Tall Ships At The Wooden Boat Festival Geelong
Some beautiful Tall Ships will grace Corio Bay during the Wooden Boat Festival Geelong. You’re invited to explore these magnificent vessels during the festival (space and time permitting). Both Coral Trekker and Enterprize will offer daily cruises from Royal Geelong Yacht Club, which can be pre-booked ahead of the festival.
The Tall Ships can be viewed from Wangim Walk between 10am - 6pm daily. Please note they will also be conducting sailings out across Corio Bay during this time. Catch them at the start or end of the day, or between sailings.
Coral Trekker
Coral Trekker is an elegant square-rigged vessel built in 1939 and comes with distinctive rusty red sails.
The Wooden Boat Festival Geelong provides the opportunity to experience the joy of sailing on this wooden beauty for an hourly sail or dinner and sail package. You can even book a berth on its return to Sydney!
Daytime Cruises (1 Hour Duration)
Sailing Times
Saturday - 11am, 12pm, 1pm
Sunday - 11am, 12pm, 1pm
Monday - 11am, 12pm, 1pm
Pricing
Adult - $40
Child (4-14 years) - $25
Family (2 Adults + 2 Children) - $105
Mast Climb - $30 per person
Dinner Cruises (1.5 Hours Duration)
Sailing Times
Saturday - 5:30pm
Sunday - 5:30pm
Monday - 5:30pm
Pricing
Adult - $60
Child (4-14 years) - $35
Family (2 Adults + 2 Children) - $155
Mast Climb - $30 per person
More About Coral Trekker
Square rigger, square-rigged ketch
Historical vessel from World War II times
Seating on the upper deck
Accommodates 36 passengers
Distinctive red sails
Licenced bar on board
Multiple menu and beverage options
Enterprize
Enterprize is a replica of the tall ship that brought the first European settlers from Tasmania to found the city of Melbourne in 1835.
Sailed by a crew of volunteers, her mission is to provide all Victorians with the opportunity to experience life on board a 19th-century sailing ship.
Daily Cruises On Enterprize
Sailing times
Saturday - 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm
Sunday - 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm
Monday - 10am, 12pm
Pricing
Adult - $40
Concession - $35
Child - $25
Family (2 Adults + 2 Children) - $105
More About Enterprize
27-metre topsail schooner
Enterprize is the only square-rigged commercial sailing ship to be built in Melbourne for over 120 years.
Her keel is a single piece of ironbark, 15 inches by 13 inches and 45 feet long
Her stem, sternpost and deadwoods are 100-year-old ironbark wharf timbers, supplied by Nullabor Timbers of Echuca
She is built on laminated bent ribs. The outer three laminations are New Zealand kauri, salvaged from the staves of old brewing vats. The top lamination is celery top pine, as is her deck planking
Her hull is planked in jarrah below the waterline. This timber was once the floor joists of a wool store in Fremantle, WA. Above the waterline, her hull is planked in Huon pine
Her floor timbers are jarrah, salvaged from Station Pier, Melbourne
Her stringers and beam-shelf are kauri
Her bulwarks are cypress pine from the Royal Melbourne Golf Course
Her masts are Californian redwood from an experimental timber crop planted at Kinglake by Melbourne Water in the 1920s
Her spars and deck beams are Oregon pine.