Groundswell December 2018

QUARTERLY JOURNAL FROM THE CRUISING YACHT CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

DECEMBER 2018

CYCSA HAMILTON ISLAND

PERSONALITY PROFILE ANDREW SAIES | THE TRAVELS OF JEMMAROO COMMODORE’S DINNER | A NEW FORCE IN MARINE CONSERVATION IN SA1

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CRUISING YACHT CLUB OF SA

THIS ISSUE

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT President Treasurer

Chris Wood Dominic Rinaldi Geoff Boettcher Brett Brown Peter Hall David Murray Hillar Puvi

FLAG OFFICERS Commodore Vice Commodore Rear Commodores

PATRON

Jacqueline Heffernan John Sibly Adrian Wotton Jeff Dinham The Honourable Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR

STAFF General Manager Financial Controller / Acting GM Admin & Operations Manager Finance Manager Marketing & Communications Member Services & Reception Marine Academy Coordinator & Boating Administrator Events, Marketing & Membership Services Head Chef Port Vincent Marina Manager

TBA Kerry O’Brien Jenny Krogdahl Marina Segodina Mellissa Vahoumis Sarah Belton David Royle Susan Laird Anthony Berthet Rob Marner

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT

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AT THE HELM WITH OUR ACTING GM

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COMMODORE’S REPORT

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CLUB NEWS

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RACING REPORT

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MARINE ACADEMY REPORT

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MELBOURNE CUP LUNCHEON

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PERSONALITY PROFILE - ANDREW SAIES

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HAMILTON ISLAND RACE WEEK

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OPENING DAY

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COMMODORE’S DINNER

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NEW BOATS AT THE CLUB

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TRAVELS OF JEMMAROO

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CRUISING ASSOCIATION UPDATE

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COCKLING DAY AT GOOLWA

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CYCSA AGM MINUTES

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MARINE CONSERVATION IN SA

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PRMS - OUR NEW PLATINUM SPONSOR

COMMITTEES Members Committee Chair Fishing Association Chair Racing Association Chair Cruising Association Chair LIFE MEMBERS

EDITORS OF GROUNDSWELL

Advertising & contributions to Mellissa: mellissa@cycsa.com.au 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

Jacq Heffernan Vlad Humeniuk Mike Holmes Adrian Wotton

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Arthur F Carolan Geoffrey R Catt Richard H Fidock AO Graeme L Footer John D Gerard James A Henry (Dec’d) Malcolm A Kinnaird AC (Dec’d) Peter J Page (Dec’d) Gay Footer, Mellissa Vahoumis, Pat Catley, Libby Stephens, Dianne Schwerdt, Pamela Tse

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Telephone: 08 8248 4222 Facsimile: 08 8248 5888 Email: reception@cycsa.com.au Web: www.cycsa.com.au Telephone Port Vincent: 0414 611 110

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Cover image: Opening Day Sailpast - The One & All at Marina West, photo by René Schröder of SA-UAVs Image right: Whale Breaching, photo courtesy of Hamilton Island Photography

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT

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The season is open!!

Our 2018/19 season is now open with Opening Day held on Saturday 27 October being extremely well supported by members and their guests. The weather ended up being just perfect despite some earlier forecasts of rain and strong winds. Thank you to Jacq Heffernan and all our Flag Officers together with all our staff for making this day such a success.

Ramp Sale – Sinking Fund The Board is delighted to advise that settlement of the North Haven Ramp Asset occurred on Thursday 1 November. The detail of the sale of this asset has been communicated to members over the past ten months.

The Board sought third party legal advice on how to structure the Sinking Fund and has determined to structure it within the existing Club financial structure rather than establishing a new legal entity.

Final details of this structure will be communicated to members at the half yearly meeting to be held in February 2019.

The Fund will be called and referred to as the CYCSA Sinking Fund and its purpose has been defined as follows – “To provide income from the capital set aside from the sale of the ramp asset in 2018/19 for the sole purpose to repair, renovate and replace overwater assets owned by the Club. This includes assets such as pylons, marina walkways, pontoons, wharfs, revetment walls, navigation aids and slipways (excluding slipway cradles, motors winches and slipway work aprons).”

In the meantime and following advice from professional third party advisors, a proportion of the proceeds from the sale will be invested in ‘Blue Chip Australian Listed Equities’ to provide a running yield income better than current bank deposit rates and hopefully provide capital growth over time.

Looking Forward/Strategic Workshop The Board will be hosting a think tank/strategic workshop in early December 2018. The workshop will include Board Members, Senior Managers, Flag Officers, Association Chairpersons, some past Board and Flag Officers and some Senior Members.

The objective of this workshop is to look at the Club into the future, especially how to retain and expand membership, attract new boats into our marinas and position the Club to ensure we remain financially strong and the premier boating yacht club into the future.

This initiative is being chaired by Board Member David Murray. I am sure we will be able to share some of the outcomes of this very import review with members at the February half yearly meeting.

Electronic Voting The Board and management have been reviewing the option of electronic voting to replace the current expensive and time consuming AGM postal voting system. We have spoken to a few other clubs who have already made this transition and apart from the significant cost saving they have also experienced significant increases in voting participation. There are a number of sophisticated service providers in both the local and international market we have already looked at.

Some advantages to members would be – • • • • • •

Simple step by step instructions on how to vote and link to voting site sent by email Automated email reminders until voting completed No paper Mobile electronic device capability (ie mobile phones/tablets/ laptops) Satellite iPad station available at the Club to those with no access to a computer Secure encrypted voting link.

Members have been asking for a Sinking Fund to be formally established in a liquid form for a long period of time and this has now been achieved and will have a material benefit to the Club and its members going forward.

Based on our investigations we plan to bring a motion to a special members half yearly meeting in February to recommend electronic voting. There will be a change of wording required in the Constitution if we proceed in this direction.

General Manager The Board has engaged a third party consultant to assist in finding a suitably qualified General Manager. At the time of writing applications had closed with just under 80 received. A short list of seven (7) candidates is currently being interviewed by a Board subcommittee and the quality of the candidates on paper looks to be extremely strong.

Other I ask that any member who has any comments or concerns about the Club or requires any non-confidential information about the Club or its finances to, in the first instance, contact the General Manager, Commodore or any Board Member before taking any such concerns or messages to any formal meeting of the Club. The Board operates a policy of transparency and tries very hard to openly communicate all material events to members as they occur.

On behalf of the Board I want to thank Mrs Kerry O’Brien, our Financial Controller, for stepping up to take on the position of Acting General Manager while we complete the search and appointment of a full time General Manager. Thank you also to all the other senior staff for stepping up and assisting through this period.

Financial Performance At the time of writing it is pleasing to report that our unaudited financial performance for the first four months of the financial year is just ahead of budget. There are some ups and downs within the various departments, however, the Earnings Before Interest, Tax Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) is ahead of budget.

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Look forward to seeing you at the Club soon. Enjoy the season and have a Merry Christmas.

FROM THE HELM For those of you who haven’t heard of me I started here late in 2017 as the new Financial Controller and have recently taken up the position of Acting General Manager while the Board recruits for a new General Manager. Most of you will know by now that Craig Evans left to take up the position of General Manager at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in New South Wales. Craig was a well-respected and long standing employee of the Club and on behalf of all members and fellow employees we wish him all the best for the future.

Housekeeping There are always certain Club rules and bylaws that from time to time we review and update.

I recently attended my first Opening Day at the Club and for those of you who also attended I think it can be said that the day was an outstanding success. Thank you to all the staff who worked long and hard to make the day a showcase not only of the start of the racing season but also of everything that the Club has to offer.

Smoking Policy - A reminder that smoking is not permitted in the confines of any buildings within the Club grounds, the patio area, BBQ area, and any other areas that have been designated and signposted.

Andrew Kerr has recently left the position of Food and Beverage Manager and we wish him all the best in his new job. We welcome Susan Laird to the team who started with us in May as the Marketing and Hospitality Manager. Susan brings a wealth of experience in marketing and event management and I’m sure you will notice her professionalism and personality around the Club. I have had the pleasure of dining in the Admirals Bistro so thank you to all the bistro and kitchen staff who I know work hard to make it such an enjoyable experience.

The functions part of the business is an important contributor to the Club’s financial stability and it’s a timely reminder to members to consider using our top rate facilities for their next celebratory event and to help getting the word out there in the local community – word of mouth is a powerful marketing tool! To thank Members for their regular patronage we have introduced some “member only” rewards that will automatically generate from the bar tills based on the Member’s spend. We hope to introduce more rewards in the future.

Dog Bylaws - An area of the BBQ patio has been marked out specifically for members and their pets. We welcome any suggestions within reason to make the area more pet friendly as we most certainly support members who love sharing the facility with their pets. A reminder that the bylaws are in place due to legislative requirements associated with enclosed dining areas and for general work, health and safety reasons.

Trolleys - Please remember to return your trolley to the trolley bay after use out of courtesy to other members.

We also ask members to respect staff who often have to uphold these rules on the Club’s behalf.

If you have any suggestions for improvement or constructive criticism you would like to bring to management’s attention there is a suggestion letterbox in the foyer which you are most welcome to use either anonymously or by name.

Kerry O’Brien Acting General Manager

I commend everyone involved in the recent landmark sale of the boat ramp which puts the future of the Club in a strong position for both existing and future members. As the Financial Controller I can assure you that the Club’s current financial position is sound and the administration team who manage the day to day operation of the Club work hard to make sure the Club’s finances are well looked after. We also warmly welcome Sarah Belton to the front office in the role of Reception/Member Services.

Please return trolleys to the designated area

MEMBER REWARDS The Club highly values our member’s support of the Admirals Bistro and Mariners Restaurant. As a result we have created two ‘members only’ rewards for your regular patronage. *Enjoy a complimentary Birthday Drink on us! *Hot Beverage Loyalty Program - Now there are even more reasons to come and enjoy a drink at the Club.

Please ask staff for details.

Opening Day, CYCSA staff: Mellissa, Sarah, Marina & Kerry

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FROM OUR FLAG OFFICERS

It has been an absolute honour to be appointed Commodore after serving for one year as Rear Commodore and the previous two as Vice Commodore. I would like to thank Past Commodore, Geoff Boettcher, for his support and inspiration over the past three years.

He is an incredible mentor and absolute team player. Thank you Geoff and the Board for having faith in me.

Some of the highlights have been representing the Club at various Opening Days every weekend over the past two months, our own Opening Day being the pinnacle for me and this is the reason why. This club is more than just a Club to us. It is where I met my (now) husband Marty, where he proposed and where we married.

It is where we come to join our friends and family for good times, console each other in sad times and work together in busy times.

It’s where we find peace, time for reflection and make plans for new sailing adventures. For the past two decades it has been our sanctuary and will continue to be for a long time yet.

