Voyage Mary MacKillop Pilgrimage
Join the Tall Ship “One & All” on a Pilgrimage of Thanksgiving for the Life of Blessed Mary MacKillop and her work in Portland and the South-West of Victoria and Penola and the South East of South Australia. Pilgrimage will be lead by Sr. Mary Ryan RSJ, Melbourne Provincial Counsellor and be met in Portland by Victorian Provincial Sr. Josephine Dubiel. |
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Geelong Wooden Boat Festival
The Geelong Wooden Boat Festival, to be held during this coming weekend's Labour Day holiday, (March 6th & 7th) is absolutely bulgeing at the water line! |
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Melbourne Wooden Boat Festival - Feb 20-21
120+ boats, two and a half tall ships - Docklands - this weekend. |
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Tall Ship 'One & All' Return Voyage
Take the trip of a lifetime onboard the Tall Ship – One & All and join the return voyage to the inaugural Melbourne Wooden Boat Festival. |
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Maritime Swap Meet and Collectables Market
The Queenscliffe Maritime Museum holds a Maritime Swap Meet and Collectables Market on the first Sunday in December each year. 9am – 1pm This is our biggest fundraiser for the year and as far as we are aware quite unique, we have not heard of any other Maritime Swap Meet & Collectables Markets in Australia. |
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Building and Construction Trades Careers Expo
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2010 KETTERING WOODEN BOAT RALLY
Long weekend 6th, 7th & 8th February |
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Classic Power Boat Event
The Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association will be holding its annual get together on Lake Talbot at Narrandera, NSW, over the weekend of October 24th and 25th, 2009 |
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Wooden Boat Rally 2009
In February of this year the fourth Wooden Boat Rally was held on the Tamar River at the Seaport Marina in Launceston, Tasmania. The rally attracted 91 boats from around Tasmania ranging from the 13 entries in the alternative propulsion event to a number of vessels up to 50 feet. The rally was conducted over the weekend with thousands of people viewing the craft on display. |
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Thames Festival Classic Rally
The Thames Festival Classic Rally brings together a collection of yachts and boats of all sizes and types which have a connection to the River and its Estuaries |
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Sixtieth Anniversary Regatta and 2009 Swedish Championship
Finn sailors gather to celebrate sixty years in Uppsala Sweden, 14-16 August |
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Sanctuary Cove Boat Show draws over 400 exhibitors
This week’s 21st Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show on Queensland’s Gold Coast has attracted 409 exhibitors and more than 100 marine product launches. |
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Lewmar’s new V6 and V8 vertical windlasses
Lewmar’s new V6 and V8 vertical windlasses are released at the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show on 21-24 May 2009 in a world release. |
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The 2010 Whyte Just & Moore, Geelong Wooden Boat Festival!
Where men are men, boats are REALLY boats and the ladies are happy about it! |
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Raymarine
Raymarine Asia is officially launching the new A Series range of chartplotter/fishfinders in Australia at the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show on 21-24 May 2009. |
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Sunworld International - Australian launch
Sunworld International is launching the OverBoard product range into Australia and New Zealand at the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show on 21-24 May 2009. |
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Show Promotes Business Networking
An International Business Lounge operating during the Show is a business highlight. |
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Solas Propellers - Australian Boat Show Launch
The Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show on 21-24 May 2009 will be the first Australian boat show to display Solas Propellers’ OverDrive range. |
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SPIRIT OF MYSTERY NEWS UPDATE – 1800 AEST - 08/03/09
This is a news update concerning the Spirit of Mystery, the 11 metre wooden lugger that was knocked over in the Southern Ocean on Tuesday morning injuring crewman Mark Maidment. |
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Alma Doepel Ship Keepers Needed
As many of you would be aware Seumas MacLeod is the permanent ship keeper on board the Alma Doepel. In order that we give Seumas the appropriate leave from the ship each week we need to put together a roster and list of volunteers available to look after the ship during these times. |
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Melbourne’s Wooden Boat Centre turns 20
The Wooden Boat Centre in Melbourne’s Docklands is this year celebrating its 20th anniversary. |
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The Classic Yacht Association, through Mark Chew, has just launched a new website
The new site features news, events, boat register and how to join information. |
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Pete Goss and crew in high spirits after a smackdown
At about 23.30 hours GMT on Tuesday 3rd March (0930 hours boat time Thursday 4th March), Spirit of Mystery was sailing in strong winds and high seas about 300 Nautical Miles South South-West of Kangaroo Island off Adelaide, South Australia, when she was struck by a large wave. |
