Ruediger Dahms

Shipwright

Place of birth: Germany

Year of birth: 1939

Lived in Launceston: March 1955

“I have built a few boats over the years - the 51ft Julie Burgess and the Bismark up at Airlie Beach. I have worked on farms, spent 11 years working for the railway and at least 5 years scallop fishing. This biggest change that I have noticed is that it is just a lot harder to get good boatbuilding timber these days”