I am particularly looking forward to supporting the various associations throughout the year. These volunteer groups work incredibly hard to create wonderful events for all members to enjoy.

Keep an eye on the Club calendar on the website for upcoming events Another point I would like to mention is that the Board welcome members who are interested in becoming a Flag Officer or Board member regardless of gender so please, come and speak with either myself, a fellow Flag Officer or a Board member.

Come and say hello, we are usually on Bula at E3.

Fair winds Jacq Heffernan Commodore I feel very honoured to have been given the position of Vice Commodore and am enjoying getting into the role. We have had several meetings so far and there is more to learn than I realised.

Representing our Club at other club Opening Days has been interesting and enjoyable. We have met some great people with common interests and challenges and it has also been interesting seeing how some of the smaller clubs are run totally by volunteers.

We recently held a Captain’s Table morning tea where new members were welcomed by our Commodore, Flag Officers and Association chairs then given an introduction to the Club and association roles.

As a Flag Officer I represented our Club at Garden Island Yacht Club Opening day in great weather. Their day began with a Military Museum cannon blast and the resulting screams. I also joined our Commodore, Jacq, at the opening of the Adelaide Sailing Club season and it was great to see all the dinghies doing the sail past during a race. Then came our Opening Day where we are part of the team making the day work and I was very honoured to receive my burgee at the presentations. Most recently I joined our other Flag Officers at the Squadron Opening Day. I saw a lot of sailing friends and enjoyed being involved in their Opening Day taking note of how it went. All of the Opening Days are similar but there were ideas for us to consider and perhaps make ours better in the future.

John Sibly Vice Commodore

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Our Flag Officers from L to R: Adrian Wotton, Jacqueline Heffernan, John Sibly and Jeff Dinham (JD) The beautiful spring weather has seen many of our Club members not only out and about on the water but also taking advantage of our magnificent bistro area. The racing season has also commenced and the hugely popular Wednesday Twilight Races have been great fun. If you want to get a ride on a boat give David Royle a call in our Race Office and you are sure to be made welcome.

The Cruising Association has been active with over 20 boats cruising over to Port Vincent for the October Long Weekend and the 2nd Saturday Monthly BBQs have continued to be very popular for a catch up and sharing of stories with fellow Club members.

December will be another busy month with the Combined Associations Christmas Bash BBQ on Saturday the 8th and to round off the calendar year, a combined CYCSA and RSAYS New Year’s Eve party is being held at Browns Beach, Kangaroo Island. The Ballast Head Cup non-spinnaker race follows on New Year’s Day in Eastern Cove.

Hope to see you around the Club or out on the water soon.

Adrian Wotton Rear Commodore

It seems like I’ve hardly had a chance to catch up with the usual sailing fleet with the Opening Days and two offshores leaving only one round-the-cans day at the time of writing this for the usual after race socialising. I’m sure as the season progresses I will have more opportunity to touch base with the sailing members.

The various club Opening Days have presented a great opportunity to catch up with Flag Officers from our neighbouring keelboat and dinghy clubs from along the coast. It has been great to discuss the possibility of building some great partnerships into the future and increase participation in sailing. We have excellent facilities to help foster these partnerships with the Marine Academy and its wide range of courses. I would urge any of you who know of anyone who would benefit from one of these courses to put them in touch with David in the Race Office.

I am always ready to listen to any ideas to help build and promote our sport so don’t be shy.

Looking forward to a great season.

Jeff Dinham (JD) Rear Commodore

BOUTIQUE SLIPWAY

NEWS

COMPETITIVE RATES

NEW CLUB SPONSOR | ACTION ENERGY AUSTRALIA The CYCSA welcomes one of our newest corporate sponsors, Action Energy Australia, to our Club.

With beginnings in commercial scale and industrial photovoltaic solar generation systems, Action Energy Australia (AEA) has expanded into the residential solar and battery energy storage markets.

Managing Director of AEA and CYCSA Senior Member, Russell Phillipson, is keen to help fellow members and their associates access the latest in both federal and state government rebates and provide services for both their home and business energy requirements.

Although PV Solar is a major focus for the company, Action Energy Australia can also support businesses with a range of cost-effective energy reduction strategies and equipment including: motor velocity controllers and soft starters, peak load shaving and the use of CBus automated LED high bay lighting. Customer energy load profile and electricity tariff reduction are fundamental to guiding the AEA system design brief. AEA customers benefit from the use of only Tier 1 quality guaranteed equipment, solar panels, inverters, marine grade cabling and marine grade roof solar panel mounting systems.

Action Energy technicians take pride in the highest quality trade workmanship. All systems are installed above the Clean Energy Council guidelines and Australian Design Standards.

For more information please contact Russell directly on mobile: 0474 216 997 or email: Russell.phillipson@actionenergy.com.au

CONVENIENT NO NEED TO LEAVE THE NORTH HAVEN MARINA SLIPPING AT THE CYCSA The CYCSA located at North Haven offers excellent slipping facilities for basic repairs and maintenance work, (limited to vessels under 25 tons). We offer secure site facilities, competitive rates and boat owners choice of tradespeople* All bookings are to be made through the Club office. If you wish to book in your boat or inspect our facilities please contact Reception to arrange a suitable time on 8248 4222. *conditions apply.

CLUBS SA AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE 2018 The Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia was delighted to be awarded the Best Club Members Event and Best Bistro/CafĂŠ at the prestigious Clubs SA Awards for Excellence dinner held at the Adelaide Convention Centre in October. Well done team!

A big thank you to Clubs SA, in particular Kristy Amato and all the award sponsors for putting on a great awards night.

CYCSA staff, from L to R: Marina, Jenny, Craig, Mellissa & Andrew NEW SUMMER MENU

5kW at VMR American River

Admirals Bar and Bistro - Come try something from our new summer menu, available now. Please phone ahead on 8248 4222 to make a booking to avoid disappointment. Open Thursday to Sunday for lunch and dinner and Sunday for breakfast. Weekly dining specials are also available.

20kW Residential Installation

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NEWS DEFIBRILLATOR DONATED BY CHARLESWORTH NUTS The Club recently received the donation of an Automated External Defibrillator (known as an AED or simply a defibrillator) from Mark Charlesworth.

Charlesworth Nuts have been a long term and generous sponsor of the CYCSA Cruising Association and on behalf of all Club members I would like to thank Mark for this wonderful, and potentially lifesaving addition to our Club.

This AED has been installed in the Western Marina Facilities Building and complements the AED situated in the main clubhouse.

The AED is an amazing device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia and is able to treat them through defibrillation, the application of electricity which stops the arrhythmia, allowing the heart to re-establish an effective rhythm. (source Wikipedia) To the layman, it provides rapid and local treatment for a heart attack in the period before medical support can arrive.You do not have to be trained to use the AED and, importantly, it has safe guards to prevent accidental discharge. That is, if the heart is beating normally, the AED will not administer a shock.

Thanks again Mark!

Adrian Wotton Rear Commodore and Chairman Cruising Association

Mark Charlesworth with Adrian Wotton

GREAT CATCH! Club member and fishing enthusiast John Kenny with yet another great submission for our Fishing Association Fishing Awards landing a 102cm snapper off Norma Wreck. Nice one John!

NEW MEMBERS Over the last three months the following people have joined the Club. Please make them welcome.

Carl Aiken Joanne Atkinson Daryl Balfe Matteo Barchiesi Mark Baumann Neville Bennetts Christopher Brebner Robert Bristow Simon Buckingham Alan Cameron Sue Carter Justin Denholm Andrew Dodd Anna Farrugia Giorgina Gauci Steven Gibbins Stuart Gill Ben Gray Lidia Hall Kathryn Heywood

Welcoming some of our newest members to the Club at our Captain’s Table morning tea

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Philip Hinc Joshua Hinks Kent Humphrys Trevor Jamieson Tanya Leslie Peter Li John Lindsay Timothy Maddock Thomas McCluskey Marie McKay Thomas Melville Misho Militch David Miller Ivan Noel Karl Olsen Wayne Owens Christine Pearsons Roger Plant Peter Ralf Benjamin Riggs

Grace Rooney James Rooney Olivia Rooney Di-Ann Salotti Peter Schar Frances Semmler Brian Smith James Smith Jack Solomon David Steele Lloyd Stewart Lawrie Tapp Trina Tate Jason Vette Darian White Gordon Wickham Andrew Wilkinson Paul Willsher Guy Wogan-Provo

RACING ASSOCIATION Our racing season for the summer of 2018-19 is now in full swing with great participation from members.

The Port River Marine Winter Series concluded in August with five races completed over three months. PHS Division 1 winners were Game On (Julian Newton) defending their title from the previous winter. Only one point behind was Magic (sailed by the Harries/Brown/Metcalfe syndicate) with White Knight (David Knights) third and suffering a broken mast in the final race. In PHS Division 2 From Russia With Love (Mike Holmes) edged out Rock On (Trevor Conyers) with School’s Out (Adrian Wotton) third. AMS Division 1 saw the tables turned with a series win by Magic from Game On. In AMS Division 2 Rock On triumphed over School’s Out with Kinetic Energy (Andy Shipp) third. Sailing conditions for the series were generally good early on with the last two races held under more trying and cold conditions. The fantastic support of Port River Marine for our Winter Series is greatly appreciated.

This year’s Short Handed Series was well supported with a combined fleet of some six boats. Conditions over the series were very frustrating however with three of the six races lost to either too much wind or not enough. PHS was won in a clean sweep of first places by Ruffian (Michael McGlinchey) followed

by French Bread (Roy Sharp) and G-Wizz (Greg Patten). The smallest boat in the fleet, Freedom (Bob Schahinger) from the RSAYS, took out the AMS Division.

The Phil Hoffmann Travel Twilight Series started in October with Series 1 seeing 23 boats on the water.

This series will go through until Christmas with Series 2 starting in January.

At the time of writing our Club Inshore Series has completed two races in fantastic conditions of blue skies and solid breezes. It is too early to ascertain which crews will reach the consistency required to take home the Inshore Series this year but as always it will be hotly contested. The newly arrived Rocksalt (Denby Steele) debuted in the first Inshore race and there will be much interest in her progress through the summer. The first race of the Offshore Series, the Orontes Cup Race, was held on 13 October with CYCSA boats doing well in the combined fleet of ten boats. Shining Sea (Andrew Corletto) took out first place on PHS followed by Magic and Kinetic Energy. Magic took out first place in both IRC and AMS. There is much fun left to be had in this summer season and with the business end of the season approaching we can expect our teams to go all out to set themselves up for overall wins in whichever racing they compete.

