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The long-distance Pup
David Salter recalls two epic voyages made at a time when locally made one-pot engines powered our leisure boating The 1920s and ’30s were the great decades of record-breaking in Australia. Kingsford-Smith in the air, Hubert Opperman on bicycles, Don Bradman…
Adventure Sailing inside the Arctic Circle
Adventure Sailing inside the Arctic Circle with Raymarine Ambassador, Juho Karhu who seeks recreation and research Clad in a hat, down jacket and carpet slippers, a sailor sits cross-legged on the bow of his anchored yacht. In the background, across limpid,…
Lieutenant James Cook and HM Bark Endeavour
Demolishing the myth of Terra Australis Incognita Bruce Stannard continues his tribute to Lieutenant James Cook, Commander of the Endeavour Bark, in this the 250th anniversary of their history-making voyage. The Endeavour’s first port of call after departing Plymouth was Funchal…
Naval Meteorological Service reunion
Meteorologist Malcolm Riley attends a Naval Meteorological Service reunion in Nowra NSW. It had been 40 years since I had last laid eyes on some of the attendees but it seemed as though only weeks had passed rather than decades. The…