Petition updateReturn and refurbish Gretel, Australia's historic yachtTHANK YOU - GRETEL petition reaches 100 signatures - and more
Nigel WattsAustralia
Aug 1, 2025

Hi there,

Thank you for your support of the petition to bring GRETEL home and refurbish her. 

I'm so extremely grateful of the support being provided by you, and others.

To keep you updated:

  1. We have now obtained over 100 signatures :)
  2. HUGE THANKS to Kevin Green and the team at AFLOAT magazine https://www.afloat.com.au/ for publishing a letter I wrote about this project in their August edition.
  3. I am in touch with the owner of the boatyard where GRETEL resides.  They have confirmed she is for sale and they do really want her to come back to Australia - her rightful home.  This is GREAT NEWS.
  4. Thanks to Tony Osmond who reached out to help, and has been in touch with the Sydney Heritage Fleet about this.

I am planning a lot more publicity in due course, but if you can share the petition link https://change.org/savegretel  within your network that would be greatly appreciated.  

Thanks again.

Fair winds and following seas to you all...

Nigel Watts

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