It is always a pleasure to visit that bustling maritime centre at Cygnet, south of Hobart on the estuary of the Huon River, and to observe the progress on many vessels in sheds and yards there. We went to see whether the old Wilson’s Boat Shed was still standing, and found, in its place a new and impressive building on the site.
Chaparral under sail. image Ina Manthorpe
When we first saw Peter Manthorpe's newly purchased 39' cray boat, Chaparral, at the 2015 Woode Boat Festival in Hobart, she was pretty basic, and it was hard to image the image of the sailing family cruiser Peter had in his mind ever eventuating.
Boatbuilder and designer ROSS LILLISTONE from Duck Flat Wooden Boats talks about the evolution leading to his latest sailing dinghy design.
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