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.
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Discover stories behind the latest exhibitions, fascinating explorations into maritime science and archaeology, and the surprising details of what happens inside (and outside) a modern working museum.
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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Ancestral pursuits aboard a historic American whaler
18 Jun 2014
In April this year I climbed aboard the Charles W Morgan at her dock at Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut, United States for the first time.
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SY ENA : steaming towards the next chapter
17 Jun 2014
SY Ena, the museum’s glamorous guest and visiting vessel from February to June this year has moved on, and without too much fuss has arrived on Port Phillip in Victoria.
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The 'Devil fish' and Empire Day 1914
23 May 2014
As the sun rose over Sydney Harbour on Empire Day 1914, two sinister-looking, cigar-shaped vessels glided along behind their escort vessel HMAS Sydney.
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ENA and the Dibbs family
28 Apr 2014
Late March and with the rain coming down in Sydney, the luxurious SY Ena played host to descendants of its original owner from 1900, Sir Thomas Dibbs. Fourteen relatives gathered in the museum foyer and then went down to see their patriarch’s pride and joy, fresh from a trial steaming on the Friday and eager to get out again.
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