Mr Hutchison includes construction plans of the trawlers, like 45-foot deadwood sharpies and 35-foot hollow heel carvels.
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Trawler skippers were competitive and sometimes clashed, but all trawler operators had a code where they dropped everything and went to someone’s aid if required. Many crew had miraculous escapes after being hurled into Moreton Bay. One time a trawler skipper fell asleep at the wheel and ran into another vessel before waking up and taking off. Sometimes trawlers would come back to the creek overloaded with their catch and would be swamped with seawater. He covers the sorts of accidents that have happened. Skippers sometimes converted inappropriate vessels into trawlers to have a go at the new industry. Mr Hutchison writes about how people would make trawlers in their backyards in Deagon, adjacent to Cabbage Tree Creek. And he is a former teacher of apprentice boat builders and shipwrights at the South Brisbane Technical College. He’s also a Churchill Fellow with degrees in economics and arts, and certificates in boat building and mechanical engineering. A fourth generation local, he built trawlers with his business partner Tom Bishop at Hutchison Slipway in Sandgate and later on the banks of Cabbage Tree Creek in Deagon. His 124-page book Prawn Trawlers of Cabbage Tree Creek, 1952-2014, is the product of extensive research into government records, newspaper reports, State Library archives and memories. Trawling supported other businesses, like Jeays hardware store and hotels.īrian Hutchison is a walking encyclopedia on the history of the Cabbage Tree Creek prawn trawler operations, ship building and sailing.
The book says that prawn trawlers supported about 200 families in Sandgate and Shorncliffe at one stage. There were five prawn trawlers operating out of Cabbage Tree Creek in 1952, it hit a peak of 82 in 1969, and has slowly declined to about 17 now. Gordon told the author it was a basic flush-deck day boat, suited to line and trap fishing, with no wheel house and powered by a 30 horse power Southern Cross engine. For example, in early 1952, Reg Massey and his son Gordon arrived in their self-built 35 foot deadwood carvel snapper-boat, Colleen Star, tying up in the mangrove-lined Cabbage Tree Creek. That’s when trawlers headed north from places like Evans Head in New South Wales. But the prawning grounds of Moreton Bay were relatively untouched until the early 1950s. If you are interested in owning a Deagon Dinghy, call or email us for a quote.The prawn trawlers moored in Cabbage Tree Creek on Brisbane’s northside seem like they’ve been there forever.
The dinghies are created on the classic lines of the original tender and still have the charm of the original. The gaff rig, is perfect for a large variety of weather conditions and the unstayed rig allows easy assembly and storage. Ĭonstructed using carbon fiber, these tenders are lightweight (16kg) but strong enough to endure the elements. These are perfect as a yacht tender or as a pleasure sailer. Based off the model of the original sailing tender for the classic yacht Laurabada, the Deagon Dinghy is a composite construction rowing/sailing gaff rigged dinghy suited for boats of all sizes.
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