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Hi all, Well its been a while but the Wooden Boat Festival is on again 10-13 of Feb 2023 and I have the paperwork in and hopefully will get a berth. La-Sallette has grown a mast recently but only to get the kids telly aerial up a bit higher for those remote spots we like to frequent. I did...

Nice shape to her. Take lots of photos and keep us updated.

Thank you all. More to consider, excellent

Hi all. I am exploring options for heating the boat while underway. Currently have a Webasto forced air diesel heater which works very well but it seems such a waste of energy with the engine not being utilised for heat in some sort of way. The main engine is a Gardner 8LXB which runs very cool...

I have also had starting issues with our old but recently installed Onan. Thought it was electrical issue but had relay tested and it was fine. Disabled the sensor in exhaust, thermostat and oil pressure to be sure and still no go. The stop solenoid pulled about two amps so appeared to be...

We know La-Sallette was built by P.J.Payne in 1972-73 as he wrote that inside the wheelhouse. Possibly built in Victoria or South Aus. I spoke to the original owner briefly as we chased the national registration paperwork, sadly he seemed quite hard of hearing but he did recall how she loved to...

Yes Tasmania still has lots of solid timber working vessels about and make a great project as swampu would well know. 9 years is a long time but your boat looks quite a bit bigger than ours. To answer Jetstream La-Sallette is just under 50ft long and is powered by a Gardner 8lxb turning a...

Hi all, long time reader first time poster. We have just completed (well 90%) converting a timber trawler/lobster boat to a pleasure craft. 3.5 years to recalk, new bulwarks, extend wheelhouse, replace or refurbish all systems. Conversion was done in Launceston and now we are learning how to...