Cruising through March

This month, we have the privilege of working on some truly remarkable boats at The Yard Brisbane. From the victorious 'Alive' to the futuristic 'Noire', the refitted 'Eagle 2', and the crowd-favourite 'Storm Bird', each vessel has a unique story to tell.

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Alive

Emerging from her exhilarating triumph in the 2023 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, marking her second win in a short span of 5 years, she is now back at TYB.

The goal is to carry out some essential maintenance work on the yacht to ensure it's in optimal condition. Once the maintenance is completed, the next event on the horizon is the upcoming Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race.

This prestigious race is set to begin on Good Friday of this year, adding to the excitement and anticipation of the sailing calendar. Her presence in this race is eagerly anticipated given her impressive track record.

Noire

Noire is a Cure Marine 70. A futuristic carbon racing/cruising catamaran with a design brief to “cross oceans with speed and comfort…”

Noire was built in Coolum on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and was finished off here at The Yard Brisbane where the mast was stepped and final rigging completed.

She has been turning heads here this week at TYB with her incredible angles, carbon colouring and striking design.

She will undergo some final testing and fine tuning and compete in the 2024 Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race at the end of the month.

We are grateful to owners representative Mark Edmonds for trusting us with this incredible vessel and we look forward to seeing her back here again soon.

Eagle 2

Eagle 2 is a Cheoy Lee 48 Sportfisher in for a refit with us here at The Yard Brisbane.

Part of the refit scope includes fabrication of fibreglass foils to improve performance. The owner is an engineer and has designed the foils himself to improve speed, hull attitude under way and efficiency.

The modifications made to the fly bridge and cockpit also include a fully enclosed flybridge and hardtop over the aft cockpit area. The boat has had fibreglass repairs and has been faired and painted and now looks a treat.

Works have been completed by both our in-house trades including shipwright team Grant, Darren, Claude and Rory and on site tenants CC Refinishing and

Stay tuned for a further report following sea trials with the new foils. Another exciting innovative project completed here at The Yard Brisbane.

Storm Bird

Storm Bird!

Storm Bird is well known East Coast trawler and she was rescued by Will and Danny from Prawn Star to carry on the next phase of her career.

She is 16.19m timber prawn trawler and has a draft of 1.9m. She also originally had a GM8V71 Diesel Engine and was built by Des Everson in Yamba.

Now a star in the prawn star fleet. She is a crowd favourite at Mooloolaba.? Following a recent mishap she is now being cared for by our shipwrights and made ready to go back to sea and home to Mooloolaba.

A Big thank you to Will and Danny for trusting us with their ship.