Groundswell May 2010

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A r e g u l a r n e w S l e t t e r f r o m t h e C r u i s i n g Y ac h t C l u b o f S o u t h A u s t r a l i a

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John Gerard President Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia

From the President

Board of Management President Treasurer

John Gerard Henry Petersen Wayne Coonan Andrew Corletto David Murray Andrew Saies Tom Tymons

Flag Officers Commodore Vice Commodore Rear Commodore

Geoff Catt Chris Morphett Rob Sellick

Administration Executive Officer Finance Manager Administration Manager Marketing/Comms Leasing Coordinator Receptionist Marine Academy Coord.

Racing Manager Food & Bev. Manager Head Chef Functions Manager Slip Master Gardener Pt Vincent Marina

Craig Evans Zoya Gretchkosiy Jenny Krogdahl Rob Williams/Laura Cowley Laura Cowley Danielle Stringer Brett Yardley Jess Hargreaves Mario Cataldi Andreas Bauer Michelle Matte Tim Went Robert Gray Rob Marner

Association Chairpersons Cruising John Sibly Fishing Peter Schembri Racing (Acting) Traci Ayris Social Activities Jacq Heffernan Life Members Arthur F Carolan Richard H Fidock AO Graeme L Footer James A Henry (Dec’d.)

Malcolm A Kinnaird AC Editors of Groundswell Gay Footer, Anja Richards, Rob Perrin, Craig Evans.

Contributions to reception@cycsa.com.au Advertising in Groundswell Jenny Krogdahl: telephone 08 8248 4222 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 Telephone: 08 8248 4222 Facsimile: 08 8248 5888 Email: reception@cycsa.com.au Web: www.cycsa.com.au Phone Port Vincent: 0414 611 110

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e are nearly at the end of the summer boating season which I hope has been enjoyable and rewarding. It also signals the approaching end of the Club’s financial year, being 31 May. The Club remains in a strong financial position therefore we should start the new year extremely well. The budget process for year 2010/11 will commence shortly and is expected to have some hefty capital expenditure included, especially over the next two years. This will involve the Marina East replacement and the proposed Clubhouse renovations. Members will be informed accordingly as we progress with more detailed plans.

It is with pleasure I announce the initiative of creating a Marketing/Communications Department within the Club’s administration. It will greatly improve the connection between members and the Club, along with the introduction of new members. Also involvement in sponsorship, which plays an important part at the Club, as we want to ensure the benefits flow both ways. A marketing presence in this area is essential, working closely with the Associations and the Marine Academy. Craig Evans has also commented on this new position in his editorial and joining him, I welcome Rob Williams and Laura Cowley to this new department within the Club.

At least three times a year the Board of Management, Flag Officers and Craig Evans meet with the Chairpersons of the Associations, along with a representative from the Marine Academy. Another successful meeting has recently taken place with excellent communication between all parties. Owing to changes within the Racing Association Executive, the Board is eager to give any assistance required to ensure a strong and enthusiastic racing fleet is organised for next season. I understand a briefing session will be held prior to the Racing Association Annual General Meeting so as to ensure all concerns are acted upon.

Commodore Geoff Catt and I, along with the Marine Academy, are investigating the future of Junior Sailing within the Club, realising the potential of this very important subject.

Succession planning for the future of sailing is vital.

I wish to announce the granting of a Development Application for the construction of an inner seawall by the Port Adelaide Enfield Council Development Assessment Panel. As a result, we now have the means to improve the level of comfort within Marina West and associated waterways. Further enquiries are to be made prior to a final decision being reached.

By now all members would have received a questionnaire in regards to storage lockers.

As reported in previous Groundswell issues, the Board of Management is proposing a designated central storage location. Within this area will be the ground staff storage shed, bulk garbage facility, member and association general storage compartments. The member facility is proposed to have four different storage locker sizes to cater for the needs of both sail and general storage. Leasing prices have yet to be decided but will be on a short and long term basis.

I wish to express my thanks to all the Club’s staff for their support and assistance during this busy and hectic period. Their effort is always greatly appreciated.

Best wishes to all members for an enjoyable remaining part of the season.

John Gerard, President

It is with pleasure I announce the initiative of creating a Marketing/Communications Department within the Club’s administration.

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Cover Photo: David Knights’ yacht White Knight in Boston Habour during Lincoln Race Week. David won the Trailerables and Etchells Division.

Photo: Courtesy of Tom McNab, sharpshooting.com.au

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Craig Evans Executive Officer

At the Helm

CLUB NEWS

NEW MEMBERS

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ver the last three months the following people have joined the Club. Please make them welcome.

Trent Collins Nathan Dingle Adam Durst Robert Gould Timothy Heyen Mary Hicks Paul Hicks Rob Hill Allan Homes Jan Homes Daren Johns David Lymn Robert Medlen

Steve Money Kevin Mullarkey James Ninham Grant Nykiel Steve Perkins Travis Richter Leonie Rump Ian Shaw Daisy Stirling Bronwyn Thomas Peter Withers George Wright

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING’ In years gone by, records were retained for the amount of grease trapped from the kitchen, waste oil treated and the amount of hard and recyclable rubbish removed. However, this data proved to be of little value because the same amount of grease is trapped every time, oil is no longer treated and the seasonal nature of our activities meant no trend analysis could be made of the amount of rubbish we dispose of.

Consequently, when reviewing our management system last year we did away with those records.

Maintaining certification for our integrated quality, safety and environmental management system is based on continual improvement but records need only be retained when they can be effectively used to base decisions upon.

Nevertheless, we are always on the lookout for ways to do things better. If any member thinks we can improve, particularly from an environmental perspective, please let us know. You can email them to reception@cycsa.com.au, use the Maintenance Reporting Log at Reception or, simply, advise one of our staff. We will enter it into our Track System so that we investigate the issue properly.

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he 5th International Commodores Forum was recently held at the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Perth. Rear Commodore Rob Sellick and I attended the forum where a number of topics relevant to larger yacht clubs were discussed. It was a great opportunity to meet with Flag Officers and managers from all over the world to hear of the changing trends and openly discuss various issues unique to our industry.

A meeting of the Racing Association members of both the CYCSA and the RSAYS was recently conducted at the CYCSA. This meeting provided members with an opportunity to reflect on the recently completed racing season and suggest possible changes to the racing program for the 2010–2011 season. Creating a racing program that will satisfy everyone is a very tall order, however I am sure that the meeting will assist the Racing Executive in their planning.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank and congratulate our new Racing Manager, Jess Hargreaves. Jess started in her new position just prior to the start of the racing season and was really thrown into the deep end. With a background in sports administration and without any boating knowledge, it has been a steep learning curve for Jess. Thank you to all those who have assisted Jess settle into this demanding position.

The Club has recognised the need to improve promotion of our facilities and communication to members. As a result we have contracted an expert in this area to assist in the Club’s development. Rob Williams will be working with the CYCSA to review and improve our printed and electronic information to members and promote membership, berth sales and leasing, the Marine Academy, Association and Club events and our hospitality area. Rob will also be working with and mentoring Laura Cowley from our office. Some of their more immediate projects will include the creation of a members handbook, new members pack and assisting with the new CYCSA website that is currently under construction.

Improvements have recently been made to the members lounge. A new Plasma TV and internet computer have been purchased by the Social Activities Committee and the Club has also carried out some building work and refurbished the existing furniture to improve the lounge. Please enjoy this facility.

The Club is currently considering the construction of a dedicated building to cater for the storage requirements of members. A survey was recently sent to Senior Members and I would encourage you to consider your needs and let the office know of your interest in leasing storage space at the Club in the future.

