Groundswell December 2009

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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 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 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 Richard Parkes 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

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t was a fantastic Opening Day this year with the whole Club being totally absorbed in the atmosphere. Thanks go to our Commodore, Geoff Catt, other Flag Officers, Chris Morphett and Rob Sellick, along with Craig Evans and all the staff for the time and effort ensuring a successful event.

Please note that next year’s Opening Day is being held earlier to avoid other major functions such as the Christmas Pageant and the International Horse Trials. The date is Saturday 23 October 2010.

Congratulations once again to Jacq Heffernan for being awarded Volunteer of the Year. Also congratulations to our newly awarded 25 year members.

Thank you to all those who participated in the Environmental Sunday on Sunday 8 November.

Your contribution was greatly appreciated.

I spent more money than I had anticipated during the Mouse Cup event organized recently by the Social Activities Association. Being my first time I never thought the competition would be so strong. Much fun was had by all in attendance.

The Board of Management and Flag Officers recently spent an afternoon reviewing the Master Plan so that it can be updated to reflect the changing needs of the Club and its time frames.

Many projects were highlighted as being urgent and will be acted upon appropriately. The Board has recently appointed Woods Bagot to be our architects for the Clubhouse refurbishment. It is our intention to perform a total review of the Clubhouse design followed by detailed plans of the more critical areas. This will provide for future development in a planned and structured manner. The areas highlighted for immediate attention are the office, patio and bar. Draft plans should be available early next year for members review. The initial project will be staged to ensure minimal disruption for members.

The Ceremony Area has now been completed and looks great. Thanks go to all involved with the project. Having this area to offer our Functions Team is a bonus and will attract reservations owing to its appeal.

Recording the Club’s history is an important subject and one which the Board wants to address in the short term. A committee is now being formed to determine guidelines and the appointments of key contracts. Contributions will be welcomed once the book contents have been decided. You will certainly be informed in more detail once the programme has been organised.

The summer season is rapidly approaching and soon many members will be cruising South Australian waters during the holidays.

On behalf of the Board I wish you all a safe and happy Festive Season.

John Gerard, President

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

Please note that next year’s Opening Day is being held earlier to avoid other major functions such as the Christmas Pageant and the International Horse Trials. The date is Saturday 23 October 2010.

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Cover Photo: Participants experience rigorous simulated situations during the Marine Academy’s Safety Sunday.

Photo by Trevor Paynter

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Craig Evans Executive Officer

At the Helm

CLUB NEWS

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elcome to the December edition of Groundswell and the start of the new boating season.

The quieter winter trading months at the Club are certainly well behind us and it is great to once again see many members back at the Club enjoying the facilities and participating in the various functions and events that we have on offer.

Summer certainly came early this year with one of the warmest Opening Days that I can remember. Temperatures of around 40 degrees did not seem to deter too many with a large number of members and friends turning out to welcome in the new season.

Royal visit at the CYCSA

The Governor of SA accompanies HRH Duke of Kent on his informal visit to the CYCSA on 10.10.2009.

It was the CYCSA’s great honour to recently welcome His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, together with His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce, Governor of South Australia, to our Club. The Duke of Kent was primarily in Adelaide to launch the new Royal Institute of Australia; however on Saturday 10 October both His Royal Highness and His Excellency visited various developments on LeFevre Peninsular and took the opportunity to break away from what had been a few hectic days to spend several hours with us at the Club. In perfect weather conditions we boarded Serenity with Peter and Barbara Page and motored down the coastline anchoring off of Glenelg for lunch before returning to watch our racing fleet in the first race of the season.

The Club’s hospitality area has once again been recognised by the Australian Bridal Industry by winning a number of awards again for the fourth consecutive year.

Congratulations to the food and beverage staff on this great achievement and in particular our Functions Manager, Michelle Matte.

‘WE’RE CERTIFIED!’

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YCSA has now been formally certified by TQCSI against the international standards for quality management (ISO 9001), environmental management (ISO 14001) and OHS management (AS 4801). We will be able to use the certification marks, pictured above, to promote our certification.

We’re the only marina in Australia, and probably the world, that has achieved certification against all three standards. Certification includes the Marina East, Marina West, boat ramp and Port Vincent Marina.

Our integrated Business Management System (BMS) is the framework for us to manage all CYCSA activities and is based on continual improvement. The BMS is managed by our Administration Manager, Jenny Krogdahl.

Members can help us by letting us know of any concerns, complaints and ideas. You can email them to reception@cycsa.com.au, use the Maintenance Reporting Log at Reception or simply, advise one of our staff. We then enter every issue into our computerised reporting system, ‘CYCSA Track’, to ensure the issue is dealt with.

New Years Eve “Patio Party” • • • • • • • •

Come and see in the new year under the patio!!

Comprehensive buffet from 6pm $25 per head includes a glass of bubbly or beer $15 for kids under 16 Great family atmosphere Music all night Piñata Cocktail/Drink specials all night

Book now to reserve your table!!

Over the years a number of Club members have made comment about the coexistence of external type functions, like weddings, with the Club’s core membership and boating business. I must admit at times it is a delicate balancing act, however the income generated from such events significantly assists the Club by providing the staff and facilities that members have grown to expect while maintaining our relatively low membership fees.

We do however recognise the need for a physical separation of member and non-member activities and we are attempting to address this. Our first effort in achieving this can be seen in the creation of the Club’s new ceremony area. The new ceremony area is located to the west of the existing function room and has direct access into the clubhouse through a new entrance. I would like to thank one of our members, Carolyn Corletto, who made my initial idea come to reality with her excellent landscape design, and our gardener, Rob Gray and his team, who put it all together. Next time you are at the Club please take a moment to have a look at this new facility.

To assist not only in the next phase of this separation but also to consider the future of the clubhouse facilities generally the Club’s Facilities Committee has selected Woods Bagot Architects to look at a redesign of the clubhouse to meet the needs of the members and also service the needs of external functions. We look forward to being able to share the results of their work with you in 2010.

A new shop for the Boat Ramp The construction of Marina West resulted in the removal of the bait and tackle shop from our North Haven boat ramp property around 18 months ago. I am happy to advise that we have signed a sublease with new operators who will commence trading as a bait, tackle and kiosk business from the existing Coast Guard building. The new operators are no strangers to the business and have been successfully running a similar operation at St Kilda boat ramp for many years. Please make our new tenants welcome and consider them when you are next after bait and tackle or a bite to eat.

In closing I would like to thank the volunteers that have been involved in the refurbishment of the Club’s work boat CYC2 (Cougar Cat). This project was not as large as the recent restoration of CYC1, however it is no less important and now the CYCSA boasts three outstanding Club vessels to assist in our activities. Thank you to all involved and particular thanks to John Collett, Bill Walker, Ray Evans and Ron Yates for your tireless work once again. I would also like to acknowledge the outstanding support from Jim and Leica Theordore of Port River Marine Services that provided the haul out, accommodation and spray painting of the vessel at an extremely low cost to the Club, thank you from all of us.

On behalf of the staff at the CYCSA I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Safe boating.

Craig Evans, Executive Officer 4

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The Marine Academy and the CYCSA Safety Day

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he Marine Academy has had a busy winter once again with planning and promotion for the coming season. You may have seen AbFab on display for Opening Day with new promotional banners and signs. A new Marine Academy brochure (see cover opposite) will also be distributed to help promote courses to be run this year. Thanks to MA supporter Trevor Paynter for some fantastic new logos and design work. As usual, our most popular courses have been Coastal Navigation and Competent Crew for Keelboat Sailing.

The main focus during the spring months are the safety courses held at the Club. During the last ten years safety has become the main focus for all those going to sea especially for yacht racing competitors. The range of safety equipment available has grown and requirements put on boaties by governing bodies has increased even more so. The main focus of skippers and boat owners has now become the safety of all crew at all costs.

In this state, Transport SA has tightened up on the safety equipment lists and put a lot more emphasis on inspecting boats at ramps and marinas to ensure compliance. More changes increasing the requirements for semi-protected waters are currently being discussed.

406 MHz EPIRBs are now a must have item on all boats venturing to sea from North Haven. Requirements for Category 3 and 6 racing have also been tightened by Yachting Australia as more safety equipment becomes available. Personal safety gear including locator beacons now see racing crew having to carry safety ‘bum-bags’ to accommodate all equipment. One such change is the requirement for a minimum number of crew from each boat to have a current safety certificate. For all CYCSA offshore races at least half the crew must have a current CYCSA Safety Day Certificate or equivalent. For the Sydney to Hobart Race (Cat 1) at least half must hold a current Safety and Survival at Sea (SSSC) Certificate.

The CYCSA Safety Day is held at least once a year, usually in September.

At a reasonable cost of $30 per member, not only is it a requirement for offshore racing but an extremely valuable session for any yachtie or powerboat enthusiast. Run predominately by volunteers, the day includes sessions on man overboard, heavy weather sailing, boat organization and an update on the latest changes in marine safety regulations. The highlight of the day is the magnificent BBQ lunch followed by the flares demonstration and then a chance to get in the water for the wet drills. These drills include practising with lifejackets

and life rafts and the famous conga line for swimming in a group. Many thanks to the volunteers on the day. Look out for Safety Day in September each year. A pre-Lincoln Race Safety Day may be held in early February if required. If you are doing the Lincoln Race and need the ticket contact the Race Office.

SSSC is a step up from Safety Day and is a requirement for those wishing to take on the demands of major offshore races. Run over two days in early November, this course is usually attended by crews wishing to go to Hobart in late December. This year Andrew Corletto’s Shining Sea and Geoff Boetcher’s Secret Mens Businesss 3.5 were both well represented. The wet drills are far more extensive and sailors are kept in the water a lot longer. Thanks go to Teki Dalton, a renowned marine safety expert, for coming over from Sydney for the last three years to present this course. His experience and knowledge is second to none and participants are made well aware of what can go wrong in extreme conditions on a racing yacht. Sailors who complete the SSSC will not need to do the Safety Day course for another five years as the SSSC well and truly meets all requirements of the one day course. Good luck to all CYCSA sailors heading to the east coast in December.

As a barest minimum, get a hold of the SA Boating Safety Handbook from Transport SA and double check the lists for your type of vessel. Add a few more safety items rather than less and don’t forget a good First Aid Kit. This book also has some excellent reading on all aspects of boating including handling emergencies, distress signals and rules and regulations for all registered boats. Many other great publications are available from your local boating store.

The Marine Academy offers a range of courses for keelboats and power and the content is predominantly safety based. Consider booking in for a Powerboat Handling course or Competent Crew for Keelboat Sailors to improve your skill, knowledge and appreciation of all safety matters.

Remember your safety on the water is far more important than who wins the race or who catches the most fish. Have a great summer on the water.

Brett Yardley, Marine Academy Coordinator

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Geoff Catt Commodore

Commodore’s Report

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y the time you are reading this, Christmas will be almost upon us and some will be asking again…”where on earth has the year gone?” It’s certainly been a busy timetable at the Club – the racing season is well and truly underway, Marine Academy courses have been in full swing and a swag of social events has kept our most capable hospitality staff fully occupied.

Not the least of these was Opening Day which, despite the heat, was thoroughly enjoyed by all who took part. Just six days later, in pouring rain, another group enjoyed the generous hospitality of the Fishing Association’s annual Boating Showcase, where a bevy of luxury powerboats were on display, rafted up stern to the central walkway. Again, our hospitality staff excelled themselves and the sight of Mario and Michelle dashing through the rain from boat to boat with platters of delicious savouries was memorable. Well done and thank you to all involved.

Also coming up soon is the Children’s Christmas Party (a great day for the grandparents as well!) and of course the Club Christmas Party. I hope you are able to join in some of these social events.

Weather always plays its part in our sailing events and it has been kind so far for the

Twilight Series, with a growing fleet enjoying this traditional mid week get together. Not so for the Premier’s Cup Regatta however – a very light day on Saturday led to an early finish, but this was made up for on the Sunday with perfect conditions prevailing. Congratulations to the winning boat this year – Two True skippered

by Andrew Saies.

During the Christmas and New Year period, the Club will be hosting the 29er’s National Championship. The 29er is a one design international class aimed primarily at youth sailors and is the smaller sister to the Olympic 49er Class. It is expected there will be a strong contingent travelling to Adelaide from around the country and internationally to compete in this World Selection Championship. Our Club will be on display from 28 December until 4 January. Volunteers are needed now to assist the Racing Association in staging this event so, if you are willing to help in any capacity, please contact Jess at the Race Office.