David Royle Racing Manager and Boating Administrator

Twilight sailing, Game On - Photo by Craig Evans

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MARINE ACADEMY UPDATE As outlined in First Watch, the Club’s history of the first 40 years, tells us that the CYCSA Marine Academy was launched in 1994 by Foundation Member Captain Bill Henry and conducted courses in radio, practical sailing and radar. Robin Pennock and David Woods subsequently took responsibility for training courses until it took on its current form when Board Member John Bates (2002–2007) re-invigorated the concept and arranged for the Club to officially register the Academy name. The CYCSA Marine Academy was endorsed by the Board at the time as an important strategic step in improving member facilities, encouraging membership and as a possible future income stream.

The Academy gained accreditation as a Royal Yachting Association training centre under the guidance of Coordinator Brett Yardley in the mid 2000s and was managed by a passionate and dedicated Committee chaired at the time by Andrew Saies, followed by Rowley Richardson.

Considerable progress has been made over the years and following a planned transition the Academy has now reached another of its initial goals, to be an integral part of the Club’s daily operations.

This means that responsibility for the management, administration and performance of the Academy has now moved completely across to the Club’s management team with the Advisory Committee’s role now being to advise the Board and assist the staff where appropriate.

The Club’s Annual Report also included details of the Academy’s year and here are a few highlights.

Some extracts from the 2017/2018 Annual Report – “The CYCSA Marine Academy continues to be an important part of the Club.

2017-18 marks the Academy’s eleventh year of operation. It is pleasing to see how far it has come over these years in meeting the purpose of increasing enjoyment, safety and knowledge for boating for both members and non-members and for attracting potential members to the Club.

This year the Academy had 261 students, an increase of 41% on last year (185). Of those 17% were members and 83% were nonmembers, with 32% being female and 68% male. Three took up Club membership as Racing members which is down on the previous year”.

Courses “The most popular courses were again ‘Start Yachting’, ‘Discover Sailing’ and ‘Three Day Live Aboard’. There were no women’s-only courses run this year due to the lack of numbers booking. Instead women were encouraged to undertake Discover Sailing in mixed groups with no negative feedback reported.

We have increased the number of private courses, both accredited training and one-off custom training, undertaken throughout the year. This has included a significant number of mid-week courses for both Powerboating qualifications and ‘Start Yachting’.

As with previous years there have been wide ranging reasons for participants to undertake courses. Some just want to learn to sail and be competent on a yacht while others are working towards a goal of buying a boat.”

Human Resources “The introduction of the Boating Administrator role has meant David Royle’s involvement has increased with his being appointed as the Principal effective from 8 April 2017. These changes were approved by both Australian Sailing and the Royal Yachting Association (RYA). Brett Yardley has maintained his position as Chief Instructor with Matt Young, John Edwards, Andy Shipp, Rod Hunter, Hugh Longbottom and Vernon Schulz as instructors. Hugh

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Longbottom continues to undertake the Boating Operations role which includes many hours keeping Academy 1 at the level required to meet our training accreditation with the (RYA).”

Assets “Our yacht, Academy 1 has been maintained to ensure compliance with survey requirements. An annual maintenance program has been completed by appropriately qualified contractors or Club members and the appearance of the boat above and below decks has been enhanced by a team of volunteers. The involvement of trainees in the maintenance of the boat is also most appreciated.

We are heavily reliant on Academy 1 and while it is in pretty good shape, the boat will turn 30 in 2019. Replacement with a more modern vessel will need to be considered in the near future.

In the year under review the Academy was audited twice by RYA representatives to ensure compliance with a range of standards to meet their accredited training centre status.”

Marketing and Administration “Encouraging course participants to become members remains a priority. In this regard the work of Hugh Longbottom and other instructors in welcoming and engaging trainees with the Club is most appreciated. The involvement of Academy 1 in Twilight races and the Adelaide to Port Lincoln race has given members, Flag Officers and Duty Crew an opportunity to welcome the trainees into Club activities. Thanks to these members and those who have taken trainees on board and mentored them.”

Financials “The financial statement included with this report shows an income of $89,600 with expenses totalling $75,103 resulting in a surplus of $14,497.

In 2017-18 members were invited to contribute to the Marine Academy Foundation. Support for the scheme was excellent with $16,910 donated. $7,755 has been used to purchase an anchor winch and a few other items for Academy 1. The remaining $8,915 is now held as reserve capital with the end of year surplus being directed towards meeting compliance with Sailing Australia’s instructor requirements”.

Future Directions “The Academy offers a pathway to begin, a pathway to learn, to be mentored and encouraged. We currently excel at providing a ‘cruising’ pathway through the delivery of our RYA courses up to and including Day Skipper Practical. However we must also consider how we attract the next generation(s) of racing sailors into the Club and provide relevant and contemporary training opportunities that produce yachtsmen and women who can and will compete at the highest levels both nationally and hopefully internationally and also serves as a pathway to progress from dinghies to keelboats and on to blue water classics such as the Adelaide to Port Lincoln and Sydney to Hobart Races. Given this, the Committee has asked the Academy to revisit the 2013 proposal to introduce a sports boat as an endorsed training boat (or fleet) for Club racing.”

Geoff Catt - Marine Academy Chair

CYCSA MARINE ACADEMY

As future blue-water cruisers Pete and I are always keen to learn safety tips and practise safety drills whenever we get a chance. So, when the Club sent out an email about Safety Sunday, we signed up straight away.

We were very pleased to score a pleasant, sunny 20 degree day as we knew we had to end the day in the water, which was only 13 degrees at the time, so not something to look forward to.

It was a very informative day in the classroom with the extremely knowledgeable Andy Shipp (Kinetic Energy). The course covered some interesting topics such as choice and use of EPIRBS, PLBs,VHF DSCs with GPS and MMSIs, PFDs and a vast array of other ingredients from the acronym-soup of safe yachting.

After a delicious lunch in the bistro it was time for the practical drills. First was an opportunity to create noise, smoke and fire as we set off some distress flares. That was pretty cool but it was a shame Andy wouldn’t let us play with the rocket-launched ones.

Maybe that’s on the two-day course! Then the time came to get wet. Luckily we had two nurses and a defibrillator standing by in case it all became too much for us. Jumping into the marina in full wet-weather gear, boots-and-all, seemed like a bad idea. However, as Andy pointed out, it is surprising how much buoyancy and warmth you get from your jacket and pants when properly strapped. Setting off your PFD and wearing it in the water is a really good idea as you get to see how it all works when you are not having to deal with the panic of an emergency situation.

Another surprising thing you find out is how much warmer you feel when not flailing about wildly on your own in the water but following the proper procedures for two-person or group-hugs to keep hypothermia at bay a little longer. Pete and I found adopting the ‘baby koala’ position was very helpful and gave us a chance to compare notes and I found that I was coping with the cold much better than him, a complete reversal of our normal temperature tolerances. This taught us the importance of having the right gear. At this point I was considering my Musto jacket as being money well spent and Pete was deeply regretting his stance of “I’ll be fine in my normal hoodie jacket”.

After a short swim we tackled the bouncy castle called a ‘life raft’ which is much harder to board from the water than you think but we all got there in the end.

Then it was off to a nice hot shower and straight around to North Haven Marine for Pete to purchase a Musto BR2 jacket. A lesson learnt!

Well done to the Sintara crew for coming out in force. It is such a great idea for crews to practise safety together as a team to get to know each other’s capabilities and become familiar with each other’s gear. If the worst does happen we all need to know we can rely on the crew around us.

Overall, an educational and enjoyable day and well worthwhile for everyone who ventures out onto the water.

Cate Blackman CYCSA Club Member

2018 PORTLINE CUP AUGUST 10 & 11 The Saturday Ice Breaker series was sailed in 25 knots of wind and Academy 1, skippered by Hugh Longbottom, was the best performing CYCSA boat taking second overall with the day being won by Mighty Fine Lyons from the Port Adelaide Sailing Club.

The conditions on Sunday for the Port Line Cup were excellent with 10-15 knots of breeze from the north-west. 28 boats competed in this year’s Port Line Cup including eleven entrants from the CYCSA and Club boats won three of the four divisions.

Division 1 1st Sintara 2nd Game On 3rd Shining Sea

Derek Morrison Julian Newton Andrew Corletto

Division 2 1st Kinetic Energy

Andy Shipp

Division 3 1st Ruffian 3rd School’s Out

Michael McGlinchey Adrian Wotton

Kinetic Energy, skippered by Andy Shipp, took out the combined AMS Trophy and Andrew Corletto recorded the day’s fastest time on Shining Sea. The Port Line Cup was won by the giant killer, Macki, a Farr 6000 trailer sailer from Clayton Bay. Kinetic Energy finished fourth overall and Ruffian fifth.

The Port Line Cup has a reputation for drama and it was provided this year by Magic, (Brown, Harries and Metcalfe), who had a collision with Sahara, a Port Adelaide Sailing Club Beneteau First 30, at the turning mark. Both sustained damage and Magic is currently undergoing repairs at Port River Marine. No doubt she will return to back up her excellent Winter Series form with a strong showing in the summer events.

Michael McGlinchey

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LUNCHEON The wet start to the day didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of close to 90 members and friends who enjoyed one of the best Melbourne Cup luncheons at the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia.

Dressed to the nines in elegant outfits and amazing hat displays, the women created a fashion field of their own and the men put in a good appearance too. Guests were greeted on arrival with a glass of bubbly or wine while trays of canapés were offered to the crowd as they gathered in the bar area. Inside the dining room were plenty of opportunities to buy sweepstake and raffle tickets with the large variety of prizes on display for hopeful winners to peruse.

Our sponsors, Charlesworth Nuts, Georges Wines and Quest Port Adelaide, provided the rewards for the lucky raffle winners. The gift packs of wine, baskets of nuts and other edibles together with smaller but desirable prizes, were on everyone’s wish list.

Tables of eight to eleven allowed comfortable conversation across simple but elegant table decorations as the wine flowed and conversation built up while awaiting the running of ‘The Cup’. A large screen gave everyone the chance to see their horse win or lose. To add interest to the afternoon each table had been left a quiz to complete. The questions were varied, some easy and some quite hard but whether a cocktail should be shaken or stirred is something everyone knows James Bond’s preference for, but most didn’t know there isn’t a proper way as it turns out both methods are quite acceptable. The quiz papers were gathered up and marked with the winning table announced by the compere for the day and CYCSA member, Traci Ayris.

Between mouth-watering courses a fashion parade entertained the diners. Models wore clothes from another of our sponsors, a local dress shop on Military Road called Neon Cameo BTQ. The glamorous young women exhibited a variety of clothing which varied from everyday easy-to-wear to a more stunning dress for a party. Each model drew a round of applause as she moved between the tables to give diners a closer view and then suddenly, it was time for the Melbourne Cup Race to begin. Cheering erupted and grew to a crescendo as Number 23 finished first. Those who had picked Cross Counter showed they were especially pleased with arms waving in the air while dancing up and down with glee. The second and third place winners also collected a good sum between them and there were a lot of happy faces.

