Danny Ryan
I am a mainlander, but one of my favourite old sea dogs in Tasmania is Danny Ryan from the Lindisfarne Bay Boat Yard. I bought my yacht from Danny when he worked for Sundance Marine [...]
Rescued by and old sea dog
It took a few years but I slowly came to the realisation that the adverse affects of a back injury in my 'bulletproof' years was forcing me to the dark side. I could no longer [...]
Forearms and Fish Guts
: The ongoing tale of the Tasmanian Fishermans Gansey It’s been several months since Felicity and I first started discussing our Tasmanian Fishing Gansey project, since then my partner in wool has travelled to North Yorkshire [...]
Creating a Traditional Tasmanian Fisherman’s Gansey?
I recently have been looking into the idea of creating a range of Sea Dogs Fishermen's Jumpers (proper name Gansey), something hand crafted by a local maker here in Tasmania. I mentioned this to my [...]