2023 Scuttlebutt

Scuttlebutt is the magazine of the Wooden Boat Association of NSW. Download by clicking the cover image.

Jan 2023

JENNI-G TIMBER CUSTOM ONE OFF

PROJECTS DISTRACTIONS AND MORE PROJECTS – Greg Widders

TIME FLIES ON DICK BEDELL’S CURRENT BUILD – Dick Bedell

VENEERS – Michael Coleman

FINALLY GEORGE II HITS THE WATER IN FULL REGALIA – Jon Bell

BARTLETT “AMIGO”

QUIRKY HISTORY

Feb 2023

JUDGING THE HAL HARPUR – A PERSONAL REFLECTION – Michael Coleman

ZINC ANODES – Doug Brooker

MV MATANG – Rob Hardy

ONESHEET SURF SKI (OSSKI) – Greg Widders

SOPHIE WACKLES – Tom Simmat

Mar 2023

AUSTRALIAN WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL PHOTOS – Rod Hallewell, Nick Giles, Phil Heaney, Nick Lawther

SCUTTLEBUTT A QUICK SURVEY

VALE NICK CASSIM

WBA DONATION PROGRAM UPDATE

BANTRY BAY RAFT UP PHOTOS – Denis Songeon

BUILD UPDATE – Bill Thompson

BUILD UPDATE – ROWING HEIGHT – Michael Coleman

ROSSMARCHANT’S HALVORSEN 38 MODEL

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT POMPEII NET BOAT

Apr 2023

EPOXY HYPERSENSITIVITY – Dave Giddings

IT’S A SMALL WORLD – Dave Giddings

A BOOK YOU CAN’T PUT DOWN – THE SHIPWRECK BY LARRY WRITER – Ross Marchant

PAM’S MACHINE – Michael Coleman

May 2023

PICCOLO – Cleveland Rose

SANDING & COATING ISSUES – Dave Giddings

WILLIAM FIFE- MASTER OF THE CLASSIC YACHT BY FRANCO PACE – Reviewed by Nick Lawther

GUIDELINES ON WRITING AN ARTICLE FOR SCUTTLEBUTT

Jun 2023

PETER MATHEWS’ MODELS – Michael Coleman

A STITCH AND GLUE PROJECT – A BELHAVEN 19 BY B&B YACHT DESIGN – Antony Harvey

SASC WINTER SERIES – 20 CLASSIC YACHTS RACING ON SYDNEY HARBOUR – Alice Murphy-SASC Club Captain; with Bill Thompson and David Salter . Photos by Geraldine Wilkes

A DAY WITH NEW FRIENDS IN THE WORLD OF WOODEN BOATS – Jaime Arvela

JUDGING THE HAL HARPUR AWARD – ” IT REALLY IS A LOT OF FUN” – Michael Coleman

Jul 2023

BUILDING MISS EM – Brian Jones

TOOL TALK – Peter Widders & Doug Brooker

LOGOF “WESTWIND” Ep.1 – Xmas – 1938 Crew – J Muir , D Mcallister, L. Garrod, L Cohen, C Snook

FAGEL GRIP (30 Sq m Class on the cover of June Scuttlebutt) – A Post Script – Brank Young

AN INTERVIEW WITH BRYCE KABERRY – Dick Bedell

A PIECE OF POETRY – LUIS DE CAMOES – PORTUGESE POET – Jaime Arvela

Aug 2023

REPORT – SILLY SHIPMATES NIGHT – Ross Marchant

HALD AND JOHANSEN – WOODEN BOAT SBUILDERS IN SYDNEY IN THE 1960s Part 1 – Greg Dwyer

EMPEROR OF SYDNEY HARBOUR – Michael Coleman – Article first appeared in Heckler, SMH

NEW BUILD – PAUL GARTSIDE #38 FLASHBOAT – Dick Bedell

IT’S NOT ALL PLAIN SAILING – Dick Bedell

PETER MATHEWS’ MODELS (AND BOATS) PART 2 – Michael Coleman

Sep 2023

HALD AND JOHANSEN – DANISH BOATSBUILDERS IN SYDNEY: Part 2 – Folkboats and Twisters – Greg Dwyer

SA WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL – Julie Lowes

ALMA DOPEL – A PHOTO ESSAY – Sally Ostlund

IS THERE A DARK SIDE TO WOODEN BOAT BUILDING AND ITS ADDICTION – Dick Bedell

Oct Nov 2023

HALD AND JOHANSEN – DANISH BOATS BUILDERS IN SYDNEY: Part 3 – Some other builds – Greg Dwyer

THE SOUND OF MULL – Quirky

LOG OF WESTWIND 1938 – PART 2

AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR – Dick Bedell

Dec 2023

A PAIR OF SPOON BLADE OARS – Michael Coleman

SCUTTLEBUTT – THE CHALLENGES FACING OUR SUPERB NEWSLETTER – Bill Thompson

RMYC WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL NEWPORT – Ross Marchant, Photos Nick Lawther

BUILDING PEGGY OF TWEED

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