It is also time for the boats competing in the Sydney Hobart race to depart for the East Coast – this year the CYCSA is again very well represented by the “old” hands – Geoff Boettcher’s SMB 3.5 (also known by some as Secret Men’s Business), Andrew Saies’ Two True and first time race skipper Andrew Corletto on

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Shining Sea. Skippers and crew were farewelled by the Club and past participants at the annual Sydney to Hobart Dinner recently. I’m sure you will all join me in wishing the boats and all crew members a safe, successful and exhilarating race.

The recent passing of Geoff “Megga” Bascombe was also acknowledged at the dinner with a moving audio/visual tribute put together by Mike O’Reilly in memory of this larger than life character known by so many at the CYCSA. As the year draws to a close may I thank again all of those Club members who have volunteered over the year to assist in some way in keeping the Club ticking over – whether it be the cleanup for Opening Day, working on CYC1, organizing events or serving on committees – your efforts are greatly appreciated.

Similarly, I would like to acknowledge and thank all of our staff for the work done in providing and maintaining such a high class facility for our use.

Please enjoy the camaraderie and facilities of our great Club over summer – whether it be racing, cruising, fishing or just “pottering” – I hope you have a safe and enjoyable Festive Season.

Best regards, 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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white mischief White Mischief, a Dufour 334 Trophy, is owned by Ken Ramsbottom who has returned to the Club after five years in Darwin. Ken left for Darwin, with his Adams 8, Instantly Elsewhere, in tow and has enjoyed sailing in the tropics. Darwin Harbour had light to moderate winds and flat water which suited the Adams and Ken had a lot of success with this yacht.

Three years ago he purchased a larger boat, White Mischief, to take advantage of the wonderful cruising opportunities that Darwin and the surrounding islands had to offer. The Mischief is well suited to offshore racing and really performs well in a strong breeze. Ken did one term as Treasurer for the Darwin Sailing Club, on the shores of Fannie Bay, and with the closeness to Asia, has raced on the Asia Circuit competing in the Malaysian Raja Muda Series, followed by the Kings Cup in Thailand and then the South China Sea Regatta in Hong Kong.

Now Ken is back south he has dusted off the wet weather gear. Although this was not required in the tropics it was quickly unpacked when hit with a thunder squall on the way to Langkawi in the middle of the night during a race from Penang.

Now business has bought Ken back to South Australia and the CYCSA. The Mischief is currently being re-rigged and Ken is keen to find some crew and go racing. Business will keep Ken away from the Asia races for the rest of this year so instead he will concentrate on racing at the CYCSA.

Editors’ Note If you would like your boat featured in this section of Groundswell, please write around 180-200 words and provide a high resolution print-quality digital photo (or ask Gay Footer or Anja Richards to take a photo for you) and submit your contribution to the CYCSA office.

The 19th was recently purchased by Konrad and Monica Sedecki who changed the vessels name to The 19th with, of course, the proper purging ceremony including a good bottle of champagne (lest the gods be displeased).

Konrad, a survivor of the motor industry for 33 years, said it was time to relax. Being a very keen boat, fishing and golf lover, this led to the boat being named The 19th.

The 19th, a 33 foot power flybridge cruiser, is a strong, very seaworthy craft and well cared for by its previous CYCSA owner and should provide many years of happy and safe fishing trips with freezers full.

Konrad and Monica have two married children and a grandson who just love the sea and can’t wait to spend lots of time in and around the very friendly CYCSA marina, especially after Konrad masters reversing into his berth.

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black cat Kirsty and Aaron Low, along with their two young children, have recently moved to South Australia from Warnbro, Western Australia.

Both are ex-submariners and work with the COLLINS SPO Submarines here at Osborne, one for ASC and the other for Defence. They are now locals after buying a house in North Haven with a stunning view of the marina and the CYCSA where their pride and joy Black Cat, an 8.2 metre Markham Dominator Canyon Runner, resides on the hardstand.

Black Cat is a naval term for telling a story that is slightly grander than the last story told.

The Low’s are a family who are passionate about water activities and camping and will often be seen kayaking around the marina on their Hobie kayaks, fishing on Black Cat, sailing their Minnow with their children or diving. Both their children have been boating since literally weeks of age and their four year old son will regularly outfish guests on board Black Cat. Black Cat is a recent acquisition and an upgrade from their previous boat, an original 6 metre Shark Cat (now Noosa Cat) hull.

Black Cat was purchased roughly one year ago thanks to ‘love at first sight’ during the Perth Mandurah Boat Show and is the perfect family boat – especially for overnight adventures. The Low’s are looking forward to meeting everyone at the CYCSA.

Kelvin and Dianne Ross bought their second hand Glastron 279, in November 2008, after relocating to Adelaide from South Africa in May of 2008. Their first glimpse of the CYCSA was in December 2006 while on holidays visiting their two daughters and two grandchildren, when they fell in love with the CYCSA and made it their mission to be part of the Club as soon as they were settled. Due to work commitments, they have been unable to take part in the many functions that have been on offer so far. With the Glastron 279, an American built boat with all the comforts of a small caravan, last season proved to be a steep learning curve.

Kelvin is now hoping to put the cruiser through its paces over the coming months, weather permitting.

Kelvin and Dianne are hoping that the boats performance will assist in giving her a worthy name. Fishing and cruising will be their main activities but they hope to get involved with other areas of the Club and are also hoping to meet like minded friends within the Club.

Their first impression of the Club was that the staff in the Reception Office were a credit to the Club as they found them to be helpful and very pleasant Kelvin and Dianne are looking forward to a great season and hope to make many new friends.

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CYCSA Opening D t takes more than a forecast of 40 degrees to keep our members away from an Opening Day. The marina may have seemed quiet at 9.00am but by noon there was a flurry of activity as over 70 power and sail boats were getting dressed in readiness for the afternoon’s sail past.

They took to sea in all their finery and weren’t they rewarded handsomely! The light, cool southerly breeze kept conditions so comfortable that many vessels stayed out well after the official salute, taken by our Commodore Geoff Catt and the many invited guests on board The Entertainer.

Finally back on shore, hundreds of members and friends made their way into the Horizons Functions Room to congratulate the prizewinners of the day (see below) and Jacq Heffernan, the very popular winner of this year’s Volunteer of the Year Award. Also recognized were eighteen special Club members who have now completed 25 years membership at the CYCSA. Well known and regarded Life Member Dick Fidock reflected on the impact on the Club of a number of key people over the years before declaring this year’s season open.

It was then time for afternoon tea and participation in the many on-shore activities.

There was non-stop musical entertainment on the patio, a sumptuous steak and seafood buffet in the marquee and sumo wrestling on the lawns.

Thank you to all the Club staff and members who made the day such a success. Who could possibly wish for more?

Chris Morphett, Vice Commodore

BEST DRESSED BOAT Power Group Therapy Yacht Hot Mustard Hon Mention Miss Jane

BEST DRESSED CREW Power Yacht

Compulsion Sapphire

BEST DRESSED NOVELTY Power Yacht

The Reel Thing Kudos

SEAMANSHIP Power Yacht

Gladiator Awarded as a group to the J24s Vertigo, Foolish Behaviour, Such Is Life and Kaizen

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Photos by Gerry Colella and Brett Yardley

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Jaqueline Heffernan receives her welldeserved “Volunteer of the Year” award from Commodore Geoff Catt

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club calendar/opening hours CYCSA Calendar

CYCSA Christmas Trading Hours

December 2009

December 2009

Sun 6th

Kid’s Xmas Party

Date Office

Kitchen Bar

Sat 12th

Club Christmas Party – Under The Sea

Sat 19th

Normal Hours

Normal Hours

Normal Hours

Wed 16th Last Twilight Race for 2009

Sun 20th

Normal Hours

Normal Hours

Normal Hours

Sun 27th

Mon 21s

Normal Hours

Closed

Closed

January 2010

Tues 22nd

Normal Hours

Closed

Closed

Fri 1st

REX 29ers Regatta finish

Wed 23rd

Normal Hours

Closed

Closed

Sun 3rd

420 Association Presentation Dinner

Thurs 24th

9-3

Closed

Closed

Mon 4th

125 National Championship Presentation

Fri 25th

Closed

Closed

Closed

Sat 9th

Cruising Association BBQ

Sat 26th

Closed

Open for Lunch

12-5 or as required

Sun 10th

Youth Champs Presentation Dinner

Sun 27th

Closed

Open for Lunch

12-5 or as required

Wed 13th First Twilight Race for 2010

Mon 28th

9-12

Open for Lunch

12-5 or as required

Fri 29th

Captain’s Table

Tues 29th

9-12

Open for Lunch

12-5 or as required

Sun 31st

Garage ‘Sail’

Wed 30th

9-12

Open for Lunch

12-5 or as required

February 2010

Thurs 31st

9-12

Open for Lunch

12-5 or as required

Sat 6th

Boat Hop

Fri 1st 2010

Closed

Closed

Closed

Sun 7th

Flotilla for Kids

Sat 13th

Cruising Association BBQ

Normal trading hours resume from 2 January 2010. Maintenance staff will be available for limited hours over the Christmas break and on call for emergencies.

Ice and gas is accessible 24/7.

Sun 14th

Crabbing Day

REX 29ers Regatta starts

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Fishing competition sponsor

October Fishing Competition

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ith the Fishing Gods looking favourably upon us, we saw 14 CYCSA Fishing Association boats set to sea, with over 40 fishers on board for a morning of fishing in almost calm, sunny, conditions. We couldn’t have asked for a better day!

You cannot imagine the look of relief on our FA committee members faces, after our last efforts with this event and having to reschedule due to inclement weather.

Unlike the May event where we saw fairly poor catches (remember our winner was a Slimy Mackerel of 340 grams), there were some impressive fish brought to the weigh-in. We had an array of fine Snapper, large Snook, Shark, Whiting, Gar and Squid. It was also great to see some junior fishermen and ladies at this event. While it was great to see the Reflex Printing award for largest fish go to Chris Keen for his 8.9kg Snapper, it was particularly good to see a Junior winner, (whose name we can’t track down) take out the King George Whiting award and Michelle Slack with a 2.1kg Gummy Shark. Let’s see more juniors and ladies getting involved at our next fishing event. I think a special mention is also in order for Insalt and her crew who took out three awards on the day, including the only junior award, well done.

Once again we all enjoyed a gourmet sausage sizzle, plus a few beers, wine and soft drinks for the kids, thanks to Tina Schembri and her helpers who cooked the BBQ. It is was a lot of fun sharing fishing stories, and interrogating the various category winners for information about where they found their catches.

Other species winner Michelle Slack holds her 2.1kg gummy shark

Thank you also to Andrew Chapman and Sea Ray boats (our new FA sponsor) who provided us with a fantastic opportunity to look over the new Sea Ray… and even try out the Joy Stick docking system for those that were game. A number of our members took the time to look over the Sea Ray 43 DA and went out for a “test run”. I must say, it only took me five or six minutes to become comfortable with the system and dock the Sea Ray 43DA Sundancer against the walkway between B & C rows (with no bumps), much to the relief of skipper Eric Onderstal from Sea Ray who kept a close eye over my navigation effort. We look forward to seeing more of Andrew, Sea Ray boats and his team at FA events.

Remember to send your favourite photos of your fishing exploits to be published in groundswell.

Our editors are always looking for great shots to publish. Also, please nominate your best catches for our various annual fishing awards. All you need to do is send a photo of your catch, the weight of the catch and where it was caught.

We review all nominations during July of each year, so you have plenty of time to enter, and you can make multiple nominations if you are fortunate to improve your catch. Categories include, Scale Fish, Shark, Eagle Ray and best catch outside South Australian waters.

Remember, you won’t catch much if your boat stays in dock! Good boating fishing to you all!

Results

Snapper: Chris Kean (Overall winner) Whiting (sen.): Team Tiger Whiting (jun.): Insalt Snook: Insalt Garfish: Playstation Squid: Insalt Other species: Adelaide Diving

8.9kg 0.286kg 0.234kg 0.286kg 0.132kg 0.433kg 2.1kg shark

Overall winner Chris Kean holds his 8.9kg snapper as he receives the trophy from FA Fishing Competition sponsor Tom Tymons and his certificate from FA Chairman Peter Schembri

Peter Schembri, Chair, Fishing Association

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Our mystery Junior winner happily receives her prizes and Award certificate for her 0.234kg whiting

Panama to Moorea In part three of Don and Anja Richards’ cruise aboard their boat Kekada from USA to Oz, Don transits the Panama Canal before the long haul to French Polynesia.

