Favourite woolly jumper missing
A blue jumper with regular white flecks was left over the back of a chair in the LBT shed at 4pm Tuesday (yesterday) but wasn’t there this morning. If you are looking after it for me, or have seen someone…
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tn23 – coming home to Franklin
The Return Raid is nearly home and will be coming ashore in Franklin on Friday 17 Feb, probably later in the afternoon. If you were on the 10-day tn23 Raid, have friends on the Raid, have been involved in previous…
tn23 – Return Raid latest list
Hope you are enjoying the festival. I’ve up-dated the Return Raid participants list based on the latest information available to me – it should be available to see here:
tn23 – The Return Raid RR23
If you are doing the Return Raid and weren’t on the 10-day tn23 you’re probably wondering what’s going on and why I’ve gone quiet over the past two weeks. Well, we’ve been a little distracted with tn23 but now our…
tn23 – join the tn23 Whatsapp group
Tom Stevens has created a tn23 Whatsapp group and sent a link for joining. The link only works if you click on the link using a device (phone??) that has Whatsapp installed:
tn23 – things not to bring on the Raid
If you have bought new gear for the Raid, please don’t bring the packaging with you – get rid of it before the start so it doesn’t add to the rubbish we have to get carry out. Don’t feel you…
tn23 – Raid Welcome event at the AWBF
The mayhem of the Parade of Sails and the milling crowds at the largest wooden boat festival in the Southern Hemisphere can be a bit of a shock after the peace and tranquillity of the Raid. To help you ease…
tn23– Mooring small Raid boats in Watermans Dock at AWBF
If you are skippering a Raid boat that is registered for the wooden boat festival, make sure you have read the AWBF Boat Owner Manual and are familiar with the Docking Plan sent out by the festival organisers. This year…
tn23 – Important last minute stuff
If you’ve done past Raids, don’t assume everything will be exactly as before. Here are a few important things that may have changed. 1) Recherche Bay – we are now too big to camp in the National Park area at…
tn23 – plan for a capsize
We don’t wish to alarm you but every year we have at least one boat capsize during the Raid. Chances are it won’t be you – but it might be. You should prepare yourself, your crew and the boat just…