Voyages
Before there was a workshop, there was a lot of water. I sailed a 26ft boat home to Australia from Europe on my own, crossed the Pacific in a boat held together with bamboo and rum, tried to drive a Land Rover from Tasmania to Norway, and sailed an 86-year-old open couta boat alone across Bass Strait. These are the stories behind "Born at sea. Made in Tasmania."
Europe to AustraliaFour years, singlehanded, in a 26ft Contessa. The voyage behind the film and the book.
San Francisco to Sydney37 days to the Marquesas, a broken boom, and repairs made with bamboo and hand tools.
Lord Howe IslandTwelve hours' notice, a Nicholson 32 and a night anchored mid-ocean at Elizabeth Reef.
Australia to NorwayTasmania to North Cape in an ex-army Land Rover, until the pandemic stopped the road.
Australian East CoastA family, a 42ft pilothouse cutter, and a race against the lockdowns.
The Huia in Bass StraitSinglehanded across Bass Strait in an open couta boat built in 1936.
The Gordon RiverA small boat, my brother, and a Huon pine as old as the Pyramids.
Everything Kohutt makes is built by hand in our Tasmanian workshop, and guaranteed for life with free repairs.