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Naval traditions continue as HMAS Canberra is commissioned

02 Dec 2014

Last Friday saw the commissioning of the Royal Australian Navy’s newest and largest fleet member – the Landing Helicopter Dock (or LHD for short) HMAS Canberra (III).

Launching the 70th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

25 Nov 2014

The 70th Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race had its heritage well and truly acknowledged when the media launch was held at the museum on Tuesday 25 November, a month and a day before the fleet heads south. The race start is a public ritual; for decades huge crowds have turned out every Boxing Bay to watch the fleet sail down the harbour, and it only took one race for it to become an institution.

Voyaging vakas

13 Nov 2014

This week I was privileged to be on board one of the vakas visiting the museum as they sailed into Sydney Harbour at the end of a 2 month, 6,000 kilometre voyage across the Pacific Ocean.

Vakas visit the museum

10 Nov 2014

Mua: Guided by Nature is a voyage undertaken by four vakas: 22-metre-long Pacific Islander double canoes.

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race: 70 Years

31 Oct 2014

Journey through the triumphs and tragedies of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, and discover the stories behind the race's historic vessels.

4 x 18 = 72

07 Oct 2014

Simple stuff: 4 x 18 feet = 72 feet.

Myra Too - and the Brian Stewart Collection

08 Aug 2014

How many of us have kept certificates, ribbons or medals, things we won at the school athletics or swimming carnivals, or maybe you have one of those sewn together collections of horse ribbons from pony club expeditions that started at ungodly hours in the morning?

After 82 years, still cruising the Southern Oceans

05 Aug 2014

Going through the museum’s archives I came across an old photo album featuring a yacht and two men photographed during the 1930s – nothing unexpected for a maritime museum’s collection. Little did I know that I would fall in love with the boat’s story.

MYRA TOO has arrived!

28 Jul 2014

Back in late 2012 when vessels curator David Payne began drawing up designs for the build of a replica 18-footer, I doubt he could have foreseen the fun we were going to have along the way with this wonderful project.