| Blog Hi, Today is Friday, the first day of the show and was it busy. Gates opened at 10.00am and we were very impressed with the size of the crowd. Today is traditionally called "schoolies" day and they were out in force asking lots of questions for projects that were set. After lunch it the crowds thinned out and I got a chance to have a look around. If your interested in tools and timber theses shows are "hog heaven", there a lots of gadgets and the latest products and for me lots of resources. The Wooden Boats Association has a number of boats and an audio visual mini theater set up running movies and presentations of project and events. Day one has gone well. More to come Below are some photos of Day 1` Scroll down for Day 2 and Day 3 Here's a link to some great shots as well http://picasaweb.google.com/andi2design |
Dave's Italian special the cradle impressed everybody
the 18ft Britannia built by Ian Smith is a thing of beauty, I'm still amazed how 10 sailors fit onboard
The Dikemans rigging up their craft I was amazed at some of the wood turning, loved the walking sticks
Day 2
| MAKE A NOISE AND
THEY WILL COME Day 2, Saturday. The crowds grew steadily all day, the weather did not help with at times some heavy rain. Today guest speakers talked about their boats and what they had done, each talk went for approx 15mins each and the best audience was approx 35 people sitting or standing . As the title says as soon as we fired up the PA people stopped to listen. It was great to see. Bob's little boat got lots of copper nails inserted, I can now say with confidence I have learn't to rove copper nails. If you are planning to come out tomorrow it is the last day, see you there. |
Some of the wood turners near our stand, the old and the new
You too can learn how to install copper nails
David Hardy and the Toby II support team, David's talk
The work in this miniature was amazing
| Day 3,
Family Day As usual the gates opened sharp at 10.00 and we were off to another busy day. The crowds were constant all day, there were lots of new people to talk to and our little boat is now officially drowning in copper nails, but it proved a useful purpose, we have taught many people the art of copper nailing, including me, although I still managed to bend a few. Our AV setup provided many people a chance to stop have a little rest and find out about the association. The talks by Peter Gossell on the construction of WANDEEN a 50ft Schooner was most interesting. Bob Ellis spoke on the construction of his Snapper boat and his restoration of his couta boat. That's it for another year, my feet are killing me from the concrete floors but it was well worth the experience, my highlight was watching the high schools competition and seeing the year 12 students final year projects towards their HSC, boy is there some talent there, well done to their teachers. Look forward to seeing you at the next one, I'll leave this page up for a week. Regards Jeff |
What is it with these ducks and wooden boats Tinkering never ends
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