| My brief history. For many years as a schoolboy, I worked my weekends in a hire boat shed on Sydney’s Hawkesbury River at Berowra Waters. This developed my love and appreciation of wooden boats, I went on to complete a successful apprenticeship as a shipwright/boatbuilder. After my apprenticeship I traveled for a number of years working on everything from Dinghys to Trawlers and even exotic furniture making. |  | |
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| On my return I formed a partnership with another highly experienced boat builder Richard Wood and for 10 years we operated the most prestigious boat yard and slipways in Sydney Harbour, at Snails Bay, Birchgrove. |
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Our business "Timber Boat Services" had an unsurpassed reputation for outstanding quality of workmanship – still does and is now located at Berrys Bay, North Sydney with Richard Wood at the helm. I have included an article published by Wooden Boats (1988) and a few black & white shots from my personnel collection, these were taken around the same time. |
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I retired from city life in 1997 to fulfill a lifelong ambition of living on a quiet coastal river with wife and young family. I now build classic timber launches and skiffs from my home and workshop on Pelican Bay, Manning River. |
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| I hope you enjoy my site and if you have the time to download the promotional video it's excellent viewing as my words alone cannot do justice to my craft. |
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 Fully Accredited member of: - Shipwrights and Boatbuilder Association of Australia Boating Industry Association of Australia |