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Front cover: Slow boat to Hobart – Maluka of Kermandie was last home. Photo by Howard Wright IMAGE Professional Photography.

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Protest mars Loyal victory in Sydney-Hobart Race

by Patrick ‘Tenpin’ Bollen
Shortly after crossing the finishing line off Battery Point at the end of just over two days of testing ocean racing in washing machine conditions off the NSW coast, then pockets of no breeze and fickle weather on the Tassie coast, the mighty Investec Loyal was served a notice of protest by officials from the Race Committee... more »

 

Trial Bay Gaol

by Alan Lucas
One of the most bizarre – not to say careless – situations ever to unfold in Trial Bay happened during January 1972 when no less than three large ferries blew ashore within days of each other. Their ill-fated story started in Newcastle when the tug Polaris took in tow Sydney’s old showboat, Sydney Queen... more »

 

The Old Man and The Sea

by Bruce Stannard, Photos by Gary Kerr
Alf Stackhouse has lived and worked among the remote and beautiful islands of Bass Strait for most of his 86 years. His 50ft ketch is the last of the Bass Strait traders, a sailing tradition that dates from the earliest days of colonial Tasmania... more »

 

Tea and scones on Lake Wallis in 1976

by Winsome and Graeme Andrews
In 1976 we spent several hours pottering around Lake Wallis near Forster in NSW, aboard an elderly well-decked launch. Her Master was a gentleman by the name of Stan Crocker. In addition to providing a gently humorous description of the locality and its history he provided tea and scones, the latter fresh made before he opened his boat for travellers... more »
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  

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