PORT Fairy's historic lifeboat yesterday completed its longest ocean voyage in perfect sailing conditions.The boat departed its Moyne River base at 6.15am and reached the main wharf at Portland at 12.34pm. Favourable north-easterly winds and ocean waves between one and two metres allowed the crew of 10 to sail at a maximum speed of six knots for much of the journey.The lifeboat will remain in Portland to take part in a re-enactment ceremony for the 150th anniversary of the Admella shipwreck on Saturday.Eighty-six people were killed when the steamship broke up on Carpenter Rocks, south of Mount Gambier, in August 1859.The Portland lifeboat, now on display in the town's maritime centre, helped to rescue the surviving passengers who managed to cling to the wreckage for eight days. The Port Fairy vessel, a sister boat, was called in for this weekend's anniversary event. Ken Dusting, who joined the trip, is the great-great-grandson of John Dusting, one of the Admella rescue crew. "We had a great trip," Mr Dusting said. "There was a nice wind and it wasn't rough." The Portland Coast Guard vessel met the boat at the entrance to the harbour. Commander Cyril Cram said it was an ideal day for the journey."It was great. The crew looked the part. They had the sou'westers on," he said. "I must admit, when I looked at it, I thought I wouldn't have gone out to Carpenter Rocks in a boat like that."Port Fairy boat builder Garry Stewart, who rebuilt the Port Fairy lifeboat in 1996, accompanied the crew in his couta boat.