You may have noticed a new after hours emergency phone number on display at the Club. Should you have an emergency while on CYCSA property the number ‘045 89 CYCSA’ (0458 929 272) will put your call through to our security monitoring office. They will be able to assist by contacting the appropriate services that may be required and also alert CYCSA staff members.

A timely reminder Please check your mooring lines and fenders. These items do not last forever and require regular adjustment and frequent replacement. If you are not sure on how to tie your boat up please contact the CYCSA office for assistance.

Safe boating.

Craig Evans, Executive Officer

A recent search of the world’s leading certification registers still identifies CYCSA as the only marina in the world to achieve certification against all three management system standards. But we’re not resting on our laurels and we appreciate our members’ ideas for continual improvement.

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Paul Craig Yarwood “Yardy”

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23.09.1944 – 15.03.2010 Paul lost his battle with cancer on 15 March this year.

Paul joined the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia in 1994 and was Chair of the Cruising Association for two years in 2000 and 2001.

Having been regaled as a young boy by stories about his grandfather, a Norwegian sea captain, crossing and recrossing the world’s oceans in a merchant sailing clipper, Paul’s relationship with the sea began at an early age.

Paul’s first boat ownership came about at age 21 when he and I partnered up and purchased an unfinished bonwood 15’ 6” Hartley Tuna half cabin. When completed and fitted with a 6 cylinder side valve Dodge engine it gave him many hours of fishing and water skiing until the hull could no longer handle the big Dodge engine. It was slightly overpowered!!

In 1968 the Hartley was put to pasture and Paul became a shareholder, along with myself and another mate John Casey, in a new Caribbean Galaxy 16’ fishing/ski boat. Fishing and water sports continued in this boat for many years during the 1970s but it was pensioned off in the late 1970s.

Consequently we spent a lot of time under the boat until some passing sailor who actually knew what he was doing suggested that it might be a good idea to let the sheets go before we tried to stand the boat up.

He became a fleet owner in the mid 1970s when we formed a small fishing club and purchased an 18’ Swiftcraft half cabin. For well over a decade this boat was trailered to Eyre Peninsula for fishing expeditions. As a spectator I can add that notwithstanding the fact that time was allocated for fishing, there seemed to be an inordinate amount of time allocated to the consumption of seafood, beer and red wine. The ‘Swifty’ is still catching fish to this day.

The sailing bug finally caught hold when in the mid 1980s Paul added a 12’ Mari Cat to the fleet and proceeded to teach both himself and me to sail. He refused to ask anybody for help as he insisted “sailing was in his blood so it will come naturally”.

Consequently we spent a lot of time under the boat until some passing sailor who actually knew what he was doing suggested that it might be a good idea to let the sheets go before we tried to stand the boat up. It got easier after that!!

This dissertation relates only to his life as it was associated with water and boats. He was married to Judith for 43 years, raised a family, worked in banking and finance, ran a successful business in the timber industry and travelled extensively to the USA, Asia and recently to Europe. He was active on committees associated with the timber industry, local and state pistol shooting, CYCSA, and had input into a wine club. Be assured Paul did not die wondering! He left the game early but he played it as he saw it should be played. He left behind a lot of family and friends who will miss the camaraderie and robust discussions.

In 1987 he convinced me that we should get serious about this sailing stuff and after much searching we became the proud owners of the 42’ ferro cement sloop Contiki. Fortunately Contiki was bullet proof as the step from a 12’ Mari to a 42’ sixteen ton deep keeler was a large one. Ignorance is such bliss!

Then in 1990 we partnered again and purchased a partly finished 52’ steel hull and Phantom was born. Three years of weekends and nights completed the hull and finished the project. Phantom was launched in 1994 and gave Paul 16 years of cruising together with the social activity associated with overnight stays in marinas and hanging on a mooring. Paul loved nothing more than sharing a meal, red wine and discourse with fellow travellers.

A loyal friend, garrulous, generous and the consummate host. Sadly missed but not forgotten. Paul, may you always sail with a fair wind behind the beam.

Ken Amos Phantom

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Geoff Catt Commodore

Commodore’s Report

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s I quietly raise a glass of red to a good friend recently departed, I also think of other sailors who have the drive and courage to embark on extraordinary adventures – particularly if they are long and dangerous.

As I write this, Jessica Watson, 16 years of age, is all alone way down south in the Great Australian Bight heading for home via Tasmania’s South East Cape. By the time you read this, she’ll probably have been welcomed by tens of thousands of fellow sailors as she entered Sydney Harbour after becoming the youngest person ever to have sailed alone around the world non-stop – what an achievement – perhaps we can have her as a guest at our Club in due course.

And then we have a fellow club member Garry Golding who is currently the sole Australian entrant in the forthcoming Velux 5 Oceans Solo Around the World Yacht Race.

Departing from La Rochelle, France, on 17 October and sailing an Open 60, Garry is expected to finish in May/June 2011. Club members can read more details on page 26 and perhaps find an opportunity to support his challenging campaign.

While we have now entered the traditional “quiet” time of the boating season, activity

at the Club continues apace – the Marine Academy courses continue, the Board and management are preparing next year’s budget, the Racing Association’s Annual Presentation Night looms and essential maintenance on and off the water is attended to. In addition, the Fishing Association are planning the annual Seafood Dinner while the very popular and successful Boat Hop has been and gone for another year!

However, we all need to slow down and draw breath from time to time – to take time to appreciate what we have in life and to reflect on what we have as a Club. It’s often easy to assume that things just happen, that all we have to do is turn up and everything will be in place and operating perfectly.

Well, most of you also know that is not the case, that behind each Association and activity at the Club are a group of individuals who have passion and a desire to make things happen in a professional and enjoyable manner. From time to time we all need to put our hands up and say “what can I do to help? What skills do I have that can be used? How can I volunteer to share the load?” Fortunately, we have rarely been

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short of volunteers at the CYCSA, but it doesn’t mean that the various committees could not benefit from a few more helping hands from time to time. How can you help?

An example of the fantastic work done (often behind the scenes) by our staff and volunteers was highlighted in a letter I recently received from the Secretary of the Victorian 29er Association whose National Championships were hosted by the CYCSA in January. She said “The level of professionalism displayed by Simon Irving (Racing Executive), Jess Hargreaves (Racing Manager) and Mario Cataldi (Food and Beverage Manager) was exemplary. Due to their efforts and their well briefed team, the regatta ran more than smoothly, it was superlative” “….. the level of support given was above expectation”, “.. the staff and members made all of the competitors and support crews feel very welcome”, “.. nothing was too hard and all was accommodated”.

Again, very well done to all involved – you have enhanced the reputation of our Club.

Take time, appreciate life and enjoy the winter break.

Geoff Catt, Commodore

NEW BOATS This is another in the series of articles aimed at providing you with a little insight into a few of the ‘new’ boats to the Club over recent months. While not all are newly built, most are relatively new to the Club and others have moved to new owners within the Club. We warmly welcome all these ‘new’ boats and owners.

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nightwatch 1918 hamlac Anne and David Lymn are absolute newbies; new to the Club and new to sailing. Their teaching careers dominated their lives although they did find time to have two children (now flown the coop) and to engage in a few hobbies such as farming 20 acres of apples and running tearooms in Mount Gambier.

It’s now time to retire so they plan to spend some of their future chasing sweet winds over water. Of course they need to build their sailing skills and so have bought a Macgregor 26m. This boat is a good training ground for sailing and if anything goes wrong, they can drop the 50hp outboard and motor home.

