Those of us who have attended Barbara Frankel’s classes have been impressing friends and relatives with our knot making prowess ever since. You too can do it: come along at 5pm Monday before the BBQ dinner.
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…
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…
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…
Just in from Team Nancy are these snapshots of significant progress of the work on Nancy. Great work one and all!
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…
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…
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…
At the last committee meeting it was decided that the famous Roger Harwood small dinghy race around Egg Island should be included in our Christmas celebrations on 19th December. For those who are wondering about Roger, he is still very…
Looks like the Watershed will be ideal for getting Nancy painted.
