Marlborough Sounds 30’ Classic Launch

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Marlborough Sounds 30’ Classic Launch

Today woody recently popped up on tme (thanks Ian McDonald), the listing doesn’t tell us anything about who built her and when but what we do know is –

30’ in length, she started life as  a trawler from Greymouth. Then brought up to Picton and at some stage converted to a yacht then filled wth concrete to negate the need for chalking caulking. Later convert to the launch configuration we see today.

Forward motion is via a  30hp Yammer engine that sees her cruising nicely at 7>7.5 knots.

Can we have a crack at the design / builder and a new would be nice. Can’t see her moving from the south so fingers crossed a southern woody is looking for a low entry woody that with a small investment could be a very smart sounds boat.

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6 thoughts on “Marlborough Sounds 30’ Classic Launch”

  2. Cementing was an old trick, usually done to keep a rotten hull from sinking. It was also done to lock inside ballast in place. Some of the GRP H-28s had “bits” of iron set in cement for ballast, the top of the cement forming the cabin sole. I’ve seen a couple where water still got in, the iron whatevers rusted, and started breaking up the cement as it expanded.

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  3. Did they fill the bilge with concrete to avoid caulking? Would that negate the need for it? I don’t think so. The plank seams are still going to work, probably even more so as a yacht. I wonder if the truth has been lost in translation, and what really happened was that the seams were filled with a traditional mix of pitch and cement called “schenam” or something like that.

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  4. It’s what the teacher used to do on a board at the front of class -an alternative to iPads. Had the advantage that he (nb HE) would chuck the fag end of the chalk at anyone dozing off or looking stupid.
    I don’t think it was done fishing boats.

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