'Eileen' Huon pine ,stern benches,centre board,sailing rig
'Eileen'

'Terry' Gunter rig.
' 'Terry '

 
Solid Huon transom
Above - 'Eileen' solid Huon               transom and rudder.
Right -  showing painted inside and exterior.                 
'Alanna' and 'Dinah'
'Alanna' is now on Lord Howe Is.

Seven Huon planks asidebrass rubbing strip. Painted water line.
Seven Huon planks aside. Brass rubbing strip, and painted water line.
   
Foster 10

Sailing/rowing dinghy. 

Unstayed gunter rig.

LOA 10' Beam 4'6".

The Foster 10  was originally designed and built by Bill Foster of Battery Point, Tasmania, a well known and respected Tasmanian boatbuilder and thorough gentleman, as a birthday present for one of his daughters, in 1986, and was intended to be a one off.

The typically Tasmanian design was admired by plenty and built by a few and to date approximately 35 have been built.

The dinghy pictured ' Eileen'  was built for a client from the United States and was shipped to Singapore before Christmas 2000. She is different from all the other Foster 10's built to date, in that she has stern benches and stowage compartment aft.  

She has a Celery Top keel, ribs and keelson, and the naturally grown stem, one piece transom, planking and grown knees are all  Huon Pine. She is fastened with silicon bronze and copper.


Side benches and aft hatch. 

'Ned' built in 1998. Now in Qld.
 
  'Ned' was built in 1998. Appropriately named as  the owner was also known as Ned to a few.


'Terry' fully rigged at launch.
'Terry' with full rig at the launch of the  Timber Workers for the Forest.
Rowing dinghy foster 10
"Rowan" Foster 10 rowing dinghy.  Construction is the same as a sailing dinghy.This dinghy had swamp gum floor boards. Painted white on the outside and dark green waterline.





"Minna
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left the shed in late July 2005. She  did not take in a drop of water at her launch. As she is going to be carried on a trailer, travelling  around Tasmania and the mainland of Australia  in the future. She  had covers and a stone guard made for protection. She is going to carry an outboard motor, complimentary to the sailing  rig. Minna has bronze fittings  which sing with the Huon Pine. Removable floorboards and she is a lot fuller in beam to previous Foster 10's

Minna a sailing dinghy foster 10
Canvas cover reday for travelling

We have completed this Foster 10  using Huon Pine,Celery Top Pine and King Billy Pine. Aft hatch  inserted.

Cloud 9 fit out complete
"Cloud  Nine"




Breast hook fitted
mast step
Aft knee fitter and solid transom





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