departure of Winter allow a return to BBQs. The donations of those who have made a worthwhile donation for their curry into the “refreshments bucket” are particularly thanked. Also, it is important that we follow good “safe food” practices, so if you bring something hot please bring it in a device to keep it at a safe food tempera-ture.

AGM 19 June 2017

The AGM passed without controversy and the following office bearers were elected, as have been announced in a previous Sema4:

Position Office Bearer

President Rob Nolan

Senior Vice President Rob Virtue

Vice President Julie Porter

Secretary Graeme Hunt*

Treasurer Graeme Broxam

Committee Member Andrew Perkins

Committee Member Peter Higgs

Committee Member Bernie Chenery

Committee Member Wayne Turner

Public Officer Peter Higgs

*Graeme Broxam being Acting Secretary while Graeme Hunt is unavailable.

Peter Higgs gave an interesting presentation on his work with the National Maritime Museum and its Australian Reg-ister of Historic Vessels, which will form a separate presentation in a later Skeg.

At our general meeting on Monday 17 July our Guest Speaker was Andrew Denman of Denman Marine, Kettering, who spoke on the problems associated with accessing the specialty timbers needed for boatbuilding and other craft industries. Andrew is part of a group the Tasmanian Special Timbers Alliance Inc. (TSTA) who on 31 July launched Living Wood Tasmania at the Waterside Pavilion adjoining constitution Dock. The Guild supported the launch and also had Teepookana there and Guild promotional material on display. The Guild is currently preparing a submission to the State Government’s Tasmanian Special Species Management Plan in support of the TSTA’s objectives.

Graeme Broxam

Acting WBGT Secretary

Mariners Cottages where we house Victory at Battery

Point. Photo Peter Higgs.

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WBGT Calendar August—September 2017

• Monday 21st August, 5.30pm-Committee meeting

Mariners Cottages.

• Monday 21st August 7.30pm-General meeting. BYO

plate of food to share from 6.30pm onwards.

• Sunday 27th August 10.30am-Bligh Museum of

Pacific Exploration, Adventure Bay, Bruny Island,

Ferry Timetable.

• Thursday 7th September-Terra Linna day at PoW

Bay Mariner. Also each Thursday “Gordon” punt

restoration. Contact Bosun Wayne Turner for de-

tails.

• Sunday 10th September “Boat Shed” day PoW Bay

Marina or Mariners Cottages TBA.

• Monday 18th Sept, 5.30pm-Committee meeting

Mariners Cottages.

• Monday 18th Sept, 7.30pm-General meeting. BYO

plate of food to share from 6.30pm onwards.

• Sunday 24th September Rhona H Day TBC

• Monday 2nd October SKEG submissions.

Trip Leaders responsibilities; the Trip Leader is to confirm

meeting paces and times (including maps) for the Skeg edi-

tion prior to the event. Following the event the Trip Leader is

to provide a short story and up to 5 of their own photos

as .jpeg file type and titled (as file name) appropriately, of the

event for inclusion in the upcoming Skeg and submitted to the

editor by the first Monday of the month after the event..

Members wishing to submit articles & photos: All mem-

bers articles and photos are most welcome as contributions

for the Skeg. Articles are to be in MS Word with no format-

ting, not EMAIL format. The WBGT also welcomes The

WBGT Journal articles. Journal articles need to be articles of

value regarding restorations, research and or Maritime herit-

age journals. Journal articles need to include all due acknowl-

edgements and titled photos. The above Skeg submission

conditions also apply to journal articles.

All SKEG articles and photos must be with the editor by

the 1st Monday of the month.

Committee of the Guild contact list

President Rob Nolan 0438232251

Sen.Vice President Rob Virtue 0428480057

Vice President Julie Porter 0407169623

Secretary Graeme Hunt 0408146752

Treasurer Graeme Broxam 62369445

Public Officer Peter Higgs 62491695 0419803317

Flag Officers Peter Higgs “ “

(NC) Brian Marriott (Web) 0419877684

Mess Officer Bernard Chenery 0467488398

Bosun Wayne Turner 0417841588

Facilities Officer Graeme Hunt 0408146752

Committee Andrew Perkins 0419375500

Peter Higgs 0419803317

Bernard Chenery 0467488398

Wayne Turner 0417841588

July 2017 - Trip Report, “Behind the

scenes at MMT”.

On Sunday 25 June the month’s “Winter group activ-ity” in lieu of a “rowing day” was a tour of the Mari-time Museum of Tasmania’s Cambridge Annex, where all those big bulky items that won’t fit into the Carnegie Building are stored. It was a successful initiative with more than twenty members and guests attending. We enjoyed fossicking through a wide selection of models small and large, artefacts too varied to mention, and of course the wonderful boat collection that includes many treasures including a Cadet Dinghy and piner’s punt. Afterwards I took a select group on a guided tour of the Maritime Muse-um’s Carnegie Gallery.

