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Couta Boat

Name of Boat

Heather

Owner's Name

John Howe 

Boat Location

Gippsland Lakes 

Registration No.

CF 784 

Sail No.

Dimensions

Feet & Inches  Outside of stem to outside of transom

Overall Length

21' 6.4m 

Maximum Draft

2' 6 0.88m 

Maximum Beam

8 6 2.6m 

Centreplate Case Length

6'   1.83m 

Construction

Planking
Structure
Framing

Rig

Ballast

Weight

Material

Lead  

Engine

Make

Yamaha 

Horsepower

12  

Heritage

Built

1949 

Builder

Caporn 

Designer

Ernie Munns 

History

Built in 1949 for Ferrier Bros., professional fishermen in Queenscliff.

Caporns made 2 such boats, one for Jack and one for his brother, Lewis.

Jack sold it in 1951/2 to a Geelong chemist, Davis. It was purchased by Jeffreys family in 1991 and brought to Metung, on the Gippsland Lakes. The Howe family purchased it in 2003 and now moor it in Newlands Arm, near Paynesville.

Considerable restoration has been carried out and it is sailed as gaff rig.

NZ kauri hull and decking
 

Race Record

Comments

NZ kauri hull and decking