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Cruisin’ down the channel

by AWBF 31 Jan 2019 01:57 UTC 14 February 2019
The Danish ketch Yukon © Rob Oates / Ballantyne Photography

The Cruising Yacht Club of Tasmania (CYCT) will be hosting a post My State Australian Wooden Boat Festival cruise. The cruise will leave Hobart on 12 February and finish in Franklin on Thursday 14 February.

The first stop will be at Quarantine Bay on the evening of the 12th where the CYCT will be hosting a BBQ ashore in the grounds of the Quarantine Station. The CYCT will provide BBQ's and a BBQ pack including salads and a roll for $20 per head. This BYO event will start at 4pm just up the track from the jetty in the North West of the Bay.

The last stop will be in Tasmania's heart of wooden boating, Franklin on the Huon River. The Living Boat Trust will be hosting a dinner on Thursday evening, providing a last chance to share memories before boats head off to their home ports or stay around in Franklin to enjoy the spectacle of the second day of the Living Boat Trust's "Homecoming Regatta".

For more details and registration please visit the CYCT page for this event at Post MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival Cruise, mail mailto:aboon@bigpond.comor call Andrew Boon on 0400 651 532.

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