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Imaginative Aussie Couple Documents Fish Boat Conversion on Video

Brupeg started life in 1974 as an Australian prawn fishing trawler. In 2013 she sunk in the Burnett River from flood waters left over from a cyclone. Damien and Jess Ashdown tell the story of the boat’s conversion, which includes using “vege” fuel. Then we’ll reprise some of their videos”. We brought Brupeg in 2014 after she had sunk in a flood. It was love at first sight. She was a stripped out steel hull about to be cut up for recycling. We had a pretty specific set of requirements and it took us four years to find the right boat. The places we want to go are often hostile and demanding and need a strong hull click here to read, and watch the video’s 19:40