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raffic has been gradually building as we get closer to Colon on the Atlantic side of the Isthmus of Panama until we find ourselves in a queue amongst about 50 ships waiting to enter the harbour. We have been told that it can cost these ships US$50k a day to wait and are pleased that we only have to wait about an hour for clearance from Cristobel Signal (port control VHF12), before we can enter the harbour and proceed to Shelter Bay Marina on the site of an old USA army base near the edge of a tropical forest. The marina handles the clearance for us (US$20 each person) and the requisite cruising permit (US$69) for 90 days. We have been negotiating with an agent (Mateship, the agent that handles many of the rallies) to help book the canal transit while we were still in Columbia: good value especially as the forms are in Spanish. Once we make contact again, they say they will arrange to have the ad-measurer come to our boat tomorrow, a prerequisite before a date can be set for the transit. One big advantage of using an agent is that they guarantee payments to the Canal Authority which means we don’t have to catch taxis to the various offices in Colon (all the guide books and locals warn against walking anywhere in Colon as muggings by gangs of youths are common). We are advised that our official transit date is 7 June but our agent expects us to transit before 31 May.

a punctured lung so the rumours about safety appear to be true. We meet two Polish ladies who are each single-handling their Mantra 28s around the world.

Everyone is on the lookout for line handlers: at $150 each and a minimum four per boat, volunteers are eagerly sought on the local Net (VHF 74 at 7:40 am Mondays and Thursdays). That evening we get the news that Ian is not going to be joining us which means it will just be two of us for the crossing to the Marquesas. We take the free marina bus to Colon for shopping and see a crocodile and iguana along the way. Upon our return we learn that a yachtie has been stabbed in a mugging in Colon and is in hospital with

A 4:30 am start ensures Anja catches her flight. Our agent has arranged for a driver to pick me up from the hotel, and after paying the transit fees etc, to take me to the hotel in Panama City, where the lads who want to be line handlers are staying, and deliver us all to Shelter Bay marina for only US$35.

After the marina staff arrange for our port clearance, a tropical downpour adds to the drama as we cast off the lines at 4:30 pm and head across to anchor at “the flats” to await our Pilot. Around 7:30 pm the Pilot arrives

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Anja has met a local Panamanian couple, Alberto and Ana, who arrange to take us on a tour of the Pacific side via some beautiful scenery, to Panama City to explore the old town and, after a meal at a restaurant with a panoramic view, bring us back just after midnight: a memorable day. A few days later we explore Zona Libre (the Free Zone) before Alberto takes us to visit the school where Ana works. We are greeted by the children singing a song in Spanish and a greeting in English, before meeting a few Kuna women from the San Blas Archipelago (one of the last remaining indigenous people still living traditionally) and stocking up on hand made molas (a fabric panel traditionally worn as a bodice, worked in several layers using reverse appliqué).

A taxi ride, across Panama from the Atlantic side to the Pacific side for US$80, takes us to the Tocumen Airport Hotel. The driver, Pedro, has been to Australia and was keen to return the hospitality he was shown by treating us, at no extra cost, to a tour of the National Parks and a magnificent hotel built in colonial times with three storey high windows overlooking Gatun Lake.

Points of Interest

Special points of interest about French Polynesia are that it covers an area of the South Pacific Ocean about the size of Europe. It is made up of over 100 islands in five archipelagos: The Society Islands, the Marguesas, Tuamotus, Gambiers and Australs. No visa is required for Australian citizens but a bond equivalent to the airfare to Australia must be lodged (it seems to be calculated at first class rate). This is paid back to you at your port of departure in your choice of currency, less fees and charges. You can win or lose depending on how the exchange rate for the Pacific Franc changes.

You can use this currency in New Caledonia so it is not necessary to convert them all. Ask for a ‘duty free fuel permit’ when you check in as you can’t do this later and it is a significant saving. Two prepaid WiFi services are available throughout the islands – one purchased at a Post Office and the other purchased on-line – both have extensive coverage, just check against your planned route for which coverage suits you best – we used Iaaoranet. Lastly, a special WARNING – avoid French Polynesia when travelling with your wife, girlfriend or mistress. The cost of the black pearls that you will definitely wind up buying could have bought some really cool boat stuff.

and we are quickly underway. We are rafted together with two other boats with Kekada being one of the outer boats. The centre boat does most of the motoring and has to control the whole raft. We enter the first lock and the lads quickly learn the ropes (no pun intended) and we pass through the three chambers efficiently and quickly tie up to a huge ship mooring in Gatun Lake at 12:30 am. It has been a very long day and I fall instantly asleep.

This time there is a 6 am start and we just manage to have some breakfast before our Pilot arrives. A couple of crew from one of the other boats have gone for a swim. Later, once underway, they counted six crocodiles! Our new Pilot is a tug captain and also very experienced. We are soon motoring along at 6 knots through the lakes surrounded by thick jungle. We raft up again in the same configuration and enter the Pedro Miguel Lock which is a single chamber. Going down is so smooth that you hardly notice it apart from the lock walls seeming to grow at a very fast rate. We stay rafted together until we reach Miraflores Locks which consist of two chambers. I contact Anja by satellite ‘phone so she can watch us transit via the Internet camera that the Canal authorities have installed. She is able to watch as the ship behind us shut their engines off as they approach the lock and four small electric locomotives called ‘mules’ are attached via cables. Once all the vessels due to transit are in the first chamber the gates close behind and the water levels adjust in about 20 minutes before the mules, running on tracks along both sides of the locks, tow the ship through the next gates and into the second chamber where the process is repeated with the line handlers on the yachts adjusting the lines for the 85 foot change in elevation. The Pilot disembarks after we pass under the Bridge of Americas. Both Pilots were very professional, courteous and easy to get on with. We motor around to

Flamenco Marina. This is not a place that I can recommend. The cost is triple that of Shelter Bay Marina: the shower (only one with over 100 boats here) is just a tap and the only positive note is the floating dock. I join the lads for a drink before an early night for me. Great news! Anja will be able to join me in Tahiti at the end of July.

Excerpts from Captain’s Log Panama to Tahiti – (June 9 to July 28) We depart for the Galapagos at 9:30 am. We have been warned that there are a lot of floating logs on the way to the Los Perlas Islands so we want to do as much of this during the daylight hours as possible. We are motoring at 6 knots in flat calm seas. The amount of floating debris (including logs) is truly amazing.

Rain, rain and more rain. Wind comes and goes. We range from 6+ knots down to below 3 knots before we start the motor and repeat the process again as the wind picks up. We finish the day turning towards the Galapagos under motor with very light SSW winds.

Winds have picked up but are from the SW. We spend the day tacking back and forth but make little progress due to the seas. At the end of the 24 hour period we have covered less than 60 miles towards our destination.

Progress is slow and tedious. We have decided to hold a westerly tack and we fight to gain any southerly heading in it. Three degrees north becomes a barrier to us.

We came within one mile of the three degree line last night but had to bear away. Again we mount an attack on the three degree line, clawing back second by second. The forecast southerly winds have gone AWOL on us but 13

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Panama to we do not want to be caught north of Galapagos if they suddenly decide to materialise. We also hope to break through another psychological barrier today – the 400 mile distance to waypoint (DTW) – a distance we would normally anticipate covering in three days but are optimistically hoping for five days at the moment. 2200 UTC we turn SE in an attempt to pick up the southerlies. Not only are we not making any progress towards Galapagos on this heading we are actually increasing our DTW at approx 1 nm per hour.

Wind has veered more southerly and we are making 7 knots with less than 50% deployed for both the mainsail and the genoa and on a direct heading to our Galapagos waypoint. At 9:30 am ship’s time (1430 UTC) we have officially been underway for seven days.

A ship towed into the lock chamber with 3 yachts rafted up behind

Wind steady but more from the SW. We are making a steady 5 knots towards Galapagos with 60 miles to the waypoint – we should sight land this evening. We crossed the equator at 1450 UTC. It is nice to be back in the southern hemisphere but we know it is winter again, especially on the night watches.

The charts say it is there and the radar says it is there but, even though we are only five miles away, we cannot see Isla Santa Cruz: it is covered in rain clouds. Once we reach the waypoint our heading becomes more westerly and we are soon screaming along. Winds have increased to 25+ knots and, even with a tiny piece of the genoa showing and two reefs in the main, we are doing over 7 knots. We reach Puerto Villamil, but the swell over the reef is too dangerous to enter, so we anchor in 250’ of water in the lee of Tortula Island, a crescent shape remnant of a volcano, to wait for what the new day brings.

We are able to enter the port just before 6:00 am. Not long after dropping the anchor a water taxi calls by and we head ashore. We are immediately welcomed by the diverse wildlife. The streets are sand and everyone has a friendly greeting. We locate the Port Captain’s office – tallest antennae in town – but without a cruising permit he only allows us a 24 hour stay. We arrange for diesel to be delivered – this costs US$2/ gallon (Aus 60c/litre) – a pleasant change from the $5-6 we have been paying, and all home delivered!

From 4 up to 20 mules pull ships into the locks

The following day, at 3 pm local time, we get underway for the anticipated 20-30 day crossing to Hiva Oa in the Marquesas.

Our average is still over 6 knots (150+ mile days) and the wind is southerly. Nights are becoming very cold (for us now used to the tropical weather) and we are reaching for the jackets.

We have had a great week of sailing but just after passing the half way mark yesterday the wind deserted us and we have been motoring since then.

After four days of light winds we have had fair winds for rest of the time but very rolly seas. Today we passed the 300 nm to waypoint marker and expect to make landfall late Saturday/early Sunday – a three week crossing and just in time for Bastille Day on Monday 14 July!

Kuna Indians, whose vibrant dresses and intriguing Molas have gained worldwide recognition

Land ho! 2,980 nautical miles, 21 days at an average speed of 5.9 knots.

As this included four days with very light winds I am very happy with the performance. As it is just after sunset we reduce sail to allow for an entry into Atuona at first light tomorrow.

Bastille Day! Even though we cannot officially check-in until tomorrow we still enjoy some of the celebrations, consisting of native dancing and singing, before exploring the more distant sections of the village We discover check-in is only between 7 am and 11 am. We arrive with a few minutes to spare but by the time we organize the bond ($1,400 per person) it is too late and we will have to return tomorrow to finalize it.

Everyone has mentioned how expensive it is in French Polynesia and if I tell you a can of Coke costs $4.50 you can work out by how much.

We finalize checking in and are issued with a three month visa. Some more exploration of the village ensues including the mandatory visit to Gaugin’s grave overlooking the bay.

Lazy day catching up on boat chores – was able to finally remove the tyre marks on the hull from the Panama Canal transit. It is also heaven to be able to cook in a calm anchorage.

French Impressionist painter, Paul Gaugin’s grave in the Marquesas

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After a few days we set off early for Ahe with favourable winds expected once we clear the lee of the island.

Moorea We near Ahe at nightfall and rather than risk the entrance we press on overnight to Rangiroa which is 90 miles away. This is fortunate as we hear later that there is only room for three boats in Ahe and it is full and the channel has many unmarked coral bommies. For the first time we also pick up the ANZAC Net which is operating on 4149 at 1700 UTC. Another day in paradise: it would be easy to spend weeks exploring these interesting islands and (as many other places do) they claim to have some of the best diving in the world. We are anchored in 20 metres (60’) and can see clear to the bottom so it is not hard to believe. It is not so much the coral but the sea life, sharks and manta rays etc, that are the big attraction.

It is hard to tear ourselves away but we leave on the slack tide at 6 pm to avoid the turbulent waters we encountered upon entry.

We enter Papeete Harbour just as the sun rises – absolutely beautiful. After visiting the Port Captain and Immigration, we motor around to Maeva Beach to drop anchor off Taina Marina with Moorea in the background: the stuff of postcards.

End Excerpts After dropping off the LPG bottle for refilling at Polynesian Yacht Services it is time for some exploring. Left turn at the marina entrance past the roundabout then 200 metres to a huge supermarket with everything you could want (at a price). As I need the exercise and it is a chance to get to see Papeete better I decide to walk to town. It is a lot further than it looked on the map but I think it is worth it. I enjoy exploring Papeete with its open air market and myriad of sidewalk cafes and parks but my feet insist that I take a Le Truck back (a suspension-less truck with benches in an open covered structure bolted onto the back of a truck).

