16/01/2024
Who recognises this beauty ??
That’s right, it’s the beautiful “Margaret C” , a star of Coastwatch in the 90s!
Now lying in Sydney waters with a white paintjob, she is in the excellent hands of Stephen Robson and his syndicate.
“Maggie" as Steve calls her, spends 6 months of the year in Pittwater and 6 months on Sydney Harbour. The syndicate holds another beautiful timber boat – a 130 year old huon pine yacht, "Ventura".
Steve comments:
"We have enjoyed Maggie for about 14 years or so. Actually, that’s a bit of an understatement, we absolutely adore her… she is a wonderful vessel and magnificent day boat with spacious aft deck, day-bed, and low gunnels comfortably entertaining up to 20 people with a hard-top... Although minimalist, she is highly individual. We love her simplicity – something we have only increased to make her extremely simple to use: Turn the key and away you go. She is a great fishing boat, BBQ lunch/dinner boat and also for long weekends away for up to 5 people. We believe that a lot of usage and keeping the maintenance up to her is key – which is where a syndicate really works. Each boat is out at least once a week and we have an annual maintenance schedule which I run. My family and friends have had many fun trips on this beautiful craft. We have even inspired several other groups of friends to adopt the same ownership model, resulting in four additional timber craft now gracing our peer group in Sydney. Significantly, very few of these people ever had much to do with boats previously... Margaret C’s beautiful and unique lines still draw attention wherever she goes.”
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