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STORM FAILS TO DAMPEN SPIRIT OF MYSTERY
Despite a ferocious storm and large breaking seas in the Southern Ocean, Pete Goss and the crew of Spirit of Mystery say they are elated to have reached the halfway point between South Africa and Melbourne. |
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Who wants to be in the movies all you need is a Canadian canoe
This week we got an email from a production company searchign for of all things a Canadian canoe. |
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Queenscliff Maritime Swap Meet 7th Dec 2009
The 2nd Annual Swapmeet is on again at Queenscliff. Gate Opens 9am - so be early if you're after a gem. |
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Australian Woodenboat Festival - Fast approaching
“Heave ho me hearties” and all that sort of thing. The Young Endeavour, Enterprize, and the James Craig will be joining local square-rigger, the Lady Nelson for Festival 2009. |
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Gaffers Day 2008
Over 75 classic and gaff rigged boats took part in the famous Gaffers Day at the Sydney Amateur Sailing Club. The club was founded in 1872 which makes it one of the oldest sailing clubs in Australia. A day full of many highlights, from was seeing Sir James Hardy's Nerida in full sail, not only celebrating her 74th birthday, but also showing how a graceful lady can overcome sinking less than 12 months prior. Another highlight was to see Thistle helmed by Tim Phillips and a crew from the National Maritime Museum, Thistle was joined by 5 other Couta Boats, give the local Ranger boats a run for their money. Boats from 10 feet and above were seen enjoying a lap of the Harbour |
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Cup Regatta 2008 Photos - Roger Dundas & Mark Bergin
Cup Weekend in Melbourne doesn’t mean horse racing for the Classic Yacht Association. For the second year running the Cup Regatta has seen sailors from around the Bay and a host of imports from NZ compete in the Cup Regatta at RYCV. |
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Ireland's First Conference On Traditional Boats And Currachs
The first ever conference on traditional boats and currachs in Ireland will take place in Ennis, County Clare, on Saturday, 6 December 2008. |
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Phoenician Boat Sails from Syria towards Africa
A ship, built consistent with the Phoenician style, sailed from Arwad Island off the coast of Syria kicking, hence, a voyage that will take sailors on a tour around Africa. |
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GOSS TOASTS EQUATOR CROSSING
Westcountry sailor and adventurer Pete Goss and the intrepid crew of Spirit of Mystery have celebrated crossing the equator in style. |
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ADVENTURE UNDER WAY FOR GOSS
Westcountry sailor and adventurer Pete Goss and the intrepid crew of Spirit of Mystery have begun their epic voyage to Australia. |
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Nelson's flagship HMS Victory could be handed over to a private company
Nelson's flagship HMS Victory could be handed over to a private company, The News can reveal. |
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Asgard Sinks Off French Coast
Ireland's most famous sail training vessel, the Asgard II, has sunk off the coast of France. The five crew and 20 trainees on board abandoned ship early this morning after issuing distress calls last night. It is not yet know if the boat will be recoverable. |
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Awestruck youngster becomes winning skipper
A group of old sailing mates from around the world have gathered this week at the Silver Jubilee Audi Hamilton Island Race Week to campaign the stunning Muir 66 Van Diemen III in its debut regatta. |
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GOD BLESS THE SPIRIT OF MYSTERY
Renowned Cornish sailor Pete Goss held a naming ceremony this bank holiday Monday to officially name his newest boat, Spirit of Mystery. Named by Diana Berry, a direct descendent of six of the seven original crew members, the boat has received worldwide attention in recent months. The official naming ceremony took place at Newlyn Fish Festival - home to the original ‘Mystery’. |
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GOSS GIVES BOAT A BIG THUMBS UP
Sailor and adventurer Pete Goss has given a big thumbs up to his Cornish Lugger Spirit of Mystery after initial sea trials. |
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The Bergen Tall Ships' Races 08
The Tall Ships' Races 2008 got off to a great start today at 1500 hrs local. The start line was established approximately two hours before the scheduled start time with the RFA Lyme Bay as the committee boat, HMS Merseyas the end of the line vessel and HMS Grimsby the No Go zone. |
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Tall Ships Parade out of Liverpool
The latest Tall Ship extravaganza to come to British shores saw Liverpool and the Mersey play host to the Tall Ship's Races 2008 from 18 to 21 July. The event culminated in a parade of sail down the Mersey. The fleet of approximately 60 vessels gathered in formation and then proceeded downriver and out to sea, lead by the frigate HMS Argyll and accompanied by a small flotilla of other craft. |
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Classic yachts assemble in Cowes for 2008 British Classic Yacht Club Regatta
A spectacular fleet of classic yachts has gathered in Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the eve of 2008 British Classic Yacht Club Regatta hosted by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club. The regatta’s forty-five strong entry makes it one of the largest gatherings of classic boats seen in the Solent since the America’s Cup Jubilee in 2001. |
