it’s good to see that despite the cancellation of the 2021 Australian Wooden Boat Festival, the organisers led by Paul Stephanus, have decided to go ahead with the spectacular biennial Parade of Sail on the Derwent. on Sunday 7th of February 2021.

Every week you’ll find snippets of stories from around the globe. This week in Flotsam - A library book is returned 33 years overdue.

Occasionally, quite unexpectedly, we come across our heroes. An interview aboard with Anna Ingham, the current custodian of a 42ft, cray boat, the OWEN JOHN.

The choice between the chainsaw and a full restoration is often a difficult one. WYRUNA is lucky enough to have found two realistic owners and a shipwright who knows exactly what he’s doing. WATCH PART ONE.

70 years after her first trip to Hobart, this little boat is heading south again this year, in the hands of husband and wife team Anne Lawrence and John Whitfield.

ALOA has quite a special history. She was designed by AC Barber (perhaps most famous for designing the first Sydney Hobart winner RANI) and built in Berry's Bay just north of Goat Island in Sydney Harbour, possibly by Charles Pugh.

If you’re looking for an event to target as we attempt Cov-exit, we think you should consider this one!

“I knew there were already plans to electrify the lights. To automate. To relegate man beneath machines. To make us redundant. To take all the purpose out of life. As if richness did not lie in purpose and meaning but in leisure. I was keenly aware that I was in love with a dying life.”

PODCAST ONE - In this our very first podcast we speak with ANT PERRI, BOAT COOK EXTRAORDINAIRE! Get a pen and paper to jot down his tips and tricks.