On the Water

• On a casual basis members take out our Grebe dinghies for a row or a sail around Egg Island or down the river.
• The ‘Women on the Water (WOW)’  have an organised program and traditionally meet to go rowing on Friday mornings.
• There are other groups that go out just about every day of the week – see the booking calendar for a list.
• There are expeditions and regattas and excursions organised on a regular basis – watch the news column.
• The ‘big daddy’ for getting on the water is ‘Tawe Nunnugah

And then there is our schools ‘On the Water’ program: see the Schools Program

‘How to Row’ a video produced by Martin Kell for the LBT

YouTube Video

Over several years the Living Boat Trust, in cooperation with local schools, has run a program to introduce students to basic boating skills.  This has included

• preparation and planning
• rigging
• ropework
• rowing techniques
• sailing techniques and manoeuvres
• rescue procedures and drills
• launching and docking
• sailing theory and background
• observing and understanding winds, tides and currents

We plan to continue this program into the future.  If your school wishes to be involved please contact the LBT secretary: sec@lbt.org.au

More On the Water Documents can be found here

The photo at left shows the start of a dinghy race at the Swiftsure regatta – the annual culmination of  ‘On the Water’.
See the Swiftsure Regatta 2014 page.

Find out about our boats here