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Bundle of twine from the 18 inch model skiff ROSE
Bundle of twine from the 18 inch model skiff ROSE

Bundle of twine from the 18 inch model skiff ROSE

Datelate 1920s
Object number00046158
NameTwine
MediumCedar, beech, cotton
DimensionsOverall (Sail not included in measurements): 915 x 30 x 15 mm
ClassificationsToys, games and souvenirs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Roy Stone
HistoryThis 18 inch model ROSE was built by an unknown member of the model skiff club at North Sydney who raced it in on Berry's Bay in the late 1920s before offering it as a prize in the Club's raffle. Keen spectator and punter Lesley Stone won it and presented it to his sick nephew Roy aged 4 in 1930.Significance'Model racing skiffs of Australia : a history' by Stephen Crewes, Sydney, 2003.
'Sydney's model racing skiffs a a history' Stephen Crewes, 2002