Wombat details of keel
Designer
Professor Peter Numa Joubert
(1924 - 2015)
DateApril 1974
Object numberANMS1546[058]
NamePlan
MediumInk on tracing paper
DimensionsOverall: 1030 × 640 mm
ClassificationsMaps, charts and plans
Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum Collection Gift from Ms Camilla Van Megan
DescriptionDetails for the keel construction of a Wombat class yacht, drawn at a scale of 2” = 1’ – 0” and full size.
Shows keel in profile, sections with dimensions as well as the cross sections of join of keel to hull; the fitting arrangement in elevation and end elevation showing bolts as well as construction detail.HistoryThe first Wombat 42 yacht built, BOOMERANG VII, came second second in her class and overall in its first Sydney to Hobart race in 1969.
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 Wombat class by Professor Peter Joubert, represent the design for a lighter displacement racing vessel built in fibreglass as a production yacht.