Southern Woodenboat Sailing

A Colonial in the House of Lords (a tale from the archives ) by Martin Van Der Wal, from his Substack page, TELL TALES For those of us privileged to have Sydney Harbour as our playground the Solent is a very unprepossessing stretch of water.

It’s only September but I think I have already found my book of the year.

Boatbuilders Directed by Luke Lorentzen I haven’t seen this documentary yet but I’m very much looking forward to tracking it down Clip One Clip Two At the head of a remote Maine harbor, the 60-some workers of the Brooklin Boat Yard coax wooden planks arou…

LISTEN TO LATEST EPISODE EPISODE 13 comes to you from Sardinia after a 48 hour crossing back from Sicily.

By Genevieve Jacobs “We need A BIGGER BOAT” truer words never spoken more emphatically than by my mother, long before Peter Benchley’s “Jaws” had ever yet been written.

1963 Sydney-Hobart Update Following our plug for the venerable LORITA MARIA in last week’s news, we were delighted to receive this email and two wonderful photos from the legendary Scott Kaufman Hi Mark.

Many of you would know of Jim Woods and his magnificently restored Cray Boat The MARGARET PEARL.

LISTEN TO LATEST EPISODE This week we’re sailing from Scilla, Calabria to Sardinia via the Aeolian Islands and have we mentioned, Carlton Football Club?

The picture above is of the cruise ship STAR CLIPPER ITALIA.

Provenance Galore Imagine owning a boat that won the 1963–64 Ocean Racing Points Score at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia….

By Genevieve Jacobs TRIFFID II Underway I am 65 years old.

Many of you would know of Jim Woods and his magnificently restored Cray Boat The MARGARET PEARL.

WELCOME TO MATILDA RADIO A weekly podcast from two mad Australians who gave up living the norm to live the dream // This episode comes to you from SIRACUSA, SICILY this week we crossed back from Greece to mainland Italy and now in Sicily.

Upcoming Events for the CYAA Entries are now being accepted for the 2026 Cup Regatta.

Many of you will know SEAHORSE as the premiere sailboat racing publication in the world, covering the latest developments and cutting edge technology in the global race to win.

When we think of the most famous writers, whose primary subject is sailing, we tend to recall adventurers who, once their adventure was over, told a good story .

WELCOME TO MATILDA RADIO A weekly podcast from two mad Australians who gave up living the norm to live the dream // This episode comes to you from FRIKES, ITHACA Links to stuff we discussed: - LEVAKAS CANAL - SPARTAHORI / SPILIA TAVERNA - SKORPIOS - JACKI…

A perspective that only age and a certain wisdom can provide… Thanks to Rule 69 for letting us republish this great article by Brian Hancock.

Many Thanks to Jamie Thompson for alerting us to this wonderful story.

An Orca Follow up Story Last week’s most popular story was our analysys of the orca situation off the coast of Spain and Portugal.