Exploring Australian trailer sailers, small craft design, and the history of boats.
Welcome to a growing archive dedicated to Australian trailer sailers, small craft and the history of boats. This site helps sailors understand the strengths and compromises of various boats. This website’s aim is to answer the question: what boat has what?
This website is provided as a free resource courtesy of Australian Trailer Sailers for sailors, researchers, and enthusiasts interested in Australian trailer boats, yachts and their history.
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The Timpenny 670 is a highly-tuned, 6.7-metre trailerable yacht that ranks closely behind the RL24 as one of the fastest trailer sailers in Australia. Designed by Colin...
Graham Nock, a successful businessman, retail chain executive, and ocean-racing skipper, found his favorite yacht in the Hood 23, named Yellowtail. Nock, who previously...
The Westwind 20, was an affordable and well-performing fiberglass sailing cruiser built in Adelaide, South Australia. Available in both deep fin keel and bilge keel...
The boating industry had experienced a significant shift away from amateur or custom-built boats as stock model yachts of various sizes surged in popularity. South...
The RL-24 in 1973 was the largest trailerable yacht in the country and also its fastest. Designed by Gold Coast boatbuilder Rob Legg, this 24-foot centreboard yacht...
Rover, a 14-foot boat built and designed by Dennis Knight of Green Point, Gosford, NSW, is billed as one of the world’s smallest bilge-keel yachts and the vessel...
Frustrated by the limitations of his bilge keel yacht on Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne sailor Geoffrey Walsh sought a boat that combined shallow draft, manageable rigging...
The Islander 23 is a 23-foot fiberglass twin-bilge-keel boat engineered for family racing and cruising. Its defining feature is its twin hydrofoil keels, which enable the...
Pittwater yacht designer Joe Adams set out to bring speed and fun back to weekend sailing when he drew the lines of a missile-like 10-metre racing machine some years...