Enjoying some small boats at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2025. скачать в хорошем качестве

Enjoying some small boats at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2025.

Best with headphones🎧 The Australian Wooden Boat Festival occurs every two years, in Hobart Tasmania. It's the largest one in the southern hemisphere and I am very lucky to live just a couple of hours away from it. I camped at Snug by the water and came in for both days and wandered about in a state of bliss, in the midst of boat heaven.The festival is massive, with hundreds of boats, many tall ships, a variety of displays, demonstrations and activities. I decided to focus on showing a few of the small boats that were there, as they are of particular interest to me and many others.There were so many meticulously restored small boats on the shore and no way I could get around all of them in the time I had. Also of special interest were the Derwent class yachts. These beautiful keel boats are the oldest racing class in Australia and they have an enthusiastic following and continue to be raced and restored. They have been responsible for a resurgence in boat building in the area, with many of the restorations being very extensive. The now gorgeous Mermaid, was in an extremely dilapidated state but it's hard to believe this when looking at her today. I believe at least four boats have been restored in recent years and more boats are being sought after. I enjoyed seeing Dinghy Spart there, a boat and a story that I have been interested in for a while. Sailing a small boat in Tasmania's open waters is no small task, especially in Bass Strait and the very exposed West coast, where in many places, there is nowhere to run and hide. Geoff did the circumnavigation in stages and recently completed it by rounding the Tasman Peninsula. Here are some links to his story.    • Ep. 16 - SOLO AROUND TASMANIA & ACROSS BAS...      • Ep. 28 - ROUNDING THE CAPE IN A SCAMP DINGHY   @thedinghyspart2474 Dinghy Spart, Scamp and many others at the festival were designed by John Welsford, a guru of small boat design. He gave a very interesting lecture (which I missed) that is available to see on Mat Conboy's channel. I highly recommend it to anyone thinking about building a cruising dinghy.    • Ep. 33 - JOHN WELSFORD 'THE MODERN CRUISIN...   @SmallCraftTasmania-ms4sx It was great to meet Chris on Sarah Ann and lovely chatting to him. Sarah Ann is one of the most desirable small boats I have ever seen. She was designed and built in the Launceston area in 1969 by a very well-known boatbuilder, John Philp and has been carefully maintained. To follow her story and to see many of Chris's great boat videos go to: @SmallSailboatCruising I visited the Australian classic sailing dinghy display and saw many stunning dinghies. Most of them have been lovingly restored by their owners and many of them continue to be sailed and raced.Thanks to members of the Australian Classic Dinghy Network for providing information on the boats and helping me to label them correctly.In the centre of the hall was Kismet, an historical 10ft skiff built in 1996.The original 10 ft Skiff class sailed from the 1880's until around 1950. In the 1990's a group of skiff sailors decided to revive but not modernize the 10ft class and around thirty boats have been built. They have kept to traditional parameters but have allowed synthetic sails and plywood construction to be used. There were two Vee Jay skiffs (Vaucluse Junior) on display.The origins of this class date from the early 1930s at Vaucluse Sailing Club on Sydney Harbour. These boats, which are 11' 6", went on to become the most popular youth sailing class in NSW and in other states as well, with many clubs being just Vee Jay clubs. In the 1950s, it was the fourth largest class in the world. These boats were built from plywood and often built and maintained by their owners, many of them being young sailors.They continued to compete in the 1980's but eventually were replaced. The VJ's demise came with the loss of amateur construction and the introduction of sophisticated industrial design and manufacture. It was fantastic to see the display and to know that these boats and their history are being preserved.There were many more very interesting ones there in the hall and my apologies for not being able to show them all. Music used in this video. Up she rises choir. Varyra-Sandra Marteleur https://www.epidemicsound.com/track /WCyNIx1stQ/ Me Ma She Knows-Rune Dale https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/E... Slangpolska Efter Byss-Kalle https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/j... Red as a Rose-Rune Dale https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/d... Sailing-Gary the Canary https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/1... Lobster Polska-Rune Dale https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/G... Farewell to Ennerdale Water-Moorland Songs https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/0... #dinghysailing #sailboat #smallboats #woodenboat #tasmania