Navigator · new build
A John Welsford Navigator being built by members of the Lake Macquarie Classic Boatshed at Rathmines, NSW, with Steve Price, John and Fred doing the work. Navigator is a glued-lap plywood day sailer and raid boat.The club started cutting parts in September 2026, tracing card templates twice onto each ply sheet to save material, then flush-trimming the paired bulkheads, frames and centreboard case sides to match before notching them for the chine logs and stringers.
There will soon be more activity in the boatshed with the impending construction of a John Welsford designed " Navigator" this is a very popular day and Raid boat. This is going to be an interesting build which has different construction techniques to what we are used to.
Nobody else here is logging a Navigator yet. See the boat.