The meal was everything you would expect for a Melbourne Cup Luncheon. The entree was a homemade cured salmon with beetroot blini and alternate drops of chicken or schnapper were served for the main course with sides of a green salad and steamed vegetables.

The dessert was heavenly being a duo of strawberry tartlet with Strawberry Charlotte served separately in a small glass. Coffee and tea were available which many helped themselves to in order to drive home safely. Others moved from the dining room to the bar to either celebrate or drown their sorrows but nobody looked sad.

Win or lose, it was a really good event.

Pat Catley

Thanks to our event Sponsors

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PROFILE | ANDREW SAIES Andrew Saies has been a stalwart of the Club for many years having been on the Board for twelve years including seven as President.

A South Australian lad through and through, when Andrew completed his schooling at Scotch College he attended Adelaide University where he studied medicine and ultimately graduated as an Orthopaedic Surgeon. Shoulders and arms are his area of expertise and he tends his craft at Sportsmed where he is a Director.

Now 61 years old, he is married to Susan and they have three adult children, Alice, Alexander and Annabel and several grandchildren.

Andrew has a long sailing history starting with sailing in a Heron dinghy built by his father David and crewing with him at Grange Sailing Club. David continues his life-long involvement with sailing and after finishing in Lasers and doing many years of twilight racing with Andrew, he joined the duty boat volunteers at the CYCSA and has been a long time RO for the Ballast Head Regatta. Andrew soon graduated to Rainbows and then Mosquito catamarans, racing locally and in various nationals at the time. He sailed his first Sydney to Hobart in his early twenties in 1980 with Dick Fidock, a mentor to many, who instilled a life-long interest in him for the CYCSA. There have been a series of yachts owned by Andrew, his first being Phoenix, a Northsore 38 which he owned from 1994 to 2003. This boat was used for family cruising to Kangaroo Island in the summer, Twilight Racing and many Cruising (non spinnaker) or Division 3 Club Championships. David Evans, the then Racing Manager, eventually threw him out of Division 3 and suggested he get serious about racing. On Phoenix they raced in a number of offshore races with particular success in the Haystack Island Race on IRC. The Northshore was fast downwind and on a reach but slow and too tender upwind so he eventually upgraded. During this period, together with Evan Hiscock, a long-time friend and crew member, they published the Flinders Baudin Log Book to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the discovery of South Australia and in 2002 they sailed to many of the islands on Phoenix.

In 2004 the Australian Keelboat Championships were held at the Club and the IRC winning yacht was a Farr designed Beneteau 40.7.

After a discussion with Dick Fidock the decision was made to buy one however, Dick thought it was such a good idea, that he beat Andrew to it with his purcahse of As Good As It Gets, fondly named the ‘Fruit Box’. It was a year later when Andrew secured an equally competitive 40.7 called True North from Sydney.

With the help of sailing and racing manager Brett Young, he set about campaigning locally and interstate including competing in the 2007 and 2008 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races with the best result being a third in their division.

Back in Adelaide it became a boat on boat match race with Dick whenever and wherever they were competing. With the intense rivalry, both crew’s boat work, tactics and boat speed improved and they enjoyed some of the best racing and competition in Andrew’s sailing career.

By 2009 however Andrew decided it was time to have a serious go at the Tattersall’s Cup so, together with Brett Young’s considerable experience, they canvassed a variety of new boat options and settled on the then new Bruce Farr designed First 40.Two True arrived in July 2009 and just six months later they held that hallowed Cup. Andrew still owns Two True and has competed in four more Hobarts on her and sailed many, many miles.

Andrew recounted that the 2009 Hobart win was the most exciting, rewarding and stressful event he ever experienced. Their win was subject to a protest which took over twenty-four hours to resolve and this added to the drama. The support and well wishes of friends, Club members and many other South Aussies before and after the win is something he will never forget. The crew who put in the

training, the race itself, their strategy, current and wind predictions and conditions, sail choice and boat handling, all came together in one of those near perfect races which may never happen again and Andrew commented that it was an amazing feeling as they summited the Everest of sailing.

The most challenging trip Andrew has undertaken was a delivery to Sydney with Dick Fidock on board Kestrel in 1980 together with Rob Sellick. They were caught in an extreme low pressure cell in Bass Strait with mountainous seas and a steady 50 knots of breeze with gusts to over 70 knots and no visibility due to the continuous rain squalls. Running north under bare poles with warps out the back, no engine, no HF radio and no idea whether they were east of Gabo Island, made the fact that they survived and made it to Sydney the stuff of legend around the Club and Andrew concedes he thought they were all going to die.

The Fastnet Race in England with its reputation was a great experience in 2013 when the crew went across and sailed this iconic ocean race in a First 40 identical to Two True. One of Andrew’s great moments in sailing.

Alex is keeping up the family tradition of sailing and has crewed on two of the Hobarts and one Fastnet race with Andrew.

Andrew does have other interest besides sailing and being involved at the Club and enjoys attending and supporting the performing arts, snow skiing and travelling for both work and holidays in Australia and overseas. For the record he wants it known he does not play golf.

Susan has been hugely supportive and tolerant of Andrew’s love of sailing but as their daughters live in Sydney and with grandchildren there, he feels it is time for him to back off from top end racing on his boat and to perhaps step aboard other boats on an ad hoc basis in order to spend more time with them. Two True has not quite been put out to pasture however, and will compete in the Twilights and the Ballast Head Cup for a least one more summer.

The Club and sailing have been a huge part of his non-working life and has brought him together with people on and off the water who share his passion for the Club and the sport. Andrew commented that the governance of the Club, its constitution, its ownership structure and its members, made it a pleasure and a privilege to have been a Director and President. He intends to keep involved with the Marine Academy and sees instructing as a future pathway for him.

Andrew, thank you for your contribution to the Club and good luck with whatever else is in store for you and Susan.

Gay Footer

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BALLAST HEAD

Originating from an idea of CYCSA member Andrew Saies and crew Evan Hiscock and now run in association with the Club Race Committee, the sailing of the 17th Ballast Head Cup regatta will be held on New Year’s Day 2019.

Sailed off the beautiful Island Beach adjacent to American River on the sheltered northern coast of Kangaroo Island, it has become a popular cruise venue for Adelaide yachties over the Christmas/New Year break. In addition, the local American River, Kingscote and Port Lincoln sailors have embraced this event and have put around ten to twelve boats on the water in recent years.

The course is set on the generally sheltered waters of Eastern Cove (a true northerly might stir the waves up to about half a metre) and is

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HAMILTON ISLAND RACE WEEK 18-25 AUGUST With its winning combination of tropical location and brilliant organisation, Hamilton Island Race Week enjoys a richly deserved reputation for being Australia’s top offshore sailing regatta. Conceived in 1983 during the America’s Cup in Newport, Rhode Island, the regatta became a reality the following year when 93 yachts competed in and around the Whitsunday Islands. Billed as one of the best sailing events in one of the best destinations in the world, the regatta is enjoyed by a range of high profile sailors and their boats as well as those less experienced and it is this inclusiveness that makes a unique event even more special. Since its inception the event has grown exponentially and this year attracted 232 yachts from within every state in Australia and overseas including Wild Oats XI, Ichi Ban and Black Jack and more than 2,500 sailors. This year two crews from South Australia, one skippered by Derek Morrison in a chartered Jeanneau 40.3, Tiger Blue, and the other by Denby Steele in his new Dehler 38, Rocksalt, were among them.

Sintara crew on Tiger Blue - Photo courtesy of Salty Dingo

TIGER BLUE’S RACE Derek Morrison’s crew was mostly drawn from those who sailed regularly on Asylum at the CYCSA – Hayden Jones, Julian Kent, Rob Lees, Chantal MacClelland, Norm Nicholls and Di Schwerdt. Some had already experienced Hamilton Island Race Week and were keen to go again. The stories they told about tropical sunshine, fabulous sailing and a great social life were quite persuasive so it was not difficult to commit to a 2018 tilt at the event. We had a willing crew; the trick was to find a suitable boat. Sunsail had a fleet of 27 charter yachts that were available for racing – bring your own spinnaker – and Tiger Blue was ours for the week. All we had to do was get ourselves up there on time. That, and attend to the details of organising appropriate accommodation and negotiating the boat some twelve months before the race – great job Chantal!

We flew in over where we would be racing - a scattering of islands in a sapphire sea and landed on what has to be Australia’s shortest runway tucked discreetly onto the edge of Hamilton Island in Dent Passage and featuring prominently in the Sailing Instructions. Our apartment, a short drive from the airport in golf buggies piled hilariously high with luggage and crew, was within easy walking distance of Main Street and the marina and afforded a classic balcony view of the neighbouring islands and Whitsunday Passage - beautiful at any time of day but particularly at daybreak and sunset. What was Hamilton Island Race Week like? In Nick George’s words, “Think Port Lincoln Race Week on steroids.” Six days of racing (with a choice of 40 set courses to cater for all weather), a lay day with plenty of on-and off-shore options, crew briefings packed with interesting and useful information, daily presentations and parties, exceptionally good restaurants and street food, beautiful island walks with stunning views, friendly staff everywhere, and an elegant, formal Presentation Dinner at week’s end created a recipe for paradise.

What’s not to enjoy?

We approached Race 1, some 19.2 nautical miles that took us north from Dent Passage to South and Mid Molle Islands, as a familiarisation race, taking Tiger Blue out and hoisting our spinnaker for the first time. A brisk wind gave us a kite run that delivered good boat speed downwind. Upwind legs however were going to be more challenging and this particular race required close attention to the tide to gain any advantage on the run to the finish. Here we also learnt to make way for incoming aircraft, to keep clear of the flight path and so avoid having our masts shortened unnecessarily and our

boats adversely affected by overhead wind gusts. It was interesting to keep one eye on the race and the finish line and another on a plane coming in to land over the top of us! But it was something we almost got used to over the week of the regatta. Sunsail put on a delicious post-sail feast of fresh prawns and fruit platters, beer and crisp white wine before we adjourned to what would become the daily ritual of presentations in Main Street and more after-race conviviality.

The start of Race 2 on the following day to White Rock and Denman Island was delayed for quite some time. At one stage we were not even sure we would actually get out on the water with wind at 40 knots plus gusts. We watched enviously as the IRC Division made their way out to the start line. Eventually however we all got to start and the fleet enjoyed a fabulous day of sailing and incidental whale watching with one whale breaching athletically time and again. It’s hard to keep your eyes in the boat when that sort of thing is going on!

