Backed by generations of tradition & experience.

Proudly based in NSW.

Our Services

Wooden Hull Repairs

- Clinker and carvel planking.
- Modern-trad hulls.
- Caulking, fairing, antifouling, and topsides paint.
Brightwork and Joinery

- Exterior brightwork.
- Above-deck joinery.
- Interior joinery, bulkheads, cabinetry.
- Teakwork, decking, and caulking.
Structure

- Centreline backbone structure, building and repair.
- Deckbeams, carlins, ribs.
- Educated in lofting boat lines.

Joe is a qualified boat builder, holding a Level 3 City & Guilds advanced boatbuilding certificate from the Lyme Regis Boat Building Academy in the United Kingdom. With nearly ten years’ experience working with timber in both construction and fine craftsmanship, he values traditional methods and takes pride in careful, consistent work.

His background spans from residential cabinetry and joinery to wooden boat construction and restoration, giving him a practiced eye for detail and a practical, hands-on approach. Each project is carried out with the aim of producing a vessel that is sound, well-finished, and ready for the water.

Born and raised in Lake Macquarie, Joe is pleased to serve the local boating community with boat building, repair, and restoration services. Whether working on a time-worn craft or a new build, every job is approached with the same steady care and attention from stem to stern.

Joe Croger

Timber Boat Builder

Our Speciality

Caring for Wooden Hulls

Wooden hull repairs carried out with traditional methods, including full or partial plank replacement on clinker and carvel-planked boats, along with recaulking to renew strength and seaworthiness. Re-fairing to restore the lines of an older boat. Antifouling and topsides painting. Also experienced with building and repair of modern-traditional hull constructions such as cold-molded and strip-planked hulls.

Restoring Brightwork & Joinery

Installation and restoration of brightwork joinery such as cap rails, rubrails, inwhales, gunwales, cockpit coaming, and more. Internal joinery, including bulkheads, cabinetry, decorative trim, etc.

Strengthening the Structure

Structural replacement and repairs of rotten, cracked, and tired structural members, including ribs, timbers, deck beams, carlins, as well as the backbone structure, including keel, hog, transom, and stem.

I’m also experienced in the construction and repair of spars, such as masts, booms, bowsprits, boomkins, and oars.