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Lady Buick

This is my favourite boat in the yard. The beautiful "Lady Buick" was built in 1967 and first registered in Port Adelaide as a fishing vessel. www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/ship-registration/list-...

There is a story to be told about how this workhorse of the South Australian fishing fleet came to Tasmania. In the link below I have a picture of the "Lady Buick" in its original working colours. Colin and Cookie (that's all the names we have) started writing a blog about a trip to Vanuatu from the Tamar Yacht Club at Beauty Point. In their first installment they came across the "Lady Buick". Here is what they tell us (it's a fun read):

" In the 1950’s the remote and rugged South Coast of SA’s Kangaroo Island was a last frontier for fishermen, as they were called before the correctness of politics.. My mother was Dorothy (Dolly) Buick, from the pioneering KI Buick family, and my uncle Nigel, had plans to go cray and shark fishing beyond Cape Willoughby, in his 42foot boat Emu Bay. Our family ran a seasonal Guest House, Maryland at Port Elliot, and my father Joe, being a seafarer to his core, was persuaded to join Nigel to head south of the island. Dad fished with Nigel for some years, before returning home to full time employment, and Nigel continued on to become a leading figure in the KI fishing industry, as a fisher and fish processor for diverse local and overseas markets. Nigel was truly one of SA’s fishing pioneers.

In the late 1960’s Nigel embarked on the ambitious project of constructing, at Port Adelaide, the grand Lady Buick, which, when launched, became the undisputed queen of the KI fishing fleet. Later, Nigel’s retirement from fishing saw the Lady Buick sold and sadly move out of SA waters. Now, to my great surprise, as we eased into Beauty Point, there she lay, the Lady Buick, in new livery and looking as grand as ever. Although now for sale, she was still at work in the crayfish industry, with her heavy wooden frame having withstood decades at sea, and looking good for many more sea miles to come. When we had left Backstairs Passage and with Cape Willoughby astern of us I had cast a long look down the KI coast to Cape Hart and beyond and thought of Nigel, dad, the old Emu Bay and the Lady Buick. Dad would have loved what we are now doing on Calista. About that there is no doubt. Now here she was at Beauty Point, the Lady Buick, having stood the test of time as Nigel had always intended that she would. It was wonderful to see her and to go aboard once more."

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From what I understand the "Lady Buick" now works the waters near Flinders Island, rather than Kangaroo Island off the South Australian coast. Tasmania's gain I'd say.

Taken in: Australia / Tasmania / Bridport (show map)

Taken on: October 31, 2020

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