MY MATE MEGGA Geoffrey ‘Megga’ Bascombe, from the Port Lincoln Yacht Club and a well-known sailing identity in Australia, died on 10 November 2009, aged 62, while delivering a Volvo 60 from Cairns to Hong Kong. He died doing what he loved and Geoff Boettcher has written of his relationship with Megga over the years.

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egga first appeared on the Secret Mens Business (SMB) program in 1996 when he delivered the first SMB to Sydney. He would firstly deliver Geoff Vercoe’s Maglieri then return to ferry SMB to its destination port. Numerous trips from Adelaide to Sydney, Hobart to Adelaide and Melbourne, Gold Coast to Airlie Beach then Hamilton Island returning to Adelaide, saw Megga travel thousands of miles each year without fuss, that is unless he was caught in port for three weeks with bad weather.

As a young, fit Naval clearance diver, he was deployed on the HMAS Sydney which took troops to Vietnam undertaking three deliveries in all. Whilst ships were disembarking and embarking Infantry Battalions in the harbor of Vung Tau in South Vietnam, Megga would patrol from below ensuring no enemy mines were attached to the hull. Megga was there a year after my battalion left Vietnam in 1969 and I constantly reminded him I had made it safe for him.

After a lazy start I take the dinghy around to the beach of the resort where I have booked a room for Anja’s first night back. I check in as early as possible and absolutely luxuriate in a hot shower taking as long as I want – sheer bliss. The flight takes a long time to disembark but it is good to see Anja again.

Typifying his ‘larrikin attitude’ I recall his story whilst he was dive training in Sydney Harbour. His team came upon a very slick large ‘stink’ boat at anchor with a large polished stainless steel anchor on the bottom. It was replaced with an old rusty one clad with barnacles. I can imagine the delight of the owner!

Breakfast is to die for. We enjoy it over a couple of hours and finish the day with a pleasant evening catching up with fellow Aussies, Colin and Jeannie on New Address II.

Over 13 years of delivering SMBs around the East Coast, I believe Megga would have influenced over 100 up-and-coming yachtsmen. He taught them seamanship and involved each crew member in the running the yacht. SMB was just one yacht on his delivery program. Megga’s immobility was not a problem as his preparation in training his young crew, as they scurried around the deck, was invaluable as he barked commands from the helm.

We catch a Le Truck into Papeete to arrange for Anja to be added to the crew list and for our outward clearance. The rest of the day is spent exploring the city. We come across a lovely park as well as the Wan Pearl Museum. Robert Wan, who over 30 years helped develop the pearl business into Tahiti’s second biggest economic resource, in 1998 opened the Wan Museum devoted to the fascinating history of pearls in general and Tahiti cultured pearl in particular. The display includes information to help you be a better judge of pearl quality – an even better reason to check it out, but also pearl stories such as Cleopatra dissolving one of a pair of the most valuable pair of earrings at the time, to prove that she had thrown the most lavish party. Shopping is fun not just trying to manage in French but also some of the interesting finds.

On our last day we fill up with water and duty free fuel ($1.80/litre) and enjoy a pleasant short sail to Moorea. There are some strong gusts on the way which Kekada takes in her stride and we arrive nicely before dusk. Motoring around the island in search of a safe harbour always takes surprisingly longer than you expect. Just searching for the channel entrance becomes an adventure in itself until we find a safe anchorage in Cooks Bay and enjoy the sunset before dinner and calling it a night.

With sun up we feel very privileged to be anchored in such a beautiful location and wonder what it must be like to live here. The islands here are a great geography lesson with Moorea and its circle of reefs having developed from collapsed volcanoes. Other islands show the erosion advanced further with low rounded hills instead of mountains and in some places little more than a circle of reefs remaining.

On our way to the lookout we were fascinated for hours when we came across some of the 500 well preserved remains of a large well organized inland society that occupied the slopes of the Opunohu valley for 600 hundred years since the 13th century. We wander for hours amongst the ruins set beneath giant trees reminiscent of Tolkien’s Ents. We made good use of the rental car exploring all the way around the coastal road travelling through quaint little villages every so many miles before finally lifting anchor and setting off to explore further islands of the Pacific.

On Hamilton Island Regattas, he would either go bush with his mate John Collett or take his buggy to the top of the hill to watch the racing and give us a debrief of where we went wrong on the day. We slept Megga on the balcony at the Whitsunday Apartments in Hamilton Island so the neighbours could share his penetrating snore. All new crew were put in Megga’s room as an initiation. He would always borrow a complimentary room pillow for the trip home.

Megga’s last delivery with SMB3 was earlier this year when it was taken to Melbourne for modifications. He gave strict orders to our boat builder that the toilet had to be “Megga-ised” to accommodate his needs as it was too tight a fit and too low.

Respected at all the marinas and by club officials throughout Australia, Megga was a well-known identity. To minimize his walking time he always had the ability to organize the best berth which also ensured more socializing at the bar. Wearing his “stepping out” uniform which consisted of thongs, sun-visor, stubby shorts and t-shirt, which to accommodate his physique, his mum Clarice modified by sewing an extra stripe in the mid girth area. When travelling, he could live out of his Hood sailing bag, which was the size of a girl’s handbag, for months.

Megga’s ability to pass on his seamanship skills has ensured his legacy will remain in yachting circles. Many who have passed through the ‘Megga school of yacht delivery’, have made a career in the boating industry. Nick Bice and Brett Perry, Volvo and America’s Cup teams, Dylan Clarke and Silas Nolan, International Racing yachtsmen. Tim Cowen and Tom Crabb, boat building, sailmaking, repairs and maintenance, and many others in the yachting industry were taught by the Master.

Megga will be sadly missed and has been a colourful character in my life and the lives of others. May he always sail with the wind behind him.

Geoff Boettcher, Secret Mens Business 3.5 15

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October Long Weekend Cruise In Company Ninety Percent Plus….

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he eastern coast of Yorke Peninsula has some of the most accommodating coastline for yachties in South Australia, and in particular, Port Vincent is one of the most viable destinations. The quiet coastal town of Port Vincent is approximately 30 nautical miles across Gulf St Vincent from the CYCSA and provides an ideal base for exploring the coastline. Yorke Peninsula also has a place in Australian maritime history for the ports loading the sailing ships taking grain and wool to Europe.

Since April 2003, yachties visiting Port Vincent have been able to take advantage of the facilities offered by the CYCSA administered marina.

Located immediately north of Port Vincent township, the marina is a multimillion dollar land, residential and marina development which extends outward from twelve metre high cliffs that rise from a rocky tidal zone.

With the security from inclement weather offered by the marina, Port Vincent has become a popular season opening trip for CYCSA members over the October Long Weekend, notorious for rapidly changing weather conditions. The weather forecast for the long weekend this year was for cool, even chilly temperatures, but the on-waters forecast promised a more pleasant outlook for a crossing on the Friday night or the Saturday morning. Baloo seized on the opportunity of fine conditions to sail a day or two earlier and visit Black Point before joining the rest of the fleet in Port Vincent on the Saturday. There were no takers for a mooted night crossing and so it was Saturday before Sara II set off in the early dawn followed later by Namche, and later still by Sugar ‘n’ Spice, La Vie, Equanimity and finally, Good Vibrations left after some radio traffic to check sea conditions and Alpha Centauri headed for Stansbury. The temperature was a miserable 13o and the wind was about 7 to 12 knots from the S-SE inside the marina, but happily it picked up to around 15 knots as we gained sea-room and hoisted the main and unrolled the headsail. The day developed into ideal sailing conditions. The winds were consistent, the waters slight to one metre and the sun gradually improved the overall comfort level, with the occasional pod of dolphins swimming alongside. We arrived at the Port Vincent Marina after close reaching for more than 90% of the trip, in good time for a traditional stroll into town for a newspaper and an iced green tea. Namche, Sara II, Baloo and Good Vibrations were already moored, while Equanimity and La Vie arrived later in the afternoon.

Relaxing on board newly returned from their sailing adventures in the Greek Islands. The shared entrée proved very popular and the ladies excelled themselves in providing accompaniments, salads, desserts and even some coffees to the crowd on board. Cruising Association fellowship is alive and well! Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of the weekend.

The conditions for the return to the CYCSA on Monday belied the forecast which was for WNW breezes of around 10 knots, and instead we found ENE of around 12 knots, which then threatened to veer east halfway across, before a good sailing sea breeze from the SE eventually set in and allowed a for a superb sail home in slight, but rising, seas.

Judging by e-mail reports both public and private, the cruisers enjoyed one of the best Spring holiday sails for some years, with boats taking full advantage of conditions to achieve gulf crossings under sail alone in excess of 90% of the distance.

Robert Perrin on board Sugar’n’Spice

WORD FROM THE CHAIR

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he CYCSA Cruising Association Committee is taking on some new challenges this year, other than our usual charter of promoting cruising and associated social and safety activities by members and helping them with any of these activities, as and if required.

Our aims for 2009-2010 are to: • Update the Cruising section of the CYCSA website with informative articles to assist members in their cruising activities,

For the first time in five or six years, the Cruising Association arranged a dinner at the Ventnor Hotel later in the evening for the long weekend cruisers, but before that a good number of cruisers were enjoying the post-trip relaxation aboard various boats and some almost missed the bus to the hotel. The dinner was good quality, contrary to some anecdotes of experiences earlier in the year, offering a variety of dishes and salads.

By 11.30pm or so the level of merriment reached a peak and after the gentlemen had accepted an invitation for a fishing trip aboard Good Vibrations the next day and the ladies had arranged a local nature ramble, goodnights were said and people headed for their boats, some on foot and the remainder by bus.

• Increase the number of moorings for CYCSA members and • Do what we can to facilitate the soonest possible construction of a Pergola and Barbecue facility at Port Vincent

The Web Site We are adding articles by members who are specialists in those fields and or have researched them for us. These articles will be for your benefit and knowledge but as with all boating information, the final responsibility of your vessel is with the skipper. We will be pleased to hear from any member with suggestions for future articles.

Sunday dawn was grey but conditions looked as though they might improve so the gentlemen set off for a day’s fishing and the ladies duly set off for their ramble and lattes, both parties looking forward to a fine feed of fresh fish later in the day. The sun did grace us with its presence, but the fish failed to do likewise for the fishing party with the day’s yield being 35 Tommy Ruffs, one Leatherjacket and one Box Fish. Good Vibrations owner/skipper, Barry Willoughby, provided rods, lines, traces etc for the expedition and later, in what to some might have seemed a foolhardy decision, allowed the assembled sailors on board to take turns at the helm and throttles of the boat for the return to the marina. By the time the fishing party arrived back in the marina it had been collectively decided to prepare and serve the day’s catch as a shared entrée for the evening meal.

The weather had turned very cool by the time Dave Henderson (Namche) and Craig Westlake (Sara II) had completed the task of gutting and cleaning the catch so Barry and Bernadette generously invited everyone to bring their barbecued victuals on board Good Vibrations where we were joined by Fishing Association stalwarts Peter and Tina Schembri,

Moorings We are planning to add some extra moorings during the next year.

We are presently in the process of attaining approval from the Department of Marine and Harbours. Our first choice is Edithburgh; other locations have been and can be suggested.

The Club presently has moorings at Black Point and Stansbury. The Cruising Association looks after the moorings at Stansbury and the Fishing Association those at Black Point.

Port Vincent Barbecue Facility A protected barbecue area has been on the agenda for some time and will probably happen within the next five years anyway. We are going to try and speed up the process.

John Sibly, Chair, Cruising Association

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ACROSS THE BLACK SEA AND B

by Gay Footer

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raeme and I had talked about sailing across the Black Sea but essentially discounted it as too far and too hard with entrance and language difficulties etc. Fellow Club member, Jack Didyk who sails with us on the Twilights on board Marnico, commented one night he that could speak the lingo (Ukrainian) so we more actively pursued our options. Jack is a member of the local Ukrainian community and one of his friend’s sons was getting married in Kiev at the time we would be there so we decided to bite the bullet.

Jack, Bob Culbert (our Kiwi mate), Graeme and I untied the lines from the Atakoy Marina in Istanbul on Wednesday 5 August and made our way north up the Bosphorous and into the Black Sea. A Ukrainian skipper Jack met at Atakoy was also on his way back and he suggested we call into the Turkish seaside town of Amarsa on the south-eastern coast of the Black Sea some 180 miles from Istanbul. It was a great spot; a holiday town for the Turks from Ankara and Istanbul, with very few foreigners around. We stayed two nights and met some interesting and entertaining people, in particular a young Russian couple who had motored their power boat from Moscow down the Volga River, through the Sea of Azoz and into the Black Sea.

