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…
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…
After a long Covid caused absence Roger Sly was finally able to bring the Hobart Sea Cadets down for their annual sail on the Huon in Monty. For those who don’t know Monty was one of several Montague Whalers used…
Capricornia has been on the hard having numerous little jobs done on her. On Tuesday she was ready to come out from under the marquee and have her mast erected by Piet Lunstedt and the team. She is ready for…
Rod Macfarlan is inducting the land support team into the mysteries of taking credit card payments. The combined brain power shown in the pic below busted the foo-foo valve in our intelometer.
It isn’t all sails and oars: Kate Hoorweg and the kitchen crew are hard at work laying in provisions for the expedition. Looks better than salt beef and weevily biscuits. See pic below, of which Kate writes: ‘Robyn and Ninka…
On Sunday morning, whilst most of us were still consuming our morning coffee and drowsily contemplating the rest of the day, Steve and Jack were laying the new floorboards in Monty. The pressure is on!
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…
The Raid is almost upon us and activity at the shed is really ramping up. If you are in the vicinity of the LBT and wish to help, please come to the shed, introduce yourself and roll-up your sleeves. We…
Getting everyone 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 simple…
