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Wooden Boat Association NSW

ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION

The WBA NSW was formed in 1991  after a very successful wooden boat festival in Sydney organised by John Wood (Member No 1!).  The Association is incorporated under the NSW Incorporated Associations Act (registration No Y1364725) and is administered by a committee of 6-10 members (see below) elected at the November AGM each year. Membership hovers around 300, spread throughout NSW (and the world) but concentrated in Sydney.
The aim of the founding members was, and remains, to foster the enjoyment and appreciation of wooden boats and to encourage the continuation of associated skills, vessels and artefacts. The Association has no permanent facility and owns no boating assets; it is a vehicle for people to share their interest be that as an owner, operator, designer, builder, restorer, retailer, historian, artist, toolmaker, timber merchant, book seller or simply someone who just likes to look.
Items of general interest include large boats and tiddlers, square riggers and pulling boats, trawlers and work boats, sailing boats of all configurations, kayaks, lapstrake/clinker, carvel, cold molded, epoxy’d ply or copper roves and nails, bronze fittings, rope work and rigging, paddles and oars, steam driven, petrol engines – Blaxland, Clae, Olds, Simplex and more exotic/ rarer ones, and so on. One member made a storage box for a cannon (see Hal Harpur 2016), complete with intricate rope handles straight out of The Marlinspike Sailor.
Many members have built, are building or are planning to build one or more boats, and these are covered on the “In The Works” page. This section is in itself a work in progress, relying on contributions from members to identify and record the progress of various projects. Even if the build or restoration is finished we’d still like to document it. Anyone care to hazard a guess as to the total number of boats built by members? One member aged 75 is on his 87th boat (or is it age 87 and 75th boat ...).

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We meet at 7:30pm on the 2nd Tuesday every month at the 
Dundas Sports Club
9 Elder Road Dundas 
(From 11 May 2021)
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COMMITTEE Since Nov 2017

Peter Widders

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President
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​Peter is a retired teacher and school principal and has built numerous boats ranging from a 10 metre yacht to kayaks and radio-controlled models. He recently completed an Iain Oughtred designed Whilly Tern.

NICK​ LAWTHER

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Vice President
​0407 236 999
After a career in engineering and construction, Nick now works part-time as a boatbuilder carrying out repairs and restorations.

BILL THOMPSON

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Secretary
​0419 477 597
​Bill is a mechanical engineer with CSR Building Products and recently launched a 7.5m Folkboat after a 6 year build.

MALCOLM BOYD​

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Treasurer
0412 797 479
Malcolm has been long associated with wooden sailing boats and until recently has owned a Folkboat. He is now owner of a Ness Yawl and is an active member of the James Craig crew. After all these years he is finally attempting to build a boat – a Feather Pram! As well as looking after the finances, Malcolm is currently editor of the monthly electronic Newsletter​

ROSS​ ANDREWARTHA

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Membership Secretary
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Ross has been in the Association and looking after membership administration since forever.

Editor

​editor@wbansw.asn.au

MALCOLM WRIGHT

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Member

​Malcolm is

SALLY OSTLUND

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Member
0425 330 559
Sally is a volunteer with the Sydney Heritage Fleet. She has been learning and teaching sailing/boating skills and maritime history for almost 40 years.

JOHN GALE

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Member
0406 960 597
John is a retired Toolmaker who has built over 100 Delta Craft Diesel Cruisers. He has a 26ft plywood cruiser that he built 35 years ago.


               

DENIS SONGEON

ROSS MARCHANT
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Ross runs his own Engineering/Manufacturing Company producing an air tool for fencing. He has renovated a 26ft Owens and a 30ft Caporn and is currently working on a 42ft Halvorsen Crash Boat 'Oceanus'.
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