St Ayles Skiffs Row the Rip
from Australiasian Amateur Boat Building Magazine
After a life time at sea, I must have entered, or departed Port Phillip Bay on numerous occasions in vessels from 800-ton coasters to sizeable 23,000-ton bulk carriers to much larger tankers. Transiting “The Rip” was always undertaken with great care and under the direction of a well experienced Port Phillip Pilot, and sometimes under horrendous conditions.
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St Ayles Skiffs Row the Rip
In the Wake of Captain Stirling Take 2
In March 2017 my old mate Michael Lefroy and I decided to re-enact the small boat voyage that Captain James Stirling RN made up the Swan River in March 1827. It was this voyage that lead to the establishment of the Swan River Colony that eventually grew into the State of Western Australia.
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In the Wake of Captain Stirling Take 2
