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Date(s) - 06/08/2014
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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The next technical meeting of ABBA will be held at the South of Perth Yacht Club as usual, 7.30pm for an 8.00pm start on Wednesday, August 6th, 2014.
Pete Ripley trained as a traditional sailmaker in the UK before branching out into big boat rigging and, until recently, operations management for WA’s tall ship, Leeuwin II. However, he has to earn a living, so he also applies his skills to the management of industrial heavy lifting projects and (more recently) to the development of an innovative exhibition marquee design. You’d think that this would be enough for one person, but no! Pete also makes sails for many of Australia’s tall ships. This will be the subject of his presentation; tall ship sail making; tools, methods and materials, traditional and modern.