And so it began- a young rope maker, good at his job, invests in his trade and himself and opens a shop. The business expanded over nearly four centuries and In 1890 the 15-year-old Arthur Beale joined the business

Derwent Class World Champs. The winds are light but the banter, high. A ‘D’ sails up to the transom of the start boat. Is it a sign on? Nuh. ‘Have you got any Panadol?’  Almost 100 years after the first ‘D’, IMP, rolled out of Percy Coverdale’s yard at Battery Point, did anyone imagine the boats would still be racing in 2025?

SOS HELP US FIND THE ROWLOCK LADY! We both stared at the ROWLOCKS in her hands imagining how we could murder our husbands with a short bronze stick and a bit of bronzy horse shoe. Interesting. Turns out I’m rather imaginative.

Owners have banded together to salvage, buy, restore, maintain and race the D’s, as they are called. They’ve found boats from as far afield as Burnie, Launceston, the Tasman Peninsula, even Sydney. They believe 18 still exist of the 26 or so that were built.

When most people arrive at the Kent group of islands - about halfway between Wilsons Promontory and Flinders Island - the last thing on their mind is art.

The son of a fisherman, and an accomplished sailor himself, Pedersen was passionate about the magazine's subject matter. As a result, his design was as evocative as the bracing smell of creosote mixed with wood varnish and brine.

“How do I get to the chandlery?” is a transactional ‘survival’ question and hence straightforward to answer. Where as, “Why do I love my husband?” if answered convincingly, is almost impossible to articulate without trivialising.

And so begins the stories of the AUSTRALIAN WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL 2025! With the program officially launched check out the poster that is the combination of two legendary Aotearoa/New Zealand artists -Tony Blake and Michael Tuffery.

Consider this – a seamless state of being between land, sea, sky. Fluidity, no division. Oneness, nothing for sale, only a continuous state of being, a feeling of connection to the surrounding world. Sometimes land country, sometimes sky country, sometimes sea country.

As dawn breaks in Costa Rica, filmmaker ANNIE MEANS is about to settle into a bowl of rice and beans. Meanwhile it’s noon in the UK founder of WOMEN IN BOAT BUILDING, BELINDA JOSLIN wonders where she’ll find another female boatbuilder to meet demand from young female apprentices…SWS grabs them both to discuss women as boatbuilders and why film is a great way to get a positive message out in the world.

WOMEN IN BOATBUILDING along with young filmmaker ANNIE MEANS have just launched EPISODE ONE – THE SOUTH COAST – a three part series of short films about women in the boating industry who simply show up to build boats.

“If you’d told me a month ago that we’d place fourth overall at the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta racing FAIR WINDS I’d have said you were dreaming. Perhaps I still am.”

‘The Man Who Walked Through Time’, described Fletcher’s experiences, observations and thoughts when, in 1963, he walked the entire length of that portion of the Grand Canyon contained within the 1963 boundaries of the Grand Canyon National Park. He was the first person to accomplish this feat, “all in one go.” I have fond memories of reading Fletcher’s book and those memories re-surfaced when I decided to write about dinghy cruising, due to the many similarities shared between dinghy cruising and backpacking—not the least of which is the awareness of and the meaningful connection with, the Natural World.

The 2023 Rolex Fastnet Race will be the 50th edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s premier event and excitingly, there’s a significant number of classic yachts are entered such as these young trainee sailors competing on board the 1963 aluminium classic Germania VI.

Although SALMO did not have an engine under Peter’s ownership and equipped only with an AA book (of roadmaps) to navigate by he sailed her to the Clyde. Then in 1956 he voyaged alone to Labrador and laid her up to winter in Canada. He returned to England to marry Jill, and returned to Canada to continue his voyaging to the Panama Canal and on into the Pacific Ocean.

For some time at SWS, we’ve been discussing the need to dip a toe in the pool of offering our readers online products - and here we are launching with three. Welcome to our SHOP! Please come inside!

WARNING : Do not watch this video while driving. Just as there are those who prefer wood over plastic, humans can be further divided into good sleeps and poor sleepers. This article is for the later.

Turns out you can teach an old Regatta new tricks. For the very first time, The Balmain Regatta includes a Work Boat Convoy.

After two years of planning thirteen Couta Boats travelled from Melbourne along with two crews from Perth for the 2022 Sydney Harbour Gaffers Regatta.

ADVENTURE REELS TV - it’s all in the name - a platform that collects stories about Adventures, Water, Boats and Dogs - the perfect combination in our book.