Which recipe? Depends on which bit of the Mediterranean you choose to focus on, and there are many. Bring your Spanish, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Levant, or North African dish (to name just a few) after 6pm, along with something to…
Last week an LBT member was taking a cruise on the Spirit of Hobart when they spotted a large, interesting looking, wooden boat being restored down on Macquarie Point. It is the ‘Mistral II’, and the restoration has employed boat…
JP and Tom Davidson write: Some of you will have noticed that the LBT is alive with Franklin Primary School children working on the Grebe in the shed extension. Yesterday the first group of Year 5 students went down to…
After years of languishing in the reeds she was looking pretty sad – in need of lots of love and attention. Fortunately she had a champion at hand – Peter Tonkin who has just returned a barely recognisable Lady Dot…
JP writes: The scramble to get boats ready for the TN27 has started: in Dover! A few weeks ago a group of up to 12 St Ayles Skiff rowers from Augusta (Western Australia) expressed an interest in participating in the…
Patience, patience, we are just getting organised.
Written by the LBT crew Six skiffs + two other wooden craft; about 45 people and 100 km of rowing over five days – the steamers run provided the opportunity to explore the Gippsland waterways and tributaries. Crews from England,…
The AWBF have just sent out their February 2026 newsletter, and you can read it >>here<<. All sorts of stories including an item about the New Norfolk Regatta, complete with historic photo. It reminded us that once the Shipwrights Point…
If you like blood and gore and have access to Prime you might want to watch their new pirate movie >>The Bluff<<, which has a link to Franklin. That link is the small boats used by the pirates which were…
Jan Kent participated in TN25 in his Cygnet 20 and has contributed an article about his experience to the Small Boat Monthly online magazine >>here<<. Thanks Jan – it is a good read. Thanks also for the generous donation you…