Race 3 started further east in the vicinity of Turtle Bay (no turtles to be seen) and took us to Pine Island on a glorious morning, just right for a day’s sailing around uninhabited islands in water that sparkled and shone. We were blessed with another whale sighting just as we came into the finishing area. Longer than Tiger Blue, it surfaced shyly alongside us, too briefly to allow a photo but long enough to create a lovely memory. The crew enjoyed post-race drinks and nibbles on the boat before wandering round to the presentation area via a few mandatory shop and gallery visits. Towards dusk we took the golf buggy to One Tree Hill for cocktails and a stunning sunset. Everyone should do this at least once during the regatta. The views are superb and a short walk further up the hill allows a wide panoramic view of nearby islands and bays.

We made big plans for our lay day and of course it involved more sailing. It was another perfect day – enough wind and a flat sea – so we loaded up with lunch, flippers, snorkelling gear, fishing lines and bait, and sailed round to Chalkie’s Beach through Fitzalan Passage.

We passed through the ‘angry’ water we had seen the day before where water affected by tide running against wind rippled and dimpled as if thousands of small fish just under the surface swam manically hither and thither. In brilliant blue water we turned into Solway Passage avoiding Frith Rock, a very solid looking lump in the middle of the passage entrance and sailed up to anchor at Chalkie’s Beach across the water from the more well-known Whitehaven Beach.

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HAMILTON ISLAND RACE WEEK Our plan was to snorkel on the reef and swim before lunch and the change of tide at which point fishing would take over. The reef was fascinating. Everywhere tiny coloured fish flashed between the rocks and coral in the inlet. Sad to say, much of the coral was grey-brown and covered with cobwebby weed, but here and there a surprising burst of colour made it seem possible that the reef might regenerate. The tide was running strongly here but with a rope and fender floating out from the back of the boat we managed to stay nearby rather than disappear over the horizon at a rate of knots.

Some fished while others took the rib to explore what was round the corner of Haslewood Island in Windy Bay. There had been much talk of staying out for the night but only on the condition there would be enough fish. Three coral trout, handsome though they were, didn’t quite cut it (sorry Derek and Julian) so we headed for home via a closer view of Whitehaven Beach where two sea-planes had disgorged passengers on to the whitest beach imaginable. One plane loaded up while we were there and took off over us as we turned for home, trawling for more fish with a lure off the back of the boat. A delightful seafood dinner at the apartment, prefaced by Hayden’s delicious grilled sardine hors d’oeuvres, made for a perfect finish to a perfect day.

Before the start of Race 4 the Prix d’ Elegance, a sail past of dressed boats and crew, graced the morning and later light winds made for easy racing past Goat and Denham Islands before heading home in a lovely long kite run to the finish. Here a looming traffic jam ahead meant slowing down and carefully manoeuvring Tiger Blue between boats to avoid interrupting the retrieval of an accidental MOB happening just short of the finishing line. Always something different every day! This was also the day the crew went for free wholebody skin checks offered each year by the Queensland Institute of Dermatology as part of the on-going fight against skin cancer.

Despite the fact that two of our crew emerged later looking like exaggerated versions of Norman Gunston we continued to let them sail with us.

All races during the week were preceded by a stand-out briefing and Race 5 was no exception. Rob Brown, the voice of the Rolex Sydney-Hobart start, talked about this week’s racing being a difficult task for setting courses for all types of boat divisions with tides that were heading north, commenting that since the tide roars down Dent Passage, “prudence and seamanship” were required, especially with spinnakers in play. This proved to be the case when an exciting finish saw boats giving way all over Dent Passage while radio instructions constantly alerted us to several incoming planes. Never a dull moment!

Race 6 from Turtle Bay had us sailing a different course past Isolation Rock, Ann Island, then Cole and Dent Islands. Water breaking over Surprise Rock off to port – so named because it’s only visible when the tide drops – reminded us of the usefulness of charts and navigation. A whale blew and frolicked as we passed and our long spinnaker run home, contested at the end by a much bigger boat coming up fast on the inside and trying to squeeze between us and the rock retaining wall holding up the edge of the runway, coincided with an incoming jet landing to starboard just as we finished.

It was a beautiful day’s sailing brought to a close with another postrace feast of prawns, fruit, wine and beer, compliments of Sunsail and a presentation made to the winners of the Sunsail competition within the larger regatta. Sunsail’s Simon Summerton and staff did a great job of looking after us making sure we had everything we needed to get out and race. Thanks guys!

The Presentation Dinner at the Convention Centre provided a fitting finale to a fabulous week. The food and wine service was miraculous given the numbers (book your tickets well before you go to Hammo) and the high energy retro band was great, playing

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without breaks and keeping the dance floor packed. Hamilton Island Race Week is amazing and if you are chartering, remember you might not have the fastest boat, but the experience of racing in such beautiful surroundings and being immersed in the intensity of a premier regatta makes it all worthwhile.

Di Schwerdt

ROCKSALT’S RACE It was an opportunity too good to miss. After years of dreaming of buying a boat Denby found the right one in Sydney, a Dehler 38, purchased her from Windcraft Yachts and needed to bring her home to Adelaide following the Sydney Boat Show in August. Given the timing the idea of taking Rocksalt further up the east coast first for Hamilton Island Race Week soon became a firm plan, with son Matthew, brother David, sister Kirsten, and brother-in-law David very keen to sign on as crew.

A weekend trip to Pittwater where the boat was berthed was the first opportunity for Denby and Matthew to take Rocksalt for a sail along with Denby’s daughter Janie. The first day they were accompanied by members of the Windcraft Yachts team on a familiarisation sail and the following day they were on their own, excitedly getting to know the boat while exploring Pittwater.

By this time Denby had engaged Mark Goode of Sailing Yacht Deliveries to sail Rocksalt up to Hamilton Island in time for Race Week. Sailing time at Pittwater that weekend was limited as Denby realised just how much was needed on the boat for the delivery crew – safety gear, linen, cooking gear, cutlery, crockery, cleaning gear and food staples had to be purchased. The remainder of the weekend was taken up with trips to and from chandleries and supermarkets to stock the bare boat with the essentials for the trip up. The Windcraft Yachts team kindly lent a car for the running around. Windcraft Yacht’s Melbourne Branch Manager, Sydney Hobart TP52 sailor, Jade Cole, was also added to the Rocksalt crew for Hamilton Island, bringing the number to six.

Rocksalt is a Dehler 38 with a competition rig, launched in 2016.

The story goes that her original owner loved the boat so much he bought the Windcraft Yachts company, the Australian and New Zealand agents for Dehler, Hanse and Solaris yachts. (see new boats section p23).

Rocksalt at Hammo

Rocksalt images courtesy of Hamilton Island Photography A few weeks later Denby again travelled to Sydney for the Boat Show.

Windcraft Yachts had negotiated to keep Rocksalt in Sydney to display her and this is where Denby first saw her 12 months before. At the end of the show Mark and two crew set off for Hamilton Island while Denby and the crew in Adelaide followed her progress up the coast via Mark’s tracker. One of the crew was 29 year old Tiffany Lay from Lucerne, Switzerland, who was in Australia to gain yachting qualifications and sea miles. Her passion for sailing began with her family’s involvement in a Swiss Offshore Sailing Club, an interesting concept for a land-locked country. They have 7,000 members and half a dozen boats, fortunately not more than 1,000 of the members are actively involved in sailing. The boats move from port to port around Europe with the members taking boats for a week at a time. Tiff had obtained her Yachtmaster qualification in Sydney and was keen to get more experience and sea miles. A few days into the delivery trip she contacted Denby to ask if he had room in the crew for one more so the crew became seven with Tiff the only one to have spent any significant time on the boat, though not in racing conditions and without spinnakers.

On Friday 16 August Mark, Tiff and Justin sailed Rocksalt into Hamilton Island Marina and Denby, Kirsten, David, Matthew and Dave flew up from Adelaide to compete in their first Hamilton Island Race Week.

Total crew experience on Rocksalt – Tiff, nine day delivery trip; Denby and Matthew, looking her over in Sydney plus two short sails on Pittwater; David, Kirsten and Dave, well, they’d seen a few photos!!

Apart from lack of experience of the boat, the crew had limited experience of racing together, especially in a boat like this. Denby, Matthew, Kirsten and Dave have sailed for a few seasons on Marnico with Gay and Graeme Footer. Kirsten and Dave are part owners of The Bottom Line and Denby has a Farr 7500 at Goolwa. David is primarily a sailboard and Sabre sailor with two kids sailing Optis, so mainsheet hand seemed the obvious role for him. Matthew and Dave took positions at the bow and the mast as they commonly had on Marnico. With Denby at the helm, Kirsten and Tiff were the trimmers, while the very experienced Jade looking after the pit. After stowing all the gear there was time for a short sail to start getting to know the boat. A light breeze meant time to work out what was where and the warm weather was a welcome change from the cold in Adelaide.

It was dark when we returned to the marina so Denby’s first experience of berthing Rocksalt in the marina was in the dark using torches, negotiating around the likes of Wild Oats and watched by all the seasoned sailors in the neighbouring yachts. Fortunately it went without a hitch!

In addition to being a lovely boat to sail and race, after tidying up sails and sheets, it was clear that Rocksalt would also be a very comfortable home for the five crew from Adelaide for the next ten days.Very light winds on Saturday (registration day) meant limited practise so the first race day arrived with the crew still very inexperienced, soaking up advice on tides and wind shadows at the morning briefing and studying racing instructions and local charts to plan a strategy.

Adelaide sailors are not used to the Whitsunday tides which can provide a ‘magic carpet ride’ if you make use of them well or leave you ‘parked’ while other boats sail past you if you are caught in eddies around headlands when the breeze is light. Course directions “leaving this island to starboard” or “leaving that rock to port” seemed so much more interesting than courses around laid marks! In fact the one laid mark used in the first race didn’t actually match the racing instructions and caused some yachts confusion about whether they had finished. It should be noted that this was probably the only problem in a week of very well run racing.

The first race day produced fresher breezes than the crew had experienced since arrival and the boat handled beautifully. After a pleasing start Rocksalt finished 21st out of 24 on handicap in a division comprising mainly larger racer/cruisers as well as Melges, but it should be noted that her handicap was earned by Rocksalt’s previous experienced/semi-professional crew in 2017!