They have loved the whole CYCSA experience to date. The boat is on hardstand 83 and they come down once or twice a week to continue with improvements. They consider the facilities available at the Club great and help make the whole boating experience a lot of fun. Their sailing journeys so far have been short, sharp but not so shiny but nevertheless are keen to improve and would thoroughly enjoy the opportunity to crew with experts.

Anne and David’s distant dream is to buy a nice Beneteau Clipper in Europe and sail it back home the long way. Currently they are going through a renaming process with the Macgregor. David wants to rename Hamlac to FAFN (a comment on how much they feel they know about sailing), but Anne wants to name it Lulu after her late mother.

Nightwatch 1918 was built in 1996 and Allan and Jan, as well as Mark and Carol Homes, are the third owners of this Hunter 29.5.

Its name has an interesting background as the original owners had connections with the winner of the 1918 Melbourne Cup, “Nightwatch”.

Allan has had an on and off connection with boats; beginning with canvas boats used to cross flooded creeks in the far north of South Australia, followed by fishing boats on Lake Albert, then 14 foot sailing dinghies and 26 foot “whalers” at the Royal Australian Naval College and at sea.

A fairly long gap, with little connection to boats, followed until he moved with his family to Brisbane and bought a Sabre 22 trailer-sailer for himself (and family) followed by a Sabot for sons David and Mark (now joint owners of Nightwatch 1918).

A move back to Adelaide brought a shift to NS14s at Brighton and Seacliff for Allan and Holdies and 303s for the boys. David moved to London to live and another “gap” in connections to boats followed but Mark’s interest grew and grew (so that he now races on boats at both the RSAYS and the CYCSA – SMB, Kaesler and Bottom Line).

Finally he convinced his “old man” and his wife Carol to buy a boat and so here we are (after Allan convinced Jan it was a good idea too).

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scooter too Scooter Too is a Kevlacat 3700 owned by Paul Edge and Dave Simons. Paul and Dave have grown up together and share a passion for boating and fishing having owned a number of their own boats over the years.

When Dave decided the time was right to purchase something bigger, Paul suggested they go halves. This decision has been a positive one for both owners as they share the same interests and fish together all the time and the shared costs makes it much easier on the wallet.

Scooter Too was originally made to order for Scott Salisbury, hence the name, and was later sold to a couple in Yeppoon, Queensland. The boat was repowered with Yanmar 315 HP engines and had new legs fitted prior to purchase and transport back to Adelaide and its new home at Marina West.

Paul and Dave fish the local Gulf waters with family and friends and venture to Port Lincoln once a year where they leave the boat for a few months and enjoy the fishing that area is renowned for. They have recently completed a trip to Coffin Bay fishing the Rocky and Greenly Island areas and had a fantastic time with great catches of Tuna, Samson fish and King George Whiting.

Paul and Dave look forward to many years of boating on Scooter Too which has proved itself to be an excellent sea boat and economical to run.

Travis and Susan Richter are the owners of the beloved yacht Serendipity. The 29 foot fibreglass yacht was built and launched at Port Adelaide in 1995. Its hull design, as its name suggests, is that of a Serendipity. The canopy at the bow of the vessel has a slightly more curvaceous shape than that of its more common 28 foot wooden counterparts. Its sleek lines and tinted windows certainly give it a modern touch.

Travis and Susan are relatively new to the sailing scene but in their short few years as sailors have learnt many an unwritten lesson. The pair spend most of their days on Serendipity either searching for that elusive fishing spot or sailing along Adelaide’s metropolitan beaches. The first fishing spot the duo plotted was a treasure trove of squid and snook. They were mindful to note its location with their faithful GPS unit and the fishing spot provided several fruitful voyages where they returned on one occasion with a snook fish over 80 cm in length. Alas these days were numbered. During the following summer season the pair found that the GPS memory had failed and all their favourite fishing spots were gone.

Susan and Travis one day hope to upgrade the boat to a larger live aboard catamaran and to also find that elusive fishing spot.

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Lexus Adelaide t Lincoln Race

Craig Hutton, Carioca receives his award from Sir James Hardy

Mark Johns skippered Aquila to line honours in the multihull division

Presentation photos by Gay Footer Adelaide/Lincoln photos by Greg Pratt www.paparazzi.com.au

Stefan Marcel accepts his award for War & Peace’s performance 88

Andrew Coletto can be pleased with Shining Seas’ third place in the PHS Division 1

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his year the weather forecasters got it mostly right except there was a bit more breeze than anticipated at the start of the race at 3pm. The Cruising Division which started at 11am had very light conditions but at least there was some breeze by 3pm.

It was a great run across the bottom of Yorke Peninsula and for some part of the race everybody got to park. There were definitely no records broken but in all, it was a pleasant, long, uneventful run.

Geoff Boettcher’s SMB3.5 had a great tussle with Scarlett Runner, a CC52 from the Sandringham Yacht Club, who took Line Honours and winner on IRC with SMB3.5, a Reichel Pugh 51, a close second. In PHS Division 1, Andrew Corletto’s Shining Sea came third and in Division 2, Ecio and Stefan Marcel’s War & Peace took second place with Craig Hutton on Carioca in third. In the Multihull Division, Aquila, skippered by Mark Johns, took the honours.

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he weather was fantastic for Lincoln Week with two races on the Monday, the long race on Tuesday, one on Wednesday followed

by Megga’s BBQ at Spalding Cove and the final two on Thursday.

IRC was hotly contested and Geoff Boettcher managed to pip Scarlett Runner so it made up somewhat for his loss in the race over.

The Presentation was held at the Port Lincoln Hotel and capped off a great week of sailing on flat water with sunshine – you can’t ask for better than that!

SMB3.5 took the honours in IRC with Scarlett Runner second and Two True, skippered by Andrew Saies, third. Shining Sea won the PHS Division and David Knights on White Knight won the Trailerables/Etchells Division.

Race Week photos by Tom McNab www.sharpshooting.com.au

Three yachts from the CYCSA, Liberator (Geoff Catt), Back Friday (Chris Wood) and Celebrity (Richard Pope), circumnavigated Tasmania during December, January, February and March and this article describes the first half of the trip from Adelaide to Hobart. In the next edition of Groundswell we will publish the balance of the voyage.

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Richard Pope at the helm of Celebrity

Pope and Cundy take the Zodiac off to find the famed Franklin 10

REACHING SOUTH TO KING ISLAND

KING ISLAND CREAM

We departed Adelaide at 1800 hours on Friday 4 December 2009.

We had southerly winds of 10 to 15 knots which required tacking down the Gulf with Cape Jarvis achieved by daylight with a good view of the wind farms. We then ventured south of The Pages and set course for the first waypoint located off the lee-shore of Robe.

The winds were favourable – approximately 60 degrees apparent and we sailed with full headsail and full main. After making the Robe waypoint we changed course to Tasmania and enjoyed a further two days of fast and steady reaching to reach the shores of Tasmania. One of the more sublime pleasures while at sea is the wonderful sense of grandeur that the ocean presents day after day.

The Zodiac was inflated and we hired a car from Currie Harbour.

Lionel drove out to collect us from Grassy after we had hitched a ride on the back of a farmer’s truck to Grassy township. All crews had cars and we headed to the King Island Cheese Factory where we sampled various local cheeses with particularly good double brie.

The weather forecast for Cape Sorrel indicated an unfavourable north-westerly wind was blowing - the strong flow from the Gordon River into Macquarie Harbour produces a dangerous wind against current phenomenon with large standing waves making entry hazardous. After much radio discussion between boats, the decision was made to change our heading to King Island. A large swell was running with waves crashing onto the southern point of King Island. The course to Grassy Harbour was complicated by craypots.