Russian children practised their English on us in Balaklava and we had a great time interacting with them and the guys also had an experience with the Russian mafia. While in the restaurant chatting and drinking with them one pulled out a 38 calibre pistol – they weren’t sure whether it was a joke or exactly how serious this guy was – a strange place.

We exited from Sevastopol, where the Russians have a huge presence with a large naval base, and this time it took half an hour, a vodka and $US350 to leave the country. All in all it was a very expensive but interesting insight into institutionalized corruption and the old communist ways.

We sailed straight through to Bulgaria anchoring overnight at Nos Kaliyakra before entering officially at the port of Varna. Bulgaria is in the EU, but not yet using the Euro, and our entry was painless, half an hour and no charge.

Varna is a very old city with cobbled streets etc and we had a great walk and dinner in town. Nesebar was next, a small island connected to the mainland by a causeway. There were old churches and buildings, shops selling just about everything, ice-cream shops and restaurants, even an Elvis impersonator and a classic motorbike and car exhibition. We exited Bulgaria from Tzarevo where they let us tie up to the wall, have lunch and spend the rest of our Bulgarian money, before clearing us out.

Yalta in the Ukraine, almost due north and approximately 180 miles across, was our port of entry and what a performance that was! We were not allowed to enter without appointing an Agent. Andre, the Ukrainian sailor, put us in contact with the Agent he uses and some six hours and $US500 later, we officially entered the Ukraine. We motored around to Balaklava where Andre had arranged a berth for us, winding our way up the river in the dark – very spectacular.

There was no Turkish entry port on the south-western coast of the Black Sea so we moored overnight next to a Coast Guard boat but were not allowed off our boat. We entered the Bosphorous the next day, motoring through about 100 ships anchored near the entrance, and moored amongst the fishing boats at Poyraz where we went ashore without being questioned and had a seafood dinner with very expensive wine. We motored into Atakoy Marina on Tuesday 25 August, our Black Sea adventure over. Graeme and Jack completed all the paper war and we were once again officially in Turkey.

We had hoped to sail to Odessa and overland it to Kiev but time was against us so after a tour of Sevastopol, we booked flights from Serafanol, the district capital, to Kiev. In Kiev, Jack stayed with friends and Bob, Graeme and I booked into a hotel and the three of us did a bit of exploring. The Ukraine has an incredible military history; at Balaklava there was the Charge of the Light Brigade and Sevastopol and Kiev have excellent war museums.

Kiev is a lovely city but has the typical European mass blocks of multi-storey apartment buildings everywhere. Jack was invited to the wedding and the three of us went as paying guests and the families of the bride and groom made us most welcome. It was a traditional Orthodox Ukrainian wedding and the guys wore traditional shirts, courtesy of Jack. The reception was something special with Cossack dancers, folk singers and traditional dancers to entertain us.

Graeme flew to London to do some business and Bob left us for ten days to fly to Ireland to attend a friend’s sons wedding so Jack and I were left in Istanbul to hit the shops. Istanbul is an exotic city full of history and we had a great time at the Spice Market and the Grand Bazaar bargaining for our purchases. We reprovisioned and were ready to leave when Graeme returned the following night. During this and almost all the rest of our time in Turkey it was Ramazan (or, as we call it, Ramadan) which entails the faithful not eating or drinking anything between sunrise and sunset. It seemed to us it was observed in the minority so it did not create too much of a problem.

We left Istanbul and ventured south into the Sea of Marmara anchoring at Bueyuekcekmece and Marmara Ergeli on the European mainland coast and at Port Marmara on the island of Marmara where we helped celebrate Ataturk Day and partook of the local specialty, fried mussels. At Pasalimani, also an island, we

We travelled with some of the wedding party and guests by bus to Odessa, the major sea port of the Ukraine, and stayed there for two nights. Here we struck a small hiccup – there was no major transport from Odessa to Balaklava so we hired a car and driver for the seven hour drive back – a bit of an ordeal.

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BACK ON BOARD JEMMAROO met up with a delightful young lady from Istanbul who was visiting her aunt and uncle. She practised her English on us and joined us for lunch on board.

Kemer, at the north-eastern end of the Dardanelles was our next port of call. It had a small section of lovely houses on the waterfront, obviously holiday homes of the wealthy, while the rest of the town was very rundown and poor. We decided to go into the marina at Cannakale as there was a bit of weather passing through and had a bit of trouble getting into the tight marina but nothing that we didn’t eventually cope with. Bob was due to fly back into Istanbul in a couple of days so we purchased a bus ticket/ferry ride for him from Istanbul to Bozcaada, an island just off the coast for him to meet us there. We refueled, had dinner and went for a lovely walk along the foreshore of Cannakale and left the next day bound for Bozcaada. It was a beautiful island and anchorage with a well preserved castle right next to the pier. There was a coffee shop here called ‘Lisa’s’ which is written up in the Lonely Planet.

It is owned by Lisa, an Australian from Perth who married a Turk – the marriage didn’t survive, but she became a Turkish citizen and stayed on, so we spent some time talking to her and listening to her views about Turkey and the Turkish people. We hired two scooters to tour the island; Jack went solo and I rode pillion behind Graeme. It was great fun and we stopped and had a swim at a lovely beach – well, the water was lovely and warm but the ‘sand’ leaves a bit to the imagination! We visited a couple of wineries, bought some wine and made our way back to the boat to meet Bob off the ferry. We all then took off on the scooters for another swim and a quiet little drink before having dinner in the town being entertained by an Aussie-Turk playing the piano accordion.

We had not officially exited Greece, so we did what 90% of the cruisers do, and country hopped between Greece and Turkey, surreptitiously changing flags as we went. On the Greek island of Lesvos we anchored in a cove called Skala Loutra and dinghied ashore. We caught a taxi to the village further up the hill, mimed eating and were eventually dropped off. There was no ATM and we only had 50 Euros between us so somehow we negotiated a meal and drinks for 32 Euros as we were befriended by a New York Greek – it was one of those situations that you wouldn’t miss for quids.

Still in Greece, we set off for Nisos Khios and had another one of ‘those experiences’. We weren’t sure if it was orchestrated or not but it certainly appeared to be serious. We were motoring along when six war ships appeared seemingly coming straight towards us. We turned the VHF on and after listening to what was assumedly the same message in several other languages “Intruder, intruder, where are you going, what are you doing” came over in English. We thought we had been caught (can’t have been a conscience or anything) and started to change course for Turkey, when we realized that it was a Turkish war ship in Greek waters being chased out by five Greek war ships and we were in the middle of it.

They weren’t in the least bit interested in us and we eventually anchored in a bay off of Nisos Oinoussa, a Greek island, and enjoyed a very peaceful night. We woke to the sound of two goats and their bells and found that a Meltem was blowing so we unfurled the headsail and set sail to the Turkish town of Cesme. There we met up with several other boats in the marina that were heading down to Marmaris to the same marina we were going to so had a great talk with them.

Jack left us here to make his way back to Istanbul, and eventually home, so we said our goodbyes and Bob, Graeme and I headed off into 30 knots to go to a much more protected anchorage some 25 miles away called Kirdilim Limani. It was still very windy in the anchorage but there was no sea state. At dusk we were inundated with bees so we hunkered down inside – there was a trailer-sailer on the beach continued over page...

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Wares at the Spice market in Istanbul

ACROSS THE BLACK SEA AND BACK ON BOARD JEMMAROO the relics etc, we all decided that we were ‘ruined’ out. On the way back to Bodrum we took a short cut and got lost so did not arrive back until about 8.30pm so we met Bob on shore and had dinner on the seafront.

and I hate to think how they coped with the bees. At sunrise the bees came visiting again so we very quickly left and headed to the Greek island of Samos to Pithagorion, named for Pythagoras, who was born there. A beautiful town, a little touristy but the anchorage area was great. We were seeing a lot more yachts now as we ventured further into the “cruising grounds”.

We next anchored in a beautiful bay called Ay Yeoroyiou on the island of Agothonisi. The Greek navy was on the wharf right next to us together with the Coast Guard. I heard the Coast Guard leave at about 2am and come back in some time later but didn’t think much about it and the next morning we observed quite a number of people standing up on the deck of a building on shore. This was definitely not a tourist destination as there are very few facilities but we assumed there must be a camping area nearby and the ferry was due in soon so they were returning home. How wrong we were! Turkish refugees come in small boats to the other side of the island the night before the ferry is due, sink their boats and give a ‘mayday’ call – sounds very familiar. The Coast Guard knows the drill so out it went and picked them up and they were waiting on the terminal area for the ferry to take them to Athens so they could be processed. They are then in the EU so they disperse wherever. We were told by a couple on an English boat that most of them make their way to England. It seems the same goes on in many parts of the world.

We had an uncomfortable night at a bay called Vathi, on the Greek island of Pserimos, and we left as early as practicable for Bodrum, on the Turkish coast, where we were picking up fellow Club member Geoff Vercoe and Sue McCoy. The marina was full so we anchored out in the bay where it was very tight but we found a spot. We checked out tours to Ephesus for the next day and eventually hired a car for Geoff, Sue, Graeme and I to make the trip. At Kusadasi an ATM ate Graeme’s card – it was Sunday so that was the end of that card. We hired a guide at Ephesus to take us around the site and although we enjoyed

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Opera House in Odessa

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Back into Greece to Kos, a great town and so clean… the cleanest I’ve seen in Greece. Geoff and Sue headed off in search of the home of Hippocrates, both of them being medicos, and we fiddled around the town fossicking here and there. We had dinner at a restaurant owned by a Greek-Sydney-Greek family.

The mother and father left Greece after WWII and settled in Sydney where the son was born and, as a family some 30 years later, they returned to Kos for a holiday and stayed. We had a great time and listened with interest as when the son spoke to us he had a strong ‘Strine accent but when he spoke with some Americans he used a Greek/English accent – horses for courses.

Back into Turkey to Knidos around the Datca Peninsula where there was one restaurant and some ruins. It was a great anchorage and the boats, they just kept coming. We had a drink at the restaurant but had roast pork on board – great food, great wine and great company.

Getting dizzy – back to Greece to the island of Simi. We had a great sail and thought we would have a lunch pick and then looked behind us – boats were converging from everywhere so we went straight in to ensure a mooring. It was just beautiful with coloured houses rising up the slopes on both sides.

Back into Turkey to Serce and the ice-cream man came around as we were motoring along the coast – what an enterprising little fellow, very expensive ice-creams but what the heck. We anchored for the night at Gerbeske Cove or Byzantine Creek where Sue swam ashore and did the ‘tie the rope to a rock’ trick – what a hero! Next to us was a boat from the Port Adelaide Sailing Club called Wraith, with Geoff and Vicki Bidler on board who have been away from home for nine years. The wind really came up during the

We heade d off towards F etihye but anchored in Tomb Bay instea dw there were here se Lycian Roc veral k Tombs in the cliff . The boys and Sue c lambered up to them and were able to go inside.

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Castle at Bozcaada

Our time was nearly at an end and on Tuesday 22 September we motored into the Marmaris Yacht Marina – a fantastic, huge marina with all the facilities. Two travel lifts, a 330 tonne as well as a 70 tonne, 2,000 boats on the hard, 1,000 in the water, swimming pool, gym, library, two dining rooms etc etc. They cater for liveaboards and hundreds spend winter at the marina with different functions held each night etc. A Scottish couple aboard a junk came in next to us and helped us clean out the fridge and freezer by staying for dinner – a couple of not very well boys again the next morning!

We finalized all the paper war to leave the boat at the marina and arranged for the engine to be serviced, some lee cloths made and someone to look after the boat during their winter, our summer. The five of us flew back into Istanbul and booked into a hotel and had our last dinner together. The next morning Graeme and I went down to the Grand Bazaar as well as touring the Cistern and the Blue Mosque before catching our flight to Amsterdam at 4pm to begin our journey home. Bob caught his flight later that night and Sue and Geoff returned the next day.

night with bullets coming from everywhere and we had to pull up on the anchor a bit to keep off the rocks.

We headed off towards Fetihye but anchored in Tomb Bay instead where there were several Lycian Rock Tombs in the cliff. The boys and Sue clambered up to them and were able to go inside. Dinner was on shore and we had a great night.

We anchored in the bay at Gocek – boats everywhere as it is a huge charter base.