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A Classic Day Wraps up Classic Racing
NEWPORT, R.I. -- Racing concluded today for the first half of the New York Yacht Club's (NYYC) Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex. For 53 classic yachts it was the culmination of a colorful tribute to the Golden Era of yachting that included a 100th birthday party for one of yachting's greatest and most prolific designers, Olin J. Stephens (who attended the celebration at the New York Yacht Club last night). While a fleet of historic 12 Metres raced north of the Newport Bridge, one-design classes for S Boats and 6 Metres took up some of the real estate south of the bridge for around-the-buoys racing. Four more classes of mixed designs headed off on a circumnavigation of Conanicut Island, a course famous for showing off the scenic shores of both the East and West Passages of Narragansett Bay. The sum total was spirited racing in a variety of conditions for each fleet. |
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Classic Regatta and Olin Stephens Celebration to Kick Off Race Week Action
The New York Yacht Club's (NYYC) sixth biennial Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex starts off with a bang on July 18, when some of the world's most notable classic yachts and their owners and crews gather to participate in the club's 100th birthday celebration of America's legendary yacht designer Olin J. Stephens. Stephens, of Sparkman & Stephens design fame, will have the pleasure of watching several S&S designs compete among the large fleet of classics expected over July 18-20. They will include Dorade, one of his very first boats off the drawing board (at the ripe young age of 21), now owned by Edgar Cato (Charlotte, N.C.), as well as Sonny, Joe Dockery's (Newport, R.I./Greenwich, Conn.) 1935 cutter sloop, which was rammed by a German submarine in WWII, then refloated and repaired. |
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Ferry saves crew after boat sinks
A Plymouth-based cross-channel ferry was diverted on Tuesday morning to rescue the crew of a historic yacht which had sunk. |
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Return of Dublin's Viking Warship
Farewell - Sea Stallion from Glendalough Farvel – Havhingsten fra Glendalough |
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Tall Ship Young Endeavour Departs Hamilton Island 24 July 08
27 Youth Crew will expand their horizons onboard the tall ship Young Endeavour when they depart from Hamilton Island, 24 July 08. The departure will mark the start of their adventurous 10 day voyage toward Gladstone. 2008 is the 20th Anniversary for the Young Endeavour, with special events planned to celebrate the occasion. |
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Brest 2008: The Curtain Opens
Today marked the opening of Brest 2008 in the presence of the Port Admiral Franois Cuillandre and famous French sailor Olivier de Kersauson, who rang in the fifth edition of the maritime extravaganza on the bell of the 1938 Romanian three-master Mircea. They were answered by the siren of the tugboat Abeille, the water jets from the nearby fireboat and all the bells and sirens from the surrounding boats. |
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2009 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WOODEN BOAT AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
Jump on Board…. |
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Wooden Boat Spirit – a man of the sea
There is a large shed that sits on the lush green flats of the Huon River a few kilometres west of Huonville in southern Tasmania. |
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SPIRIT OF MYSTERY HITS THE WAVES
After months of building, the waiting is nearly over for sailor and adventurer Pete Goss MBE, who will be launching the 37-foot Cornish lugger ‘Spirit of Mystery’ this Saturday (21st June) in Millbrook, near Torpoint, South East Cornwall. |
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A GROUP of Queenscliff writers will soon release the third book in a popular children's series on couta boats.
The Defiance Couta Boat series aims to get kids involved with the local history and culture of Queenscliff. |
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Schooner ATLANTIC launched
Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Holland, March 15, 2008. Majestic grace is the overwhelming feeling one has looking up from below to the most beautiful sailing yacht ever built. The long extended keel drafts a little more than 16ft and the yacht rests in heavy launch-carts, adding another 3 feet to the height of the aft deck at 30 ft above the slipway. |
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GOSS BRINGS MYSTERY TO LIGHT
Sailor and adventurer Pete Goss MBE has reached an exciting stage in his latest project as he prepares to unveil the 37-foot Cornish lugger ‘Spirit of Mystery’. |
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2008 Wooden Boat Rally
In February of this year the third Wooden Boat Rally was held on the Tamar River at the Seaport Marina in Launceston, Tasmania. The rally attracted 55 boats from around Tasmania ranging from the 65 foot Nerimba owned by Ian and Bob Cumming to an impressive working display of remote control boats. The rally was conducted over the weekend with in excess of 10,000 people viewing the craft on display. |
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The building of “Drizabone” 2
Giday Mark. Well I’m seventeen months in to the building of “Drizabone” and the end is well and truly in sight!! She sure has taken some time, but I feel it has been worth taking the time, to do it right . |
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A Most Successful Whyte, Just & Moore Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong 2008. Sat. 8th & Sun. 9th March.
