Escape from midwinter blues
Those who need a summer boating fantasy to help see them through the current chill should try It comes with some (very convincing) philosophising as to why, when the season changes, you should down tools and get out on…
Category LBT News and Pictures
St Ayles Skiff 10 year anniversary film
Scottish Coastal Rowing have put out this history: see A lot of the footage comes from the 2019 World Skiffies at Stranraer, with some familiar faces from both hemispheres popping up.
Mid winter BBQ Monday night
Kate has been persuaded to vacate the kitchen so we can have a go ourselves. Let’s light the fire and heat up the griddle. Bring something for yourself and something to share after 6pm.
Got an injured doll?
Bring it down to the LBT and we may be able to help. Hopefully the participants in the First Aid course on Saturday will be able to extend what they learnt to sentient beings. Thanks to Esther from St John’s…
Get your Huon News
The Wednesday 22nd of June edition has a great interview with Ea and David Lassen/Nash about how they got to Franklin, what they did when they arrived, and their plans for the trip home to the Danish island of Stryno.…
Maritime Times
The winter edition of this popular publication is now at the Shed. We hope that those who have borrowed previous editions, particularly the ones collated into a folder, will return them for others to enjoy.
Yukon bids farewell
A final wave from Ea as Yukon prepared to leave the Franklin dock for the last time said it all. It was the end of an era to be cherished, a sad day, but a happy day, a day that…
Viking
Viking is the old Gordon River work boat donated to us by Parge some years ago, and since worked on extensively – for more details about her see here. Her restoration is approaching completion, and the committee needs assistance in…
Expanding the Wooden Boat Centre
If you have been over to the Centre recently you will have noticed that they are bursting at the seams. A solution is at hand in the form of an expansion funded by a grant from the State Government. Find…
Yukon Farewell Party
Saturday morning was cold, rainy and misty, just what we didn’t need for an event to celebrate the time Yukon has spent with us and wish her (and the Nashes) bon voyage. But by evening the clouds had parted, a…
