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Baragoola 26th February 2011
In attendance: Nick P, Glen, Lance, Ernie, Peter H, Peter C, Geoff E, Mark & Geoff L Visitors: Three Nice warm day at Balls Head this Saturday past and not too hot for a change. With autumn just around
the corner we’ll have better days for working outside, but shorter hours.
A busy time is ahead for us as well with the restoration ramping up and our second AGM due at the
beginning of July. last year’s was held aboard the South Steyne as our boat wasn’t exactly fit for use but
this year the AGM will be aboard Baragoola.
Membership renewals will start going out at the end of May – renewals are due by the 30th of June. With
the renewals you’ll also receive the annual report, proxy and nomination forms.
We’re doing the same this year as last year as well – new members who join after April 1st will get 15
months membership for the price of 12 months – a bargain!
We recently paid another $10k off the loan for the purchase of the boat; thank you to everyone who has
donated to the cause thus far. Once this loan is paid out we’ll be fundraising for the big one – slipping.
We have a rough cost that was given to us when our survey was conducted in October but when we are
closer we’ll get a better, more accurate estimate.
I’ve been invited to give a talk about Baragoola at the 2011 National Trust Heritage Festival and we have
top billing; this will be held at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade Reserve at 3pm on
Sunday April 10th and bookings are essential. Bookings can be made by phoning 02 9976 1595 or (02)
9976 1640. Entry is free. So make sure you turn up – I’d appreciate the moral support!
Further info at http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/what-on/heritage-festival--the-mv-baragoola-/ and
http://www.nationaltrust.com.au/events/festival/program/files/sydney.pdf
On to the work done this weekend however!
Finally we have our new banner up. It’s been rather annoying that people know we are there but there’s
been nothing on the ferry to tell them how to contact us and as you are all aware we have been getting
a lot of visitors lately that are coming by to see Baragoola and that number is increasing. Yesterday we
had visits from Waratah, one of the rope boats, another little heritage vessel (Cobar) and several cruise
boats as well as one of the Rosman ferries. We are quite the destination
Banner on the port side
Penrith
Mark arrived with a collection of various pieces of wood (very useful) and some small metal plates that
he had custom made for use as patches. With these we can now put compression patches on the hull on
those spots above the waterline that have been bugging us for some time. Though not a risk to the boat,
the holes are unsightly and contribute to the hull looking poorly.
The yellow metal bar is a piece constructed for the aft starboard loading gates that had wasted away,
also kindly provided by Mark.
New hull patches
Mark kept himself busy continuing the painting of the superstructure on the port top deck and it’s
coming up beautifully. He says that he’ll probably finish back to the aft sun deck next weekend which is
half of this section done. Once the cream is done we’ll apply the brown trim to the relevant bits and to
the windows and this side will be transformed.
Mark also treated the wood of the loading ramps on this side and he’s confident that most of these are
still in good condition and worth saving (at least the middle ones anyway!).
The extreme ones at both ends will need partial replacement as they have suffered from rainwater
running over them for some years.
We’ll be getting a fair bit of paint this week and we’d like people to get in and assist so that this side can
be completed fairly soon. It’s the side most seen by people cruising past so it’s important that we get
the presentation finished. Actually a few more paint brushes would be useful too!
Mark at work
Peter H was again on the roof doing reparation work. The failed false roofing sections on the top of the
forward wheelhouse have now been removed in preparation for replacement. This has been a
significant source of rain water ingress and it’ll be great to have this finished. Basically the entire roof is
being replaced with some done already.
Forward wheelhouse roof
Peter also stripped away the false roof next to this wheelhouse. This is the roofing section that was
significantly damaged by the Army exercise early in December.
Messy!
Removal of the false roof revealed another false roof underneath that and the original roof under that.
Layers of history
Remnants of tar on the original roof
I’m acutely aware that Peter has been doing most of this work himself and we’d really appreciate it if
some others would assist him. In conjunction with hull work this is the most important work that’s being
done on Baragoola and it’s is extremely important that this work gets finished sooner rather than later.
If you have some skills in carpentry it’d be a good time now to put up your hand and offer to help Peter
out.