Undoubtedly, Geelong's 2008 Wooden Boat Festival was bigger and better than ever before as Australia's maritime heritage was displayed both on the waters of Corio Bay and within the Royal Geelong Yacht Club marina. |
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Great Veterans Race Fleet Doubles
With the weather forecast for Sunday showing light to moderate south to south easterly winds, the stage is set for the grand dames of yachting to launch the Audi Winter Series with The Great Veterans Race. This race is a tribute to those classic Sydney Hobart Yacht Race yachts that sailed south in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. |
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The River – life on the Murray-Darling
Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour 5 April – 25 May 2008 |
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Plum Crazy’s comeback for Great Veterans Race
One of the fastest and most colourful small offshore racing yachts of the 1970s, Plum Crazy, and her equally colourful owner/skipper, ‘Tig’ Thomas, are making a comeback for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual Great Veterans Race. |
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Owners sue after crash of classic yachts
NEWPORT – The owners of a 103-year-old sailing yacht that sunk during the Museum of Yachting's Robert Tiedemann Classic Regatta last summer are suing the owners of the 94-foot yacht Sumurun for more than $1 million. |
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The golden oldies and the goodies Head for AUDI Hamilton Island Race Week 2008
The 25th Anniversary Edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week is destined to be a classic regatta in every possible sense as some of Australia’s best known old yachts, including famous maxis, will be joining the fleet. |
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STUNNING 52M SCHOONER 'IMPERIA' - HULL LAUNCHED IN RUSSIA
Auckland based Aries Pacific Limited, a member of the New Zealand Marine Industry Association, is managing the design and build of a new 52m (170’) traditional schooner currently being built in Russia. Built from the best Russian oak, this yacht will also feature the latest in systems and comfort expected from a superyacht of today. |
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Geelong Wooden Boat Festival - Photo Gallery
A record fleet a brilliant sunshine for another great Geelong Woodenboat Festival. |
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THE 2008 WHITE, JUST & MOORE WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL GEELONG A GREAT SUCCESS.
Over the rather windless, warm, sunny autumn Labour day weekend, the third Whyte, Just & Moore Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong got under way with over sixty boats of all shapes and sizes, entered. |
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CYCA’s Great Veterans Race eligibility extended
The Great Veterans Race, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual tribute to those classic Sydney Hobart Yacht Race yachts that sailed south in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960 and 1970s, will be held on Sunday, 6 April. |
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"CARIAD" restoration - Welsh word meaning 'beloved'
"CARIAD" is a Welsh word meaning 'beloved'. |
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SEA CLOUD HUSSAR to be completed in autumn 2009
135 metres long; some 4,000 square metres of sail and 69 luxury cabins – the largest passenger 3-master ever built |
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Fine Cruising Combines With Fine Whisky - Classic Malts Cruise
Entries are now being accepted for the annual Classic Malts Cruise - a unique two week sailing voyage along the spectacular coastline of north-west Scotland in July. The UK's biggest non-competitive sailing event, the annual Classic Malts Cruise is sponsored by Diageo's Classic Malts Selection, and was launched in 1994 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the distillery at Oban. |
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“I Like Purpose Built Marine Diesel Engines In My Boats”
What you see with Tasmanian fisherman Karl Krause is precisely what you get. Likeable, affable, capable and very much a straight shooter, Karl together with his wife Fiona come from Tassie families steeped in fishing and earning a living from the sea. |
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Greater access to Williamstown waterfront
Locals and visitors would enjoy greater access to the Williamstown waterfront under proposed plans to rejuvenate the area. |
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Queenscliff Maritime Weekend 22-24 Feb 2008
Lighthouses have always been important at the Borough of Queenscliffe and therefore it is lighthouses which feature on the poster for the Queenscliff Maritime Weekend 22-24 February 2008 – a community event organised by the Queenscliff Couta Boat Association which brings couta boats from around Port Phillip to their place of origin. |
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Bateaux Jouets toy boats from Paris 1850-1950 - Australian National Maritime Museum
A remarkable exhibition coming to the National Maritime Museum in March presents 100 years of beautifully-made toy boats… a century of childhood for everyone to enjoy. |
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Alma Doepel Refit Fund - You Can Help!