With stronger winds for Race 2 the crew were happy to have Jade’s husband, Aaron Cole, sailmaker with North Sails and top National trimmer, on board for the day and very happy with 9th position.In addition to four more fabulous race days the Rocksalt crew joined in the fun of the Prix d’Elegance, dressing the boat as an operating theatre - the ‘patient’ was laid on the boom ready for his operation, the rails were covered with blue theatre drapes and the crew donned theatre gowns, caps, and masks, Red Cross flags were taped on the bow and flew from the stern, saline drip bottles (water coloured red for port side, green for starboard) were hung from the side stays and the sound system pumped out ‘Smooth Operator’. These efforts were greeted with great amusement and enthusiasm by the other crews around but in the sail past the judges awarded the prize to Jurassic Minx (aka local boat Miss Minx) with her jungle theme and crew of dinosaurs and bikini clad girls. The unexpected outcome of the Rocksalt crew’s antics was the procession of real patients who turned up at the boat over the following days looking for medical assistance for wound dressing, removal of stitches and such minor procedures.

Fortunately the boat’s medical kit and skipper (Denby is a urological surgeon) were more than adequate to those tasks.

2018 Race Week, with the excitement of close racing in a fleet of 232 yachts, the spectacle of the super maxis and TP52s, the whale sightings, the party atmosphere and the nightly bands and the camaraderie and fun of living on Rocksalt in the marina in the beautiful warm weather was over far too soon. Happy with an overall placing of 15th (21/9/9/12/17/10) in Hamilton Island Division 3, especially with the crew’s inexperience and the calibre of the competition, it was time to head home. Sunday saw the five Adelaide crew members sailing Rocksalt to Airlie Beach from where she was to be trucked home (through 800 kms of an exceptionally bad dust storm!) ready for her next adventures while berthed at the CYCSA. Kirsten Roper

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We were very fortunate to have great weather on Opening Day this year. With bright sunny skies, warm temperatures and gentle breezes, we couldn’t have asked for a better day to celebrate the Official Opening of the 2018/19 Sailing Season.

Our official vessel for the Sail Past was again the magnificent Tall Ship, One & All, moored at Marina West on the end of J-Row. The Sail Past was conducted internally within the North Haven Marina basin and it was awesome to see the kids involved again for the Sail Past with juniors from the Ocean View College Sailing Team out on the water. The powerboats were led by Jim Smyth in Gladiator at 1300 followed by the yachts by That’s Life skippered by Gary Sinton. It was great to see all the boats out on the water dressed in colourful flags with just as lively costumes for the crew members. Well done to everyone who participated. It was fantastic to see more boats participate this year and the geniality and seamanship of our Club members.

In keeping with an old Opening Day tradition a lone Scottish piper played the bagpipes summoning members and guests to the lawn area for the start of the official ceremony and presentations. This year we were privileged to have His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AO, Governor of South Australia, to officiate the opening of the 2018/19 Sailing Season with Mrs Le. The Governor’s amiable nature had the audience’s attention as he remarked how Sir James Hardy and Lady Joan Hardy never seem to age… Sir James’ response; their secret to looking young – Hardys Wine of course!

The Governor then jested that Government House should stock up their cellar with Hardys Wines.

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2018 At the presentations this year we were delighted to announce Jacqueline Heffernan’s promotion to Commodore, our Club’s second ever female Commodore. Other Flag Officers announced were John Sibly as Vice Commodore, welcome John, and for the first time in the Club’s history two Rear Commodores were selected, Adrian Wotton remained in his role and we welcomed Jeff Dinham (JD) as a new Flag Officer. We wish them all well for the coming season. This year’s formalities were kept short and sweet finishing with Jacq’s inspiring and heartfelt speech describing how the Club is a special place for her and that there is a place at the Club for everybody, at any level of involvement.

Once the formal presentations were finished the official guests enjoyed afternoon tea in Mariners while the band, ‘Gumbo Ya Ya’, kicked off again due to popular demand after last year’s performance, expressing the richness and variety of New Orleans rhythm and blues music.

I look forward to seeing you all again for Opening Day next year.

Mellissa Vahoumis Marketing & Communications

Marina West - photo by René Schröder of SA-UAVs

Developed a number of years ago as a way for the Club’s Associations to recognise outstanding contributions from our members, the ‘Most Valued Volunteer’ for each Association award was presented again this year. This year three worthy individuals received this award: Ray Evans nominated by the Racing Association, Ken Amos nominated by the Fishing Association and Robert Perrin awarded posthumously by the Cruising Association. Congratulations to them all and thank you on behalf of the Associations and Club members for your efforts.

The ‘Volunteer of the Year’ award for 2017/18 was presented to Gay Footer. Gay has headed up the Editorial Committee of the Club’s quarterly magazine Groundswell for many years and her commitment and leadership has been outstanding. Groundswell continues to provide our members with a channel to share their stories, boating experiences and knowledge and each edition always provides relevant and interesting reading. Thank you and congratulations Gay, on behalf of the Club and its members, for your fantastic dedication and contribution.

Congratulations to the following members who achieved the milestone of 25 years of Club membership this year.

They were: Stephen Lewis, Wayne Coonan, Fay Gerard, Norfried Tischendorf, Gerry Colella and Trevor Paynter. Not all were able to attend and those who were not present on the day have received their badges by post.

Volunteer of the Year - Gay Footer

Gerry & Trevor - 25 year badge recipients

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O P E N I N G DAY It wouldn’t be Opening Day without acknowledging the winners of our Sail Past awards. Congratulations to all participating members and crews for putting in such a fantastic effort and display of seamanship this year!

Best Dressed Boat – Power

Splendido

Best Dressed Boat – Yacht

Shining Sea

Splendido

Best Dressed Crew – Power Rocket Best Dressed Crew – Yacht

Grand Akt

Best Dressed Novelty – Power Trophy Best Dressed Novelty – Yacht Praha Seamanship Award – Power

Andante

Seamanship Award – Yacht

That’s Life

Shining Sea

Rocket Trophy

Grand Akt

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The Tribe - photo by Bob Pearce

Praha

Andante

Dick Fidock with Lady Joan & Sir James Hardy

Adrian Wotton with That’s Life - Greg & Judy

Neville Yates, Jo McLaren and Christa Kinnear with Pam & Adrian Wilson

B Free

Sintara - photo by Bob Pearce Trevor & Jenni Paynter with Louise Wiggins

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‘ A night with the Commodores This year we changed the format to a more relaxed dress code and for something completely different, no band. The drawcard was also something completely different - the history of the Club’s Commodores and at that point there had been eight Commodores.

1979 – 1983 1983 – 1993 1993 – 1998 1998 – 2002 2002 – 2006 2006 – 2009 2009 – 2013 2013 – 2018

Richard Fidock Malcolm Kinnaird Graeme Measday Tess McGrath Graeme Footer Peter Page Geoff Catt Geoff Boettcher

These members have a long history of contributing to the success of the Club and what better way to capture that than having them interviewed by Graeme Goodings.

Each past Commodore, together with representatives for Peter Page (wife, Barbara and son, Luke) and Graeme Measday (wife, Judy and daughter, Jayne) provided many stories which proved very entertaining for the 140 attendees. Unfortunately Malcolm Kinnaird’s daughter, Kate, was unable to attend on the night and her stories were missed by all.

I looked around at the end of the night and thought how vibrant the atmosphere was. This wasn’t just the Commodore’s Dinner, this was more like a family reunion. What a fantastic night it was. Thank you to all who contributed to its success especially those mentioned above.

Jacqi Heffernan Commodore

Back row from L to R: Geoff Catt, Geoff Boettcher & Graeme Footer.

Front Row from L to R: Dick Fidock,Tess McGrath, Graeme Goodings, Barbara Page & Judy Measday

Thanks to our Event Sponsors

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BOATS AT THE CLUB This is another in the series of articles aimed at providing you with an insight into new boats and other boats of interest at the Club.

Contact Mellissa through the Club if you are interested in having your boat featured here.

ROCKSALT

LILYMIA

Rocksalt, a Dehler 38 Competition Version yacht, is owned by Denby Steele and moored in D2.

LilyMia was launched in March of this year and is owned by Stuart Foster. He purchased the boat through Port River Marine over a year ago as a ‘project’ as it was very run down and had been on the dry dock for several years and needed a bit of tender loving care and, of course, a whole lot of dollars. Its original name was Sea a Vie but Stuart had other ideas and called it Lilymia after his two granddaughters.

Denby has sailed all his life racing Flying Elevens, 470s, sailboards and trailer sailers over the years plus chartering in the Whitsundays, the UK, Scotland, Greece and Croatia.

He joined the Club in 2014 and sailed with Gay and Graeme Footer on Marnico and Kirsten and David Roper on The Bottom Line.

He completed the RYA Day Theory Course with Andy Shipp and the Practical Course with Brett Yardley through the CYCSA Marine Academy to brush up further on his skills.

Rocksalt is the realisation of a lifelong dream for Denby and he bought the boat from the agent who sailed it in the 2017 Hamilton Island Race Week, winning its division. As the boat was already in the Pittwater, Denby organised Rocksalt to be sailed to Hamilton Island by Mark Goode of Sailing Yacht Deliveries and raced in this year’s Hamilton Island Race Week with his son Matthew, sister Kirsten Roper, brother-in-law David Roper and brother David, making it a real family affair. Denby stated that “the 2018 Hamilton Island Race Week was without doubt a highlight of our lives with the opportunity to sail such a beautiful yacht in wonderful weather, with fierce competition and a tight family group.”

The plan is to sail Rocksalt in the Twlights, coasters, the inshore series and the Adelaide to Lincoln Race and Lincoln Week – quite a busy schedule and we wish him well in his endeavours.

Stuart’s previous boating experience had been with trailer boats and purchasing this boat gave him the opportunity to move into the bigger boat category. She is a 36 foot 1995 Modularcaraft (Sea Ray) motor cruiser and caters for both fishing and cruising plus allowing Stuart to have others on board to enjoy it as well, particularly his granddaughters.

A bigger boat means you have to moor it somewhere and Stuart chose the CYCSA as he not only wanted somewhere to moor it but also a place where his family could come and enjoy the aspects of boating that he found at the Club.

He is looking forward to his first full season on LilyMia and he has so far found the experience so enjoyable that he is already contemplating his next boat – bigger and better naturally.

We wish Stuart and his family good times on the boat and look forward to seeing them around the Club.

Rocksalt

BIRUBI II

LilyMia

Birubi II, owned by Heather Gibb and Brian Eacott, is a Series 2 Wanderer III design from the drawing board of UK naval architect Laurent Giles.The earlier Series 1 design was made famous by the English couple Eric and Susan Hiscock.

Birubi II was constructed of hand-laid fibreglass by David Marks at Northbridge (Sydney) and launched in 1982. She has a 30 HP Volvo Penta diesel engine.

Under previous owners Birubi has sailed to Tasmania, the North Island of New Zealand and has also circumnavigated Australia.

