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 …
Trip of success for Tacoma Port Lincoln Times, March 2012
TACOMA returns to Port Fairy – almost! 27th April 2011 The historically significant 84 ft wooden tuna clipper MFV Tacoma recently attempted to return to Port Fairy, sixty years after it was launched but poor weather and rising seas made the task too difficult. The Tacoma was built by brothers Bill, Alan and Hughie Haldane …
Sixty Years Later Moyne Gazette, April 2011 The 84 foot motor fishing vessel, Tacoma, is expected to arrive at Port Fairy on Friday or Saturday, February 18/19. This will be the first visit to the port by the vessel since it was launched in the Moyne on November 5, 1951. The Tacoma will be en …
