Volume 39 | Edition

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT President Treasurer Dominic Rinaldi David Roper Geoff Boettcher Keith Finch Mark Hutton Chris Cox Doreen Perrin

FLAG OFFICERS Commodore Vice Commodore Rear Commodore Jacqueline Heffernan Nick Bice Jeff Dinham

PATRON The Honourable Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR

STAFF General Manager Financial Controller Financial Administrator Marketing & Communications Berth Sales & Leasing Reception & Member Services Marine Academy Principal Sailing Operations Manager Racing Administrator House & Functions Manager Head Chef Port Vincent Marina Manager Adam Hays Kerry O’Brien Ann-Marie Gaffney Mellissa Vahoumis Sarah Belton Desiree Le Francois David Royle Greg Allison Inese Lainis Frank Mammone Camillo Crugnale Rob Marner

COMMITTEES Members Committee Chair Fishing Association Chair Racing Association Chair Cruising Association Chair Social Association Chair

LIFE MEMBERS Jacq Heffernan Peter Schembri Rob Human Marty Heffernan Rosemary Gould

Arthur F Carolan (Dec’d) Geoffrey R Catt Craig A Evans Richard H Fidock AO Graeme L Footer John D Gerard James A Henry (Dec’d) Malcolm A Kinnaird AC (Dec’d) Peter J Page (Dec’d) Andrew D Saies

EDITORS OF GROUNDSWELL Gay Footer, Mellissa Vahoumis, Pat Catley, Dianne Schwerdt

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Groundswell is the official journal of the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia Inc Lady Gowrie Drive, North Haven PO Box 1020 North Haven SA 5018 4 PRESIDENT’S REPORT 5 AT THE HELM WITH OUR GM 6 FROM OUR COMMODORE 7 CLUB NEWS 8 RACING REPORT 9 MARINE ACADEMY NEWS 10 PORTLINE CUP 11 FLYING THE FLAG 12 AWKR: OUR RACING LADIES 15 SAWKR LAUNCH EVENT 16 BUYING BASANTI 20 ITALIAN NIGHT 22 SEAFOOD SPECTACULAR 25 CRUISING ASSOCIATION UPDATE 26 BATTLE OF THE CLUBS QUIZ NIGHT 27 ALLUSIVE SAILING ADVENTURES 30 BOATS AT THE CLUB 33 COMING CLUB EVENTS 34 CYCSA BERTH CLASSIFIEDS