Dad’s not sure but thinks the picture in this link is either the ‘Seaplane’ owned by Robinson Bros or the ‘Emily’ owned by Wally Robinson, ? taken down toward Tuck and Wally’s beach fronts.
Dick Davey senior built the Coogee at Apple Orchard on Cape Barren Island.
Tuck’s ‘Tassie
Grandfather Horace and his brothers were raised on the sea. Their father, Jimmy Holt and Uncle James Willett, Master Mariners. Uncles Billy and Johnny Holt and Fred Collis were as skilled as those Mariners with their papers.
The Badger Corner and Trousers Point Robinson/Holt’s brothers and their cousins also owned small sailing boats they had built for racing. This highly competitive sport between brothers and cousins were held in Adelaide Bay between Little Dog and Badger Corner/ Samphire. On many occasions the little sail boats would take off at a great speed and prove a challenge for the owners to retrieve. There are stories of catching the boats out near the Potboil.
The 1913 Electoral Roll gives perspective of the Island Population who could vote.
