The Living Boat Trust - 'Where the wooden boat festival never ends'
The latest, at the shed and on the water
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tn21 Welcome Dinner - Members InvitedThe tn21 Raid Welcome Dinner will be held at the LBT Shed at 6.30pm for 7.00pm on Tuesday 26 January 2021. All LBT members and friends are invited ...
Posted by Martin Riddle
Getting ready to shift CapricorniaCapricornia has a wee bit of weight in her, and getting her lifted so that she can go on the trailer requires a mighty lot of people, or something mechanical ...
Posted Jan 19, 2021, 3:04 AM by Posts Editor
Testing and taggingOne of the many jobs that must be done regularly in the shed is to check all the electrical equipment. Tom Stevens has done it a couple of times now ...
Posted Jan 19, 2021, 2:57 AM by Posts Editor
Across the dutchMaybe for we Tasmanians it is the double dutch. A recent post from Off Center Harbor reminded us that the Kiwis have a very vibrant wooden boat scene. It pointed ...
Posted Jan 17, 2021, 1:44 PM by Posts Editor
Funnies at Frank's February 12thDavid Moore writes:
'The headline act is Chris Franklin, a true Aussie legend, supported by Ben Richardson and Brittany Szlezak. Dinner is available at the venue on the night as ...
Posted Jan 12, 2021, 12:26 AM by Posts Editor
Augusta HospitalityJane Johnson writes:'Shane and Jane Johnson, joined Augusta
(W.A.) crew to explore the Hardy's Inlet near the Blackwood River. The
Augusta skiffs, after a much-celebrated launch ...
Posted Jan 10, 2021, 1:49 PM by Posts Editor
BoatryIt's a new category of literature discovered by Gary McDonald. Sample from John Simlett below.
Posted Jan 10, 2021, 1:39 PM by Posts Editor
Hazards of the seaGary McDonald spotted this one.
Posted Jan 10, 2021, 1:34 PM by Posts Editor
Putting Louie through her pacesThe sea breeze has been up in the afternoon, and John Pollard with crew Piet and Endra took advantage to see how 'Louie' performed in the tight confines of the ...
Posted Jan 10, 2021, 1:28 PM by Posts Editor
LBT tn21 Raid – can you help?The tawe nunnugah Raid is the LBT’s flagship event. In a normal year it
involves people from right across the membership and brings people from
interstate and overseas. But ...
Posted Jan 7, 2021, 3:13 AM by Martin Riddle
Nordic clinker boatsGarry MacDonald pointed us to this really nice video on the topic: https://vimeo.com/387955223/1a4d1d51eb
Posted Jan 3, 2021, 2:49 AM by Posts Editor
AWBF lifejackets testedThe life jackets on 'permanent' loan from the Wooden Boat Festival were trialed by some volunteer crash test dummies on a recent warm afternoon, and we can report that there ...
Posted Jan 3, 2021, 1:15 PM by Posts Editor
January committee meeting January 7thAgenda being prepared at https://tinyurl.com/y9okvpnw, draft minutes from the December meeting are at https://tinyurl.com/yba9e2wm.
Posted Jan 3, 2021, 12:57 AM by Posts Editor
Monday 4th: start of LBT yearYes, dinner is on, and KATE IS BACK COOKING! Yay! And if you need to work up an appetite come and join the work crew from 3pm on. Capricornia is ...
Posted Jan 2, 2021, 1:07 PM by Richard Forster
Palais movie night Sunday 3rd JanuarySynopsis: 'In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a
local man for having had an affair with his wife, who recently died in a ...
Posted Dec 27, 2020, 4:06 AM by Posts Editor
Were these the guilty party?Monty has had a slow leak for some time. When she was hauled out and scraped unfilled nail holes, some shown in the pic below, were revealed. We will see ...
Posted Dec 22, 2020, 3:18 AM by Posts Editor
If you need an anchor ...Look in the anchor locker! The bench at the end of the verandah is multi-purpose.
Posted Dec 22, 2020, 3:02 AM by Posts Editor
Looking Fancy on board NancyJane Johnson writes: 'The botanical St Ayles Skiff tours wound up with a trip back in time – on board the 1917 cruiser “Nancy”. It was time to celebrate previous exploratory ...
Posted Dec 20, 2020, 2:01 PM by Posts Editor
Christmas BreakThe LBT Shed will be available to members for rowing, sailing etc over the Christmas period on an informal basis. The Tuesday Group will be taking some well earned time ...
Posted Dec 20, 2020, 1:39 PM by Posts Editor
Monday afternoon workathonFor the past couple of months a dedicated team has been working on our boats on Monday afternoon to prepare them for the summer sailing season. Capricornia in particular has ...
Posted Dec 18, 2020, 12:45 PM by Posts Editor
Tuesday morning row in companyThe Roger Harwood race conducted during Swiftsure Regatta reminded us that the Skiffs aren't the only rowing boats at the LBT. John Young has set the lead: let's ...
Posted Dec 18, 2020, 12:23 PM by Posts Editor
AWBF December NewsletterRead the latest from the Australian Wooden Boat Festival: https://tinyurl.com/y7xwm7xk. Pic from AWBF
Posted Dec 18, 2020, 11:54 AM by Posts Editor
Lifejackets: thank you Australian Wooden Boat FestivalFor some time the following notice has been posted to the MAST website: 'All life jackets in use on Tasmanian boats will need to adhere to the
new standard AS4758 ...
Posted Dec 17, 2020, 2:28 PM by Posts Editor
Rat Island RaceJohn Snowdon sent in the pictures below, including a lineup of the usual suspects.
Posted Dec 15, 2020, 4:04 AM by Posts Editor
LBT Christmas Party Monday December 21stIt's a 'bring your own' for yourself and to share so that everybody can enjoy it (no kitchen slaves). Start around 6.30pm, but come earlier if you want ...
Posted Dec 14, 2020, 11:11 PM by Posts Editor
What better way to warm up for the 2019 Australian Wooden
Boat Festival than sailing or rowing a small craft over 10 days from the edge
of Tasmania’s southwest wilderness to Hobart arriving in time to join the Parade
of Sails at the start of the festival?
Expressions of Interest for the tawe nunnugah 2019 Raid are now
open. Follow the links at: http://lbt.rforster.org/tn19
