All hands on deck sees volunteers win top gong for classic wooden boat

Lake Macquarie Classic Boat Association members Bill Coote, Peter Currie, Lyndal Coote, Stephen Price, Mario Macchia and John O'Neill at the shed at Rathmines where they restore wooden boats. Picture by Max Mason-Hubers

DIETITIANS, doctors, academics and lawyers who've turned their attention to restoring wooden boats later in life have been rewarded for their labour of love.

Volunteers at the Lake Macquarie Classic Boat Association (LMCBA) have taken out the NSW Wooden Boats Association Hal Harpur Award for their hard work bringing a Pittwater Rowing Scull back to her former glory.