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The Living Boat Trust - 'Where the wooden boat festival never ends'

The latest, at the shed and on the water

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Oar making session next Monday No, those are not oversize cricket bats lying across the saw horses, they are oar blanks waiting for us to shape them on Monday, starting 9am. Come down and be ...
Posted Oct 18, 2017, 4:30 PM by Posts Editor
Laura Golding LBT member Laura Golding has been reported missing. The small boat in which she left Lymington on Friday 13 October was found in the channel empty later that night and ...
Posted Oct 18, 2017, 4:25 PM by Posts Editor
Boat houses, shelters, noosts etc Friend of the LBT Bert Van Baar has sent in his photographic contribution to the ongoing conversation in this column - see below. Comes all the way from Holland.
Posted Oct 18, 2017, 4:48 PM by Posts Editor
Join the On the Water Program The On the Water program for local schools is scheduled to start at the beginning of November, and the LBT members who are going to help run it are having ...
Posted Oct 15, 2017, 1:39 AM by Posts Editor
Newsletter from the Australian Wooden Boat Festival See the October edition at http://bit.ly/2yoCOUs . Includes a story by Kathy Hawkins about a boat delivery via the North West Passage. Some shortcut.
Posted Oct 14, 2017, 9:18 PM by Posts Editor
October Newsletter for WBC/FWWA All the latest from the Wooden Boat Centre and the Waterfront Association - see attached http://bit.ly/2yoab9W . Includes a great item on the history of the Shipwrights Point Wooden ...
Posted Oct 14, 2017, 1:50 PM by Posts Editor
Before and after: 1995 - 2017 The pic on the left below shows the north Franklin foreshore in 1995, the one on the right in 2017. Quite a contrast. Thanks to Bill Wright (via Ruth Young ...
Posted Oct 15, 2017, 12:13 AM by Posts Editor
Sailing Monty Saturday That old sea dog John Young has been sniffing the air, and tells us that the winds will be fair tomorrow (Saturday). Join him and the rest of the crew ...
Posted Oct 13, 2017, 12:08 AM by Posts Editor
Dutch noosts We recently published David Pittaway's take on how we could house our boats in small noosts along the foreshore (http://bit.ly/2xCkUdb). Celia Leverton has come back from ...
Posted Oct 14, 2017, 12:02 AM by Posts Editor
The great Skiffy oar controversy - hung jury! The Scottish Coastal Rowing Association 'have decided NOT to move further towards a standard system at this stage'. Learned counsel are currently moving the barrow loads of evidence presented from ...
Posted Oct 12, 2017, 2:51 PM by Posts Editor
Invitation to Shed warming Tuesday 31st October Come along to thank Brett Doubleday and the Tuesday group for building the workshop extension and renovating the shed. This is a major milestone for the LBT which has already ...
Posted Oct 12, 2017, 2:01 PM by Posts Editor
Join the steam boat rally, November 19th The annual steam boat rally from Franklin to Huonville and return has become a highlight of the calendar. There is a special opportunity for LBT members to participate: book now ...
Posted Oct 11, 2017, 1:17 PM by Posts Editor
Franklin History Group Newsletter See the October edition attached: http://bit.ly/2yfKNTS It includes pictures, taken by Alan Cato, of the relaunch of the Admiral at Huonville after her restoration in 2009.
Posted Oct 11, 2017, 4:05 AM by Posts Editor
Kayak Platform at Mosquito Point (Ranelagh) This should make quite a good destination for trips upstream of Huonville, although apparently one has to be wary of snags. Full report from Andrea Partridge attached - see http://bit ...
Posted Oct 10, 2017, 5:16 AM by Posts Editor
'New' cover for Nancy Nancy came with a beautiful 'raincoat' which covered her from bow to stern. Unfortunately this wasn't particularly suitable for our long damp winters, and couldn't be stretched over ...
Posted Oct 9, 2017, 9:22 PM by Posts Editor
The plover chicks are hatched Every year the plovers raise at least one youngster on the LBT 'lawn', despite dogs and pedestrians and cars and chicks which go wandering and whose only defense is to ...
Posted Oct 9, 2017, 9:11 PM by Posts Editor
First Aid Course in Huonville Heather Elso writes: 'We’ve had a few requests to run a First Aid course here again! So, we are taking our lead from you and holding a Provide First ...
Posted Oct 9, 2017, 9:12 PM by Posts Editor
LBT Committee meeting this Wednesday See the draft agenda at http://bit.ly/2y8SUBw . Comments and suggestions should be sent to sec@lbt.org.au
Posted Oct 8, 2017, 3:42 PM by Posts Editor
Reminder: Nancy Fanciers meeting Monday night There is a meeting to discuss all things 'Nancy' at the shed on Monday 9th October at 6pm. For a draft agenda see http://bit.ly/2xqR4IM. Minutes from the ...
Posted Oct 7, 2017, 7:03 PM by Posts Editor
Huon Yacht Club Open Day The head wind finally got too much for Monty whilst returning from Port Huon and she needed a helping hand from Nancy, but not before participating in a very successful ...
Posted Oct 8, 2017, 12:58 AM by Posts Editor
Aquaculture Stewardship community meeting Sarah Lowe writes:'SCS Global Services invites you to attend a community meeting to discuss the assessment audit for Huon Aquacultures Zuidpool Channel farm (base at Hideaway Bay) under Aquaculture ...
Posted Oct 5, 2017, 10:11 PM by Posts Editor
Funnies at Frank's David Moore writes:Funnies at Frank's - Simon Palomares Support by Mick Davies & special guest - Thur, Oct 26th. Book now or miss out. https://www.trybooking.com/RZZN It will ...
Posted Oct 3, 2017, 11:29 PM by Posts Editor
Come to Bellerive Seafarer's Festival 29th October For several years the Living Boat Trust has had a happy involvement with this terrific family festival (http://bit.ly/2xeFEYy), and we want to do it all again. It ...
Posted Oct 3, 2017, 10:56 PM by Posts Editor
Nancy's anodes are working For those not in the know, sacrificial anodes are highly conductive bits of metal attached to boats to attract any stray electric currents away from other important metal components where ...
Posted Oct 3, 2017, 2:35 AM by Posts Editor
Notice to Mariners: Lippies Point If you are headed down to Recherche Bay in the next month or so this is one to watch out for. Valid From: 9/10/2017 until 15/12/2017 ...
Posted Oct 3, 2017, 12:52 AM by Posts Editor