- Venture Scouts at the LBT
Matt, Peter and Des set up a traditional boating trades workshop and the scouts and their leaders learnt how to salvage timber, bend it, and use draw knives spoke shaves and other hand tools to make it into useful items. - Monday night, pizza night
Summer seems to have finally arrived, hopefully for more than one day, so lets celebrate with an outdoorsy menu – pizzas! Bring yours to share, $5 for the kitty and something to drink after 6pm. Pic from Wikipedia - Last day of On the Water
The kids from Franklin Primary School finally had a warm day to enjoy, and made the most of it with a row down to a sea eagle’s nest, and then a swim at the playground. Pics from Nell Tyson - A new Grebe build
The stem, keel and transom of a Grebe have joined the collection on the upstream wall of the Shed. We hope they will be the basis of a project to be run with Franklin Primary School, and that at the end of next year a new boat will added to the fleet. Pic from JP - Mystery knife
Richard Catt retrieved his missing sail bag from the LBT today, and found a knife in it which does not belong to him. If you recognize it as yours we can put you in contact with him. - Huon Yacht Club Pontoon
It has been a few years since the Club wharf washed away, but according to our spies at Shipwright’s Point work has begun on the replacement. - The Scouts are coming
Over the weekend there will be up to a 100 scout venturers camping at the Watershed. They will be using LBT facilities – so don’t get a fright if you walk into the Shed and there is a mob. We have been trying to put together some activities for them, hence the head scratching about… Read more: The Scouts are coming - Row to Ranelagh
Dennis Muscovich is planning this row for Sunday December 14, leaving the LBT 10 am. Ring him on 0428 364 178 if you wish to participate. - White hats at Randall’s Bay
When the work crew from Charlotte’s Cove went around to join the Wooden Boat Guild for a picnic at Randall’s Bay on Sunday they were greeted by the sight of some very familiar white hats and a very familiar boat pulled up on the beach with the Guild fleet. - Charlotte’s Cove working bee
They say many hands make light work, and that proved to be the case for the project to restore the shed at the Charlotte’s Cove Scout Camp on the weekend. After the very necessary preparatory work done by Piet, Keith and JP, a good size crew set to and rebuilt a wall, dug a drain,… Read more: Charlotte’s Cove working bee - Monday night British
Grub’s up on Monday night with a British theme. Bring your victuals to share, something to drink, $5 for the kitty after 6pm. Pie floater anybody? Pic from Wikimedia - LBT Christmas Party 22nd of December
Put it in your diary. Plans so far are that this will be an evening event, with a musician to entertain us. Bring a plate and $10 (so we can pay that musician). - Join the Sail Oar Safari 31st Jan – 5th Feb
Completed ‘Expressions of Interest’ have been coming in – get yours in SOON so that you don’t miss out and so we can get on with planning. Find the form >>here<<. For more information see the web page >>here<< - Working boat fantasies
The plan for the next Australian Wooden Boat Festival is to feature working boats. They have requested that Nancy be in attendance. Southern Wooden Boat Sailing picked up the theme with an article entitled ‘Find Your Workhorse’ –‘the SWS editors have scoured the [for sale] listings for half a dozen special boats with industrious origins’.… Read more: Working boat fantasies - Dealing with the wild weather
Motor upwind and sail down can be a good strategy, which was adopted for a wild and woolly Thursday On the Water session. Nancy towed the students from Franklin Primary School upriver through a series of rain squalls, then we let them go so that they could warm themselves up rowing home. - Charlotte’s Cove Working Bee 29th-30th
Work has already begun on restoring the shed at the Charlotte’s Cove Scout House Come along to help out this weekend. Please let J-P Scheerlinck know on 0402 584 108 or by email (president@lbt.org.au). Thanks to JP for pics. - Charlotte’s Cove
First, a reminder that there is an excursion from Charlotte’s Cove to Randall’s Bay organised for the 30th November. See >>here<< for details. Second, there is a WORKING BEE organised to do some repairs on the Scout House at the Cove on 29th – 30th November. JP writes: The LBT is helping restore the Scout… Read more: Charlotte’s Cove - Monday night BBQ coming up
Looks like it will be a reasonable evening, with the sun setting after 8.30pm, so we might even have a chance of being outside (midgies willing). Bring something for the hot plate, something to share, something to drink and $5 for the kitty after 6pm. - Garage Sale
LBT stalwart Marguerite Porte writes: Marguerite must clear out her garage and it is very much a garage sale for those willing/wanting to haggle. Goods on offer include but are not limited to household and kitchen items, tools and garden tools, books, music CD’s. Also available (if not sold prior to Saturday) is a solid… Read more: Garage Sale - Quick and dirty regatta
Last Friday afternoon the LBT hosted the ‘Quick and Dirty Regatta’ organised by the Wooden Boat Centre for a very prestigious trophy. The previous day the boats had been constructed by apprentices and workers from Cygnet, Hobart, Kettering and Franklin. All of them were lined up for inspection on the LBT lawn. There were some… Read more: Quick and dirty regatta
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