Five mile crew

This Franklin St Ayles Skiff crew formed to compete in the Castle to Crane race last year, and, as reported in this column, did very, very well. There has been a beautiful video made about them: see

This Franklin St Ayles Skiff crew formed to compete in the Castle to Crane race last year, and, as reported in this column, did very, very well. There has been a beautiful video made about them: see

The vagaries of Tasmanian weather mean that sometimes this becomes the ‘In the Shed’ program, but this year got off to the perfect start with blue skies and no wind. Those lovely new life jackets from the Australian Wooden Boat…
Weather is against us. We will reconvene next week.

We are in the process of paying our insurances, which is a good time to remind ourselves of what we are covered for and what we are not. This has not changed in recent years, so what follows is simply…

Yep, 31st of October is next Sunday. Here is a reminder of the planned activities. When: 11.00am – 3.00pm;Where: the LBT shed and foreshore. Come along and enjoy: Paul Frost’s model boats; sausage sizzle and…

See flyer below for details.

Port Huon and Cygnet Yacht clubs invite interested people to participate. See poster below
A quick eyeball of the calendar tells that the 25th is indeed the last Monday in October, and that hence we sing for our own suppers. If you are a VERY good singer somebody might feed you – otherwise bring…

The oracles have spoken, and this is what they said. ‘The lockdown in Southern Tasmania will end at 6pm today (Monday 18 October) but some restrictions will remain until 6pm Friday 22 October. People will no longer have to stay home…

Now that the days are stretching out, the water, particularly being on it, is starting to look tempting. There are plenty of boats at the LBT for doing this, but unfortunately Capricornia is not one of them for the time…