Category: Barging

—  By Helm and Crew

Sail Amsterdam: Tall Ships…

…and tall kings three times three, What brought they from the foundered land over the flowing sea? Seven stars and seven stones and one white tree. JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers Sail Amsterdam 2015 The biggest nautical event in the world, and the biggest event in the…
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If you want to come and join us …

An “out-of-sequence” post, in the category of ‘coincidence’. By Chance You may not have read everything we have posted (shame on you!) but elsewhere we explained the ‘Eurmacs’ designation of this website. Our extended McCauley family abbreviates itself by <Location>Mac. So we in Melbourne are…
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Meet the Verwers

Apologies we are so far behind, but we are making progress – albeit slowly. Meeting We left our tale with a tap on the wheelhouse window. As we stepped out of the wheelhouse onto the aft deck we could see Trien Verwer draping a large blue banner…