I finally have some long service coming to me in 2012.
This will be the first time in my working life that I have worked with the same institution for more than 8 years. I tend to want new challenges in my working life after 8 years and have usually moved on. Not this time.
How to spend my time off is the question. I had thought of a trip or overseas travel but as my wife would still be working and my daughter will be in her final year of school, decided this might not be the best time for travel.
I recently sold my 13.5 ft aluminium fishing boat ( a decision I have regretted ever since).
My old Quintrex
I want a new boat. So how about building one? One that can take me fishing. One that I would be proud to show off. One that my wife could sail (she sailed across the Aegean Sea in her youth). One that I can row (I love rowing). Heck I might even learn how to sail it.
A few years ago I came across “Australian Amateur Boatbuilder” magazine and discovered Iain Oughtred designed boats built using traditional wooden clinker methods. They were absolutely beautiful. All of them. I particularly loved the “Tammie Norrie“.
And that’s where my love affair with traditional wooden boats faltered – until now.
Building a Wooden Boat – Tammie Norrie – Part 2 >
