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1960's Mariine Ply Commodre, Melbourne / Black rock / Morrington Peninsula Australia
Hi all, Im a newbie Mariner possibly moveing to Melbourne area next year
from the UK, I am very much a boating novice having been on just a handfull of weekend Sailing trips out of Plymouth UK and the odd hired cruiser / lake boat...however part of my life change plans or one of my visions is to take far more time to enjoy the water with a small cruiser bobbing around in Port Phillip bay or around French Island and then out of the bay and perhaps along the coast a little once my skills are improved . Can anyone be kind enough to point me to any web sites or dedicated forums that may be suited to this pursuit in particular I am interested to learn of and recieve recommendations for sailing/ cruiser schools and marinas / worshops etc in these areas. OK onto boats themselves I'm probably going take an inflatable and outboard with me as it packs up small and would be good for lobbing in the back of a 4x4. However my thoughts for a novice starter vessel is that I have been offered for free a close to finished project by my father. Its a 14ft " Marine Ply " Commodore " plans were bought in the US in the late 60's, constuction started in 1968, yes that right 68 its now 2004 thats 36 years in the making! it is a complete hull with all the seats bases etc in place, it has the deeper "V" hull making it more stable in the sea rather than the flatter hull version for lakes and rivers apparently? It has been sat in dry storage and was rubbed down and treated in the late 80s early 90's and has no rot etc, the wood is in excellent condition so to is the 1990's trailer it is sat on. The project just needs few long hard weekends to finish it off. I am waiting for my father to dig out all the origoanl plans to get more information on this but.. I would be really grateful if anyone has any infomation on this type of boat from my sketchy discrption. If Ilikely to have the available container space I recon it could be worth me putting in the graft over the UK winter wet dark nights ready for Febuary - July when i could head down under unless some one can tell me different and i'll save myself the worshop time and pay the $ on arrival for something in situe already. Please point me in the right direction if I have posted in the wrong forum etc, thanks for your time. Aid. |