Would you like to see the once familiar 105 year old Tall Ship Alma Doepel sailing again on Port Phillip? |
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Governor Bligh’s gold ring on display for Rum Rebellion bicentenary |
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Coming up FAST! The 2008 Whyte Just & Moore, Geelong Wooden Boat Festival! Labour Weekend, March 2008
The stage is set, the orchestra tuned and the maestro has the baton in hand. In just a few short weeks, a repeat of last year's highly successful Wooden Boat Festival will be launched at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, here on Corio Bay. |
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All the fun of the fair at Sydney’s Classic & Wooden Boat Festival
There will be boats, boats, boats… of all ages, shapes and sizes… and a non-stop program of lively maritime entertainment for all the family at this year’s Classic & Wooden Boat Festival in Sydney. |
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Two Tall Ships’ Race Series to be held in 2008
Two Tall Ships’ race series will be held during 2008 with over 100 Tall Ships anticipated to take part in the two events. Ports in the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, mainland Portugal and Madeira will play host to the events which provide an opportunity for total novices, as well as professional sailors, to sail as a crew member on the magnificent Tall Ships. |
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Goss plans wooden boat trip to Oz
Sailor and adventurer Pete Goss is getting ready to hit the water again, by sailing to Australia in a 36ft (11m) wooden fishing boat. |
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Tall Ship Adventure - A Young Man's Journey 1905 New York to Fremantle
An American teenager’s 'gap year' adventure back in 1905 provides the inspiration and content for a new exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum. |
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The building of Drizabone - An Epic
It all began on a late summer afternoon sailing home from Sorrento to "Queenscliffe on "Corsair." |
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More than 100 boats for Balmain Regatta 2007: this Sunday
More than 100 boats have entered the annual Balmain Regatta, which is being held this Sunday (October 28) and this year will be raising funds for Sailability. |
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Boat Movements - October 07
Spring is an amazing time for Wooden Boats. They come out shining, ready for a new summer of fun and pleasure. |
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Classic Power Boat - 4th Annual Event
The Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association will be holding its fourth annual get together at Five Mile, eight kilometres west of Narrandera, NSW, over the weekend of October 27th and 28th. The association is made up of owners and enthusiasts of classic wooden speed boats and race boats from the 1940’s right through to the 1970’s. |
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Balmain Regatta 2007 to help raise funds for Sailability
Balmain Sailing Club will again be holding one of Australia’s oldest sailing regattas – the annual Balmain Regatta – on Sunday, October 28, and this year will be raising funds for Sailability. |
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CYA - VICTORIAN SUMMER SERIES UNDERWAY
Following a sensational day on Port Phillip (Victoria, Australia )for Race One of The Classic Yacht Association Summer series, Col Bandy, the Fleet Handicapper writes... |
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Winter series race 8 - musings from the couch
Do the days get any better than this? It’s hard to imagine! |
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2008 Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong
Wooden’ Miss This For Quids! |
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APEC tall ships open three days - Australian National Maritime Museum
The Australian National Maritime Museum will be the home for five tall ships next week (5-7 Sept) showcasing the significance of tall ship sailing in Australia’s maritime history and the important contribution of youth crews in sailing these vessels today. |
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New Manager appointed for 2009 Australian Wooden Boat Festival
Chairman of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival Inc Board, Steve Knight, today announced the appointment of Rob McGuire as Festival Manager for 2009. Former General Manager for Targa Tasmania, Rob brings a wealth of event management and high-level leadership qualities to the role. |
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Martha Cove Apartments....Last berth left that is assigned to the apartments
You will be pleased to learn that there is one 10 metre freehold berth available with a purchase of one of the developers’ apartments. So therefore if you would like to own your own freehold boat berth and you are considering investing in an apartment please call me to arrange an inspection. |
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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village & Shipwrecked Sound and Laser Show
Home of Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village & the world class Shipwrecked Sound and Laser Show - a great visit by day or by night. |
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musings from the couch - winter race series
A day for everyone – flat water, good breeze, no rain – but the breeze built during the race giving the boats with the lowest handicaps the greatest advantage with the mathematics. |
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Australian Wooden Boat Festival - 2009 Festival Manager - Hobart, 6-9 February 2009
2009 Festival Manager |
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Photo Gallery Update
Photos from the Geelong 2007 and Hobart 2007 Woodenboat Festivals, also don't miss the screen savers. |
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Dreamboats & Workboats – the Halvorsen story
HURRY….last chance to see Halvorsen exhibition |
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Calling all historic vessels!