Heather and Brian recently joined the CYCSA and have owned three other smaller yachts and chartered twice in the Hawkesbury. They are keen to begin cruising local waters and to make the most of the opportunities offered by the CYCSA for courses, cruising in company and social interaction. Heather was particularly attracted by the support offered by the Club for women sailors to train together.

Welcome to the CYCSA Heather and Brian and we hope you have many happy years with us both on the water and on land.

Birubi II

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The Travels of Leros, the island in Greece where we keep Jemmaroo, is a relatively small island with thankfully not too many tourists but this means flights from Athens to Leros are limited. On this occasion we arrived on Monday 28 May too late for the flight to Leros and there were no flights the following day so we compromised as you sometimes have to do. We caught a flight to a much more touristy island called Samos which is north of Leros and stayed there overnight and caught the ferry the next morning down to Leros arriving on the Tuesday at around 11.00. The ferry berths on the eastern side of the island so we had a hire car organised to be there for us to make our way across to Lakki on the western coast and to use it to provision etc.

Jemmaroo went in the water at 16.30 but the batteries were flat so we stayed tied up in the launch pen and powered up overnight.

In the meantime we started our shopping expedition and picked up the dry stuff and ordered from the Aussie/Greek butcher from Melbourne of all places!

The next day it was blowing but we made it into our berth around 11.00, did some more shopping and had dinner on board. It was still blowing quite strongly the next day but we managed to get the headsails on in the relative quiet of the morning and made a booking for dinner at our favourite restaurant on the island called Mylos Restaurant. The owner had a bottle of Jim Barry Asstrykia, a white Greek grape variety, waiting for us and we thoroughly enjoyed our dinner and catching up with the owners. It was still blowing hard and we met some other Aussies on the same pontoon and invited them over for drinks that afternoon. The ‘it’s a small world’ came into play with the owner, Mark, having originally hailed from Adelaide and sailed a Sydney to Hobart with Allan Cotton and crewed for Peter Last, Rob Last’s father, around at the Squadron.

After finally managing to get the mainsail on, albeit with our fingers crossed that everything led to the right spots, we dropped the lines on Sunday 3 June and made our way around to the east coast of the island to one of our favourite bays, Pandelli. Drinks at the Castello Beach Hotel and dinner at one the restaurans on the beach and we finally felt we were in cruising mode. It was not to be however as the raw water alarm went off on the generator the next morning – boats will be boats. We assumed it was the impeller but made our way back to the marina to have it all checked out and fortunately it was and we still had time left in the day to go west across to the island of Levitha which we call ‘goat island’. We enjoyed a delightful dinner up at the farmhouse and slept soundly.

As we left Levitha heading for Amorgos there was the most eerie sea fog which kept lifting and lowering and you could only see a few metres ahead so we pulled the sails down and motored very carefully. Fortunately it lifted as we approached the anchorage and all was well. Skinhoussa was our next stopping point and then on to an island we had not been to before called Ios. It is known as the nudist’s island and we anchored along the south coast in a bay called Ormos Manganari, a lovely big sandy bay with real sand and we enjoyed our first swim for the season – bliss. A front was coming through so we stayed another night before having a very lumpy passage to the island of Folengandros where we anchored in a bay called Karavostasi on its east coast. The water was beautiful so a swim was required followed by a walk on shore and dinner. The next morning it was blowing quite strongly and by 12.30 we had had enough and set off. Being the only one tall enough it is Graeme’s job to close the hatches but on this occasion he left the small ones to the saloon/galley area open and you guessed it, we took a beauty and there was water everywhere. We eventually made it to our chosen anchorage by about 16.30 and comparatively speaking, it was bliss, wind but no swell. We woke the next morning to find we had a rather large neighbour. With the size of some of the boats and the size of some of the harbours, it is difficult to see how they find a bolt hole in lousy weather at times.

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We are finding anchorages we have not been to before which is good and the next one was called Ormos Plati Vialos on the island of Sifnos. We caught a bus up to Apollania and Artemis – Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and twin of Apollo so it was quite the town of legends. The anchorage was very peaceful and we enjoyed a great meal at a very trendy restaurant. Around to another lovely bay on the west coast of Sifnos called Ormos Vathi where we discovered the fans on the generator and engine were not working so decided to go into Paros the next day and rang ahead to let the mechanic know. About 4.30 I commented to Graeme I could hear some noises and upon investigating we found we were discharging erratically at around 23 volts with nothing on and traced it to the 12-24 volt transformer for the anchor winch. Graeme disconnected the batteries and we had another job for the electrician in Paros. Sleep eluded us so we reconnected the batteries to get the anchor up and motored into Paroikia and in to the marina to wait for George and the electrician. One of the batteries for the anchor winch had had it so we ordered two new ones and kept the old okay one as a spare.

The fans were more complicated and finding them was an issue so in the meantime we walked into the Old City and had dinner at our favourite restaurant in Paroikia called Dionysus and also booked for Sunday night when Rob and Sue Last arrive. It was Friday so after fitting the new batteries and getting that in working order, we had to move out of the marina and anchor off as the charter boats were on their way in for change over on Saturday. A couple of heavy rain storms washed the boat for us and when it all dried out we decided to do some oiling of the deck as we had some spare time. Another coat of oil the next day and around 15.00 on the Sunday we shifted back into the marina as Rob and Sue arrived a bit later and the fans were being installed on the Monday. Rob and Sue arrived about 20.15 and declared themselves up for dinner in town. Sue declared her bouillabaisse was the best she had ever had so all was okay with the world.

The electrician arrived in the morning and fitted the fans while Rob and Sue had a walk around town and after Graeme had a much needed visit to the barber, we replenished the liquids and set off for Sifnos to Ormos Plati Vialos for the night. It was a 30-35 mile passage south-east to the island of Ios and we anchored in another new to us bay called Ormos Milopotamou. Unfortunately it was awful with a roll from the ferries going past, loud music from the shore and speed boats towing tourists in tyres around, so we just had lunch and moved further south to Ormos Mangarari where it was much quieter. Sue swam into shore and the rest of us did a rubbish run and had some liquid refreshments. It was so nice we had some nibbles of delicious zucchini fritters and fried whole calamari and made it dinner with a repeat order of these plus chicken souvlaki, Greek saland and tzatziki – absolutely yummy and including liquids, €73 for the four of us made it a very good night. As we all know, a woman’s work is never done, so the next morning while the others went for a walk on shore I cleaned the boat, charged the batteries, did a couple of loads of washing and had a swim – phew, I was exhausted.

We anchored in Skinhoussa for the night and then went across to Amorgos to a bay near the north east corner of the island which was protected by a small island called Nisos Nikouria. It was great and a bonus was rocks for Sue to snorkel over.

A return to Levitha was our next passage and we picked up one of the moorings there using the stern trick. A young Aussie couple from Sydney, Ben and Monique, came across for a drink and we were soon joined by the Italian contingent from two other yachts. The Italians had booked a table for nine at the farmhouse so we joined them and after goat, meatballs, liver and Greek salad plus copious white wine, we were all ready for the trip back to Jemmaroo along the rocky path in the dark. Kalymnos was our next port of call and we moored on the town wall as we needed some fruit etc. Another night at Pandelli on Leros and back to the marina at Lakki to leave

The anchorage at Levitha Jemmaroo for a few weeks. There is a great war museum in some tunnels in Lakki so while Graeme sorted out the paperwork, Rob, Sue and I had a look at it. We all flew together back to Athens and Graeme and I stayed overnight near the airport and Rob and Sue left to do the tourist thing in Athens before heading off to Spain and France to attend a family wedding.

Graeme and I touched down in Adelaide on Friday 29 June and returned to Greece four weeks later for another cruise – next time……

Gay Footer Sea fog

Karavostasi

Graeme contemplating his dinner in Magganari on Sifnos

Ormos Plati Vialos

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CRUISING UPDATE CRUISING ASSOCIATION UPDATE What a great start to the cruising season we’ve had! Lovely weather, light winds and generally smooth seas. I’ve seen lots of boats out in the gulf taking advantage of our beautiful cruising waters and lots of members with friends and families in our stunning bistro area.

Opening Day was another fabulous event with a good turnout of colourful sailing and power boats for the Sail Past.

The October Long Weekend The weather was perfect over the October Long Weekend and several CYCSA boats cruised across the gulf to various locations.

A number of boats made their way to Port Vincent and caught up with fellow Club members for sundowners or over a coffee in town.

A number of us also had an enjoyable Club dinner at the Ventnor on Sunday night.

CYCSA boats seen over the gulf included Academy 1, Ain’t Misbehaving, Alpha Centauri, Andante, Aquila, ‘Bob’s’ unnamed boat, Bottom Line, Bula, Epiphany, Far Star, Hot Mustard, Hullabaloo, Jenny Anna, Julia, Le Chateau, Minnon, Ruffian, School’s Out, Seduction, Splendido and Tiff I Know, 2nd Saturday of the Month BBQs So far this year we’ve had a fantastic roll-up. At our last BBQ we had a special treat from Len and Libby Stephens (Equanimity) who demonstrated and taught us a new and easy way of shucking fresh oysters and we got to eat the finished product! All Club members are very welcome to attend these BBQs so keep an eye out for regular updates through the ‘upcoming events’ emails and the Club calendar.

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Combined Associations Christmas Bash BBQ This is a really fun event and will be held on Saturday 8 December from 6.00pm in the members’ BBQ area. Bring a dessert to share and bring your own BBQ meat and salads along with your own plates and drinks etc.

New Year’s Eve at Kangaroo Island The CYCSA will be joining RSAYS cruisers again this year at the Brown’s Beach Camping Ground BBQ area for New Year’s Eve celebrations. This is sure to be lots of fun and good preparation for the Ballast Head Cup non-spinnaker race held the next day.

Keep Up to Date Just a reminder to all Club members that you can keep up to date with all cruising events and activities at: sa_cruisers@googlegroups.com Happy cruising!

Adrian Wotton Chairman Cruising Association and Rear Commodore

FISHING ASSOCIATION

Everyone arrived on time at Goolwa Beach car park and at 10am we were ready to traverse the feared sand path leading to the beach.Vehicles all lowered their tyre pressures in preparation for the crossing! There were no problems and it was not long before gazebos were erected and our beach location established with the fishing banner clearly displayed.

The weather was just magnificent with a gentle breeze and a 30Âş forecast. The sea was just a little more challenging than on previous years as the waves ripped back and forth. A few of our members were knocked off their feet but it was all part of the fun and it was not long before bag limits of 300 cockles were reached.

With cockling completed and a change of clothing donned, the barbecues were put into action. It was just supposed to be a simple sausage sizzle but people had contributed all sorts of additional foods, nibbles and treats, turning the occasion into a gourmet’s delight.

