This page has been taken down as the boat under construction no longer exists. See update.
A brand new build of exactly the same vessel will commence shortly. We will be utilising the same exceptional quality materials such as Austral Plywood's Marine Plywood and WEST SYSTEM Epoxy products to guarantee this new vessel will be every inch as good as Grampsie II would have been.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people all over Australia and indeed from other parts of the world who took the time to send through messages of support and condolences after the fire. I was genuinely amazed at how many people were really following the build so closely.
Australia WILL get its special little purpose built sailing boat to commemorate 50 years of the 'trailer sailer' but sadly it will now be a little late. It will be a marvellous day in so many ways when she touches water for the first time.
Thank you
Peter
P.S. I'm keeping the Move/Video Gallery alive as that section is doing huge numbers of page views daily which seems to be increasing. Those movies will eventually be replaced with movies of the new build when it gets underway. No eta on the start of the new construction at this stage.
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