The Australian National Maritime Museum invites all owners of ships, boats and other vessels built pre-1965 to consider putting them up for listing in the new Australian Register of Historic Vessels. |
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Australian Register of Historic Vessels: frequently asked Questions - and Answers
All the answers to your questions - find out if your boat will make it onto the register. |
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HMB Endeavour….back and open for inspection
The Australian-built replica of Cook’s famous 18th century vessel of discovery, the Endeavour, has re-opened to the public at the National Maritime Museum following a successful 3-month sailing season (Feb-April). |
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LENNA RECOVERY - PLANS FOR LIFTING ASHORE ON 2 MAY - FUNDS LIMITED, MORE STILL SOUGHT
UPDATE 10 on 14 April advised we were short of the extra funds required to lift Lenna ashore by loading the hull on to a barge and then moving the barge to a suitable unloading location, away from overhead power lines. Since that time more funds have been offered and we sincerely thank those responsible. |
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Hobart - Australian Woodenboat Fesitval 07 hailed as best ever
The weather was perfect, the boats were stunning, the venue was sensational, the food was wonderful and the dockside activities were outstanding. Perhaps that’s why this year’s Australian Wooden Boat Festival, held on the Hobart docks from 9th – 12th February is being hailed as “the best ever”. |
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LENNA RECOVERY - FURTHER SUPPORT REQUIRED - CAN YOU HELP?
UPDATE 9 advised the recovery project requires an extra $8,000. To date we have pledges of over $5,000 towards the additional costs, so we urgently need a further $3,000. |
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Classic Yacht Assoc - docklands 23-25 march 2007
Docklands over the weekend hosted the Melbourne Boat Show and the celebrations to start the Melbourne to Osaka 2-handed race. The Classic Yacht Association was asked to organise a display of our fleet with a limited number of pens available. |
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LENNA RECOVERY - TWO STEPS FORWARD AND ONE STEP BACK - EXTRA COSTS - APPEAL FOR HELP
UPDATE 8 advised of plans to lift Lenna's hull ashore at Koolewong near Gosford NSW on Monday 12 March and then to transport it by road to Newcastle for loading on a ship as deck cargo direct for Hobart. We have very generous offers to cover the transport to Newcastle and from then on to storage in the Hobart area, together with people to assist shoring the hull up etc as necessary for transport. The plan was based on the hull being brought ashore by others from where it currently lies on the mud. |
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Audi Hamilton Island Race - Classics in the Cruising Division
There’s something new for the old when it comes to the classic yachts that will be competing at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2007. |
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Goolwa Wooden Boat Festival 2007
The Goolwa Vintage Boat Club's fleet, along with various visiting craft sailed three races and participated in sail-pasts during the Goolwa Wooden Boat and Music Festival 10th-12th March. |
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Lenna finally returning to Hobart - Major effort starting Monday
Following recent "Sunday Tasmanian" articles and publicity at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival, support for return of the badly damaged hull of the well known 1903 built timber trading ketch LENNA has enabled a last ditch effort to be mounted to remove the hull from the water this Monday 11 March and to return it to Hobart. |
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Centenary-old Jenny Wren wins Sydney Harbour Bridge 75th Anniversary Regatta
The gaff cutter Jenny Wren, launched in the 1890s and probably the oldest yacht in Australia still racing (albeit occasionally), yesterday won her division of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 75th Anniversary Regatta. |
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Sydney Harbour Bridge 75th - Old yachts to sail together after 96 years
Two yachts built to the same design, by the same shipwright and in the same yard at Hobart’s historic Battery Point will sail together for the first time in 96 years when they contest Sunday’s Sydney Harbour Bridge 75th Anniversary Regatta on the Harbour. |
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Classic yachts to pay tribute to ‘Our Harbour Bridge’
A fleet of near fifty of Sydney’s oldest and most beautiful classic yachts will pay their tribute to the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday when they compete in a special Bridge 75th Anniversary Regatta on the Harbour. |
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Geelong Festival showcases Port Phillip’s wooden boat heritage.
