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The Port Lincoln based 84-foot wooden tuna clipper MFV Tacoma returned to Port Lincoln this afternoon (6th April) after a sixteen-day voyage and visit to Port Fairy, 73 years after it was launched at Port Fairy. Two of the original 1952 crew were onboard from Port Lincoln, 90-year-old Jack Bellamy and Tacoma Preservation Society (TPS) President and Skipper Ross Haldane. The vessel was enthusiastically met by more than 500 people as it returned to the Moyne.

Weather permitting, the MFV Tacoma will steam from Port Lincoln with a crew and eight paying passengers and arrive in Port Fairy on the 2.00pm high tide on Tuesday (26th March). The vessel will be moored in Port Fairy until 1 April and be open to the public.

The historic Port Lincoln based 84-foot wooden tuna clipper MFV Tacoma is returning to Port Fairy, 73 years after it was launched in the town. The MFV Tacoma was built by brothers Bill, Alan and Hughie Haldane on the banks of the Moyne River between 1944 and 1951.

MFV Tacoma Plan Approved November 15th 2016 At last nights Port Lincoln Council DAP meeting, the Tacoma Preservation Society’s (TPS) application to build a pontoon structure within the Lincoln Cove Marina was approved. “It’s taken a lot of effort and input from a number of people, organisations and government departments and we are delighted that

MVF Tacoma’s JANGAARD DOCK June 3rd 2016 The Tacoma Preservation Society’s (TPS) development application for its proposed marina berth has achieved another milestone in its endeavours to gain access to the Fisherman’s Memorial site in the Marina. Following a very productive face-to-face meeting with a number of personnel from the Department of Planning, Transport and

JANGAARD DOCK – MFV Tacoma’s proposed new home 20th May 2016 The Tacoma Preservation Society (TPS) has made a development application to the Port Lincoln Council to install a new pontoon structure, adjacent to the Lincoln Cove Marina Fisherman’s Memorial. If successful, the pontoon will be the new home for the historic MFV Tacoma, the

MFV Tacoma applies for new home 11th April 2016 The Tacoma Preservation Society (TPS) has made a development application to the Port Lincoln Council to install a new pontoon structure adjacent to the Lincoln Cove Marina Fisherman’s Memorial. The application, if approved, will open up the possibility for the TPS gaining a lease of the

Three Men & a Boat – the MFV Tacoma Story DVD 4th July 2013 The three men are pioneering boat building brothers Bill, Alan and Hughie Haldane and the boat is the MFV Tacoma, built on the banks of the Moyne River at Port Fairy in Victoria and launched in 1951. It is Australia’s first

Three Men & a Boat – the MFV Tacoma Story 3rd April 2013 The three men are pioneering boat building brothers Bill, Alan and Hughie Haldane and the boat is the MFV Tacoma, built on the banks of the Moyne River at Port Fairy in Victoria and launched in 1951. It is Australia’s first purse

Three Men & a Boat – the MFV Tacoma Story 11th March 2013 The three men are pioneering boat building brothers Bill, Alan and Hughie Haldane and the boat is the MFV Tacoma, built on the banks of the Moyne River at Port Fairy in Victoria and launched in 1951. It is Australia’s first purse