Brolga 33 exposed shaft arrangement
Designer
Professor Peter Numa Joubert
(1924 - 2015)
DateJuly 1970
Object numberANMS1546[035]
NamePlan
MediumInk on tracing paper
DimensionsOverall: 365 × 300 mm
ClassificationsMaps, charts and plans
Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum Collection Gift from Ms Camilla Van Megan
DescriptionGeneral arrangement of motor, motor housing, shaft and propeller and installation instructions for a Brolga 33 yacht.HistoryThe plans of the Brolga ¾ Ton class yacht design are for a fibreglass racing yacht designed to the IOR Mk III rule. A number were built and were very successful and capable small ocean racing yachts. One example, BERIMILLA, has sailed around Cape Horn and completed the North West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean across the top of Canada.
Professor Joubert was a highly respected engineer and lecturer and was a consultant for a number of private and government engineering projects. He had a sailing background and was a close friend of naval architect Alan Payne.
Professor Joubert's involvement in yacht design fulfilled a desire to be involved in this aspect of engineering without making it a full time occupation. He produced a small number of production designs that reflected his objectives of creating a strong, seaworthy yacht for racing and cruising. He also worked on the design of fast catamarans for racing and setting speed records, this is a specialised and niche area of yacht design, but an area where Australia has demonstrated extraordinary success in the past through other designers and builders who were contempories of Professor Joubert.
SignificanceThe plans of the Brolga ¾ Ton class by Professor Peter Joubert, represent the design for a small but very racing yacht built in fibreglass as a production yacht.