Boat details (n°317)
Boat details (n°317)
AUS-1
Essentials
Designer
Arvid Laurin (SWE)
Builder
Mark Woodnutt, Woodnutt & Co. Ltd., St. Helens, Isle of Whight (GBR)
Material
Mahogany, carvel planked
1st certificate issued
00-07-1955
Original boat name
Altair
Original country
AUS
Original sail number
1
Current location
Photo Gallery (0)
Notes (3)
5.5 AUS 15 - Boat search
18-05-2023
by Kaspar Stubenrauch, 18-05-2023
The last known location in 1978, was: Sydney, Australia. Who can help to find the boat?
5.5 KA 1 "Altair" - first owner R.W. Furber
09-01-2017
by Kaspar Stubenrauch, 09-01-2017
Jill reports from St. Helens: "...there was a Laurin designed vessel built by Woodnutts in 1955 called Altair, which was a 5.5 mtr. She was built for R.W. Furber, home port Sydney...."
5.5 KA-1 "Altair" - preliminary entry
06-03-2010
by Kaspar Stubenrauch, 06-03-2010
As the original sailnumber is not yet known and the boat seems to be an alias, the boat will be shown as original, until the full story is known.
Warren Muir reports on the boat:
"...KA1- Altair. Designed by Arvid Laurin from Sweden, built by Woodnutts on the Isle of Wight in 1955 for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. I do not know the original country or owner. It was once owned in Australia by Bill Furber and then owned by Tony Carr about 1960. Tony Carr built a second 5.5m which was also called Altair and sailed under the KA1 sail number. This second boat was designed by Einar Ohlson in 1962, built by William (Billy) Barnett and launched in June 1962. The original Laurin Altair was then sold and became KA15 Kaiami...."
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The Ohlson 1962 "Altair" KA-1(b)will be entered, when a solution to "a"&"b" numbers is found.
Warren Muir reports on the boat:
"...KA1- Altair. Designed by Arvid Laurin from Sweden, built by Woodnutts on the Isle of Wight in 1955 for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. I do not know the original country or owner. It was once owned in Australia by Bill Furber and then owned by Tony Carr about 1960. Tony Carr built a second 5.5m which was also called Altair and sailed under the KA1 sail number. This second boat was designed by Einar Ohlson in 1962, built by William (Billy) Barnett and launched in June 1962. The original Laurin Altair was then sold and became KA15 Kaiami...."
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The Ohlson 1962 "Altair" KA-1(b)will be entered, when a solution to "a"&"b" numbers is found.
Document library (1)
Document
Size
By / When
745 Kb
745 Kb
Kaspar
Stubenrauch
23-03-2020
Stubenrauch
23-03-2020
Ownership history (4)
Sail#
Name
Owner
AUS-1
"Altair"
AUS-1
"Altair"
AUS-15
"Kaiami"
AUS-15
"Altair"
Results History (0)
Links Library (1)
31-03-2018
(Information on Mark Woodnutt)
Kaspar Stubenrauch, 31-03-2018