Down below further work was done by Geoff on the interior hull – another area where assistants are
needed. However in this case we need very careful ones so that no damage is done. Work on the hull
involves stripping the old paint, removing the rust and treating it so that no further rust can happen. As
well, we have been super cautious – if an area looks thin we’ve been applying small amounts of concrete
just in case – better to be safe than sorry later on. Fortunately, we’ve only done three small concrete
patches thus far and about a quarter of the internal hull is done.
After stripping and treating, it’s time to put some paint on the hull.
Hull painting in the battery compartment – 4 litres of anti-rust paint did only six half plates
Continuing downstairs, Ernie reinstalled the starter for the 110/240 volt generator in the battery
compartment – there’s a video of this amazing piece of equipment operating for the first time in more
than two decades at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJpx-r1IAq0
Like everything else on Goola all it needs is a cleanup and it works. Truly amazing technology and I doubt
modern stuff would last as long totally neglected. This is an important piece of equipment – with this
functioning we are very, very close to having self generated house power which will allow us to run
heavy equipment on board.
Also this week we received a donation of light bulbs and these have been installed in their original
positions in the control room. These power off the Gardners and naturally they too just work.
Peter C continued working on cleaning the strum boxes for the on board bilge pumps – truly a filthy job.
The engine room is now capable of being pumped out by the ferry’s own bilge pumps along with the
battery compartment and control room. The strum box in the forward compartment is a write off and
will need to be remanufactured. In the meantime we are borrowing the box from the forward void (it’s
never had any water in it and is full of dust). The two voids are very small areas at either end of the boat
– the forward one contains the anchor chain locker.
Peter is still fighting with the general service pump but I have no doubt that ultimately he’ll defeat it as
well. The general service pump provides auxiliary bilge pumping capability and water for fire fighting.
Pump manifold – note the repaired and cleaned areas compared to the as yet untouched areas
Upstairs painting in the Ladies Saloon continued. Nick applied more of the brown trim and the last
support pole was replaced and painted. We will be painting the Opaline Blue in here next weekend and
the cream is finished. The first of the access doors in this area also received its’ first coat of brown.
Portside doorway to the Ladies Saloon
Geoff L kept on with the weather deck painting and all poles on the aft deck have now received at least
one or more coats of white paint.
Aft weather deck poles completed
Much more was done, Gary secured the pontoon by chains and as usual Glen provided catering and
general running around. Gary also wired in the switch for the 110 volt lighting in the engine room.
Next working day is next Saturday March 5th, contact me on 0405 945 465 if you need any assistance
and pickup is in the usual spots. Please note you will need to bring your own lunch (it’s not provided) –
we do provide coffee and tea and a limited amount of cold drinks. Water is available on the boat and
you are welcome to stay overnight if you wish though you will need to bring bedding (camp beds and
blow up mattresses are available). If you plan on staying make sure you bring something along to
contribute towards dinner.
Public Open Day
Saturday 12th of March we will be holding a public open day. All members of the public are invited to
visit Baragoola and see the work that has been done thus far.
There will be equipment demonstrations and tours of the boat on the day and a light lunch will be
provided.
There will be an assortment of items available to purchase and you are welcome to join the Association
on the day as well.
Access is via one of our three boats and pickup is at Waverton or Greenwich; see the map at
http://www.savethebaragoola.com/news.html for pickup locations.
To ensure that we can determine catering correctly, please let us know if you wish to come – by email at
[email protected] or by phone on 0405 945 465 or 02 9294 3168.
Pickups will be done at 10.45am, 11.15am, 11.45am and 12.15pm. Return trips at 1:45pm, 2:15pm,
2:45pm & 3.15pm.
Show your support!
We’re pleased to announce some additions to our range of collectable items.
All items can be ordered by sending an email to [email protected] with the following details:
Your name Postal address Size (for clothing) and quantity Your contact phone number All items will be sent with an invoice payable within 30 days.
White T-shirt, printed with Baragoola’s build year and our web address, available in white cotton only in
sizes S, M, L, XL & XXL.
Price is $22 including delivery.
SS Baragoola – Baragoola as built in 1922, white coffee mug.
Price $25.80 including delivery – available now.
SS Binngarra (class vessel), white coffee mugs.
Price $25.80 including delivery – available now.
