The Living Boat Trust - 'Where the wooden boat festival never ends'
The latest, at the shed and on the water
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Main road Franklin, mid 1970'sDennis Muscovich found this photo taken before the road widening and the demolitions in front of where the Living Boat Trust now stands. The Huon News building (in the centre ...
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tn21 Raid - one door closes, another opensSince the start of the pandemic we have known that the tn21 Raid, if it is to go ahead, could be very different from previous Raids. The 2021 Australian Wooden ...
Posted by Martin Riddle
Huon at Home concert November 7th'Oh, where oh where has live music gone? The COVID took it away from me… The Franklin Palais is bringing it back with a Day Festival Fundraiser to support the ...
Posted Oct 23, 2020, 5:26 PM by Posts Editor
Palais Movie Night Sunday 1 NovemberBarb Dawson writes: 'Great News! ‘Bring a plate to share’ was a much-enjoyed tradition of Palais Movie nights before COVID. After seeking advice, we are now re-introducing this ...
Posted Oct 23, 2020, 5:13 PM by Posts Editor
It's the little thingsAfter more than twenty years the brass rowlock sockets on the Grebes were getting very worn and starting to be a real problem. Bob Tubman has been steadily replacing them ...
Posted Oct 23, 2020, 5:00 PM by Posts Editor
Tide predictionsAt the top of the LBT webpage is a link to 'WillyWeather tide, wind and weather (Castle Forbes Bay)'. A question which is of perennial interest is 'how good are ...
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Wood carvingDennis Muscovich has been making new name signs for the cabins at Melaleuca (Port Davy). He's thinking of putting on a course later in the year. A good idea
Posted Oct 23, 2020, 4:39 PM by Posts Editor
All right for someWhilst most of us wait patiently for warmer sailing weather others have taken matters into their own hands and headed north. Hans Sipsma has just left Bowen in northern Queensland ...
Posted Oct 18, 2020, 2:14 PM by Posts Editor
Botanical Skiff ToursJane Johnson writes:'Sunday October 18 saw the start of LBT “Botanical Skiff Tours” that in a leisurely fashion, discovered interesting flora and fauna along the banks of Egg Island ...
Posted Oct 18, 2020, 7:03 AM by Posts Editor
Friday Night rowing and sailingLast Friday there were three crews out - two rowing and one sailing Monty. A good time was had by all, and the drinks and nibbles afterwards were enjoyed after our ...
Posted Oct 18, 2020, 2:30 PM by Posts Editor
Poshing it up for Seniors afternoon teaBarbara Sharp put out the clean table cloth, the best crockery, a vase of rhododendrons, and slices and cakes from Kate Hoorweg for the Seniors Week visitors who had signed ...
Posted Oct 18, 2020, 6:57 AM by Posts Editor
Seniors Week done and dustedOn Sunday afternoon Martin Riddle and Nell Tyson took out the last Seniors Week excursion group (pic below). We could only take a limited number of passengers due to Covid ...
Posted Oct 18, 2020, 6:05 AM by Posts Editor
Black Swan all shiny and newJohn Snowdon (and friends) have Black Swan looking a treat. They have even refurbished the plate on the transom celebrating the builders, so that we can actually read it.
Posted Oct 23, 2020, 5:02 PM by Posts Editor
New thole pins for SwiftsureWe need our thole pins to be sacrificial, so they break before the oar (or the rower) in the case of a serious crab, but that means keeping up the ...
Posted Oct 14, 2020, 3:32 PM by Posts Editor
The Rowers Newsletter is no moreFor years the rowers have been spoilt with a newsletter specially for them, but Lorrie and Natalie have decided to call it a day. The question is: what to do ...
Posted Oct 10, 2020, 10:45 PM by Posts Editor
Dave Conway has done it againHis long wheelbase trolley has been such a hit for moving Skiffs that he offered to make a short wheelbase version for the Grebes. We of course said 'yes please ...
Posted Oct 13, 2020, 2:37 AM by Posts Editor
A life on the ocean wavesIf you had come to the garage sale on Saturday you could have purchased some of those waves and dispensed with ever having to go on the ocean. They were ...
Posted Oct 10, 2020, 10:26 PM by Posts Editor
Murphy RulesThe monsoon on Friday coincided exactly with the working bee to erect the marquee for the garage sale. We were certainly encouraged to raise shelter in the storm in a ...
Posted Oct 10, 2020, 10:28 PM by Posts Editor
Changes at the Wooden Boat CentreFrom the WBC:'After consulting with WorkSafe Tasmania, Dept of Health and our
Insurer we have now put measures in place coming up to the opening of
borders, effective today ...
Posted Oct 8, 2020, 6:37 PM by Posts Editor
Working Bee/Garage Sale Saturday October 10thSome time ago a 'spring clean working bee/garage sale' at the Shed was advertised in this column. Well it is still on - this coming weekend 10am to 4pm. We ...
Posted Oct 3, 2020, 9:54 PM by Posts Editor
The Mordialloc BanditosWhilst the absence of Covid means that we in Tasmania are able to indulge ourselves on the river we tend to forget that circumstances are more difficult elsewhere. A couple ...
Posted Oct 3, 2020, 9:10 PM by Posts Editor
Sundowner Row (and sail) this Friday 9th OctoberThe rowers have been organising for this first Friday of summer time, and we hope to also have Monty out on the water under sail for those who like to ...
Posted Oct 3, 2020, 3:15 PM by Posts Editor
Ouch!Kate Hoorweg, our champion Monday night cook, has broken a bone in her foot: see impressive photo below. Celia Leverton is stepping in to take over from Kate and rattle ...
Posted Oct 2, 2020, 6:08 PM by Posts Editor
Congratulations Celia Leverton (again)Celia is one of our stars. This time she has won a Churchill fellowship: 'The Yulgilbar Foundation Churchill Fellowship to identify regenerative
farming practices to increase landscape, business and farmer ...
Posted Oct 3, 2020, 5:13 PM by Posts Editor
Cruise with the Wooden Boat Guild to Huonville 22nd NovemberThe calendar is filling up fast: add this date to yours. This is an annual event, usually featuring some steamboats, but also anything else that floats. We head up to ...
Posted Oct 2, 2020, 2:55 PM by Posts Editor
