2023 East Coast Rotary Voyages
Arrival back in Hobart 15/10/23The welcome of the Windeward Bound home as 17 young Tasmanians arrive from their eleven-day sailing adventure, from Devonport to Hobart. This voyage is the last leg of the ship’s six months long expedition up the East coast of Australia in partnership with Rotary International celebrating 100 years of Rotary in Australia. Comprising 11 voyages in total, and totalling more than 3,400 Nautical Miles, they have given over 192 young Australians, including some from refugee backgrounds, a life-changing leadership experience.
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ABC Compass 11th June 2023
It's official! Our documentary Turning the Tide, produced with Roar Film is screening on ABC Compass , Sunday 11th June at 6.30pm.
Popcorn please!
HUGE Thanks to Captain Sarah Parry@ STV Windeward Bound for letting us tell this story, all the youth crew participants, and Launceston College - Tasmania, Australia for allowing us to find the beginnings of this journey in the EAL department.
Thanks to Screen Australia and Screen Tasmania for helping us bring this to life.
Captain Sarah Parry takes a group of culturally diverse teenagers on a life-affirming ten day voyage at sea aboard the ‘Windeward Bound’, the tall-ship she built in lutruwita/ Tasmania.
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/compass/series/37/video/RN2211H013S00
WinTv 4th april 2023
Link to the video
2023 Youth Challenge Media
Micheal Garrard’s voyage 11 sailing trainee ABC interview
How Sarah built a tall ship - ABC
Sarah Parry is one of the few people in the world to ever build a full sized tall ship from scratch.
In 1965, Sarah was a young sailor in the Australian Navy when she saw the New Endeavour sailing in Sydney Harbour, and from that moment she knew she wanted to build her own square rigger.
Decades later, in Tasmania, with the help of the local community in Hobart, she began to realise her vision. The project to build the 33-metre vessel began, using recycled timber from scuttled ships and a 19th century plan.
While building the ship, Sarah realised it was time to confront a part of her own story which had troubled her since she was a child.
Meanwhile the ship grew and grew, and so did the volunteer labour force. Many of them were kids from Hobart who had found themselves in trouble with the law.
In 1996, the Windeward Bound set sail. More than 200 people had helped to build her. Since then, the ship has sailed more than 100 000 nautical miles and has circumnavigated Australia. The scholarship program run on board has also turned out 41 Ship's Masters.
