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Connecting Women (and men/youths) to Trades – Free-Funded Maritime Training (2)!

We are starting to wrap up our wonderfully successful 2023 program and organising about our 23/24 program. Already we have a list of people interested in our Connecting Women (and men/youths) to Trades – Free-Funded Maritime Training! What is it about? The NSW Government proudly sponsor this initiative and asked us to run an additional

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Coxswains Training

Coxswain Courses: Navigating the Seas with Confidence

Obtaining your Coxswain certificate is straightforward, fun, and worthwhile. Our comprehensive training courses provide you with the skills and knowledge to command and operate a vessel safely up to 12 meters in length in Australian inshore waters, extending up to 15 nautical miles from the shore. Check out our Coxswains Courses: Navigating the Seas with

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Coxswains Training

Coxswains: The Helmspersons of Maritime Excellence

Picture this: a skilled and responsible individual at the helm, guiding a vessel through coastal and inshore waters with precision and finesse. Meet the Coxswains: The Hemlpersons of Maritime Excellence – the mariner with the prowess to navigate the seas, ensuring safety and smooth sailing for boats and small ships alike. This maritime maestro undertakes

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Maritime Brain Trust for ABC Radio

Occasionally our local ABC radio station calls me up to hop on the airways to explain maritime terminology. The most recent question was, what is a Rutter? The listener’s guesses were great but no one came close. What is a Rutter? A Rutter is a mariner’s handbook of written sailing directions – it was the

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