Notice: Huon River Cruise this Sunday: Book lunch by Friday
Huon River Cruise this Sunday 21st. This year's Huon Cruise will depart Franklin at 10:30am on Sunday. Full details are on the attached flyer. Please note a significant change from previous years' arrangements: If you wish to partake of the Huon Jet BBQ or Roast lunch, you MUST book directly with Huon Jet Boats (6264 1838)…
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Meeting 25-Oct cancelled – Boating day now Saturday
Notices to Members from: the Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania Inc. The General Meeting which was to take place on 25th October has been cancelled. This meeting, which was deferred from 18th October due to the COVID-19 lockdown, cannot now be held on 25thbecause the rooms at MBYC are booked for other groups on both…
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TasPorts
The Guild acknowledges the support given to us by TasPorts.
TasPorts is passionate about preserving and promoting Tasmania’s maritime history, celebrating our past, and enabling our future. TasPorts supports several historic vessels berthed at Constitution Dock in the Port of Hobart, including the Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania’s Terra Linna and Clara, through their Community Partnerships program.
Ross Patent Slip
The following is a draft research paper regarding the Ross Patent Slip, it origins and workings in Hobart's Battery Point. This could become a virtual reality production that would enhance the experience of visitors to the Battery Point Slips area. Research article regarding the Ross Patent Slip Napoleon St Battery Point
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Tamima
Tamima was designed by W D Bailey of Como NSW in 1929, a 30 ft canoe-sterned enlargement of the 27 ft transom-sterned Albatross he designed in 1927. The name Tamima means Albatross in Bruny Island native tongue. Her lines were published in Australian Motor Boat and Yachting during 1929. Tamima was built as a cruiser…
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Nancy
Nancy is a wooden Derwent River ferry built in 1917 by AA 'Tucker' Abel, a well known boat builder in Hobart, Tasmania who specialised in motor launches. Nancy operated as a ferry on the Huon and later the Derwent River for almost 40 years until at least the 1950s, forming a long and close association…
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Coralyn
Coralyn is a Naval Pinnace and West Coast Tasmanian supply vessel built in Williamstown Victoria by Charles Ritchie snr. in the early 1900's. Currently being restored by Charles Ritchie jnr. in Port Sorell Tasmania. She is 13 tons gross 40.7 X 10.8 X 5.0 ft. (Click on the above image for a full sized drawing.)
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