Ned Trewartha Wooden Boats

Ned Trewartha Wooden Boats

Ned is a traditional wooden boat builder, specializing in custom made wooden boats under 20'.
We can build to any design using solid timber or plywood. Clinker or caravel construction.
He works his magic in a simple wooden shed at Gordon, Tasmania, over looking the waters of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island.
A man attuned to the painstaking details that make a wooden boat sing. One of the first graduates of the Shipwright's Point School of Wooden Boat Building diploma course.
Ned has operated his boat building and repair business for 18 years and has added Ukeleles made predominately from Tasmanian Timbers. Furniture made on commission. Bird sculptures, made from the off cuts of timber . Ned works alone in his shed and welcomes visitors with prior notice.
Ned does not like waste, He is inspired by the bird life around him and he loves golf. ...read more