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July 17, 2017
July 17, 2017
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Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival

Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival (photo courtesy Chesapeake Light Craft) Back in 1977, the northwest corner of the United States was a fertile stamping ground for […]
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July 17, 2017
July 17, 2017
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Bark Europa Returns to the Southern Ocean

Bark Europa Who can forget the magnificent Bark Europa, or the visit of the Dutch fleet for Tall Ships Hobart back in 2013? Along with Tecla […]
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July 17, 2017
July 17, 2017
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We Didn’t Start This Thing…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] But we certainly seem to have kept it growing. Canoe builder and TAFE teacher Brian Jones was with us at the 2017 festival, ably assisted […]
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July 17, 2017
July 17, 2017
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AWBF 2017 Highlights Video is Out

The 2017 Video Is Out Our veteran film maker, Joe Shemesh of Stormfront Film, has emerged from the editing room with the latest highlights video – […]
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July 17, 2017
July 17, 2017
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GM’s Log – July 2017

It’s pretty chilly here in Hobart now, with a dusting of snow on the mountain most days. It reminds us that this is the time for […]
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June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017
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Steam Men Don’t Give Up…

Has anyone seen the “Papua”? Or the “Roma”? If so, we have her steam engine. The Papua dates back to her construction in the early 1880s […]
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June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017
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Sailing For a Good Cause

Next time you are muttering darkly about the cost of a new set of sails for your wooden boat, put a happy face on it by […]
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June 19, 2017
June 19, 2017
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And We Have a Wrest Point Winner!

The results are in from our post-Festival questionnaire, completed by more than 800 festival fans in the weeks following the 2017 MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival. […]
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