November 20, 2016
It happens every time. When the MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival comes around every two years, you can bet we’ll be receiving dozens of calls to […]
November 20, 2016
In collaboration with our Dutch friends to celebrate the 375th anniversary of Dutch explorer, Abel Tasman, visiting what would one day become Tasmania, we at the […]
October 16, 2016
Constitution Dock Master Ian Johnston writes: As the next Festival approaches we are trying to organise more activities on the water within the confines of Constitution Dock. […]
October 16, 2016
Living and working in the Roaring Forties, Tasmania’s nineteenth century light keepers and their families lived for long periods in isolation, showing incredible fortitude and resilience. […]
September 23, 2016
At the Far Side of the World …there’s work afoot. In the Royal Kingdom of the Netherlands, talk of the MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival in […]
September 23, 2016
Roscoe Barnett is a Kettering boat owner and wooden boat tragic. He is a member of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival Inc and has been the On […]
September 23, 2016
Using Your Windlass the Right Way After 28 years with Tasmania’s Muir Engineering, Craig McNaughton knows a windlass when he sees one. Here, he gives us […]
August 14, 2016
There’s a wonderful line-up of feature vessels in store for visitors to the 2017 Australian Wooden Boat Festival, including the mighty James Craig, the popular return […]
August 14, 2016
There’s a stellar line-up planned for the 2017 International Wooden Boat Symposium, sponsored by the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) and directed by AWBF board member […]