Australian Wooden Boat Festival
February 2025
A successful festival was held in February featuring an impressive collection of wooden vessels, from historic tall ships and classic yachts to traditional fishing boats. The next event will be held in 2027.
Melbourne International Boat Show
17 – 20 October 2024
The successful show was held from 17 to 20 October. At the “Heritage Precinct”, Enterprize conducted one hour sails and the Alma Doepel conducted ship tours. Read more…
Cuauhtémoc
3 – 8 October 2024
The ship is the last of four sister ships built by the naval shipyard in Bilbao, Spain in 1982. She was commissioned as a sail training vessel of the Mexican Navy. The vessel is steel-hulled, with a displacement of 1,800 tons. Read more…
Williamstown Maritime Shore Walks
21 April 2024
This was a chance to explore the local maritime industry in an open house setting, enjoy live music and grab a bite to eat at many of the sailing clubs along the Williamstown waterfront. Read more…
Geelong Wooden Boat Festival
9 – 11 March 2024
Tall Ships Victoria had a stand. Talks will be given by: Peter Harris and Ferdi Darley who reported on Alma Doepel progressFerdi Darley announced a new project – his oldest boatSteve Moss presented details of the NEW New Endeavour 2024. Next one is March 2026. Read more…
World-wide Classic Boat Show
16 February – 3 March 2024
This was an online event. Everything centred around a huge interactive world map, with individual pages for each participant filled with information, photos and videos. Visitors can browse the map or use the search tool to find organisations or sort boats by size, type, rig, decade built and more. Read more…
Alfred Graving Dock Tours
April 2023 Read more…
One and All 2023
One and All last visited Melbourne 25 May to 3 June 2023. The visit was sponsored by Rotary South Australia. Read more…
James Craig
On her last voyage to Melbourne, around 8,000 people enjoyed ship tours while moored at Workshops Pier, Seaworks, Williamstown. Read more…
Tenacious
TSV was pleased to welcome Tenacious to a berth at Seaworks. Representing the Jubilee Sailing Trust in the UK, the ship visited Melbourne in 2016-17. SV Tenacious is currently the only sea-going tall ship in the world that can be sailed by a mixed ability crew, including disabled people, those with mental health conditions or long-term ill-health issues, and the socially isolated. The accessible features of Tenacious make every aspect of shipboard life available to all, from setting the sails, going aloft and helming the ship.
