The Crew who Sailed into History
Meet the crew of the Tribal Warrior
It is said that many hands make light work, but sailing an old
ketch around the World's largest island continent is no easy task.
Here, we celebrate the trainers, skippers and crew of the Tribal
Warrior on her epic circumnavigation of Australia.
Meet Craig Timbery, Dave Bird,
Greg Flanders, Jemes Neuman,
John Phillips, Kippa, Kirk
Phillips, Luke Mowaljarlai, Mick
Thomson, Paul Mongta, Peter
Golding, Peter Jackson, Russell
Slockee, Seaweed, Shane
Phillips and Shem - true warriors, one and
all.
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Seaweed
Trainer
Seaweed played a key role in the success of Tribal
Warrior's historic voyage, sailing with her all
the way around Australia.
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Kippa
Trainer
Kippa was on board the Tribal Warrior from
Sydney to Brisbane, and re-joined the voyage again in
Fremantle, sailing all the way back to Sydney. |
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Dave Bird
Skipper
Departing with the first crew in Sydney, Dave sailed
the Tribal Warrior up to Port Douglas in Queensland.
Later, he got back on board for a second shorter leg
from Weipa to Normanton. |
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Craig Timbery
Crew
Sailing on the first leg of the journey, Craig sailed
on board the Tribal Warrior from Sydney to Port Douglas,
and rejoined the voyage in Weipa for the short run to
Normanton. |
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Paul Mongta
Crew
Paul was on board from the very start. He sailed two
long stages from Sydney to Port Douglas, and then from
Weipa to Broome, Western Australia. |
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Peter Golding
Crew
Peter crewed on board Tribal Warrior from
Sydney to Brisbane. |
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Shane Phillips
Crew
Shane was on board from the very start and sailed Tribal
Warrior from Sydney to Brisbane. |
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Shem
Trainer
Joining the crew in Brisbane, Queensland, Shem sailed
all the way to Fremantle, Western Australia. |
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James Neuman
Coxwain / Skipper
James joined the Tribal Warrior in Fremantle and sailed
through to Sydney on the last leg of the voyage. |
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Greg Flanders
Crew
Greg joined the adventure in Darwin, Northern Territory
and sailed to Port Keats. |
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John Phillips
Crew
John sailed the Tribal Warrior from Broome
through to Fremantle. |
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| Peter Jackson
Crew
Peter joined the crew in Broome and sailed through
to Fremantle. |
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Mick Thomson
Crew
Mick crewed on board Tribal Warrior on her
short but picturesque trip from Honeymoon Bay to Broome,
Western Australia. |
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| Kirk Phillips
Crew
Kirk sailed on the last leg of the historic voyage
to Sydney from Fremantle, Western Australia. Peter joined
the crew in Broome and sailed through to Fremantle. |
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Luke Mowaljarlai
Crew
Luke made his first visit to Sydney a spectacular one,
arriving on board Tribal Warrior from Fremantle. |
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| Russell Slockee
Crew
Sailing on the final leg of the journey to Sydney,
Russell joined the Tribal Warrior in Narooma, New South
Wales. |
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