In weather that went from flat calm to brisk and breezy, the second Whyte, Just & Moore Lawyers Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong was successfully conducted by the Royal Geelong Yacht Club over the Labour Day holiday weekend of 10th & 11th March 2007. |
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Grenada Sailing Festival
The Grenada Sailing Festival has been taking place annually since January 1994 and has grown over the years to become one of the major National events of the island and one that is known and respected throughout the Caribbean and the international sailing community. |
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Classic Yacht Assoc - Melbourne - Race Report 4th Feb 2007
A day that tested our patience perhaps more than our sailing skills - almost no wind at the start (and just as well as one of our gentlemen forgot his rule book.) A reminder that we all should be very careful and vigilant around other boats. |
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MALUKA: the yacht that made history TV - ABC2
On 11 February at 7pm & 9.30pm, ABC2 whisks you off dry land and takes you on a historic voyage aboard Maluka; a 1932-built yacht restored for the 2006 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. ABC2 follows this journey of rebirth and adventure in Maluka: The Yacht That Made History. |
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Coutas at the Bluff by Rochelle Harding
Our seaside town is home to generations of maritime enthusiasts, inspired by a Couta Boat era that made its mark along the Victorian coast. The little-documented fleet of Couta Boats that fished out of Barwon Heads in the 1930s and 40s has had a lasting impact on the fishermen and their families. |
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Hobart Woodenboat Fesitval 2005 Pictures
Enjoy these pics sent in by Baden Brown. Baden a keen Wooden Boat man saw the Couta Boats on display at the 2005 Woodenboat Festival in Hobart. |
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Hayden Warszewski latest project - a Brett Almond work in progress
Brett Almond is truly the wooden boat wizard; every detail has been attended to with the utmost care. Great discussions have taken place on board and every idea that has been agreed on, has been carried out with that boat style flare, something that is only learnt over the years. |
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Late Winter visit to the Island of Guano
I woke up last Saturday, looked out at an orange wisp across the sky and knew it was going to be a day to enjoy, not on land but out in 'Blondie'. |
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SCHOONER ISABELLA
In the fall of 2005, the keel for another Essex-built schooner was laid, continuing the 350 year tradition of wooden boatbuilding in Essex, MA. A 38 foot long two-masted schooner, the ISABELLA, has been commissioned by William Greene, from South Dartmouth, MA. |
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Nepean Boats - New Website - Busy Yard
In the last few months Nepean Boats has been busy putting together a great new website. Stop in and take a look. You'll be surprised at what you find. One of the things that struck me was how many boats they have worked on. |
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Wooden Boat Festival - Hobart - Feb 2007
I can't believe it has come around so quickly. It's only 18 months since the last event, but it's on again! I've heard lots of discussion about who's going to sail down, who's driving down and those of us that will be flying down. As you can imagine, the good rooms might already be booked and those that aren't will go soon - so don't delay. Also, for anyone keen to enter their boat, the registration deadline is 31st October so don't miss it. |
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Trade Directory
During my last 10 years around the Couta Boats I've been amazed at how many people provide services to build, maintain or prepare the boats. Everyone from boat builders, transport experts, sail makers, painters and even expert coaches come together to help get us out on the water. Our new Trade Directory will give you a hand in finding who's local to you and who can help with your next boat project. |
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Classic Yacht Winter Series - Last Day VIC
Drifting, sun, bits of breeze, drifting, tide, river flow – a testing time for the slower boats and a time to skite for Acrospire. Scimitar and Wanita also did very well. |
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Missing Boat Found - Now we need your help
I recently received an email from John Ward in Tasmania. John's now the owner of a Couta Boat that he thinks was made by Mitch Lacco in 1890. We're looking for any information that you might have. |
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The Queenscliff Couta Boat Association is reviving a 100 year old tradition
The Queenscliff Couta Boat Association is reviving a 100 year old tradition of the skipper first home receiving a white jumper to signify their skill as sailors and fishermen. Borough of Queenscliffe’s mayor will present the prestigious white jumper to Division 1 & 2 line honour winners of the annual Couta Boat Regatta. The regatta and other community activities are part of the Queenscliff Maritime Weekend held 24, 25 & 26 February 2006. |
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Newport, R.I. (October 13, 2005)
Newport, R.I. (October 13, 2005) - The American Sail Training |
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Gipsy Moth IV is re-launched
Sir Francis Chichester's famous yacht, Gipsy Moth IV, has been re-launched after a five-month £300,000 re-fit, following Yachting Monthly's two-year campaign to save the yacht. |
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Prospecting for Fish
From an article by an anonymous author that featured in the Queenscliff Sentinel November 1885 |
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Couta Fishy Tales - Lewis Ferrier
Couta Boat Fisherman Lewis Ferrier will be guest speaker at the club this Friday Night 3 June 6.30pm onwards. As far as I am aware this is the first time that SSCBC have been fortunate to have Lewis speak at the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club. |
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Couta Fishy Tales - Lewis Ferrier
Couta Boat Fisherman Lewis Ferrier will be guest speaker at the club this Friday Night 3 June 6.30pm onwards. As far as I am aware this is the first time that SSCBC have been fortunate to have Lewis speak at the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club. |
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A Fisherman's Tale - Harry Mouchemore
Harry Mouchemore reckons his legs never worked as well once he stepped off his boat for the last time. The 84 year old retired Queenscliff fisherman gave up his craft about ten years ago and is now the last of his breed living on Fisherman’s flat in the pretty coastal town of Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia. |
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Antigua Classic - What is a classic
Most of us in the yachting scene know a genuine Classic when we see one. She was built years ago when all yachts were things of beauty and grace with fine lines and acres of canvas. The survivors of that golden era are unmistakably classic. |
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2005 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta + Photo Gallery
The 2005 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta has drawn to a close after some of the best racing conditions the Classic Regatta has ever experienced. The winds were on the light side but it gave all of the yachts the opportunity to fly their largest and best sails resulting in a beautiful spectacle of sail. |
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Enterprise to sail to Sorrento
Join the Enterprise as she sets sail from Williamstown to Sorrento and return. For dates and details read on. |
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Enterprise to sail to Sorrento
Join the Enterprise as she sets sail from Williamstown to Sorrento and return. For dates and details read on. |
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Sailing old wooden boats
Coutabeen Paris, 24 ft Couta Boat, circa 1947 |
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SAILING HERITAGE GETS £1M BOOST
UK Lottery Fund looks after heritage boats. In a country with a big appetite for gaming surely we should be able to look at similar programs in Australia. |
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AMERICA'S CUP HISTORY: 1903 - RELIANCE |
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Thanks you - Website visits go through the roof!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to read the stories and provide so much positive feedback to the relaunch of the newsletter. Interest in the Couta Boats is at an all time high! |
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Geelong Woodenboat Festival - the trip home.
