Commercial Projects Update
This past year has been incredibly rewarding and challenging at the same time, as we have undertaken a number of exciting new commercial projects alongside our ongoing recreational repairs and refits. Our Brisbane Rivergate Yard has been a hive of activity with the development of the new custom Pilot Boats for PNG Ports Corporation. Boat 1 […]
Anuha – A Skippers Perspective by James Andronicus
Anuha – A Skippers Perspective by James Andronicus Leading big boat Skipper and Boat Manager James Andronicus from Nautical Dynamics is the current Skipper of Anuha and shares with us his thoughts on what a pleasure she is to manage and his experiences with Norman R. Wright & Sons boats. What is your experience? I’ve […]
Anuha – “Peace or Sanctuary” by Bill Wright
In 2005 a gentleman called David Berkman contacted NRW and said he was interested in having us design and build he and his wife Adrienne a custom pleasure boat. At the time David was also considering a Palm Beach Motor Yacht. Our design brief was to create a vessel that could travel safely and speedily […]
Technomar One-O-One Refit Project
One-O-One is a beautifully designed and built super yacht, which was recently relaunched at Rivergate Marina after an extensive refit. She is an impressive 36m (118ft), 30 knot plus, composite super yacht built by Technomar of Italy. One-O-One was initially brought to Rivergate from Sydney for Norman R. Wright & Sons to retrofit active stabilising […]
The world’s most extraordinary timber staircase
In late 2018 Norman R. Wright and Sons were invited to tender for the construction of one of the most extraordinary timber staircases ever designed.
Building & Repairing Boats For Our Allies – The Story of PT 117 – By Bill Wright
During World War II, Norman R. Wright & Sons became a hub for building and refitting boats for the Navy, Army and Air Forces from Australia and our Allies including the infamous PT (Patrol-Torpedo) Boats. A focus of a lot of the work undertaken was repairs to boats damaged in the Pacific Theatre conflicts or […]
Team Member Profile – Laurie Zabowski – Cabinet Maker & Fitout Leading Hand
As many of our custom projects require a wide range of unique cabinet making and timber boat building skills, we’re very fortunate to have a number of highly experienced master trades people in our team. Laurie Zabowski was heavily involved in the creation and construction of our recent bespoke staircase and custom furniture project for […]
Wright Marine
We recently worked collaboratively with Shannon and the team from Wright Marine on the bespoke staircase project designed and constructed as the centrepiece of an Australian flagship store of a global fashion house in Sydney. We’ve worked with Wright Marine for many years and took confidence in the fact that we share similar pride and work ethic […]
EARLY HISTORY – “ZEST” SAILING DINGHY
We have some wonderful nostalgia in the yard at the moment. We’ve taken on a pet project with the refurb of an original Watts Wright clinker tender called (“Zest”) once owned by Merv Hazell. Lance Watts and Alec Wright, younger brother of Norman R Wright, traded as Watts and Wright from around 1934 and built […]