Trip Leader

Graeme

Broxam

Photos of the visit to MMT Cambridge by Peter Higgs

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Treasurers August report

Changing over to my other hat, the Guild’s finances remain healthy with the useful cash injections from recent activities such as the Australian Wooden Boat Festival and a Bunning sausage sizzle as well as subscriptions received since the beginning of our financial year. As an organisation we need to keep a useful balance available for ongoing projects including work on our fleet and the cottages, and anticipated future projects including an enhanced presence in the Battery Point shipyards precinct and a formal publi-cation based on the Piners’ Punt Project research.

Opening Balance 1 May 2017 $14,406.11

Closing Balance 1 August 2017 $14,494.69

Income: $2468.42 including:

Memberships: $1038 being for 28 renewals or new memberships

Donations: $143, received with thanks from John Sargent and Robin Singleton and Cherelle Gadge

Miscellaneous sales: $341.90

Raffles: 139.85

Refreshments at General Meetings: 118.20

Surplus from Bunnings Sausage Sizzle: $816

Outgoings: $2399.37,

Including $471.84 insurance (fleet and public liability), $497.92 (Aurora charges on cottages), bal-ance mostly on various projects but primarily the web-site redevelopment (for which we have al-ready received payment from the Hobart City Council). There are unpresented cheques totalling over $1000 on this project yet to be presented against our account.

Acquittals:

Finally, we have completed and officially acquitted our two major sponsored projects, the Piners’ Punt Re-port for the Australian National Maritime Museum and the Web Site Redevelopment sponsored by the Ho-bart City Council. These two projects have committed much of the Guild’s personnel resources (including yours truly) over the past several months, but in both cases a worthwhile result has been achieved. Cop-ies of the Piner’s Punt Report are available for reading at the Cottages, and at next month’s General Meet-ing it is hoped that the new web site will go live.

New Members:

We welcome the following new members since the beginning of the financial year:

William Prior Gordon & Anita McGill

Roger Druce and Errol Pike and Isabel Weidenhofer

Other member news:

Welcome home Graeme and Judy Hunt, trusting you have had a good break?

Wishing member Captain Peter Eversham a speedy recovery and hoping to see you back on board Blackbird soon?

Graeme Broxam

Treasuer

Terra Linna report August 2017

As we are in transition and Wayne Turner is now the Bosun I will just make some comments and then you

can look forward to Wayne’s report in the next Skeg.

Recently I noted, that the Lindisfarne Sailing Club and MYCT run the Brierly Marine Twilight Race series

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on Friday evenings. Also, Gielston Bay Boat Club run a Twilight Series on a Monday evening (or at least it

was last season). I propose we engage in sailing events like this so that we become more proficient in

Terra Linna but more importantly use her on the water more. Yes there are logistical issues but I am sure

we can overcome them. As was stated when building the Abt railway “ Labor Omnia Vincit” , We find a

way or make it!

Peter Higgs

Past Terra Linna Bosun

From the Editors Desk August 2017

As mentioned by Graeme Broxam in his Treasurers report the Guild has completed two major projects re-cently, the Piners Punt Project funded by Australian National Maritime Museum MMAPSS projects and the Hobart City Council (HCC) Community Fund project for the Re-Development of our Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania In. Web Site. Both have been quite long and challenging.

The Piners Punt project was funded for the WBGT in November 2010 amounting to $6,400.00 for the Guild to undertake research and report on the “Tasmanian Piners Punt—History, Design and Heritage”. The project stalled when 2 of the projects key members could not complete the works due to their own employment work loads. However, up to that point they had completed the viewing, scanning and having lines developed for many of the piners’ punts in the final report. The Guild Committee decided in 2015 that we had to complete the project.

To do this we were fortunate to have Maritime Historian, Graeme Broxam on the committee and Graeme offered, or was it coerced, to undertake the massive task of researching and documenting the History, De-sign and Heritage components of the project including the writing of the 119 page report. Now complete and the projects acquittal documentation being sent to the ANMM project Coordinator for comment and approval. Over the period of the project it has been estimated that Guild members effort in this project has exceeded 1,680 hours. There have been too many involved in the project to name them all but all involved together with Graeme Broxam are to be congratulated and thanks for such a mammoth effort.

The HCC project to re-develop the WBGT web Site has also been a massive amount of work. The Council provided $2,700.00 for the work to proceed. Including the Guild’s “In Kind” contribution the total project cost was $23,046.55. This figure is indicative of another incredible volunteer contribution by members.

