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Row Raid tn17 route

The Row Raid for Rape Crisis covers over 150 nautical miles of the Tasmanian coast. The journey to Tasmania covers 4 main events as part of the sponsorship. The first leg is the Row Raid TN17, which ends as a part of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival, where I will be participating showcasing Scottish sea rowing. The second leg is the Return Raid, a trade route to the heart of Tasmania to the colonial township of Franklin. At Franklin we will be a part of the Franklin Regatta, one of the many regattas now international. The Scottish sport of racing the traditional St Ayles skiffs(originally used as fishing boats) has been growing over the last 10 years since its foundation  where  crews from the many communities come together to race their individually built boats.  The boats racing at the Franklin regatta will be purely Scottish Skiffs, and I’m to join the racing as a team of New Zealanders doing my bit to help support the Scottish sport meeting the many crews attending from from around Australia and New Zealand coming to compete and show off their rowing skills across the three day event from the 17th to the 19th of February.

All of these event are linked to an amazing organisation called the Living Boat Trust in Australia. They promote traditional boating and help communities across Australia to build, restore, row and sail as a community. Some boats have an incredible story, like the fast boat, built by a crew who have all recovered from strokes and are promoting the response (Face Arm Speech Time) to save lives. It will be an honour to row the Australian built Scottish Skiffs.

Return Raid tn17

For more on Scottish Coastal Rowing:  Scottish Coastal Rowing

The Row Raid – tawe nunnugah 2017 (tn17) The Living Boats Trust page about the Row Raid tn17. The tn17 route – Recherche Bay to Hobart by small boat: 1-10 February 2017. The return raid – Hobart to Franklin by small boat: 13-16 February 2017.

The St Ayles Skiff Championships (Tasmania) 2017 The championships are being held in the town of Franklin, 17th-19th February, under the auspices of the Living Boat Trust.

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