We then drove to Cape Wickam which is the tallest lighthouse in the southern hemisphere standing approximately 58 metres above sea level with the tower being 44 metres high and built of local granite stone. Numerous shipwrecks had occurred in this area including the Lock Leven.

Back to Currie and after some shopping for perishable goods and bait, we had Bulmer’s Cider and beer in the Currie Tavern with various locals. On King Island there is no crime and people usually leave their cars and homes unlocked and even leave their keys in the car. Dinner was had at the Boomerang Restaurant with magnificent views of Currie Harbour and the surrounding area. There were many paintings by a local artist, Caroline, on the walls.

GALE TO HELL’S GATES We left Grassy Harbour at 1800 hours Wednesday night with strong winds of 25 knots from the northwest. Wind speeds overnight were high with maximum gusts of 39 knots. We sailed with the third reef in and our orange storm jib set on the new inner forestay. We were glad it was dark and we could not see the height of the waves as the swell was moderate with some breaking waves on top. Back Friday dropped its mainsail overnight whereas we were fortunate to have a third reef.

Down below it was impossible to sleep as the boat was rocking from side to side but it was good to be horizontal and out of the wind for ...continued over page

FORTIES

Geoff Catt attempts to find out “where the hell they are...”

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ROA RING FORTIES

Main photo: Rafted up in Wombat Cove.

Top photo:Entering Hell’s Gates Liberator is visible ahead with Entrance Island just off the port bow.

Bottom photo: View of Port Davey from near the summit of Mt. Misery.

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...continued from over page a while. The cockpit was dry and comfortable apart from one rogue wave and there were numerous rain squalls overnight but these did not last long. Breakfast was hot porridge followed by King Island Double Brie in large helpings courtesy of John Chappell. It was a first for all of us to have Double Brie for breakfast but it did seem to settle our stomachs.

SOUTHERN CAPES TO RECHERCHE BAY

We arrived through Hell’s Gates in daylight with the three boats together. We circled in Pilot Bay and then all three yachts powered towards the Entrance Beacon. It was a very narrow entrance with rough water to port and low breakwater rocks on the starboard side. Entrance Island and a beacon was to port and we then hugged the shore to the second training wall and there were weatherworn timber houses on the starboard side.

The men were up early for a 0600 hours cast off. Sailing instructions were given to Recherche Bay by Geoff Catt. Celebrity took a cheeky route south of Breaksea Island to the East Pyramids between Shanks Isles and The Carolines. We motor sailed in gloomy conditions, leaving Flat Witch to starboard and De Witt Island to port. There were good views of Maatsuyker Island and we rounded South West Cape by 1300 hours and South East Cape several hours later.

Liberator, Back Friday and Celebrity proceeded to Double Cove where we anchored deep into the bay. We pumped up the Zodiac and joined Back Friday for celebratory drinks which continued for some time! All slept well after a strenuous night - relieved to be in a flat and stable environment.

South East Cape is one of the ‘Five Southern Capes of the World’ with the others being Stewart Island (NZ), Cape Horn, Cape of Good Hope and Cape Leuwin (Western Australia)

An excursion to Melaleuca Inlet was attempted– strong winds to gale force (43 knots) in Bathurst Bay. All yachts tried to anchor in a semi-protected bay but could not achieve a hold. We motored back to Wombat Cove for a late lunch (again!). Celebrity’s tender flipped in high winds and the Yamaha outboard had a swim.

We anchored safely in Recherche Bay at approximately 1600 hours and were later joined by the other yachts. The crew of Back Friday came on board for drinks.

UP THE GORDON After visiting Sarah Island, all boats motored up the Gordon River amid stunning scenery. The Gordon River has semi-vertical sides which are heavily wooded with both Huon Pine and many native Eucalypt and Acacia varieties and the contrasting green foliage was stunning .

D’ENTRECASTEAUX CHANNEL TO HOBART TOWN A BBQ was held on shore for all yacht crews. Modified beer cans were used as wine glasses! A post-lunch walk to Cockle Bay was undertaken with it’s interesting whaling history and early explorers’ visits in the early 1800s.

We continued beyond Halley’s Landing to Sir John Falls and rafted up with Celebrity against the floating wharf – we used the barge boards to minimise chafing. The crews walked inland on a boardwalk to a mythic location enhanced by low mist, heavy growth of moss and a thundering waterfall. We then walked down the Gordon to a hut. Kayakers come down the Franklin and are collected by the Southlander vessel from Strahan.

The Dutch navigator Abel Tasman landed here on 3 December 1742 and named Van Dieman’s Land – renamed to Tasmania in 1855.

Tasman had led the vessels Heenskerck and Zeehaen from Batavia.

Later the English mariners Tobias Furneaux, James Cook and William Bligh visited, as well as the Frenchman Bruni d’Entrecasteaux and Nicholas Baudin. Australian sailors Richard Pope, Mike Lane, John Chappell and Peter Cundy followed in 2009.

The intrepid explorers, Pope and Cundy, donned wet weather gear and proceeded in the Zodiac upstream on the Gordon River to locate the junction with the famed Franklin. After two miles the rate of progress slowed considerably due to more shallow water and hence stronger current. At times the five HP outboard was barely making any speed over the ground. A small island at the junction split the Franklin into two fast streams and we felt that the Leyland brothers would have been proud of our efforts.

The yachts raised anchors, sailed in strong south to southwest winds and anchored in a beautiful bay, The Quarries – and sunset G&Ts were enjoyed. We explored the bay the next morning and found the area where sandstone for Hobart’s fine buildings were mined.

We collected four dozen fresh oysters in the shallows – Chris Wood kindly shucked them on the stern platform of Back Friday and we ate them fresh in the dinghy.

The sail to North Bruni Island was in ideal conditions and sunshine.

Return of the mobile phone reception permitted much activity. After avoiding a collision with the North Bruni Ferry, we anchored in a secluded nook called The Duckpond in Barnes Bay.

At first light next morning, we inspected the even more thunderous waterfall as it had rained constantly overnight. All yachts departed at 0600 hours by motor with 20 miles to travel downstream before entering Macquarie Harbour in fresh conditions.

Peter Cundy and Richard Pope

HELL’S GATES TO PORT DAVEY We had a number of crew changes in Strahan with some having to return to work and we were joined by a number of intrepid “WAGS.” All yachts left Double Cove at 11am, Celebrity accompanied by Back Friday and Liberator leading the way. We motored to Hell’s Gates with two knots tide assistance. It was easy sailing down the coast overnight with a combination of sailing and motoring in confused but not unpleasant sea.

We arrived off Breaksea Island, Port Davey at 0500 with early light before sunrise, entered on the north side of Breaksea and proceeded to Wombat Cove where we breakfasted, rested then climbed through dense bracken using wombat tracks - great views. Late “lunch” at 4pm.

Rafted up at Sir John Falls, Gordon River, December 2009.

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RACING ASSOCIATION REPORT A

s we wind up yet another racing season it has been interesting to reflect on changes in racing over the past ten or so years.

Whether one can blame the global financial crisis or other contributing causes, the fact remains that many clubs have fewer true “racing” yachts out on the water than years ago. On the other hand, we have witnessed an increase in the popularity of “cruiser racers” (or “racer cruisers”!), particularly those designed to maximise the IRC rating system.

Two True is the perfect example of this type of racer, a yacht which can win one of the most prestigious races in the world on handicap then take her skipper and his wife cruising the following week. Super sleek carbon racers will always captivate our imagination and sit high on the wish list for many but the simple fact remains that such machines are beyond the financial reach of most of us.

