\Length: 8.96m, Beam: 2.13m, Draft: 0.76m
Propulsion: Inboard
Engine:
Engine:
Construction: Carvel hull, NZ kauri. Type: Chine built. Ribbon carvel planking.
Owner: Penny Dyson, Echuca Vic.
Built for the Melbourne Harbour Trust at the Williamstown dockyard as a search and rescue boat for Port Phillip Bay. Originally named Black Bess. Has been a long term Gippsland Lakes boat moored at Raymond Island. Previous owners were the Thompsons, Bullen’s, before being in the Shaw family for around 40 years.
Hull Materials:
Keel – Jarrah, chine rabbited jarrah Stem – Red Gum
Stem deadwood – Red Gum
Planking – New Zealand Kauri Planking ribbons – New Zealand Kauri Timbers – Huon Pine
Floors – Sawn Jarrah
Side Frames: Bondwood
Gunwales: Oregon
Deck Beams: Oregon
Decking: Tongue & Groove New Zealand Kauri canvas covered. (note most (if not all) of the canvas has since been removed)
Deckhouse:
Sides – Bondwood, fitted with chrome plated frames
Top – Beams Oregon and huon pine, decking bondwood, canvas covered (note most (if not all) of the canvas has since been removed).
Steering: Reynolds chain and torque tube to hand steering wheel. Balanced bronze rudder fitted at heel to bronze.