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The new ferry boat was built by Young, Son & Fletcher in Balmain, New South Wales. She was a double-ended double-screw vessel of wooden-construction. A product of the competitive market and designed to capture the market, she was an innovative vessel. She became the archetype for the familiar Manly ferries throughout the twentieth century.
Australia II was designed by Ben Lexcen, built by Steve Ward, owned by Alan Bond and skippered by John Bertrand. [2] Lexcen's Australia II design featured a reduced waterline length and a short chord winged keel which gave the boat a significant advantage in manoeuvrability and heeling moment (lower ballast centre of gravity) but it was a significant disadvantage in choppy seas.
May 2011, BoatTrader.com is merged with YachtWorld.com and boats.com brands under the new company Dominion Marine Media. June 1, 2017, Boat Trader and Boats Group decides Miami is the place to be, anchors headquarters. [5]
The Queensland Government advertised Bishop Island for lease in 1947, as well as an offer for sale. The annual rental price was £60 and the lease term was for five years. [58] The Brisbane City Council proposed building a power station on Bishop Island in 1949, which never came to fruition. [59] There was a small number of people living on the ...
Her Australian registration papers say Lucy Ann was a brig of 213 tons built at Frederickton, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1817 or 1819. [1] Another source, based on Canadian records, agree the vessel was built at Frederickston, but in 1810, and was initially called the William (236 tons). [2]
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Falie is a 33.4-metre (110 ft) ketch that traded for many years in Australian waters. Originally built in 1919/1920 as a speculation by her builder, rigged as a schooner and named Hollands Trouw after the shipyard where she was built, she was purchased by the Spencer's Gulf Transport Company, renamed, and used for coastal trading in South Australia.
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