Finalising a program to suit yachts of all shapes and sizes is like baking a sponge cake without a recipe: you know what you want to end up with, but getting the mix right is the trick. We are working closely with the RSAYS to plan a strong season of racing for anyone who wants to get out onto the water and our REX members welcome any feedback from those who are interested in being part of our next season.

The Racing Executive will always have a strong focus on setting optimum courses and offering highly competitive racing for those who want to race hard but we are also conscious that there are skippers among our Club members who enjoy a “friendly” race from time to time; those who perhaps may not have had a strong background in dinghy sailing or competitive sailing in any form and are therefore wary of approaching a congested start lines as an example. Our overall aim this coming season is to bring together as many boats as possible on the water and, to that end, we are looking at programming some “day sail” races along with our regular inshore and other Club series.

members have kindly offered to “mentor” any boat crews who are looking to expand their racing skills. Often skippers are loath to take aboard inexperienced crew for an inshore pointscore race but these “friendly” races offer an ideal middle step between Twilights and serious Club racing.

At a recent boat owners forum, held in conjunction with the RSAYS, which attracted 72 people in total (representing 19 CYCSA and 14 RSAYS yachts), some skippers raised the question of how we could involve juniors in our racing. Planning is still underway to finalise our program but we have responded to this particular point by including at least one “Junior Race Day” in our program. We hope that on this day our Club skippers will offer to take aboard junior sailors from school sailing teams along with some regular crew - it may even be possible to allocate a group from each school to individual boats and conduct a fun race. To enable those juniors who race at dinghy clubs along our coast to participate, we expect to conduct this Junior Race Day on a Sunday (date TBA). We hope that our skippers and racing members will recognise the value of showcasing keelboat racing to a new generation of sailors and support this new initiative.

In closing I would like to thank Andrew Saies who recently presented the Club with his very own Sydney to Hobart Tattersalls Cup. A replica of this historic trophy is awarded to the winning skipper each year and, thanks to Andrew’s generosity, it will now remain on permanent display at the CYCSA. I also wish to recognise the efforts of our Racing Executive and the long hours they devote to formulating our program each year and developing the relevant documentation. Also, I congratulate Jess Hargreaves on her excellent efforts since taking on the role of Racing Manager and I send a very big thank you on behalf of the REX to our very dedicated Duty Crew for their work throughout the season.

Traci Ayris, Chair, Racing Executive

These stand-alone races will also be ideal for those who may wish to practise using spinnakers in a race situation (which cannot be done on a Twilight) and for existing racing yachts who might like to take on and upskill potential crew members. Some experienced racing

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ell, we got the weather right, and we had a fantastic crowd for Crabbing Day 2010, but the crabs didn’t show up! It had to happen sooner or later. Still, it was a great social event for those that attended.

I would like to start by giving special thanks to the dozens of helpers who made it all happen leading up to, and on the big day. There are a few special mentions that need to be made; Glenda Smyth, for preparing the famous “chilli crab sauce”, Tim Marsh for setting up the crab cookers and Tim Vreeker (Modbury Mechanical & Exhaust) for providing the gas and managing the cooking along with Adam Laube. Thank you to the myriad of people who helped with setting up the tables and cleaning the cooked crabs.

It was great to have Armand Lemoine and his Cummins Diesel team involved in Crabbing Day again this year.

It was the generous sponsorship from Cummins that enabled us to provide under cover allocated seating for every guest this year, for the first time. That reminds me that we all should thank the ladies (especially my wife Tina!) who spent a whole day setting up and arranging seat allocations so that we could all sit with our various guests.

While the number of boats getting out to go crabbing was significantly down on previous years (16 sail and 15 power boats) there was certainly some spirited competition between the “Rag Hangers” and the “Stinkies”. As a proud “Stinkie” skipper myself, I was disappointed to have to concede on the day that the “Rag Hangers” comfortably out performed us “Stinkies” - 342 crabs to 212. Our total catch of 554 crabs was barely one third what we normally catch on the day! Fortunately there were enough cooked crabs for everyone to at least have a small serve. There were a few frantic visits to the local supermarket for snags to go with our salads to make up the shortfall in crabs and ensure that everyone had a filling lunch.

The ever popular awards for the crabbing activity went to the following boats and their various crews; • Largest Crab, Nipper to Nipper – Insalt • Largest Crab, Carapace – Santana • Largest Crab, Junior – The Reel Thing (Tory Palmer) • Most Crabs, Sail – Portia • Most Crabs, Power – Go North Congratulations to all the boats and crews that made the effort to catch our lunch and to those that won an award!

With the help of the Social Activities and Cruising Association Committees we also managed to raise more than $1,500 towards a new BBQ and shelter at Port Vincent Marina for CYCSA Club members to use. This is a new project being worked on by our Club Board, staff and Association Committees.

Good fishing, Peter Schembri, Chair, Fishing Association

Photos by Gerry Colella

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NEW BOATS

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aimless Margaret and Gordon Inglis joined the CYCSA last year and brought their Bayliner 285 from the Murray River at Mannum because of the problem with water levels. They then bought their current boat, a Bayliner 340 called AIMless, so called because their business name acronym is AIM and the idea of having the boat was to encourage them to do “less” work and more play.

Margaret and Gordon started sailing in 1975 on the West Coast of Scotland, Gordon racing in a Seamaster 25 and Oyster 38. After moving to Western Australia in 1983 and having a trailer boat which they used for fishing and waterskiing in the north west of WA, they moved to Perth and near to Hillarys Boat Harbour to continue with sailing pursuits. Children and horses then changed their lifestyle for a number of years and two years ago, being sans children and horses, they decided to ease back into leisure on the water.

Having spent 20 years in Western Australia, business brought the family to South Australia some eight years ago and membership of CYCSA was also seen as a way of making more new friends with a similar interest. It is their intent to ease out of business gradually and become more involved in the activities of the Club.

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EASTER POWER BOAT RALLY – PORT LINCOLN

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ur destination for Easter this year was Port Lincoln and surrounds, as many of the Club’s larger power boats were already based there over the summer months, enjoying cruising and fishing in what must be some of the State’s best waters.

Unfortunately the weather over the weekend was at best “patchy”, with lower than expected temperatures especially at night, strong winds that disrupted our initial plans to visit offshore islands, and even an inch of rain one night. Nonetheless, crews from 9 power boats (and one yacht) participated at some time or other over the weekend.

The inaugural “Baddeley Cup” cricket match between Riviera owners (almost everyone) and the “others” was played and won convincingly by the “Rivs”, followed by the comedic highlight of the day, rubber duckie races around the anchored boats. Three races produced 3 different winners as a result of much bribery, cheating and handicapping.

All in all a great day of fun followed by a “back of boat” BBQ in the marina until well into the night.

Friday saw all boats in and around Port Lincoln and a well attended get together party was held in the marina around the 6 boats berthed there. There was food (and drink) aplenty, including Jim Smyth’s now famous Soused Fish, made from freshly caught local snapper.

Saturday ended up being a lazy day, probably just as well after Friday night’s indulgence. The weather forced a postponement of our planned beach picnic and cricket match offshore until Sunday when the conditions were kinder; no 25k winds.

The morning saw six boats make their way to a small sandy beach at the far end of Spalding Cove where we ferried our crews, lunch

Photos by Teresa Baddeley and Carole Buik

and cricket gear to the beach in our rubber duckies and set up in a sheltered bay for the day.

Monday dawned bright and calm and while some opted to go fishing, 26 of us gathered at the marina hotel for lunch on the deck.

