Hi all,
Here's another couple of shots from launch day. Boat performed really well under reduced rig. The owners are yet to get their outboard so all docking was performed under sail which the jib/mizzen combo was perfect.
Lots of hours in the paint job Claus.............. but it does look really good.
We'll have another one on the water early January and will post some pics then.
David,
It would be lovely to have a large number of BR20's on the water in Australia and we are certainly heading that way. We will have two of them at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Feb (Little white lie and El Belle) and I would hope that by the time the next fextival is on in 2013 that we could get a number of boats to come for the RAID event that leads in to the festival. It is a big festival ( 500+ boats and over 80,000 people)
Maybe some of the guys from UK/Europe could come and crew/charter a boat? The D'Entrecasteaux Channel where the event is held is one of the top cruising grounds in Australia.
The success of the design is a credit to Matt and Swallow Boats.
regards,
Andrew