During the course of the project members were consulted on the topics of what content to keep, how members preferred to navigate, what new content and services were needed. After 2 years of work the Web Site Sub Committee presented their draft site to a number of members to trial the site by submitting to what is known as a User Acceptance Testing process. Some members found this process quite testing but they were not as worried as the Sub Committee was. The outcome was positive with some very valua-ble member feedback that has since been acted on to improve the site.

The site is not yet finished and probably never will be as it has been designed on the WordPress platform that allows for continuous improvement whilst being driven by evolution. Today the HCC approved the ac-quittal of the project and made this comment “the new site looks great. Congratulations to all involved”. Congratulations and a big thankyou must go to Brian Marriott who has done all of the technical work. Members accumulated a total of 537 voluntary hours on the project. Brian’s voluntary time on the project has exceeded 160 hours, well done and a big thankyou Brian.

At the next General Meeting of the Guild on the 21st of August we will demonstrate the site to members and officially launch the site.

Peter Higgs

Skeg Editor

UAT and new Web Site

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For Sale

“Kelso” 11’6” clinker dinghy

Build by Ned Jack & Son at Kelso ca.1950

King billy pine

Superbly restored by Roscoe

Selling because I have too many.

$2 600 including trailer (unregistered)

Contact Millard Ziegler, (03) 62 235 472, mziegler@bigpond.com

Regrettably For Sale - Brian Templar built, David Payne designed, Snapper Boat.

Looking for a wooden boat to show off at the next Austral-ian Wooden Boat Festival, in 2019.

This boat answers that call! Mainlanders could pick her up coming off the ferry and trail her back to the AWBF 2019.

Length 18ft

Beam 6 ft

Yanmar 8.5 marine diesel like brand new

Mast, Centre Board—no boom or sails

Complete with GI registered tilt trailer

She is worth every bit of the $20,000.00 being asked for her, but Brian has now reduced her to $15,000.00 negotiable. This is a STEAL!

Graham Clark is taking enquiries for her sale on behalf of Brian at 0408125650

The snapper boat launch is designed by Sydney based designer David Payne and is a lovely river and harbour launch for day trips and traveling to popular picnic spots around the harbour.

Brian is a master builder, joiner and cabinet maker. His work is meticulous and this is one of the best of many boats he has successfully built. She is a carvel finish using Bruynzeel Marine ply of first class quality. Brian built her as his own boat but unfortunately for health reasons he has to sell her.

Her interior is very roomy for a 18' boat (Brian lengthened the boat) and she is perfect for 2 to 3 couples. Her wide beam gives her a lot of initial stability and her fine forefoot cuts through choppy seas easily.

Brian can not use her any longer and wants her to go to a new home. Hopefully some one who will ap-preciate an Australian classic work/fishing boat designed for Australian coastal waters.

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Trip Leaders Report, August Rowing Day at Glen Derwent.

On the 24th of July mine hosts Liz and Rob Virtue opened Glen

Derwent to the members of the Guild for another great visit and

rowing day.

This is a great venue and the hosts are so generous allowing

members to visit and do tours of the riverfront property as well as

the Historic Glen Derwent house and out buildings.

Rob escorted members on a walk along the waterfront and dis-

cussed rowing and cruising opportunities for future occasions. He

plans a new launching area a little downstream from his boundary

so that full use of this beautiful stretch of water can be safely and

effectively used. As well Rob escorted members through Glen

Derwent advising of fascinating stories for each room, the occu-

pants and the uses of the extensive outbuildings. Meanwhile Liz was busy attending to the needs of

guests as well as members. Her scones, jam and cream are to die for! The amount of work undertaken by

Liz and Rob, by way of building restoration and re-establishing the garden, is just incredible.

Members are well advised to attend this gem of a historic property that is on our doorstep when the Guild

is invited. Alternatively, members can book accommodation and may even be able to negotiate to take

vans or RV’s there for a pleasant stay. For members with bigger boats I can recommend the voyage up

river to New Norfolk and there are ample berths within walking distance of Glen Derwent. Such a relaxing

and interesting voyage that can take you back in time. Robin and Cherelle were unfortunate last attempt

so may be next time.

OB of

Rob Virtue

Why not join the Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania Inc. ?

Enquiries for membership ($27) are welcome, details can be

found at this link info@wbgt

Yes it was a day when not much rowing

occurred. Photos Peter Higgs.

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The following is part 4 of a Guild Rudder article by Graeme Broxam. Our Rudder articles are considered Journal articles of value. This article will run as a serial over several publi-cations.

EARLY FISHING BOATS ON MACQUARIE HARBOUR Part 4

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To be continued next Skeg.

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