While enjoying good food and pleasant company Ray Baddeley presented his imaginative and appropriate trophy (see photo below) to the winning beach cricket team. It was the perfect conclusion to a very enjoyable Easter Weekend.

Special thanks to Glen Spear, Lifestyle, for helping with the organisation, Teresa Baddeley and Carole Buik for photos and Ray Baddeley, Real Action, for his support of the Beach Cricket.

Keith Degenhardt, D/Chair, Cruising Association

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Cleaning the hull fron aground up...

Boat photos by Anja Richards and John Sibly Background photo by Trevor Paynter

Sundowners aboard Kekada

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cruising Association

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ood Friday 7.30 am: A briefing was held in the Patio and was well attended by a dozen or so cruisers including some new Cruising Association members who were welcomed. Some basic chart diagrams with map references and hints of the journey were handed out and discussed. Soon members began making their way to the Cutter Patch, near Troubridge Island. We had a mixed weather sail on the way down with early breezes being very light to over 20 knots by arrival time. The wind stayed at 20+ knots all night. Some boats had trouble anchoring and one member was able to lend another an anchor to assist them. Unfortunately the strong winds prevented people getting together for the usual sundowners. Also at the Cutter Patch were five CYCSA boats on the way to Port Lincoln for an extended cruise.

Saturday morning most of the boats headed to Stansbury and arrived early afternoon. It was still quite breezy and the tide was very low. A couple of boats ran aground briefly, one about 50 metres out from the spit beacon and a couple amongst the CYCSA moorings which was unusual but worth remembering. Holding is not great at Stansbury and one new member, who was also new to his boat, dragged during the night and ended up in the Oyster Leases. Fortunately, the weather calmed and all worked out well, his boat laying over in a clearing amongst the poles. Apart from sleeping on a difficult angle and hurt pride there was no damage.

That night saw better weather than the previous evening and sundowners were enjoyed on Milou with crew from about eight boats.

An early morning dive on the wire-fouled prop of the grounded vessel supported the captain’s decision of the previous night, not to cut the anchor chain to perhaps assist in the process of being towed free as suggested by a volunteer local power boat. At dawn, with help from other Cruising Association members, the boat was moved away from the stakes and danger but there was not enough time, with the outgoing tide, to get them clear before they were again aground.

During the dive the prop was cleared of a large ball of old electrical cable and the boat readied for the incoming tide. Later that afternoon they motored away from the stakes surrounding the Oyster Beds at Stansbury to the cheers from the boats anchored nearby. A CYCSA mooring became available, the wind dropped and they were assured of a pleasant and safe night.

By now it was Sunday and time for the traditional Easter barbecue on the lawns. Some more CYCSA boats arrived and there was now a large group, nice weather with nice people and a good afternoon was enjoyed by all. Sunday evening we enjoyed sundowners on Kekada, thank you to Don and Anja.

Monday morning and most headed back to the CYCSA. Another great weekend where the benefits of cruising in company shone brightly and we all learnt something.

Thanks to all those who attended especially the new members, thanks to the helpers and those who encouraged the challenged and told of their own similar experiences. We look forward to seeing you all out there next opportunity.

John Sibly, Chair, Cruising Association (For those who left their BBQ tools at Stansbury, please see Anja.)

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he pinnacle of New South Wales offshore sailing beckons the mariner with promises of an exciting landfall, gorgeous beaches, stunning mountains, and an outstanding selection of restaurants. Can’t wait to go? A number of challenges will face the sailor leaving Sydney who wishes to visit this speck in the middle of the Tasman Sea.

Lord Howe Island lies 414 nm north east of Sydney at 31º34’S, 159º02’E. It is roughly the latitude of Port Macquarie and the rhumb line course is 060º. Timing of the trip is never easy and there is really no ideal window in which to do an out and back voyage from Sydney. What is favourable on one leg will punish you on the return. Sadly, it is not uncommon to have headwinds in both directions. Of course, some yachts continue on to New Zealand or other easterly destinations. Lord Howe Island is a clearance port. Our two trips have been in early November.

The East Australian Current flows south along the continental shelf at anything up to four knots.

In the presence of southerly wind, this can and does precipitate a nasty wind-against-tide effect.

Naturally, a nice sou’easter would be ideal for the course. A common strategy to overcome this barrier is to sail north close to the coast before making a sharp turn east, thus minimizing the exposure to the current. On our last trip to Lord Howe we made the turn at Port Stephens but some yachts will gain even more northing. On that occasion we had 20-30 knots of southerly which made for a very wet and wild beam reach across the current. Typically, after the southerly, there will be a transient calm spell in which the motor may be needed for up to 24 hours. Following this a north east flow will often predominate giving at least 200nm of windward work. With this knowledge many yachts will sail north to the expected wind shift and then fetch into the island along its latitude.

Club member Bevan Purvis and his wife Jan sailed to Vanuatu last year and planned to go via Lord Howe Island about which they said they would write an article for Groundswell. Bad weather meant that they were unable to go into Lord Howe and while anchored in Port Sandwich in Vanuatu some time later they met up with a couple from Sydney, David and Andria McKay, on board their yacht Diomedea.

They had sailed to Lord Howe from Sydney and offered to write an article for us.

To complicate the passage further is the presence of sea mounts. Rising from the 4000m abyssal plains they approach to within 100-200m of the surface and lie on the rhumb line. In gale conditions it is likely that the sea state will be most unfavourable and it is usual for yachts to avoid these areas.

The approach to the island is straightforward. By virtue of its 1000m peak and associated cloud cap, the landfall will be made at 50nm out. It is quite a mystical experience to see these spires appear in the middle of the ocean highlighted by dawn’s glow. Just bear in mind that the waters at 20nm out become relatively shallow and seas can become worse. Perhaps the main barrier to overcome is entry to the island’s anchorage. The northern side of the island is not recommended due to poor holding and foul ground. The area was the scene of the infamous HMS Nottingham incident on Wolf Rock.

On our last visit, a yacht had dragged and washed up onto one of the northern beaches. The lagoon is on the southern side and there are three anchorages. The north channel will admit yachts with up to 2.2m draft while the Erschott’s Pass allows a slightly shallower draft yacht into the “Comet Hole”.

The third anchorage is more an exposed roadstead but accepts deeper draft vessels. In general, anchoring on the southern side is not permitted. All vessels staying here have to use a mooring. This is a real bonus as tidal flows would make anchoring a nightmare. The moorings are well maintained and not expensive. Yachts are not allowed to enter the lagoon unless guided by a pilot and never at night as there are no beacons. The pilot will also require that entry is done near the top of the tide.

If arrival has occurred during strong southerly conditions the pilot will not allow entry at all until the weather moderates. Some yachts have been forced to turn around at the landfall without stopping and return to the NSW coast.

Entry to the lagoon itself is always entertaining due to the narrow and shallow reef passes, one of which is adorned with visible shipwrecks on either side, a de facto channel marking system. Once in the lagoon your yacht will be directed to a mooring. A robust dinghy with good outboard is necessary for the trip ashore as there is no other means of landing. There are no marinas or useable jetties and no tender service. The final obstacle is one of comfort. The tide races through the lagoon often holding yachts beam on or stern to wind and chop. For this reason, many sailors will book accommodation ashore for the duration of the intended stay. Typically this requires full payment weeks in advance. This is not refundable in the event of non-arrival ashore. Accommodation is booked directly with the lodges. We have found 4-5 days to be an appropriate stay. Cases of alcohol can be flown out to the island for no charge. Lord Howe Island is an extraordinarily beautiful place.

