Sailing Events

Tangalooma Restoration Project Progress - The Finale We made it back into the boatshed a week before racing but it did not end there. During the week we still had last minute jobs to finish including some varnishing and building up the mast step. As with all projects, it ran up to the [...]

Tangalooma Restoration Project Progress - 21 September 2019 A week away from being back in the water, and finishing touches are being applied. This week Robert sprayed the hull after precision wet sanding by Team Francaise - Julie and Pascal - supported by Ed. As you can see from the photographs it is [...]

Tangalooma Restoration Project Progress - 14 September 2019 Another busy week on the Tangalooma restoration project. The fin case is now finished, and considerable work completed on the tabernacle. The previous tabernacle was very worn and putting up the mast often involved dragging the foot of the mast over damaged timber in the [...]

Tangalooma Restoration Project Progress - 8 September 2019 Getting close. By Saturday we had put four coats of varnish on the hull and two coats inside. The final coat on the outside was performed by Team France - Julie and Pascal. Our aim is to do four coats both inside and out. There [...]

Tangalooma Restoration Project Progress - 31 August 2019 A big week for the boat. We now have the first coat of varnish on the hull. Today Rob and Pascal put the first coat onto the boat. During the week, we finished sanding the outside of the boat. Greg and John were in attendance [...]

Tangalooma Restoration Project Progress - 25 August 2019 Firstly apologies for not having a report last week. I have been having computer problems and still not resolved the issues. My laptop is back to the repair place on Monday. Hopefully I will be back to normal through the week and can start rebuilding [...]