Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Martin Daly (born 1957) [1] is an Australian Captain and surfer who is known for his surf discoveries aboard the M.V. Indies Trader and is known as "surfing's most iconic boat captain". [ 2 ] Early life
After diving a big wreck and finding controversial treasure, Dave Barnett decided to sell the boat to one of his crew, Martin Daly. [4] When it was sold to Martin, it was renamed Indies Trader to keep the Rader name intact and avoid the bad luck of renaming a boat. [5] Using the same designer, Rick James, it was cut in half and extended by 6 ...
Australia II was designed by Ben Lexcen, built by Steve Ward, owned by Alan Bond and skippered by John Bertrand. [2] Lexcen's Australia II design featured a reduced waterline length and a short chord winged keel which gave the boat a significant advantage in manoeuvrability and heeling moment (lower ballast centre of gravity) but it was a significant disadvantage in choppy seas.
HMAS Jervis Bay (GT 203) was a roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1977 and 1994.. The ship was built by the State Dockyard between 1967 and 1969 for service with the Australian National Line, under the name MV Australian Trader.
The cargo-only Bass Trader carried heavy vehicles from Melbourne to Tasmania until the Australian Trader was added in 1969 with services from Melbourne to Burnie, Devonport and Bell Bay (Launceston) in rotation. From 1965 to 1972, the Empress of Australia made three crossings
On 21 January, Phillip and a party which included John Hunter, departed the Bay in three small boats to explore other bays to the north. [57] Phillip discovered that Port Jackson , about 12 kilometres to the north, was an excellent site for a colony with sheltered anchorages, fresh water and fertile soil. [ 57 ]
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
On 8 October 1840, Boyd addressed a letter to Lord John Russell, stating that he had recently dispatched a vessel entirely his own at a cost of £30,000 for "further developing the resources of Australia and its adjacent Islands". [1] Just owning such a vessel got him into the Royal Yacht Squadron, where he could associate with the landed ...