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After finishing, painting and launching. Forward section = 14kg Aft Section = 24kg TOTAL = 38kg LOA = 3106mm Beam = 1372mm Nominal Draft 121mm Overall height 486mm Bulkheads, bottom and seat tops all 6mm ply. Side planks 4mm. Cheers,

Yes, we had to sacrifice freeboard in order to fit her in the caravan. Also wanted maximum beam (and length) for carrying the two of us with associated stuff.As such, she wouldn't be great for sailing and we already have two other boats to sail anyway. The original motivation was to be able to take the boat, and the carvan, on bird-watching trips.

Launching Day

Progress

Heres the story, in pictures, of our little 'Curlew' from concept to launch. The idea is that we can fit her in our caravan when we go away.

We had a most enjoyable messabout on Saturday including 2 'Mirror 16's, a 'Heron', a Bolger 'Gypsy', a John Weslford 'Goldern Bay Dinghy', a Murray Isles 'Mudskipper' and Iain Oughtred 'Ness Boat', plus a few others I can't recall right now. As you can see, we are a motley crew. We sailed from Manly Boat Harbour beating dead upwind (NE) for about 8km to St Helena Island (an old colonial prison established in 1867). The day started with a very light breeze which freshened to 10-15 knots. We had lunch on the island and an easy run back in a 15-20 knot afternoon sea breeze. We could have got some beautiful sailing shots of Larry Loveday Mirror 16 CLII (#152) but forgot to take the camera. Anyway, summer has come with a vengeance and it has really become too hot to spend much time out on the water exposed to the Queensland sun 8). It's now time for boat building and maintenance in the shade, and we have plenty to do.

I am wondering if there are any Mirror 16 owners active on this forum. The web has provided a wonderful facility for Mirror 16 enthusiasts around the world to make contact and compare notes. Further information mostly on this thread on the Boat Design Forum http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=12064

Thanks Frank. Yes, that's the none. There is a Wooden Boat sub-group on that forum. Cheers, J

Here are some pics from Bribie Classic Regatta. These are the only three Stevenson Project boats I noticed. There are more pictures if anyone is interested. Cheers, J

Hi Dave, I don't know about Vacationer particularly, but there are some Pocket Cruiser and Weekender owners around SE Queensland. I believe there were three at the recent Bribie Island Classic regatta. (I'll see if I can find some pictures to post separately) If you want local, more general wooden boat building advice you could join the Wooden Boat Asscociation of Queensland which has regular meetings (2nd Tuesday each month at the Maritime Museum), regular messabouts (last weeekend was at Lake Cootharaba) and regular workshop days. There is also a local (Australian) wooden boat building forum with members active in Queensland. (Google "Woodworking Forum") Of course, the experts are clearly here, but they ain't local.