The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
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HISTORY Mark Chew HISTORY Mark Chew

The ship that founded Melbourne

After a few small adventures, the Enterprize eventually found the Yarra and, warping the ship upstream for a way, eventually moored at the same spot that Batman’s men had found. They chose this spot for the same reason as Batman’s party, for the fresh water that was available above some small falls (which have since disappeared).

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DINGHIES Mark Chew DINGHIES Mark Chew

A Bush Outing In a Hard Year

A surreal year it certainly was, although, if you are going to be locked down, it might as well be in a cosy workshop with a pile of plywood to scarph and a roll of lovely Oughtred drawings. The reality of what a world pandemic meant hit home most when epoxy paint became unobtainable in the colour white.

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