Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. Crowds of people young and old bustled between the jam-packed docks where lines of moored wooden boats and ...

Sail head first in to the 13th Australian Wooden Boat Festival on the Hobart waterfront from February 8-11. Festival general manager Paul Cullen says from around 1830 it was normal to see Tasmanian ...

Back in the day — around the turn of the last century, to be exact — they were a common sight in the oyster-rich waters south of Massachusetts. Sitting low, and capable of navigating in as little as 3 ...

Martin Jackson enjoys an old-fashioned high-seas adventure off the Canary Islands, sailing on the last British-made wooden trading ketch. The voyage promises sun and whale-watching, and the romance of ...

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After an epic restoration project, a wooden sailboat originally built in Baltimore has successfully made another voyage. Joe O'Shea reports on a labour of love for a unique piece of maritime history ...

Crowds of people young and old bustled between the jam-packed docks where lines of moored wooden boats and their crew welcomed day two of Tasmania’s largest free festival. After a cancelled event in ...