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The Victorian Government may put up the money needed to keep the 100-year-old ketch Hawk in Melbourne. The Ship’s owner-skipper Capt. Jacques Sapir said yesterday he has been advised through the Premier’s Department to postpone sailing...
The 99-year-old ketch Hawk sails back to Melbourne yesterday after an absence of many years. The Hawks was one of the last pilot schooners to operate from Port Phillip Heads, giving way to a steam...
LAUNCESTON. – When the 65m. Wyuna slipped into berth at Launceston late last month, the six pilots and nine master mariners on board witnessed the end of an era – and the start of a...
When the pilot ship Wyuna leaves Port Phillip Bay at 10am tomorrow an era that has lasted 126 years will end. The Port Phillip Pilot Service has sold the 1300-tonne cutter and replaced it with a...
The Australian Maritime College has bought the former Port Phillip pilot ship Wyuna as a training vessel. Since 1975, the Wyuna has been anchored off Queenscliff serving as an accommodation ship for the Pot Phillip Sea...
Capt. Nobile (right) recieves his silver dish farewell gift from Capt. Colin Springall. A MAN who guided about 3500 ships through the notorious Port Phillip Bay rip has put away his charts for the last time...