Amelia K
The “Amelia K” is the main ferry and performs the majority of the scheduled services.
She was purpose built by the previous owner Mr. Jack Kirkpatrick in 1995 as a dedicated vessel for this service.
Constructed in aluminium and surveyed to carry 65 passengers she is fuel efficient and rugged. Known by the locals as the “tin can”, the “Kettle” or the “Ferrari” she does the regular school run from Scotland Island and the Western Foreshores to Newport School.
Curlew
The “Curlew” has been the main support vessel. She has performed scheduled runs while the Amelia K covered the student service, or when in maintenance. Built in 1922, the Curlew is of timber construction. She is surveyed to carry 57 passengers, and in her years has proved reliable and efficient to operate.
Originally the Curlew was known as the “Gloria,” and she was once a banana boat on the Hawkesbury River. Her complete history is not well known, but it is believed a larger propeller was added in the 1960’s with a longer stern. This was so she could compete in the “Ferry Wars”. The story goes that the residents of the area set up a ferry service in competition. Whichever ferry got to the wharf first got the fares.
Sadly it is time to say farewell. After almost 90 years, the vessel will retire in 2011. The Curlew has been loved by Pittwater locals. She has a back deck where on summer evenings commuters chatted on their way home.
Elvina
The “Elvina” operates as a back up vessel in order to maintain the integrity of the schedule. She is of timber construction and is a classic ferry. She is surveyed to carry 27 passengers. The Elvina is believed to have been built in 1928 by Goddards of Palm Beach and was originally called the “Falcon.” In the 1940s she was bought by the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company.
Ferry Services around this time where quite basic, being mainly tourist trips around Pittwater. In 1934 the Port Jackson Company purchased the controversial “Currawong” site and added this to its Ferry Service.
During the war it is believed that the Falcon took troops to the gun emplacements located on West Head.
It is thought that the Falcon was purchased by E.H. Caldwell of Church Point in December 1951, and her name changed to the Elvina after one of the bays serviced by the Church Point Ferry Service in Pittwater. It is likely that this was when the Church Point Ferry Service was started under this existing trading name. | 
