Desperado Downunder

[auspete]

Hi everyone, I'm Pete I live on the Murray River which is the Border between New South Wales and Victoria in Australia.
I have purchased Desperado plans and am in the planning stages.
I have been looking through the Forum and there doesn't seem to have been many built and catalogued here.
The best pics and info l have seen are off Sorentinos Desperado which is an outboard and I plan to power mine with a 190 HP Mercruiser.
Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated.
Regards, Pete

[jenko]

Hi Pete ,
I also live on the Murray about 3.5 hours upstream good to hear there is another builder in the area I am building a riviera .
different build type but I am sure I can be of help

[auspete]

Hi Pete ,
I also live on the Murray about 3.5 hours upstream good to hear there is another builder in the area I am building a riviera .
different build type but I am sure I can be of help

Thanks for the welcome Jenko, I have to work in Wodonga for a week every 6 weeks and sometimes make the trip across to Corryong, would love to have stickybeak at your project if times and dates work.

[jenko]

would welcome the visit I am around most of the time

[kic259]

Pete, I have the plans for the Desperado but it is probably a while before I will start building. I have a new house being built at the moment with workshop in place of the 2 car garage. I have another boat I am fixing up a 6 metre fishing boat and I want to build a small skiff, around 3 metres, then I will get to the Desperado. In between I will have all the new house chores to do like the landscaping, decking, pergola, build a BBQ and Pizza oven etc etc.

I look forward to following your build and hopefully being able to emulate it.

kevin C

[auspete]

Pete, I have the plans for the Desperado but it is probably a while before I will start building. I have a new house being built at the moment with workshop in place of the 2 car garage. I have another boat I am fixing up a 6 metre fishing boat and I want to build a small skiff, around 3 metres, then I will get to the Desperado. In between I will have all the new house chores to do like the landscaping, decking, pergola, build a BBQ and Pizza oven etc etc.

I look forward to following your build and hopefully being able to emulate it.

kevin C

Sounds good Kevin, I am still planning and about to start getting components together so once I have something to show I will begin posting pics,
Cheers Pete.

[DB1969]

Hi Peter
darren Bennetts herefirst time boat builder in perth Western Australia
I would like to see how your desperado turned out and get any advice on the marine plywood frame 25mm and how that all came together and ifnot stood the test of time?

Id like to do it the same way with my Desperado ans

Also in a later post you mention CNC machining out the frame parts on Sound 8 software or such. Sounds very clever and well worth the mucking around if I can get that done here in Perth

That would really help me as I will have to do it with a jigsaw if I cant emulate your efforts!

Hope to see how she turned out. Hopefully you are pleased with the end result.

Cheers
Darren Bennetts
Tools@westnet.com.au

[Nickthw]

Hi all,

Seems there are a few members close by! I live in Adelaide, am lucky enough to have a small houseboat in Murbko (between Morgan and Blanchtown), and have a family shack at Goolwa.

We will be attending the Wooden Boat Festival in Goolwa next year, any others attending?

Cheers!