02-18-2012, 12:46 AM
G'day BYYB members
Like Andrew, I am pleased to introduce myself as another Stevenson Projects builder, currently building a pocket cruiser. A Queenslander living 30km outside north of Brisbane, close to Deception Bay. Beautiful Moreton Bay with three main islands and hundred little islands within the Moreton Bay.
I am the son of a professional carpenter/joinery, worked in his private workshop all my schoolboy life in South Africa. Dad had built his own Enterprise sailing dingy plus 8 more (wood deck only on fibreglass hull) for private clients. Studied to be a chef and didn't do woodworking for almost twenty years until 2009. I came to Australia in 2006, the culture of the Aussie' spirit with the sea sparked my interest back to sailing
Started building the pocket cruiser in March 2009, because I was a chef back then and mondays was my only day off; it took me a year and few months to do all the woodwork until real boat came out of flat plywood. Unfortuately I stopped building for more than a year and a half due to other family commitment /arrival of a third daughter. Recently I started to carry on the the project, found some unwanted steel scraps and currently building a trailer; should be finished within few months. ( I didn't like the idea of having the boat completely ready to be sailed but get stuck without a trailer). I hope to do the boat painting this year before putting the boat onto the trailer.
Are there any other Queenslander with a pocket cruisers? So far it is only me and Andrew
Regards Ronald
Like Andrew, I am pleased to introduce myself as another Stevenson Projects builder, currently building a pocket cruiser. A Queenslander living 30km outside north of Brisbane, close to Deception Bay. Beautiful Moreton Bay with three main islands and hundred little islands within the Moreton Bay.
I am the son of a professional carpenter/joinery, worked in his private workshop all my schoolboy life in South Africa. Dad had built his own Enterprise sailing dingy plus 8 more (wood deck only on fibreglass hull) for private clients. Studied to be a chef and didn't do woodworking for almost twenty years until 2009. I came to Australia in 2006, the culture of the Aussie' spirit with the sea sparked my interest back to sailing
Started building the pocket cruiser in March 2009, because I was a chef back then and mondays was my only day off; it took me a year and few months to do all the woodwork until real boat came out of flat plywood. Unfortuately I stopped building for more than a year and a half due to other family commitment /arrival of a third daughter. Recently I started to carry on the the project, found some unwanted steel scraps and currently building a trailer; should be finished within few months. ( I didn't like the idea of having the boat completely ready to be sailed but get stuck without a trailer). I hope to do the boat painting this year before putting the boat onto the trailer.
Are there any other Queenslander with a pocket cruisers? So far it is only me and Andrew
Regards Ronald