Travels in the South West 2015
I recently took some time off to have a wander around the south west of WA looking for H28's that I knew of, but needed to catch up with their owners. The H28's were Adissa and Koolena of Albany, Coromandel of Denmark and Genevieve and Casilda of Busselton.
In two cases I had made arrangements to meet with owners and photograph the boats, in other cases I was relying on my ability to slip into the marina and convince the manager not to throw me out until I had my photo's and some notes from innocent bystanders. (you know the ones, they hang around marina's looking useful.) In most cases, the marina managers were extremely helpful.
Lets start with Adissa.
When I first saw her, she was up on the hard at Emu Point getting a decent going over. This was in 2007 and she was berthed normally at Princess Royal YC where I saw her again in 2010. Set up for cruising originally she was in good shape ( from an external view ) and was cared for. In the interim a "for sale notice" had popped at the local yacht club and it was going to be interesting to see what had happened to her. I had been pre warned that she was to be found at Emu Point again and in the marina this time.
It took a moment to get through the gate, but an obliging fellow who turned out to be the caretaker of the local shipwrights yacht, let me in and pointed her out to me. Surprisingly, she had a dog box on her (solid spray dodger) and had been fitted with a wheel for steering. The tiller was still there, but you don't put a wheel house in and use the tiller. Apparently she's been sold to another party, in this instance a lady, though I do question her taste in helming.
It was quite a smoky day, bush fires raging around the Albany area, and a certain amount of haze around, but the camera performed well.
In two cases I had made arrangements to meet with owners and photograph the boats, in other cases I was relying on my ability to slip into the marina and convince the manager not to throw me out until I had my photo's and some notes from innocent bystanders. (you know the ones, they hang around marina's looking useful.) In most cases, the marina managers were extremely helpful.
Lets start with Adissa.
When I first saw her, she was up on the hard at Emu Point getting a decent going over. This was in 2007 and she was berthed normally at Princess Royal YC where I saw her again in 2010. Set up for cruising originally she was in good shape ( from an external view ) and was cared for. In the interim a "for sale notice" had popped at the local yacht club and it was going to be interesting to see what had happened to her. I had been pre warned that she was to be found at Emu Point again and in the marina this time.
It took a moment to get through the gate, but an obliging fellow who turned out to be the caretaker of the local shipwrights yacht, let me in and pointed her out to me. Surprisingly, she had a dog box on her (solid spray dodger) and had been fitted with a wheel for steering. The tiller was still there, but you don't put a wheel house in and use the tiller. Apparently she's been sold to another party, in this instance a lady, though I do question her taste in helming.
It was quite a smoky day, bush fires raging around the Albany area, and a certain amount of haze around, but the camera performed well.
Koolena is the next boat, simply because she was in the same area.
Originally thought to be another H28, Katrina she was identified thanks to information received from friends.
Koolena has been sitting up on the hard undercover since at least 2007 according to shipwright Darren Russell. It's believed that the owner is Wayne Lindsay who appears to be only able to work on the boat occasionally thanks to O/S commitments. Though he will need to give the boat a careful soak before she goes back into the water as she is as dry as the proverbial chip.
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