News from MAST
The Summer 2021 edition of Boatwise dropped into the mailbox and makes for interesting reading in the light of past and recent events. Page three is worth a view for the learnings around PFDs derived from a local incident. The…
Gary Mcdonald
Wooden Boat Centre Event at the Palais
A reminder re the WBC fundraiser – a great evening of food, music and film: “Come and celebrate the end of 2021 with an evening or fine food, drinks, entertainment and screening of Swallows and Amazons. Bar and food available…
Nancy Prep and Paint!
Great progress on Nancy’s hull; stripped, prepped and now painting.
Huon River Cruise
The Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania’s annual Huon River Cruise is something of an institution and provides a splendid spectacle on the river. The weather gods were kind for last Sunday’s venture as can be seen in the following snaps…
Chasing the Light
Rick (Crossland) has an upcoming exhibition of paintings called “Chasing the Light” A number of the paintings were done of the boats at Franklin. The Exhibition is opening at 6pm on Fri 3rd December but there should be an online…
Good News for Hanon
Further to our previous SOS for Hanon. Some great news – Jill has just sent us an update to advise; ” A previous owner has contacted us and we have sorted out a deal to save Hanon.Thank you for your…
An update on Nancy
Just in from Team Nancy are these snapshots of significant progress of the work on Nancy. Great work one and all!
SOS for a wooden boat in Strahan
Good Morning, We are in need of help with a wooden boat, presently in Mills Bay, Strahan, that has had recent damage, we believe it is taking on water.We live in South Australia and due to COVID restrictions can’t get…
Monday Night Dinner dates!
Kate won’t be available for the 22nd November so it will be BBQ and bring something to share, and of course the 30th is the usual BBQ date. Kate will be back for the 6th and 13th of December. The…
Martin Kell’s Big Adventure
A highlight of the Franklin waterfront back in 2013 was the ‘Rusich’, parked at the end of the marina. She was a replica of the Viking trading boats that used to ply the great rivers of Russia, and had been…
