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Hi all, I've been doing some un-related work on fishing boats, but discovered it all leads back to luggers anyway.... I am trying to match a number of...
Hi Tony, good point re most authentic lugger and the list of contenders was quite good, but what is authentic? Should the winner be as original now as when...
I saw ANNIKI playing herself (a pearling lugger) in the movie "Australia" recently, and it made me wonder whether there is any lugger still sailing that is...
Yes, I was speaking to Peter (her owner) about her today. She's in pretty good condition (I have seen her!), and she would be a good candidate to put into...
Hi all, SONGTON is up for sale on eBay - http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190291039289&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:AU:1123 If that doesn't work,...
Dear Michael I checked and it does not seem to be available on-line. However, I also came across these photos at the Northern Territory Library that may be the...
Nice one Mori. Unfortunately it will be a while before I'm next in Adelaide. Anyone closer able to get a copy (I presume it's not available on-line)? It'd be...
Dear All I was in Adelaide last week and had the chance of visiting the State Library of SA to view some of the photos in the Edwards Collection. If your...
Hi Tony, thanx for the info on Pacific Pearl, I'd often wondered her origins. I have a few pix of her I took with my phone, I'll put them in an album. Did you...
BTW, I added another picture of WINSTON to your new album. She was listed for sale last year, do you know whether she found a new owner? Cheers Tony...
Hi Jon SONGTON is lovely, and in good condition, too, although the staysail rig is non-original. Her doghouse is much less intrusive (visually) than many I've...
Hi Tony thanx for that, first time I've seen Songton. I have added an album on Winston too. Have you any idea what Pacific Pearl used to be called? Cheers Jon....
Good on you, Jon. It has been a bit quiet so far this year, hasn't it? I've added a couple of pictures in your TRITON file showing her sistership SONGTON. I...
Hi Duncan Fantastic to see this new evidence about the 1899 Bathurst Bay cyclone, especially Edwin Munro's first hand account on the Aladdin. I've been unable...
Hello Michael, Thanks for yours. I note that Isabella Mitchell Campbell was James Campbell's wife, and so Edwin Munro's aunt by marriage. I suppose the...
Hi Duncan, Good stuff! Thanks for sharing that. Re: your comment on surviving Outridges, for your interest, Percival Pitman Outridge of Redland Bay, Qld, was...
Hi Mori, I have put our current info about Edwin Munro's pearling activities into a few web pages: http://www.highland-pony.com/pearling/index.html This...
To my fellow lugger enthusiasts, may you all have a happy and safe Christmas. I look forward to the New Year bring another happy year of luggerological...
Hi Mori, When "Abrolhos Pearl" surfaced, Tony and I had quite some discussion on what she could be, and the conclusion was that she was highly unlikely to have...
Tony I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the model when you see it. It should be relatively easy to establish whether it is the 1892 boat or the 1953...
Interesting that the Nor-West type should have had a transom and that the Abrolhos Pearl has a transom. Has anyone compared the Abrolhos Pearl against the NW...
Hey Tony, she was a new one to me, that photo came out of Coastal Passage, pity it doesn't show the whole boat. Maybe she was used for pearling at one stage in...
Bowden's had two luggers named CUCKOO, the first was built by Ford Bros. at Berry's Bay in Sydney, launched 6/9/1892. It was the last vessel built by W.M....
Hi Michael  Any info you have on Jack Dunwoodie would be much appreciated. I do have quite a bit of family anecdotal stories though any documented info is...
Hi Michael The model has been around for at least 50 years that I know of. I'm in Cairns and the model is in Melbourne, though I will try and get a photo to...
Hi Rob, That's very interesting - is it a contemporary model? If you could post a pic of it, the question should be very easy to answer. Cheers, Michael Perth,...
Hi Mori The lugger I was refering to was called the Cukoo. I believe there were two. One in the 1890's and the other in 1953. The reason why I am interested is...
