A Very Couta Christmas
Andrew Skinner, the Secretary of The Couta Boat Association recently contacted SWS to tell us about an old video history of the Couta Boats that has been re-edited and will soon be released in its new form.
Thanks to the generosity of the CBA you can watch it here. For those who have been around Couta boats for a while there will be some recognisable faces!
Andrew also asked us to remind our readers that the wonderful publication “The Tradition Lives On” will be available at a special pre Christmas price of $100, only until 14th December
The Couta Boats featured in the Coffee Table book are a mix of heritage boats that have been meticulously restored and boats that have been built from the design, from the early 1980s and onwards; boats that were built by the doyens of the boatbuilding industry in the 1900s, namely, the Lacco family and Peter Locke, to boats built by present day commercial boatbuilders. In addition, there are amateur wooden boat devotees who have undertaken a one-off project and applied their skills to building the craft. Whether it is a heritage or a more recently built boat, the singular theme in the profiles is a deep attachment that current and former custodians have to their boat.