The twin towering peaks provide an excellent backdrop to the lagoon and its coral reefs. The ancient cloud forest on Mount Gower is a transport to another world and well worth the arduous climb.

There are a myriad of activities on the island including numerous walks, bird watching, biking, surfing, snorkelling, scuba, deep sea fishing, golf, kayaking, and of course, dining out. The 15nm boat trip to Ball’s pyramid is an awesome experience if the weather is good. It is usually easier to go in a local fishing boat rather than your own yacht for the reasons mentioned previously, unless you do it upon your departure. You may even sample freshly caught yellow fin tuna along the way.

Assuming that the sailor is returning to Sydney, the same set of barriers exist in reverse order. In our experience a succession of south west cold fronts arrive in the Tasman just as we wish to depart.

To avoid a forced departure into these conditions, one needs to have a flexible agenda. Getting out through the reef passes in a strong southerly flow can be hair-raising. As the front passes, the wind will back slowly such that a course of WNW can be sailed. As the high comes across, more favourable northerlies appear but again, a calm spell may be problematic. At the end of the day, all one really has to do is sail west. You can’t miss the mainland. We generally allow a minimum of two weeks for a return trip to the island working on the assumption of three nights at sea each way.

The voyage to Lord Howe Island is definitely a challenge. I personally consider it in the same league as a Sydney to Hobart race due to the exposure of the mid-Tasman course and the capricious nature of the weather. However, Lord Howe Island is truly an outstanding destination bringing many rewards to the prudent mariner. Prepare thoroughly, be patient and flexible, sail in a well-found vessel, and this gem will be yours.

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cruise to lord howe island

Resources:

Harbourmaster is Sgt Buckley of the local police.

There are twice daily flights to LHI from Sydney.

Diesel and water are available.

Charts: AUS 610, AUS 4602, Navionics and C-Map cartridges for plotters.

Pilot: Cruising the NSW Coast by Alan Lucas.

Communications: SSB radio 1. Des Renner at Opua Offshore Communications will do a twice daily sked and provide weather on 6516. opuaoffshore@xtra.co.nz 2. Kordia will do a sked and forward a position report to a land contact. www.kordia. com.au/converged_solutions_maritime_safety_communications_services 3. By private arrangement with a NSW VMR station such as Newcastle.

4. Use a pactor modem to enable email via HF radio. http://www.pca.cc/ Iridium Satellite Phone - for email and voice with land contact. Excellent for weather information using GRIB files. www.iridium.com There is no mobile phone service on the island.

Visit the met office on Lord Howe Island airport for up to date weather information during your stay.

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Importing a Yacht

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his is the tale of our experiences with purchasing a yacht in the USA and importing it into Australia. We have discovered that it is not always the same for everyone. Long distance purchases can be fraught with risks and finding a reputable dealer is to be recommended. In our instance we purchased the vessel from a private individual. This involved a bit of trust on our part in as much we sent a cash deposit (by bank draft) to the vendor hoping that in the first place they actually owned the vessel they were selling and secondly that they didn’t just stop communicating with us and disappear. It would be almost impossible to recover the funds and probably cost more than the actual deposit to do so. In our case we were dealing with a true yachtie.

Next was organising the survey: we were fortunate to be referred to the American Marine Surveyors Association. The person recommended turned out to be excellent, surveying it under sail and again on the hard. We were wondering how to arrange payment to the surveyor when they only accept cash or “check”. Luckily the vendor wrote out the cheque on our behalf and we reimbursed them after the event via PayPal (this was before our deposit draft had arrived so a two way street in the trust department).

With a satisfactory survey the next step was the flight over to inspect the vessel and hand over the balance. In our case I carried two drafts, one for the finance company and one for the vendor. The vendor had been very open about the fact that the vessel was under finance.

To get Australian Ship Registration, we needed amongst many things, a document from the US Coastguard stating that they had deleted the vessel from their register. To do this they needed confirmation, from any financial interests in the vessel, that the debt had been cleared.

So I returned to Adelaide with a notarised bill of sale saying that I was the owner but without registration papers for any country. The US does not allow non-US citizens to own a US documented ship and the Australian end could not yet be finalised.

We were fortuitous in our choice of state for the location of the sale.

Most US states have a sales tax on any purchase but if you are not a resident of that state usually (each state is different) they give you a period of time to leave the state to avoid this tax – typically 30 to 90 days. In our instance Maryland gives you 30 days but time spent on the hard is not included in this calculation so as long as we kept her out of the water at a documented marina we did not have to pay the sales tax.

Upon returning to Australia I waited for the arrival of the certificate from the US Coastguard. Upon receipt, the Australian registration process was relatively painless – Builder’s Certificate, Coastguard

Registration Deletion Certificate, Notarised Bill of Sale and a Statutory Declaration and some money completed the process.

Returning to the US we had 30 days to leave the state but before we could move the yacht we needed a cruising permit. Again a painless step with a trip to the Homeland Security and Border Protection Offices in Baltimore to be issued with a 12 month cruising permit at no cost (one of the rare perks of being an Australian). Note: unless you get a US Visa you are also supposed to have a return flight airline ticket even if you are planning to leave by yacht.

Upon arrival in Australia we were issued with a cruising permit, to travel from our point of entry back to Adelaide, where the yacht was then considered to be in “customs bond” until we had completed the import process. I initially approached an agent to do this, but when the initial quote tripled quite quickly, I decided to try to do this myself.

Customs in Adelaide could not have been friendlier. They assisted us every step of the way, from which forms to fill out to creating accounts for us (and the US vendor) in their computer system, to allow the process to continue, for a small fee. As the yacht was entirely manufactured in the US we were only liable for the GST component for customs. If it was built outside the US we would also have been liable for an additional 5% import duty.

In our case we had sailed the yacht back home so, instead of just adding the freight costs etc to the purchase cost to determine how much GST is applied, the way the cost is calculated for customs purposes is to take the cost price of the vessel, convert to Australian dollars based on the exchange rate on the actual departure date from the US port, add the cost of airfares to the US for all crew members, crew hire costs (if applicable), cost of food (excludes alcohol!!) and fuel for the journey, any port and canal fees and the cost of maps, charts, pilot books and so forth1. To finalise the import we also had to have another quarantine inspection which is on a cost basis.

On top of all this, if you do decide to import the boat yourself, you also need a spare eight months to sail back. All up we believe we saved about 10% off the current price of purchasing an equivalent yacht in Australia and got a “free” East Coast and Pacific cruise thrown in – the saving is very dependent on the fluctuating exchange rates and is not guaranteed. If we had used an agent or broker for the whole process, and had the vessel shipped back, we believe there would not have been much difference to purchasing in Australia.

Although this would have certainly been a lot less risky, it would have been nowhere near as much fun!

Don Richards (Kekada) 1

Editors Note: Please see “www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4365” for a detailed explanation of costs.

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nce again, the annual Boat Hop proved to be very popular. Perfect balmy weather, 12 boats and 120 fellow Hoppers. This year’s Boat Hop was kindly sponsored by our good friends from North South Yachting.

Guests were greeted with award winning sparkling wines to sample while they registered and then wandered down to their choice of boat, all of which were cleaned, dressed up and open for Boat Hop guests.

Eight times the horn sounded (kindly provided by CYC1), alerting guests that it was time to move on to the next boat and the next set of wines to sample.

At 6pm, all gathered in the BBQ area for a sumptuous feast of prawn cocktails, followed by a superb feed of spit roasted pork and lamb with all accompaniments. Spectacular desserts followed with complimentary tastings of dessert wines and port. These and the other wines that were available on the participating boats, can be ordered by going to the www. adelaidecellardoor.com.au website.

