
TONY AND THE PIG FAT: Roger Garwood
I lived aboard Niki, an Adriatic style boat, in the local Fishing Boat Harbour. She was built in 1963 from jarrah planks an inch thick, by Marko and Drago Sambraillo, the last of Fremantle’s traditional boat builders in their yard on the Mews Road waterfront. Coaxed along by an ancient Perkins diesel engine, Niki’s flared bow happily punched through heavy seas. Her large hold once contained ice and freshly caught fish. It had now been converted into cosy accommodation – warm in the winter, cool in the summer. The air-conditioning was simple – heavy hessian cray sacks laid on … Continue reading TONY AND THE PIG FAT: Roger Garwood