Duyfken movements Archives

Nov

Duyfken to Set Sail for New Home in Sydney

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Pic Lee Song - Duyfken movements, Duyfken update

In 2020, Duyfken celebrated her 21st birthday, having been first launched in 1999 in her home port of Fremantle – the result of community, corporate and government funding to bring to fruition the idea of building a replica of the original Dutch sailing ship Duyfken that arrived on the shores of Australia way back in… Read more »

Nov

Up the river without a mast

Posted on November 9, 2019 by admin - Duyfken movements

Moving Duyfken to her summer home at the South of Perth Yacht Club is no small exercise. The journey up river on November 8 only took 40 minutes from Sardine Wharf in Fremantle to the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club but there was a whole lot of work and preparation involved to ensure she could… Read more »