We had lunch and did a bit of shopping and as there was a storm forecast, decided to head out to Kapi Creek to moor. The storm beat us by about ten minutes so it was quite a performance tying up to this rickety jetty and to a rock etc. A yacht came in alongside of us with a very inexperienced couple on board so we helped them moor – Sue was our hero again doing her rope in the teeth trick again. The couple were from the Czech Republic where he was a gynaecologist but found he couldn’t make enough money so, as he described it, decided to sell medical supplies and drugs along with only “small” corruption. They were a great couple and came on board and had dinner and many drinks. Paul bought his guitar along and started singing some very rowdy Czech songs but we were told to stop as the children a couple of boats down were trying to sleep – what party poopers. There were some sore heads the next morning! We had breakfast at the restaurant the next morning and left around 10.30am for Ekincik where we anchored. Several swims, a bit of climbing for Geoff and Sue and a BBQ for dinner – very relaxing.

We anchored off the mouth of the Dalyan River in order to take our dinghy through to the Lycian Rock Tombs, the ancient city of Caunos and Dalyan but we didn’t get very far. Supposedly someone has the only rights to entry of this area (a bit dodgy) so we left the dinghy at their jetty and paid for the tour, stopping at Dalyan for lunch.

Murphy was at play and when we returned to the boat the wind had changed so we motored across the bay to a more protected anchorage for the night.

The library at Ephesus

We covered many miles – the trip into the Black Sea was something that was added to our original plans so made things a bit rushed – it seems that is the story of my life and Graeme has been told that next year things will be going a lot slower – and I mean a lot slower. We once again had a wonderful time with great travelling companions and different and interesting destinations.

Till next year….

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Environmental Sunday

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his year’s Environmental Sunday was, as always, the week before Opening Day when the Cruising Association, with as many helpers as possible, set out to clean up the entire grounds and surrounds of our Club.

This year the turnout was fantastic; a forecast maximum of 38 degrees and a turn-out of over 40 people from all groups within the Club. It was so great to see.

Members of the Cruising Committee each went off with their group of volunteers to the various areas such as the Eastern Rock Wall, the rock wall within the Eastern Marina, the Hard Stand area, both Eastern Marina car park areas, the Western Marina car park, the Public Marina, the Public Car Park and both sides of all the fences.

The excellent number of volunteers, allowed the task to be completed faster than usual with all teams back within 1¼ hours; much appreciated by all as the temperature rose.

Queens of Clean 2009

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ery proud winner of the 2009 raffle drawn at the Commodores Dinner was Shiraz, owned by Stephen and Sharon Bone. The ticket was bought for them by their eager crew member, Malcolm Cleggett.

This years raffle raised another $1,000 to kick start the fundraising for the 2010 Flotilla for Kids, so we are off to a good start.

Thank you to everyone who was involved in the big ‘Clean’ – especially the girls who are not members of the committee (Bernadette, Polly, Vicky and Margie) but happy to help out, well done all.

Jacq Heffernan, Chair, Social Activities Associaion

Afterward we enjoyed a barbecue with a drink and salads provided by the Club and meat provided by the Cruising Association.

I would like to thank the Cruising Committee who worked hard to make the day run smoothly. I would especially like to thank all the members who volunteered their time on such a hot day. I would also like to thank Phil Newton from Viola for providing the bins. It is wonderful to see the pride in our great Club.

John Sibly, Chair, Cruising Association

David and Natalie Murray brave the heat to clean up

2009 Queens of Clean reporting for duty

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social Activities Association

2009 Mouse Cup

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o say that Australians will bet on anything is an understatement, particularly when it comes to the Mouse Cup! This very popular event has gotten bigger and bigger each year and the 2009 Mouse Cup was no exception.

To our wonderful sponsors; Custom Cartons, The Tattoo Gallery, the Stag Hotel, Gary Knott Stainless Steel and Haese Marine, thank you so very much for making this event happen. Your continued support allows our Committee to bring these events to the Club and provides the atmosphere we all enjoy so much.

Who would have thought that a 195g mouse (Double Trouble – Haese Marine) would be worth $200 – to be owned for just a few seconds!

John Gerard with wife Sue

Faye and Bob Redmond

This year’s Steeplechase was dedicated to the Flotilla for Kids and raised a massive $650 in real money. Well done to all who bought each of the five mice in this race.

Race Results Race 1 Custom Cartons Won by “Solid Board” Race 2 The Tattoo Gallery Won by “Whiplash” Race 3 The Stag Hotel Steeplechase Won by “Stags Leap” Race 4 Garry Knott Stainless Steel Marine Services Won by “Ballist-rade” Race 5 Haese Marine Won by “Making Haese” 2009 CYCSA Mouse Cup Won by “Ballist-rade” Best Best Best Best

Dressed Team – Miss Jane Male hat – Owen Mace Female Hat – Jenny Murton novelty hat – Anonymous

Enthusiastic crowd

Once again, a huge thank you to the Mouse People and ‘Veterinary’ Surgeon, Vlad Humeniuk.

Jacq Heffernan, Chair, Social Activities Association

2009 Winner John Morris and the girls

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J24 - WHERE LEGENDS BEGIN

by Rod Wenham, South Australian President of the J24 Association

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hen Rodney Johnston built the first J24 Ragtime in his back yard in 1979, there was no way he could have contemplated the phenomenal success it was to become. His dream was to build a boat which the whole family could enjoy and race competitively at the local yacht club. Today there are nearly 6000 J24s throughout the world making them easily the largest one design production boat. At least 170 of these are in Australia and eighteen in Adelaide, thirteen of those forming the CYCSA fleet. This makes ours the largest active J24 racing fleet in Australia and something the CYCSA can be very proud of. I have been involved with the J’s for over nine years here and it’s been great to see the Club get behind such a versatile one design racer. We feel like we are part of the history of the Club.

The CYCSA fleet started in 1995 with the initial purchase of four Js by the Racing Association. This quickly attracted skippers and crew who saw the value and challenge of one design racing. Some wanted to hone their skills for big boat racing, others just wanted the thrill of tight and competitive inshore events. The first meeting saw Alyn Stevenson elected President out of about four attendees but within a few seasons, membership grew to over 70 and has remained at that level ever since.

The Club Js had a profound effect on the racing direction of the CYCSA and I believe introduced many members to the Club who would have gone elsewhere. We attracted yachties who wanted to make a move out of dinghies and into keel boats but still experience the thrill of small boat racing. Many of us were saddened when the Club made the decision to sell those boats as a bit of history left the Club.

My first J was rented from the club for $650 a year; it was Peter Davidson, named in honour of the paramedic who risked his life getting most of the crew off Stand Aside when it sank in the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race.

The Js still act as a very effective feeder of crew to many of the other racing boats in the Club. Many of the larger boats are keen to get J crew because you learn so many sailing skills very quickly on a J; you get wet and you learn to do every position on the boat.

The enthusiasm of J members can be seen in the wide variety of activities that members have become involved in. Consider some of the achievements; two Nationals and the first ever Asian Pacific Regatta amongst dozens of other regattas. Boats are often lent for team and match racing events as well as blind and disabled sailing regattas. In addition, at least two members (Alyn Stevenson and Peter Stevens) have raced internationally and four CYCSA boats competed in the World Championships held in Melbourne. The fact that they can be easily trailered means that national regattas are never out of the question.

boats can be in and out of the water within fifteen minutes, an important factor if you’re keen on maximizing your time at the bar afterwards.

On the national and international scene these boats are where legends are made; think of the big names in national and International sailing, Mundle, Short and Gilmore to name just a few. They all cut their teeth on J24s and incidentally, many of these “old timers” are coming together in Gosford in October 2010 for the first J Legends Regatta.

So why, when there are so many more exotic and high tech racers around, have these boats been so successful. Good design from the outset has a lot to do with it as does a very strong and visionary International Committee. Here is a boat that is a very competitive one design racer and at the same time a reasonably comfortable overnight boat which sleeps four (okay, headroom can be a problem). This makes it ideal for our inshore gulf waters. It’s not at all unusual for one or two Js to be seen at Port Vincent, Wirrina and less frequently, Kangaroo Island. I understand one even sailed the Adelaide Lincoln but sensibly, length restrictions put an end to that.

It is always interesting to see someone buy a J so the family can have a sail.

Usually it’s not long before that boat appears in the Saturday races often with the family as crew. Thankfully, we have always offered PHS as well as across the line racing so everyone feels they are part of the race.

Being one design means that very little has changed on the Js since the first production run. This means that a well maintained, twenty year old boat is still very race competitive. It also means that prices remain steady for secondhand boats and because exotics are banned, Js have always represented exceptional value. $10000-$15000 will get you a good competitive boat, $20000-$25000 will get you a fully optimized race winner. Where else can you get a keel boat at these prices?

The J24s all inclusive philosophy to sailing had its roots right from the beginning and led Johnstone to encourage skippers to take on a fifth crew member despite the fact that four can easily race a J. His philosophy was that this fifth person would be the rookie - the young kid on the block who wanted to learn about sailing. Today, Js are nearly always sailed with five and certainly need the weight, but the original philosophy and wisdom in recognizing a special place for the rookie is still very prevalent today.

Many of the J members have been around for quite a while and are enthusiastic about maintaining the class. We think we are a pretty friendly bunch of sailors with a lot of experience in repair and sailing and we’re always happy to have a chat with prospective new members. We even have our own trailer available to members. Just grab any one of us any time and we can get you on a boat for a sail.

The enthusiasm of members and the fantastic facilities of the Club have made it easy for the Js to grow. Having the crane for example, means that

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Further enquiries can be made through Rod Wenham on 0438677102, any Association member or by visiting our web site at www.J24Australia.com.au

Ray Evans gives an insight into the role of volunteers in relation to the purchase and refurbishment of CYC1 will start with the pre-purchase of Perina II, the craft now known as CYC1. Craig Evans, Richard Parks and I travelled to Port Vincent to inspect the vessel and went for a sea trial. It was a working boat and had been worked hard, with very little maintenance done to the structure, but the motor and drive gear seemed good, giving us a relatively smooth ride in the moderately rough sea.

Craig negotiated with the owner, Don Berand, on a price of $55,000, which he accepted but which was half the price he was asking six months before. He offered to bring it to the CYCSA so we could have it checked over, including having an oil sample analysed and an oil pressure test done.

This all being done and no problems found, the sale went through. Then the work began.

The Club’s jovial slip master Tim Went said, “It’s going to take a lot of work to bring it up to a workable platform that we could use to conduct racing from”, and always maintained he never had the time to do it! This was never our intention and it was going to take a long time!

The bilge area that housed the (four) battery bank was always damp to wet as the boat had a twin storage tank made of aluminium that wept moisture.

These were used as a live well of about a thousand litres. During her working life this was constantly filled with sea water using a deck hose and exiting through a 100mm drain hole in the side of the boat just above the waterline.

We decided to remove it leaving a gaping hole in the deck behind the cabin.

I filled the hole just above the waterline using a plug of timber glued in and many layers of glass cloth and fibreglass resin. Removing the tank rectified the damp area - no more wetness. This room has been painted and I installed a stainless ladder to make it easier to access.

We then tackled the deck installing new jarrah deck beams fixed in position and bolted to the original frames. These were cambered to the original dimensions and a marine ply deck was fitted, screwed, and glassed over. All of the skin fittings have been renewed with brass valves, new hoses fitted and double clamped, along with re-plumbing the toilet, now working. It was in the boat but never connected.

I had a dedicated team of three full time people, Ron Yeats, Bill Walker and myself, along with Brian Ford, George Ottewell and David Saies on a part time basis. Ron was the gopher, come painter of all things hidden below decks. Bill was my right hand man; removing decals, filling holes, hundreds of them, and sanding, smoothing and more filling. Brian also worked alongside Bill filling and sanding. George, being a carpenter, was invaluable with the deck reconstruction and the cabin ceiling that is now Meranti matchboard.

David came once a week and lent a hand where needed. I also worked with everybody as a carpenter, filler, sander, welder and painter!

The boat was pulled from the water and the initial work was commenced with some volunteers co-opted to scrape down the bottom. In all, I think about twenty people helped with this arduous task, some for half a day, others a couple of return visits, taking a couple of months of solid work!

There was a Board member, the Executive Officer and the Racing Manager working alongside sailing members all getting very dirty. This was a great help and showed up all the minor defects of the scarring come gouging produced over many years of dragging cray pots along and over the side.

