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November 30, 2018
Stuart Beltz, grandson of the renowned Tasmanian boat-builder Ron Beltz, recently returned from New Zealand where he helped the current owners of one of Ron’s sea-going […]
November 30, 2018
Pieter van der Woude’s cruise operation in Tasmania’s Southwest Wilderness is about much more than just seeing this wild, pristine landscape. This guided experience offers a […]
November 30, 2018
We are sometimes asked: The Wooden Boat Festival is four days long, once every two years, right? So what do you do all the rest of […]
November 30, 2018
Whilst the countdown to the MyState Bank Australian Wooden Boat Festival in 2019 is certainly on, I would like to pause to reflect for a moment […]
October 10, 2018
It’s all on, in our sister port of Port Townsend in Washington State, as the crew from the North West School of Wooden Boat Building […]
October 9, 2018
Once the expressions of interest for Boats Afloat and registrations for Boats Ashore open, for the MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival, we sit back and admire […]
October 9, 2018
At one of our first festivals when my children were much younger, I was standing with them at Franklin Wharf, looking across the docks. Some of […]
October 9, 2018
Some say there are too many of us crusty old men at the MyState Bank Australian Wooden Boat Festival, complaining that ‘these young fellers’ don’t appreciate […]