Record Crowds Expected for Hobart Wooden Boat Festival

Record crowds, possibly exceeding 100,000, are expected at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival which begins today and runs through Monday at Hobart’s historic Sullivan’s Cove docks.   The four-day festival which  brings together the biggest collection of wooden boats in … Continue reading

Tacoma Tallships Festival is dead – Australian Wooden Boat Festival on its way February 2011

Bad news and good news.  The Tacoma Tall Ships Organization is no more and the hoped for Tacoma Tall Ships Festival in 2011 will not be happening, a victim of the recession.   On the other side of the globe, … Continue reading