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SV Whimoway - Boat Restoration
Darwin Nt Australia
Whimoway was purchased in Darwin for the sole purpose
of taking us on a 10 year working holiday. She underwent
a massive Boat Restoration and has looked after us ever
since.
She is a 46 ft ferro-cement ketch built in 1974 in Darwin,
NT, Australia and has had several owners, and several
adventures that we were to hear about in the 10 months
we worked on her in the yard of the Dinah Beach CYA. |
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She had also previously undergone several repairs, and ill-repairs
that we were soon to discover!
We initially envisaged the time to be spent mainly fitting
her out inside with beautiful Tasmanian timber that we had
brought from home but, alas, we are still trying to find
the time for that.
Our time in Dinah
Beach CYA was spent doing massive reconstruction of
the concrete hull and decks, new refrigeration, rewiring
of both motor and interior, repainting of course, and then
temporary bits inside for the galley, sleeping and chart
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Mike is a Shipwright which, along with help from countless
friends we made in our time there, is the only reason
we were able to return her to her former glory under the
minimal budget we had allowed.
Unless you have a huge amount of determination and a fair
amount of knowledge about what you are doing, Boat Restoration
like this will break both the spirit and the bank balance
of those unprepared. Ferro-cement is a great medium for
boat construction and is highly under-rated!
Dinah Beach CYA also played a part as places such as this
are becoming rare even in Australia, therefore rendering
the average person unable to afford a wonderful sailing
lifestyle such as ours.
Once the long awaited day arrived when Whimoway returned
to the water, we headed to Gove, NT in Arhnem Land, Australia.
This trip was designed as both a shake down run and to
earn money for our cruising kitty.
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Map Of Darwin - Northern Territory, Australia
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