madboutcats Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 G'day saw this on e-bay timber deck Arafura Cadet has sails etc so if you want cheap boat for the kids this summer have a look http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-Classic-Vintage-Wooden-Catamaran-With-Elwood-Mast-And-Sails-/221164244766?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item337e6a8f1e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointed Reply Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 It looks a lot like "Kimba" which is owned by the Wagga Wagga Sailing Club which Zac sailed for a season, "Kimba" had a sister ship called "Zimba" both built in about 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingray580 Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 ive bid on it, tiarn was asking me about having her own boat, will do it up, get her going on it then see how she goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboutcats Posted December 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Hope you get it, I piggy backed Eoins Arafura cadet to Meningie a few weeks ago and he had a great sail, if you get this one we could meet there. We're sailing at Milang tomorrow if your on this half of Aus, forecast 15 to 20, Bretts bringing his Stinger and trying to get Todd to bring his stinger for some pre nationals practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingray580 Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 would be great but im still away with work.. and i reckon this arafura might need some work over the winter period , as in repaint, new alloy beams and a tramp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingray580 Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 looks like someone else wants it... i think its yours!!!.. ill try and get a good one at the nats.... ill let tiarn sail one during the nats and if she likes it, then ill get one for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary P Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Good Arafura Cadet at Speers Point NSW, going cheap. Phone, Gary, 0417672023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboutcats Posted December 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 If you don't get Gary's you can borrow Eoins for the nats so she can have a go, it's water tight with good sails. you missed an awesome day at Meningie, I even put in a pitchpole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointed Reply Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Picture of Kimba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboutcats Posted December 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Great looking boat, get that one Brian and I'll race you on the Arafuras when the kids have finished. They're amazing boats I've trapped my 105kg's off the side of Eoins in a blow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingray580 Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 gary... any pics of said boat??? brian.partridge@decmil.com.au pointed reply... $$$??? is it carrying a wooden mast and boom?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingray580 Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 thaks jeff, ill let tiarn borrow a boat for a quick sail while all the AC's are at the nats rather than taking one all the way there. besides the fact i need her to sail up front on the stingray, rather than steering an AC all day lol and if we buy one there, we will need the room to get it home on the stingray tramp. and jeff if you weigh 105 kg's, then im a badger named cyril....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointed Reply Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Kimba is not for sale...........historical heirloom belonging to Wagga Sailing Club. Yes it has timber mast and boom. It now has a "new" sail acquired from Jeff. Boat is mostly original. Refurbished (again) a year or so ago. Some old corroded hand made brass fitting replaced (but kept !) Old glue lines can be a bit of a problem. The timber beams have been "strengthen" with marine ply some time ago. I did try to remove and replace with new timber but the bolts had seized. I did not attempt major surgery to remove them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboutcats Posted December 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Your a worthy custodian of that beautiful boat, I paint stripped, retaped all seams, layer of glass on the bottom for sliding on the beach, then everdured before painting Eoins. Heres some photos of the restoration Cyril the Badger you need to change your name on the posts are you a normal badger or a honey badger? If it's the later I will just call you honey when I see you I range between 102-107kg plus sailing gear I would have weighed 110kg in my gear at Milang yesterday. First time I met Todd we went out on his Stinger in a blow when Stinger states were cancelled due to the wind, he said he couldn't believe how well the stinger was behaving then he asked my weight and when I told him he said if he knew that he wouldn't have let me on his decks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingray580 Posted December 18, 2012 Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 hahahah well you dont look it, i would have picked you for 85-90.. tops!!! well if you know if any AC's for sale , or even lease.. im in the market for one!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboutcats Posted December 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 G'day Honey, give Steve Rogers at Normanville a call he's got one of the Arafuras I had called Taipan, it's a good boat painted up and doesn't take on much water. It used to be his and turns out the person I bought it off didnt have the right to sell it so I gave it back to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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