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Wooden Boat Folk series: Re-tracing Britannia's build location - Flinders Island Journey

by Australian Wooden Boat Festival 29 Oct 2021 22:55 PDT
Boat Folk Britannia © Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Introducing our latest film from our Wooden Boat Folk series; Britannia, the 38ft gaff cutter built in 1898, has been owned by the same family for over 110 years now.

In this film we hear from Anne, 4th generation Davis, on how she fell for Britannia and how she became proud owner.

Britannia's 5th generation Davis owner, Bella Laughton-Clark, happens to be our Marketing Manager and Program Coordinator at the AWBF, so some might say we are a bit biased, but we think this story is worth hearing.

Happy viewing!

Re-tracing Britannia's build location - Flinders Island Journey

And now that you have seen Britannia's film, we will also share this month's story on Anne, and husband Andrew's recent travels to Flinders Island, to find the exact location Britannia was built, 123 years ago.

Read more about solving the mystery here...

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