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Find out everything you need to know about Tall Ships in Victoria whether they are arriving, left or permanently based here. You’ll find the latest on events, fundraising, news and tour bookings.
Geelong Wooden Boat Festival
TSV is working with our new Organisational Member, The Royal Geelong Yacht Club, to expand tall ship activities at the Geelong Wooden Boat Festival.
This year (2018), TSV generated a lot of interest by having a marquee in the centre of the displays. Alma’s success included sale of merchandise as well as some $500 planks. Tall ships represented at the marquee included Alma Doepel, Enterprize, Alexander Stewart, Coral Trekker (from Sydney), STS Leeuwin II (from WA) and Tenacious (UK). Ships attending the festival included Enterprize, Alexander Stewart and Coral Trekker. The next festival will be held in 2020.
Melbourne Based Ships
Good Bye Tenacious
The tall ship, built for disabled and able-bodied sailors, arrived in Melbourne in August 2016 and left 4 December 2017.
You can still book your voyage with many options available.
To read more about the voyages and prices, see: JST Australia Brochure. To make a booking, see: JST Voyages.
Read about their great write-up in Outer Edge magazine. For more information about the ship see Tenacious or to view the full media release see their latest news.
Other local ships include Alma Doepel, Alexander Stewart and Enterprize based in Docklands, Melbourne. The Alexander Stewart and Enterprize have regular voyages you can join.
The Young Endeavour (Sydney) has a great youth scheme so check out their website to keep up with their voyages and news.
Alexander Stewart
Three Mitchell family generations and 20 years of devotion have gone into hand-building this traditionally rigged ketch. It’s styled after ‘The Spray’, the ship in which Joshua Slocum achieved the first solo circumnavigation of the globe in 1898. After working in the Whitsundays for 10 years, Alexander Stewart is now based in Docklands and will be offering day and overnight sails on Port Phillip Bay. To learn more or make a booking see Melbourne Sailing Adventures
The Ocean Education Centre 
“Engaging with the marine environment“
Tall Ships Victoria has developed a project involving the use of tall ships in marine science and research, education, edu-tourism, and marine construction and training. Find out about our centre and what goes on, see current projects-Ocean Education Centre.
Float Alma in 2018
The push is on to ‘Float Alma in 2018′. The restoration project has reached the final stage in completing the hull so the ship can be returned to the water. There is added urgency to complete the hull work as the Docklands development moves along North Wharf getting ever closer to the ship’s restoration site which has been our home thanks to the support of Lend Lease and Places Victoria.
To see how you can contribute see Donate. For more information on the project, see current projects- Alma Doepel.