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Utiekah II
Interestingly when Nossiter raced the boat they stripped all excess weight from her – the head, the bunks and even the engine. They raced her so hard the seams would open up and they’d have to man the pumps. At the end of the racing season everything was put back for the family to cruise the NSW coast.
SNOWGOOSE-A brilliant Busman’s Holiday
As a piper played and the crowd looked on, the cradle holding this perfect little craft, eased down the slipway gently returning the Huon Pine planks to the salty waters of the Bay
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