Kaesler wines were also offering ‘hoppers’ tastes of their top quality wines and these can be viewed at www.kaesler.com.au The draw for the sponsor’s prize of a $500 travel voucher and two VIP tickets to the Sydney Boat show was drawn by Bob Mulkearns from North South Yachting and won by our own Libby Stephens (Equanimity).

The sponsor’s prize presentation was followed by the three beautiful Las Chicka Bomba Samba Girls, who stole the show, then the band Black Magic kicked off with music that got everyone bopping along to work off the day’s degustation.

A special thank you to the committee, their husbands and the very willing volunteers on the day - you helped make this a sensational day. We hope to see you all next time.

Jacqueline Heffernan, Chair, Social Activities Committee Photos by Trevor Paynter

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Garry Golding, a Club member for some seven years but currently based in Queensland, together with his partner, Cheryle Rayson, have embarked on an adventure of a lifetime. Garry has been accepted as an entrant in the Velux 5 Oceans Race for 2010-2011 and in this abbreviated article, Cheryle writes about how this obsession grew and the process and work that has got them where they are today. We wish Garry good luck with the project. Cheryle will keep us up-to-date as the race goes on. For the full article and additional information and pictures go to www.garrygolding.com

THE VELUX 5 OCEANS RACE 2010-2011 “It all started with a casual look “just to see what is on the market”! A few emails to and fro with an international boat broker and hey presto, next thing he just strolls past and drops his nomination in for the Velux 5 Oceans 2010-2011”.

subsequently the Around Alone. To date 123 boats have crossed the start line with 79 finishing the course. Ten Australian boats have taken part since the first race, with a total of eight skippers - Neville Gosson, Ian Kiernan, John Biddlecombe (2), Kanga Birtles, David Adams (2), Don McIntyre, Alan Nebauer and Neil Hunter.

Early in 2009, Garry was scanning the boat sites just to see what’s on the market – after sailing back from the US the idea of “Around the World Solo – for the Australian Record” was gathering momentum and he was just keeping his eye open for the “next” boat. He found a yacht or two and was corresponding with the brokers when an Open 60– the ex Aviva came to his attention. By this time there seemed to be a list of other potential buyers wanting the boat. But confirmation came through, it was ours. Contracts were exchanged on a Friday and they informed us our boat was booked in for a lift and a survey on the Wednesday – in the UK!!! We had to quickly book an airfare, book a surveyor and just turn up.

Leg destinations change from race to race, but this year they are: • Leg 1 – La Rochelle, France to Cape Town, South Africa • Leg 2 – Cape Town to Wellington in New Zealand • Leg 3 – Wellington to Salvador in Brazil • Leg 4 – Salvador to Charleston, USA • Leg 5 – Charleston to La Rochelle Each leg is a sprint to the next destination and you may be lucky enough to get three to four weeks in each port before having to head back out.

Getting ready for the Race

It was while Garry was between Australia and London that we were advised the boat had not left France due to bottom fouling and adverse weather. The gear box didn’t start the day the yacht was to be taken back to London for the survey lift. Consequently, the survey was moved to France and the lift delayed by a day so that everyone could get there.

The survey was OK and we then had to finalise settlement in 14 days.

However, the owners insisted the yacht had to be in the UK at that time (some legal/tax requirement). So important was this issue to them they organised a tug boat tow from France and she arrived into the Marina at midnight. After all the rush and haste, days turned to weeks and the settlement was finalised on 5 November 2009, some two months later.

Getting ready for the start line is an absolutely HUGE task – Garry’s in the UK working on getting the mast organised, co-ordinating with boat yards and getting ready to start the work needed to have her back in the water so he can do his qualifying leg. We know there is lots to do.

There is endless reading of the “Notice of Race” and the special rules for the “Eco 60 Class” for yachts built before 2003 – they are the tried and tested machines, proven in the toughest oceans around the world with a pedigree of success. The focus is to take a message of sustainable living around the world by implementing rules that limit the use of fossil fuel consumption and encourage wind and solar power.

These new regulations are designed to improve the ecological and environmental impact on the planet.

While all this is going on I was organising Australian Registration – her new name is OZ.

The Boat

The yacht must have two life rafts that meet the specifications. We have one in the UK with the yacht and we have one in Australia that meets the specs, but you just can’t imagine how hard it is to get a life raft from Australia to the UK – it’s a nightmare. And then there is the medical kit – I’m sure it would service a MASH unit for a month. Garry has to do a medical course in France to know how to use the gear in the kit under the race doctor’s instructions should it be required.

We must locate and buy immersion suits and small diving bottles but the catch is you can’t get a diving bottle filled unless you hold an “international diving” ticket.

OZ was built in 1998 – designed by Groupe Finot for an attempt at a solo circumnavigation in the Vendée Globe 2000 and sailed as Team Group 4 and Ecover, then as Hellomoto and then acquired by record breaking yachtswoman Dee Caffari as Aviva.

OZ is a very competitive boat with canting keel and water ballast and is built of carbon fibre.18.26 metres in length, with a beam of 5.81 metres and a draught of 1.8 metres, she displaces 8.5 ton.

Garry gets mast from Hugo Boss (ex Pindar)

The yacht needed a new mast and Garry had to think about how this would be done. He had ideas about building a new mast himself or finding a second hand one. As it happened, Garry was staying on the yacht during Xmas when he was contacted by Alex Thomson from Hugo Boss who had a spare mast, from the new yacht he had bought, that he was happy to sell to us for a great price, together with all her sails.

Garry thought it was a great Xmas gift! The mast needs to be modified a little, but it all seems achievable. To work all this out, Garry did heaps more research on the mast and to do this he had to look at all the boats that had or would be starting the next Barcelona Race and the Velux 5 Oceans. To make things more realistic, Sir Robin Knox-Johnson’s yacht he used in the last Velux, is sitting just across the water from Garry and the Velux 5 Oceans office is in the same marina – so after a little more research Garry went and dropped in a nomination form and paid the deposit in February 2010 to join the Velux 5 Oceans race for 2010-2011 which leaves La Rochelle in France on 17 October 2010. His idea of “Solo Around the World for the Australian Record” just got a minor variation.

Garry has just finished updating his ISAF Offshore Safety and Sea Survival courses. He did one in 2007 with the US Coast Guard and prior to that with the CYCSA in 2005 with David Woods. We often comment that the course at the CYCSA in many respects was “world class” compared to what we have also undertaken overseas. We had the luxury of the RAAF telling us about the Bullimore rescue (this story is a little too close to home now) and nights at the CYCSA with Hugh Grantham telling us about “real” first aid at sea are the best we have come across. It’s easy sometimes to think we are “just from Adelaide” because other states would like us to believe we are less important than them, but it is really important to remember some of the best talent comes from our local Club – just look at who won the last Sydney-Hobart – congratulations Two True.

To date we are completely self funded - we have the yacht, we are the only nomination from Australia but we are seeking sponsorship to make it a truly successful campaign. If anyone has ideas, please get in touch. info@GarryGolding.com or Cheryle on 0414 882 575.

The Race - five ocean sprints with a gruelling 30,000 mile marathon solo circumnavigation of the planet

We will of course give you a running progress report for the lead up to the race and during the race. If there are questions you’d like to ask, or ideas about what you’d like to see covered, just let us know. Until the next update, fair sailing.

The race has already begun – the biggest challenge is getting to the start line but with plenty of time to enjoy the Race Village before the start. The Velux 5 Oceans is the original single-handed race run every four years around the world and was established in 1982 as the BOC Challenge and

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