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The Caper Cat (or Caper Cat 14) is a 14 ft sailing catamaran manufactured by Calypso Sailcraft in Brisbane, Australia. [1] While in many ways similar to other catamarans of its size (notably the Hobie Cat), a unique feature of the catamaran is its large storage capacity. [2]
A Catalina preparing to land in Tol Anchorage. One of the advantages of flying boats such as the Catalina was the ability for them to land in isolated outposts too small for runways. The aircraft continued to be used in immediate post-war period, being used to assist with the repatriation of former prisoners of war from Singapore to Australia.
Incat's Hobart shipyard (to the right) The 99m wave piercing catamaran HSC Francisco, delivered by Incat in 2013: the world's fastest ship in commercial service. The company began in 1972 as the Sullivans Cove Ferry Company in suburban Hobart and built four small ferries before International Catamarans was formed in 1977 by a partnership between founder Bob Clifford and marine architect Philip ...
de Havilland Marine was a division of Hawker de Havilland Australia Pty. Ltd. which is now owned by Boeing Australia and known as Boeing Aerostructures Australia.. Following the downturn of aviation manufacturing in the late 1950s, the Australian subsidiary of de Havilland looked to produce products utilizing the skills and knowledge available to the company.
HMAS Jervis Bay (AKR 45) was a wave piercing catamaran that operated in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).. Built by Incat in Tasmania and launched in 1997 as Incat 045, the ship was chartered to TT-Line as Tascat to supplement cross-Bass Strait services until the company acquired new ships.
This is a list of shipyards in Australia:- Adelaide Steamship Company (Birkenhead, South Australia) Built tugs. (1957–1973) Austal (Henderson, Western Australia) Large and mid sized catamaran ferries, small naval vessels. (1988–present) ASC (Part of Osborne Naval Shipyard) Submarines, destroyers, patrol boats. (1985–present)
An Australian-based licensee of Nacra Sailing has operated as NACRA Australasia since 1985 in Brisbane, Australia and also builds and races NACRA branded boats. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Nacra Sailing's 20 foot boats dominated the Worrell 1000, a race the New York Times described as "A Tour d'France on the Water", throughout the 1990s, and were selected as ...
The story of Miss Nylex began in 1971 when a syndicate was established to build a yacht to defend the ICCT, which Australia had won from Denmark in 1970. [2] The 1970 win had brought the trophy ‘down under’ for the first time and the Sorrento Sailing Club [5] was tasked with defending the trophy and hosting the event on Port Phillip Bay near Melbourne. [1]