The first Geelong Woodenboat Festival went off with a bang, organisers were elated with the turn up and are looking at a bigger event next year. |
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Sailing Adventure: Goose Island and Beyond
This is Part Two of a Multi-part story recounting the adventures of three hearty sailors who crossed Bass Strait in an open wooden boat. |
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Sailing Adventure: Crossing Bass Strait in an Open Wooden Boat.
Depart 4.00 AM Saturday 29th January 2005 from Queenscliff wharf. Kim who had been down to the boat at 8 PM Friday night, on her way to a kareoke night at Rodney’s, came to the wharf at 3.45 AM. She was cheerfully sweet, slightly under the influence and very talkative about the nights antics of her girlfriend and Rodney and had David and Anastasia in stitches. Kim would have liked to have stowed away as the unfolding adventure had its alluring escape..... |
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Is there money to be made out of timber boats that is the question?
Many years ago ( the late 1970’s ) my fathers boat called “ PUFF “ decided that swinging on the mooring was some what boring and looked for a new life style by breaking free and plonking it self on the beach. If Puff only knew what its new life style was going to be! For on the following day a certain God like person should but drag Puff of the beach and place it on his trailer mistake one.... |
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The Universal Lure of the Couta Boat (updated)
The lure of the Couta Boat is universal. Recently CoutaNet recieved a note from the Slovak Republic from a sailor who found CoutaNet. There started a love of the Couta Boat that we all share. We've added a few more photographs of his "couta boat". |
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Crossing Bass Strait in an Open Wooden Boat
Woodenboat.com.au is currently publishing a story about crossing Bass Strait in a Couta Boat. Part One of the story has just been published with more promised in the coming weeks. |
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Sailing Adventure: Crossing Bass Strait in an Open Wooden Boat
This is Part One of a Multi-part story recounting the adventures of three hearty sailors who crossed Bass Strait in an open wooden boat. |
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Is there money to be made out of timber boats that is the question?
The first in a series of short articles, light-hearted asides and general comments from a long time wooden boat sailor, who we will, for sake of preserving his identity, call Captain Trouble. |
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Over 50 Boats Registered for the Inaugural Geelong Wooden Boat Festival
March 2005 will see yet another good reason for Port Phillip boat owners, and landlubbers who love wooden boats, to make the westward passage, when the Royal Geelong Yacht Club stages its first stand-alone wooden/heritage boat festival, and cavalcade of sail. |
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Register your boat
Join one of the largest boat registers in the country, add you boat to a list that covers over 120 years of wooden boats. Help us grow the widest and most detailed register - please tell your friends. |
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Gaff riggers and classic international yachts to add colour to world’s oldest regatta on Australia Day
The yacht that won Australia’s first gold medal in Olympic yachting, Barranjoey, will be among some of Australia’s finest classic yachts competing in the 196th Australia Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour tomorrow, 26 January 2005. |
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Waves took over the boat,’ F/V Adriana skipper said
The Kodiak-based fishing vessel Adriana broke up on the rocks Wednesday morning after her crew donned survival suits, called for a medevac, and got into the water for a 50-yard swim to shore. |
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Flotilla gets Wooden Boat Festival under way
There was a spectacular sight on the River Derwent this afternoon as more than 80 boats sailed into Hobart for the start of the Wooden Boat Festival. |
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Australia’s biggest ever fleet of wooden boats
When boat registrations closed on 31 October 2004, a record 450 vessels were confirmed which is 120 more than the then record breaking 330 registrations for Festival 2003. Ninety-three of the boats will be displayed on the dock and the remaining 357 will be afloat. |
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woodenboat.com.au launch
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