The outside of the boat left me with a few headaches such as how to remove the anti-fouling from the hundreds of gouges. I came up with a method of using paint stripper and the Club gurney to blast it off; this worked really well! While a lot was going on outside I was busy on the inside removing the shag pile carpet from the ceiling that was stained and water marked along with the old dash and a lot of the old sounders, radios and GPS along with a computer keyboard and screen, no computer so the rest was irrelevant. The radar screen, an antique like you would see on a WWII submarine, also went, along with the mast and sweeper arm from the flybridge.

Perina II was built in the early eighties and had a checkered history being used in a few different roles, from a cray boat to a fishing boat and then modified with a crane on the side to transport herrings to feed the tuna farms off Port Lincoln, then back to a cray boat running out of Foul Bay on the Peninsula.

During this time it had been rewired several times, but none of the old wires had been removed, making it a nightmare to know what was alive and what was relevant to the running of the boat so all of the wire was removed, filling three x 200lt wheelie bins packed down tightly!

The old owner used to remove the battery leads every time he wasn’t using the motor or they would go flat. I found that a high tension lead, connected to a buzz board at the dash and the other end disconnected, was lying in the bilge and always had water over it; one of many such problems I came across

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WHAT PRICE VOLUNTEERS All this work took about four months and we still had a lot to do, fixing up the flybridge and glassing it back onto the cabin roof, removing the stainless from the flybridge and bulwark, more holes with over a hundred in the cabin roof (no wonder the cabin ceiling carpet was wet).

By now we had most of the filling done and Tim Went lent us a hand with the removal of the reinforcing board at the pot hauler station giving us another load of about 70 holes to fill and sand down.

At last we were ready to paint so on went the base coat and more filling and sanding until it looked 100%. We used a paint system called Perfection from International Paints. We studied the information disc and set about the mammoth task of rolling the paint on, with a man following immediately alongside with a good quality brush and this would smooth the paint and take out the roller marks.

I would highly recommend this system and think we’ve done a good job, being amateurs!! A new cabin door was made by Rod Hunter and I painted it with the Perfection paint.

and a coil of rope that has come in handy for making mooring lines!!

Richard Parkes gave us a quantity of fibreglass resin and filler bog, saving a lot of money. There are also a couple of promised items yet to materialise; an AM/FM radio and shore power installation and these items will help upgrade the safety requirements! Gary Knott from Gary Knott Stainless Marine Services supplied the entire stainless and aluminium superstructure including the new main deck and flybridge canopies, along with the safety rail around the bulwark; this was a generous gesture, recouping material costs only, supporting us with the labour content worth over $8,000.00.

The people that have donated time, goods and money have been invaluable as without them supporting the project, it would be a long time bringing it all to finalisation!!

The deck was painted and I reinforced the front to take the new, specially built bowsprit from Gary Knott and an anchor winch; there had never been an anchor fitted when it was a commercial fishing boat. A length of chain was bought, along with a SARCA anchor we purchased at a discount through Port River Marine.

The bottom was anti-fouled by the team, with the prop and Y frame painted by Andrew Smith with Prop-speed; this meant we could refloat the boat, after all winter and most of spring on the cradle. Once back in the pond we started on the deck and topsides. Tom Crabb helped with the bulwarks, glassing over the timber and Peter Stevens did some filling and supplied some of the lights.

Graeme and Gay Footer donated a generous sum of money that enabled us to purchase a GPS and John Sibly donated some stainless bolts, nuts and screws. Keith Flint donated a compressor with tank and fitted the brilliant horn system we now use to start and finish sailing races. Sandy Quinn donated four bright yellow fenders

Andy Shipp started the huge task of re-wiring and fitting new electrical equipment into the dash that I had rebuilt; he had help from Michelle Manton on a couple of occasions! Owing to Andy’s real work commitments, Peter Sheridan was appointed to finish off the electrics.

I rebuilt the seat boxes in the cabin. They have been configured to form an extra bed when the table is lowered. Dave Bainbridge made all of the cushions. Foam was supplied by Rick Haussler and vinyl and carpets

by Leica Theodore. The carpet was laid professionally by a carpet layer supplied by Mark Williams. All this equipment and labour was donated!!

At the time of writing the new canopies for the main deck and fly bridge are being made at a discount price by Dave Bainbridge.

Fifteen months later, Ron, Bill and I are still working on the boat, the last big thing we did was to remove a 200 litre fuel tank from the stern. This was found to have a hole requiring the deck to be cut out, the tank removed, and then the deck replaced and glassed back in, with a coat of paint to finish off. We still have two 500 litre diesel tanks, more than enough for our requirements.

All up I have put in well in excess of 1,600 hours and I estimate the combined team put in well above 4,000 hours!! We have burnt out two grinders, a heat gun and a battery drill. I don’t think this could have been done without the camaraderie of all team members, and I can’t stop them asking “if there is anything to do, just give us a call”.

It would be good to have another Insurance survey to get a quote on our present asset. I am sorry that I have not listed the names of the people who scraped the bottom; you know you had a part in it and have some bragging rights to say, I did my bit!!

I thought I would be lost when I retired from TAFE; but instead I found a busy new life and I would personally like to thank all the people who contributed to the refurbishment of CYC1.

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RACING ASSOCIATION

RACING ASSOCIATION NEWS Hi there, For those of you who haven’t met me, my name is Jess Hargreaves and I am the newly appointed Race Manager at the CYCSA. Since beginning in my role in late September, I have been busy finding my feet, learning all about the Club and Race Office and most importantly, setting up and running the 2009-10 Racing Season.

We have had a total of 59 boats nominate for this season, as well as a handful of regular casual entries.

The Inshore, Offshore, Twilight, Ladies Twilight and Coaster series have all commenced without a hitch and we have successfully completed the Premiers Cup and Queen of the Gulf Regatta. The Chairman’s Cup was scheduled for 8 November, however was postponed until early next year due to a lack of entries.

Jess Harg

One of my bigger challenges since starting has been that of securing sponsors for the season. I am happy to say that after meeting with them, all of our previous sponsors have readily signed up for another season with the Racing Association and CYCSA. This is fantastic news, as sponsors are so valuable to our Racing Season, not to mention the Club itself.

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As well as the Racing Season, the REX has been busy organizing the upcoming 29’ers National Championships, which runs from 29 December 2009-4 January 2010. We have had a great response to this event so far, with entrants from around the country, New Zealand and Japan. We are on the hunt for volunteers for this event, so if you are interested in helping out, please contact me in the Race Office.

In addition to the 29’er National Championships, we are also running the 2010 OAMPS Australian Youth Championships in conjunction with Largs Bay Sailing Club. This event will be held at Largs from 6-10 January 2010.

As you can imagine, all of this racing is keeping me out of trouble and I am thoroughly enjoying my new role here at the CYCSA. I’m looking forward to the remainder of the season, which promises to be very busy and will hopefully keep our members out of mischief!

See you around the Club!

Jess Hargreaves, Racing Manager

RACING Results Results of the Chateau Moteur Queen of the Gulf Regatta held on 24 October were –

Series Scores Division 1 First Second Third J245 Southern Cross Cup – Kaizen 2 Premiers Cup Regatta – Two True

Port Dock Ginja (Chris Tillett) Two True (Andrew Saies) Shining Sea (Andrew Corletto)

Division 2 First Second Third

White Knight (David Knights) Ruffian (Brian Horley) Patrice III (Shane Wiseman)

J24 First Second

Kaizen 2 (Michael McGlinchey) Good Company (Robin Townsend)

Results of the Chateau Moteur Premier’s Cup Regatta held on 23 November were -

J24 PHS First Second Third

Such is Life (Dave Nicolson) Kaizen 2 (Michael McGlinchey) Good Company (Robin Townsend)

J24 OD First Second Third

Kaizen 2 (Michael McGlinchey) Such Is Life (Dave Nicolson) Fun 2 (Alyn Stevenson)

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What impact will global change have on Adelaide’s marine ecosystems?

lobal climate change is an increasing concern, yet the extent to which ecosystems will be affected remains unclear. This issue forms the basis of research undertaken by members of the Southern Seas Ecology Laboratories from the University of Adelaide, including PhD candidate Laura Falkenberg, and Honours student Joanna Taylor. Their research, which was initially focussed on laboratory-based experiments, is now being undertaken at the CYCSA in fieldbased tanks.

Traditionally, predictions regarding the response of ecosystems to possible future global-scale climate change have been made based on understanding developed by studying this stressor in isolation. However, the response of ecosystems will not be determined solely by global-scale conditions, but also the local environment in which they manifest. Although potential effects can be identified by combining the findings of studies that consider global- and local-scale stressors in isolation, such an approach is unable to recognise the interactions which occur between stressors. These interactions may have an additive, synergistic or even antagonistic effect. It will only be possible to identify which type of interaction exists, and the likely response of ecosystems to future conditions, when these stressors are considered in meaningful combinations.

For many months Laura Falkenberg and Joanna Taylor have been conducting research, at berth C15 at the CYCSA, into the extent to which ecosystems will be affected by climate change.

Studies that consider the effect of both global and local stressors on key ecosystems are now being conducted, and are beginning to identify interactions which exist.

These ecosystems include the kelp forests found on temperate coastlines, such as those of South Australia. Kelp canopies enable stabilisation of physical environments and form complex habitats for thousands of associated species. Although kelp canopies, and their coralline crust understorey, are traditionally widespread, areas of turf-forming algae also naturally occur in these ecosystems. These morphologicallysimple turf-forming algae are unable to provide the same ecosystem services as kelp canopies. When empty space is created through the loss of canopy due to storm damage turf-forming algae can rapidly colonise, overgrowing coralline crusts. These filamentous turfs then trap sediment, inhibiting the recruitment of canopy-forming kelp. Under current conditions, which have been modified due to human activities, these turf-forming algae have been able to persist, preventing the re-formation of kelp canopies.

A laboratory-based study conducted at the University of Adelaide last year (which was Laura Falkenberg’s Honours project1, the results of which have been published in Global Change Biology) considered the response of the two key understorey species, coralline crusts and turf-forming algae, to the global-scale stressor of future carbon dioxide and the local-scale stressor of elevated nutrients. This study found that under future carbon dioxide and elevated nutrient conditions turf-forming algae will be favoured at the expense of coralline algae.

Although future carbon dioxide and elevated nutrient conditions are likely to favour turf-forming algae over coralline crusts, it is possible that appropriate management of local-scale stressors could reduce the effect of global-scale change. In this algal assemblage, it may be possible to reduce the effect of elevated carbon dioxide by appropriately managing the local-scale stressor of elevated nutrients, as identified previously. However, it is likely another local-scale factor, specifically the presence or absence of kelp, will also be particularly influential. This factor is known to influence the composition of algal assemblages under current conditions, and may become increasingly important under future carbon dioxide conditions. To date, the response of algae to stressors has been assessed without considering the presence or absence of kelp canopies, meaning predictions have been based on a highly simplified experimental assemblage. Community responses may be particularly important given the potential for species interactions, and therefore ecosystems, to be altered by future carbon dioxide. continued over page...

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Laura and Jo check for changes in species regularly

What impact will global change have on Adelaide’s marine ecosystems? ...continued from page 29 The aim of the experiments currently being conducted is, therefore, to determine how altered global-scale conditions, specifically future carbon dioxide, will combine with stressors that occur at local-scales, such as the removal of kelp and elevation of nutrients, to alter the relative abundances of coralline crusts and turf-forming algae. The first of these experiments was started mid-August 2009 and is expected to have a duration of around 5 months. The second experiment will then consider the effectiveness of managing local-scale stressors (i.e. reducing nutrient levels or introducing kelp canopies) following the establishment of future carbon dioxide conditions.

Image right: Kelp growing on coralline crust understorey (photo

by Bayden Russell)

Ultimately, the findings of these experiments will indicate the future of the ecosystem, and be utilised in the development of management strategies aimed to conserve kelp forests. Appropriate management of local-scale stressors, such as increased nutrients or removal of kelp, may influence the effects of the global-scale stressor of future carbon dioxide, as the resilience of these algal assemblages is maintained, reducing the effect of climate change. As kelp is a foundation species, such management will contribute to the retention of associated species and therefore the desired ecosystem states on which human societies rely.

Image below: Kelp growing on coralline crust (pink) and turfforming algae (green)

Laura Falkenberg would like to acknowledge the Nature Conservation Society of South Australia and SARDI for their funding support.

