April 17, 2018
An ex-Tasmanian shipwright and marine surveyor named Phil Waters is the driving force behind a push to establish a wooden boat building school in New South […]
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March 18, 2018
This may be quite mad, but we are always on the lookout for something new and fun at the AWBF. Model boats have always been a […]
March 18, 2018
We are all used to using Internet websites these days, from doing your personal banking to comparing reviews on a new washing machine, booking a holiday […]
March 18, 2018
Laurence Burgin, the long-time owner of Franklin Marine in the Huon Valley was known for his community mindedness, his enthusiasm and his expertise with everything maritime, […]
March 18, 2018
A wooden boat festival would not be a wooden boat festival without wooden boats – and I know that there are a great many boat owners […]
March 18, 2018
There’s word around the slips about a possible Hobart showdown in 2019 between The Yanks (in the shape of the East Coast sandbaggers) and the Aussies […]
March 6, 2018
Gypsy – The centenary of annual 10 day cruises by Steve Knight On Friday 19 January, Gypsy slipped her moorings at Bellerive in Hobart and headed south […]
March 6, 2018
One of the world’s most respected maritime photographers, Ben Mendlowitz, has selected two Tasmanian boats to feature in his eagerly-anticipated Calendar of Wooden Boats for 2019. […]
March 6, 2018
The sail training vessel Windward Bound might be dubbed ‘the hardest-working tall ship in Tasmania’, given that it’s at sea so frequently, crewed by a mix of student […]