Australian Amateur Boat Builder — January 2018

http://www.amateurboatbuilder.com.au

Front Cover:

Passion X

Didi 40cr – Dudley Dix Design

Image Peter Miller

publisher P & G Lynch

& Assoc Pty Ltd

editor Paul Lynch

production Wendy Elliston

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2 Didi 38 & Didi 40cr n Dudley Dix

14 Affordable Fisher part 21 n Peter Caplen

20 Building Rosie Lee n Paul Rodwell

26 ‘Bug News n Peter Tait

30 Port Fairy Whaleboat n Jonathan Wallis

36 Sydney's Wooden Boat Festival n Dave Giddings

42 The Yanmar Wooden Boat Shop

Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong

46 Barrie's Reviews n Barrie Armstrong

54 Scruffie World News n Derek Ellard

58 Thoughts on Turning Boats n Tony O’Connor

62 Australia’s War At Sea, 1914-1919: The Navy n David Jones

66 Letters to the Editor

68 The Bows of Classic Craft are Turning Towards Yorke Peninsula's

Saltwater Classic n Trevor Gill

72 A Labour of Love and a Boat of Ancient Norwegian Design

to Launch a Unique Connection Between

Northern Ireland and South Australia n Trevor Gill

74 One Schooner, Three Skiffs and

Two Norwalk Island Sharpies n Robert Ayliffe