I’M STANDING ON THE SUN DRENCHED FOREDECK of one of Australia’s maritime treasures as she gently raises her bow to the swell. Beyond the massive bowsprit stretches a 3D postcard of azure sea studded with rich green islands … It’s a timeless panorama, one viewed by thousands of Australia’s earliest sailors and now being experienced by just as many modern day adventurers aboard The Derwent Hunter.
Derwent Hunter
With 60 years working under sail behind her, the 90ft Walter Wilson designed schooner was the last foreign going sailing vessel to operate out of Australian ports. Her decades of adventuring cover everything from fishing and trading, oceanographic research, movie roles and even the odd spot of gun smuggling with her many voyages just as varied. From the Sub Arctic, the notorious Bass Strait and the Tasman and Coral Seas, the Derwent Hunter has proved her pedigree countless times over. There are few vessels today that would have logged as many miles under the keel as this classic beauty. And today the legend continues as she makes her mark as one of the nations most lauded charter vessels in the marine tourism industry.
The above is an excerpt from “a life of adventure” by Jo Djubal. Click here to read the full article.
