Tall Ship Tenacious - Jubilee Sailing Trust

While Peter Haris of Tall Ships Victoria was giving me a tour of the Alma Dopel Restoration precinct at North Warf, he mentioned a partnership they where negotiation with UK based Jubilee Sailing Trust who provide Tall ship sailing experiences for physically disabled and able-bodied people. Well it had sort of slipped my mind over the last year but today when looking at AIS i noticed their Tall ship Tenacious is on her way here after sheltering Just off Refuge Cove from the Westerly head winds of the last few days. Pitty it wasn't arriving tomorrow as I would have made the trip to the heads to welcome her into the bay.

jst.org.uk/contactus/

Here's a post from their blog about some bass strait weather they encountered the night before reaching the Prom:

August 10, 2016
TNS464 10/08/2016 - Dave is up in the Bosun's chair repairing last night's mess. Main top
staysail, to use an Australian term, is "rooted". According to sources close
to the event, a brief, but violent "weather event" struck at about 3am
Eastern Standard Time. A wind shift from north-west to west combined with an
increase in wind speed from 10 to 30 knots was reported.
Chaos followed. Order was restored after the heroic actions of entire deck
crew. Allegedly. Forward Port has no way of verifying the numerous and
conflicting accounts. We were in bed, sensibly asleep.
Breakfast was sausages, poached egg, hash brown. Tenacious is motoring in
light seas, 44 nautical miles from intended anchorage at Wilson's
Promontory.
Forward Port: Watch leader Tracey; Squirrel, Otis (on mess), Dave, Peter,
Zoe, Flick and cadet Val.

She will be docked at Williamstown and has an association with Seaworks;
seaworks.com.au/our-servicesattractions/history/

and the Williamstown Maritime Association, who themselves are doing some interesting projects including establishing and running "The Pirates Tavern" situated in what was the derelict plumbers and electricians shed at the former Port of Melbourne Authority site.
http://wma.org.au/tavern/

Going under the Coat Hanger .....

I was estimating the arival time at the heads to be around 8.30 for high tide but it looks like they are heading towards Phillip Island for a closer look.....maybe they need to waste some time before arriving at the heads.