Overnight sailing and rowing away from Franklin and the immediate towns.
There’s been some chat on the Whatapp group about the Welcome Dinner at the Watersheds in Franklin (just south of the LBT) on Tuesday, 28 January, gathering at 6.30pm for 7pm. To clarify, when you booked your spot as a…
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…
Remember that two person tent that you bought in a fit enthusiasm years ago which is now languishing at the back of a cupboard? No? Well let us remind you. You can justify that purchase by sharing the love –…
It is not only at the LBT that it is all action with last minute preparation of boats for Tawe Nunnugah – the keel boats are also getting hauled out wherever they can find a slip. Brett Doubleday is hard…
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…
Getting 120 people to the start of the Raid at Recherche Bay and returning all vehicles and trailers not needed for camp support to Franklin is a logistics juggling act but always works out if everyone works together. A few…
Dr Anne Jaumees has once again very kindly offered to provide medical support to the Raid as the Raid Doctor. As in previous years, Anne will be participating in the Raid on one of the whaleboats and is volunteering her…
The Living Boat Trust has been organising small boat expeditions since before the first tawe nunnugah Raid in 2007. Over the years we have developed procedures for reducing the risks of voyaging in small vessels in remote locations. Of course,…
It is a good sign that boats are mostly in shape when you can start looking aloft at shrouds and sheets and sails.
After months, and a lot of work, in the Shed, we took advantage of having a large crew of boat lifters on Monday night to get the scout boat out the door and into the reeds where she can take…