Laura Falkenberg and Joanna Taylor thank everyone at the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia for their continued support while they have been working on this project.

For further information please contact: laura.falkenberg@adelaide.edu.au 1Russell DB ... Falkenberg L, Connell S.D. (2009) Synergistic effects of climate change and local stressors: CO2 and nutrient-driven change in subtidal rocky habitats. Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01886.x

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WELCOME

Financial Report

The President and Chairman of the meeting, Mr John Gerard, upon receiving confirmation of a quorum being present, formally declared the meeting open and welcomed Foundation Members, New Members and current Senior Members to the 2009 Annual General Meeting of the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia.

The Treasurer, Mr Henry Petersen, presented his 2nd Financial Report as Treasurer. Mr Petersen spoke to the report for the 2008/2009 year as presented in the Annual Report 08.09 and provided further explanation on the Marina West development and subsequent conclusion. Mr Richard Parkes moved that the Treasurers Report be adopted. Mr Geoff Catt seconded the motion. Carried

ATTENDANCE/APOLOGIES

Commodore’s Report

Apologies as advised from the floor were noted in addition to those recorded on official record sheets at the entrance of the meeting venue. A full list of attendances and apologies appear below.

Commodore, Peter Page, presented his Commodores Report as included in the 08.09 Annual Report. The Commodore announced the Board had selected Jacqueline Heffernan as Volunteer of the Year for 2008/2009.

Jacqueline was nominated for her support of the Club through her involvement as a committee member of the Social Activities Association.

Jacqueline has raised the profile of the Club by taking the lead in fundraising efforts, such as Flotilla for Kids, which in turns brings credit to the Club.

Jacqueline throws herself into every event with enthusiasm and dedication and is instrumental in getting new members involved in the life of the Club.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

Mrs Barbara Page proposed that the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 20 August 2008 as published in the Groundswell in December 2008, be adopted. Mr Chris Morphett seconded the motion. Carried

ASSOCIATION REPORTS Cruising Association

Mr Chris Morphett moved that the Commodores report be adopted and Mr Rob Sellick seconded the motion. Carried

Mr Keith Degenhardt presented the Cruising Association Report on behalf of Mr John Sibly for the 2008/2009 year as included in the Annual Report 08.09.

President’s Report

Mr John Gerard spoke to his report for the 2008/2009 year as presented in the Annual Report 08.09. Mr Gerard proposed a vote of thanks to Peter Page acknowledging his outstanding contribution over the past 13 years in which Peter has served as a member of the Board, President and Commodore of the Club. Mr Gerard wished both Peter and his wife Barbara all the best in retirement. Mr Richard Parkes moved that the report be adopted. Mr Peter Schembri seconded to motion. Carried

Fishing Association

Mr Peter Schembri presented the Fishing Association Report for the 2008/2009 year as included in the Annual Report 08.09.

Social Activities Association

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

Mrs Jacqueline Heffernan presented the Social Activities Report for the 2008/2009 year as included in the Annual Report 08.09.

The Chairman advised that at the closure of nominations on Wednesday 29 July 2009, there were seven nominations for the seven vacant positions on the Board of Management. Consequently, an election was not required. The seven successful nominees were: Wayne E Coonan, Andrew G Corletto, John D Gerard, David P Murray, Henry J Petersen, Andrew D Saies and Thomas J Tymons

Racing Association Mr Richard Parkes presented the Racing Association report for the 2008/2009 year as presented in the Annual Report 08.09.

Mrs Jenni Paynter moved that all Association Reports be adopted. Mr Martyn Heffernan seconded the motion. Carried

ATTENDEES AVERAY, MR G J BROWN, MR R J CATT, MR G R COLELLA, MR J COONAN, MR W E CORLETTO, MR A CORNALL, MR K L DEGENHARDT, MR K R DRAPER, MR M R FAIRBROTHER, MR P D GERARD, MR J D GREVINS, MR J R HAUSLER, MR R J HEFFERNAN, MS J A HEFFERNAN, MR M L HUNTER, MR R C HUTTON, MR M A MACE, MR O MARSH, MR T B MCBRYDE, MS M K MCGLINCHEY, MR M C MCPHERSON, MR R B MIDDLETON, MR P R MORPHETT, MR C P MURRAY, MR D P PAGE, MRS B K PAGE, MR P J

PARKES, MR R A E PAYNTER, MR J D PETERSEN, MR H J POW, MR A RICHARDS, MR P R RUNDLE, MR P C SAIES, DR A D SCHEMBRI, MR P G SELLICK, MR R J SIMONS, MR D A SMYTH , MR J A SPEAR, MR G W TURCO, MR R TYMONS, MR T J

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AMOS, MR K J W HUSDELL, MR A E BAMFORD, MR F J JACKSON, MR B G BARRY, MR R J JENKINS, MR S A BATES MR C J KARIDIS, MR G BERG, MR R L KARRAN-THOMAS, MS P BOETTCHER, MR G R KINNAIRD, MR M A AC

minutes of annual general meeting of the cruising yacht club of sa inc wednesday 19 august 2009 at 7.30 pm

APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR

The Treasurer proposed that Cleland McFarlane Selth be reappointed as auditors for the 2009/2010 year. Moved by Mrs Jenni Paynter and Mrs Barbara Page seconded the motion. Carried

BOON, MR P E KINGSHOTT, MR K A There being no other business the meeting was closed 8.30pm BOULTER, MR K T LAUBE, MR A BOUMA, MR M S LEE, MR W C BRENNER, MR K P PATTERSON, DR I D FORD, MR E D APOLOGIES MARCEL, MR S J DENHAM, MR T J SWIFT, MR J BAMFORD, MR F J BROWN, MR H J PEARSON, CAPTAIN R S GARDINER, MR P J CRADDOCK, MR A R MARTIN, MR J DICKSON, MR J TISCHENDORF, MR N H DIDYK, MR J BUNN, MR G J PERDELIS, MR N GEORGE, MR N FIDOCK, MR R H AO MCBEATH, MR I J DIDYK, MR J VOS, MR A FOOTER, MR G BURGIN, MR C PERRIN, MR R H GERARD, MR A J FOOTER, MRS G MCLEAY, MR BD DIMITRI, MR J C WEBB, MR E W GARDINER, MR P J BUTCHER, DR C J QUIN, MRS J J GERARD, MR R G GERARD, MR A J MIOTTO, MR A U DONOVAN, MR D A WHITBY, MR B GERARD, MRS F E BYLHOUWER, MR C QUIN, MR S R GERARD, MRS S E GERARD, MR R G NEWMARCH, MR P J DUNCAN, MR C WILLIAMS, MR L D H GERARD, MRS S E CATLEY, MR R SAMPSON, MR M W GERARD, MR S C GERARD, MR S C NICOLSON, MR D FIDOCK, MR R H AO WILSON, MR G GOWING, MR G P F CHARLESWORTH, MR M SARAH, MR D AM GOMEZ, MR R A M KEOUGH, MR M O’CONNOR, MS A FISHER, MR H WOTTON, MR A M MARSH, MR B J CRADDOCK, MR A R SHORT, MR I R A HACKETT, MR P MCGRATH, MS T S O’REILLY, MR M D FOOTER MR G WYLLIE, MR R RICHARDS, DR D K CRAWFORD, MR P S SIBLY, MR J C HAMMOND, MR D J ROBINSON, MR R W PATERSON, MR B C FOOTER, MRS G YARWOOD, MR P C STRANGWAYS, MR W E G CROSS, MR M R SMITH, MR P S HOL, MR H ZULIAN, MR F SUGARS, MR L 27

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2010 BALLAST HEAD CUP REGATTA ISLAND BEACH, KANGAROO ISLAND 1 JANUARY 2010

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

Mr Edward Bonkowski Mr Jarrad Cody Mrs Jean Copley Mr Tony D’Ettorre Mrs Ingrid Dagg Mr Alexey Deev Dr James Edwards Mr David Gibbons Mr Rodney Goddard Ms Natalia Golioudbina Mr Darren Gow Mr Tony Hansen Mr Alan Holroyd Mr Grant Lomman Mr Aaron Low Mrs Kirsty Low Miss Mykenzie Low Mstr William Low Mr Bogdan Masznicz Mr Tony Palmer

INVITATION TO ENTER AND ATTEND The Eighth Annual Ballast Head Cup will be held on 1 January 2010 commencing at approximately 1.00pm off Island Beach at Kangaroo Island.

The Ballast Head Cup is the first major sporting event of the year and is a fun family race held on New Years Day. The race is for keel boats and trailer sailers and is normally two laps around a laid course.

The rules are very simple and based on Twilight rules where No Spinnakers are allowed. The handicap system is administered by volunteer race organizers and includes points for boats that take people, pets, and visitors from the beach etc.

The race is followed by a BBQ lunch on the beach immediately following the race and the cost of the BBQ is $10.00 per boat which is the nomination fee for the event. Participants are encouraged to bring ashore their tables, chairs, and esky. BBQ sausages, bread and sauce will be provided.

The following prizes are Overall Fastest Boat Winner on Handicap Best New Entrant

Mrs Helen Palmer Mr Les Parsons Mr Steve Power Mr John Ridge Ms Irina Santiago Mr Neil Scarce Mr Konrad Sedecki Mr Sam Shahin Mrs Maggie Siebert Mr Stephen Siebert Mrs Sue Sinclair Mr John Slattery Mr Matthew Solomon Mrs Karen Stunell Mr Martin Sutton Mr Brenton Swart Mr Stan Szczypiorski Mr Andrew Ttikirou Mr Andrew Van Essen

awarded – Ballast Head Cup Ballast Head Trophy The Jamie Cowell Trophy

For any further information regarding the Regatta contact Jane or David Harris on 0409818040 or email: jane@adelaidecellardoor.com.au.

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Berths for sale or lease FOR SALE Marina Berth 8 metre twin: 10 metre single: 10 metre twin: 11 metre twin: 12 metre single: 12 metre twin: 13 metre single: 14 metre single: 15 metre single: 16 metre single: 20 metre single:

C05, F01 A07 A28, F04, F18 A41 D33 D27, E13, E26 D01 A46, C28 B24, B31, B35, B36 B18 K06 (Marina West)

$66,000 $100,000 from $64,500 $75,000 from $110,950 from $85,000 $150,000 from $170,000 from $175,000 $205,000 $240,000

Hardstanding Berths  9 metre: 10 metre:

12 metre:

18, 25, 52, 54, 60, 71, 73, 83 from $5,000 33, 133, 134, 137, 140, 144, 145, 146 from $5,000 111, 115, 127 $10,000

FOR LEASE Marina East Berths 8 metre twin: 10 metre twin: 12 metre single: 12 metre twin: 13 metre single 14 metre single 15 metre single: 16 metre single: 18 metre single:

C05, C03 available for sub-lease A13 E03, E11 D38, E15, E26 D01* C29, C31 A47, B31, B35, B36 B19 available from Dec 09 for 12 mths B04

Marina West Berths Note: All berths in the Marina West development are single berths 12 metre: M05 15 metre: M08 17 metre: J04, J08, J10, J13, J14, J18, J19, J20 18 metre: M10 20 metre: K01, K02, K05, K07, K08 22 metre: K18 30 metre: K16

Hardstanding Berths 9 metre: 10 metre: 12 metre:

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For up-to-date information on all sales and leasing, log on to the Club website www.cycsa.com.au or contact Jenny Krogdahl for sales or Laura Cowley for leasing at the CYCSA office on 8248 4222.

As per the Marina Berth Agreement, a 10% commission is payable by the vendor on all berth sales. As of 22 October 2007 Board meeting - If you are selling your berth and buying a berth of equal or greater value then your berth sale may be subject to a 5% commission payable to the Club (in lieu of 10%). This will be at the discretion of Management. The sale and purchase must be effected on the same day.

PORT VINCENT For berth leasing at Port Vincent please contact Rob Marner (Port Vincent Marina Manager) on 0414 611 110.

CYCSA Port Vincent leasing rates

For berth leasing overnight, weekly and during offpeak times, the Club will lease out berths with the owners agreement, at the owner’s rates below.

O/night Weekly

10mt $25 $125 12m $30 $150 14ms $40 $200 15ms $45 $225 18ms $55 $275 20ms $60 $300 22ms $65 $325 24ms $70 $350 30ms $80 $400

Off-peak weekly $60 $80 $110 $125 $145 $160 $175 $190 $200

FOR SALE

Port Vincent Berths 12mt: 12ms: 14ms: 15ms: 20ms: (*also for

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