The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
In Memory of Jim MacKay
In the late 90s Jim decided that he wanted to get back into sailing mullet boats in which his family had great tradition. He bought Tamatea and press ganged his sons and a couple of other likely starters as crew.
“Social” Clymer & the 2nd Abbotsford Port Neptune Sea Scouts
The Australian surf boat evolved. The first real one that came—we have these old pictures of the Sly Brother of Manly. But they weren't real surf boats, they were fishing boats. The first real surf boat that came to Australia was designed on a Norwegian lifesaving boat.
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