The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
Flotsam & Jetsam 27.02.26
Wrapping up February with lost crafts, Gippsland craft, Norwegian know how, and Trans-Tasman cancellation.
“The Book Boat” How Locals Saved a 60-Year-Old Floating Library
Many of those isolated hamlets are most easily accessible by boat rather than car, so in 1959, a group of librarians secured government funding to launch a waterborne library service with a special emphasis on children’s literature.