During lunch the conversation inevitably steered in the direction of what we were to do with all these cockles. We all knew that they were great for bait but it seemed they were also good eating however the sand needed to be purged from them. Someone suggested leaving them in salt water over night. It worked and I can attest to the fact that our dinner of Spaghetti Vongola the following night made all the effort worthwhile. It was so simple! All we did was lightly fry some garlic in butter and oil then added in the purged cockles with some water, wine and parsley. When they steamed open they were ready. We discarded any closed ones and tossed the good ones with the cooked spaghetti for a seriously scrumptious meal.

Bring on Cockling Day 2019.

Geoff Wiggins Photos by Louise Wiggins

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2018 AGM MINUTES MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CYCSA WEDNESDAY 22 AUGUST 7.30PM WELCOME The President and Chairman of the meeting, Mr Chris Wood, upon receiving confirmation of a quorum being present, formally declared the meeting open and welcomed members to the AGM for 2018.

A. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES Andrew Saies proposed that the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 23 August 2017 as published in Groundswell in December 2017 be adopted. Jacqueline Heffernan seconded the motion.

Attendance & Apologies - A full list of attendees, proxies and apologies are published in Groundswell.

B. GENERAL BUSINESS 1. Annual Reports Cruising Association Report -Adrian Wotton presented the Cruising Association Report for the 2017/2018 year as published in the Annual Report 17.18 Cruising Association nominated Robert Perrin (deceased) as the recipient of their Association’s Most Valuable Volunteer Award for 2017/2018.

Fishing Association Report - David Murray, on behalf of Vlad Humeniuk, presented the Fishing Association Report for the 2017/2018 year as published in the Annual Report 17.18.

Fishing Association nominated Ken Amos as the recipient of their Association’s Most Valuable Volunteer Award for 2017/2018.

Racing Association - Adrian Wotton, on behalf of Rob Sellick, presented the Racing Association report for the 2017/2018 year as published in the Annual Report 17.18.

The Racing Association nominated Ray Evans as the recipient of their Association’s Most Valuable Volunteer Award for 2017/2018.

2. FINANCIAL REPORT The Treasurer, Dominic Rinaldi, presented the Financial Report for 2017/2018. Dominic presented a comprehensive overview of the 2017/2018 financial performance and a summary of future budgets.

With the aid of the screen presentation, members were given a clear synopsis of how the individual areas of the Club were performing and the long term planning the Board has undertaken to ensure the financial stability of the Club.

3. COMMODORE’S REPORT Commodore, Geoff Boettcher, presented the Commodore’s Report as published in the Annual Report 17.18. Geoff announced the Board of Management had selected Gay Footer as the recipient of the Volunteer of the Year Award for 2017/2018.

4. PRESIDENT’S REPORT Chris Wood spoke to his report for the 2017/2018 year as published in the Annual Report 17.18.

5. BOARD OF MANAGEMENT The Chairman advised that at the closure of nominations on Wednesday 19 July 2018, there were nine nominations for the seven vacant positions on the Board of Management. Consequently, an election was held. The returning officer, Dean Newbery & Partners (Club Auditors) advised that the seven successful nominees were: Geoff Boettcher, Brett Brown, Peter Hall, David Murray, Hillar Puvi, Dominic Rinaldi, Christopher Wood.

C. OTHER BUSINESS Motion 1. Change to the requirement re casual Board vacancies -This motion has been made by the Board of the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia and controlled entities to make the filling of a casual Board vacancy optional rather than compulsory. It is felt that in some circumstances the need to fill a casual vacancy is not necessary.

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Existing wording for article 14.8 14.8 Within one (1) month after there is a casual vacancy in the office of Board Member, the Board shall appoint a Senior Member to fill such casual vacancy who shall hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting.

Proposed wording for article 14.8 14.8 If there is a casual vacancy in the office of a Board Member; 14.8.1 between the holding of the Annual General Meeting in any year and the first day of June in the following year the Board may within one (1) month after such vacancy occurs appoint a Senior Member to fill such casual vacancy, who shall hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting.

14.8.2 on or after the 1st day of June in any year and before the holding of the Annual General Meeting in that year then the office may be left vacant until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting or the Board may appoint a Senior Member to fill such casual vacancy who shall hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting” Carried - The Following Motions and Questions have been received by the CEO from Senior Member, Desmond Maslen and seconded by Senior Member, Wayne Palmer.

Motion 2. Proxy votes - I propose that proxy votes not be allowed and that senior members be asked to attend to vote at meetings.

Discussion - Proxy votes have not been fairly disclosed at previous meetings, with no numbers declared or to whom the votes are allocated. All questions and motions are required to be submitted in writing and well in advance of the AGM (some 7 weeks). As no business is permitted to be raised at the meeting, the agenda with all written Agenda Items should be sent to all senior members, who may then be considered to be fully informed of the business arising and may therefore choose to attend and vote or not.

Board response - The Board does not support this motion. A similar motion was raised by Mr Maslen in 2016 and we provide the same Board response once again. The motion was Not Carried in 2016 - The Constitution allows for a motion to be put at an AGM to change the Constitution, in this case clause 25.4, but if so passed would only take effect from the time of next AGM, ie 2018/19. The motion as it stands is not possible under the Constitution. That aside, the membership have at various times put forward motions of this type to the AGM to only allow those in attendance to vote. To date, motions of this type have always been defeated. Members are not always able to physically attend the AGM yet have the democratic right to have their vote count in the affairs of the Club. The Board supports this right and the right to submit a proxy vote at the AGM. The Board disagrees with the suggestion that ‘Proxy Votes’ have not been fairly disclosed in the past and we have photographic evidence showing the whiteboard that was displayed at the 2016 / 2017 AGM clearly showing the total number of directed proxies and full discretionary proxies.

Not carried Motion 3. Change to the timing of Agenda Items and Questions - I propose that Agenda Items and Questions be submitted by two weeks following the notice of meeting.

Discussion - I received my notice of meeting on 4 July 2018 via email, and the date for submission of Agenda Items and Questions is 8 July 2018, just 4 days. Those who receive notice of meeting by post will by postal delays be excluded from making any submission. The Board has not made any changes to provide financial or managerial reports before the meeting let alone before close of submissions, which means no assessment of the financial or other management aspects of the club are ever discussed. The Board said it would make these changes two years ago. The whole logistics of this process is considered to be very poor.

Board response - The Board does not support this motion. The formal ‘Notice of Meeting’ motion contains confused time frames with the current CYCSA Constitution requirement of ‘Other Business’ to be submitted in accordance with item 22.2.6. Other Business’ is a fixed date each year of 8th day of July and the required timing of the Notice of Meeting (which is different from the stated date in Mr Maslen’s above ‘discussion’) is 8 August this year. The timing of the formal ‘Notice of Meeting’ is described in CYCSA Constitution item 24.1: • 22.2.6 Any other business of which written notice (signed by at least two Senior Members) shall have been given to the Chief Executive Officer before the 8th day of July immediately preceding such meeting.

• 24.1 The Chief Executive Officer shall at least fourteen (14) days before any Annual General Meeting and at least twenty one (21) days before any Extraordinary General Meeting send to every member at his or her address in the Club books or lists a notice of such meeting stating the time when and the place where it will be held and the business that will be brought before it.

A similar motion was raised by Des Maslen in 2016 that was not carried, however the minutes of the 2016 AGM of the CYCSA stated that “the Board will consider this matter further and may consider changes”. Consideration was given; however, the Board did not feel that changes were required, particularly given the ‘mid-year’ financial review meeting for members that takes place in February each year.

Not carried Motion 4. Hospitality Credit - I propose that if the food and beverage is making money then the levy should be removed, and fees reduced accordingly. If the levy is to remain then it should be applied evenly across the membership including senior, ordinary and racing. The same argument for the application of the levy is applicable to senior, ordinary and racing in that the facilities are equally for their use, and that (original argument for its introduction) these members would ordinarily spend this amount at least during the year anyway.

Discussion - I consider it to be unfair and oppressive on senior members to bear the Levy solely, when all members have exactly the same opportunity to use the facilities.

Board response - The Board does not support this motion. A similar motion was raised by Mr Maslen in 2016 and we provide the same Board response once again. The motion was Not Carried in 2016.

The Board considers on an annual basis whether and if so to who and at what dollar value, the hospitality credit charge will be raised. The principal aim of this charge is to encourage those members who do not spend any money on food and beverage to come to the Club and use up their credit.

The Board specifically considers each year whether racing members should or should not pay this charge. Racing members join the Club because they are regularly racing boats and so they are regularly at the Club and purchasing food and beverage. The Board considers that collecting a hospitality charge up front from racing members who are already in attendance at the Club would impose a negative impost on this group of members with a real risk that they would leave the Club and sail elsewhere. The flow on effect of this is that boat owners may also then leave the Club.

Not Carried Motion 5. Marina East Replacement Program - I propose that the rate of marina east replacement be doubled or even tripled to keep up with and improve upon the rate of degradation of this marina.

Discussion - NB: In this instance, the discussion submission put by the proponent was edited as a portion was regarded (on legal advice) as defamatory.

The marina is considered to be looking second rate, particularly for a club that continues to announce that it is the premium club in our state. Its replacement is good as far as it goes. At least it is started and happening which for too many years it wasn’t. David Murray, the Board member driving this project, has in the past resisted all calls to step up the program. I had hoped David Murray looked at the marina sections that have catastrophically failed and others that showed such bad deterioration. He should have raised the alarm to step up the program already.

The reuse of marina sections in the main is a poor spend of money. I have had one replaced and one repaired (neither were scheduled at the time). The one repaired still shows the signs of potential structural failure and these signs are increasing. The timber is holding but the marina sections are worse and will need replacement within a short time. It will be considered negligent for the Board to continue the accounting program and not pursue the practical replacement. After all it is the senior members with boats that provide the funds for this club to operate.

Board response - The Board does not support this motion. Condition surveys were undertaken of every structural element of over-water Marina East infrastructure to determine which elements were amenable to repair/refurbishment and which required replacement. Expected life remaining determined when each element of the infrastructure needed to be dealt with. A program extending over about 6 years was planned to meet the expected requirements. The cost fitted in with the Club’s financial capacity to pay for the work from year on year surpluses, while still maintaining essential capital expenditures in other priority areas. Minor modifications to the program have occurred as we go along, with a few more replacements than repairs/refurbishments occurring as required. During the program, some storm damage has been experienced and costs of addressing that damage has been met under insurance cover. Experience gained during the program has resulted in ongoing efficiencies. Materially increasing the pace of the program is possible but would require taking on debt, making a call on members or halting other capital work. None of those options are considered warranted by the Board. A doubling or tripling of the pace would also present logistics difficulties and in the case of elements of the infrastructure that have useful remaining life, is not warranted. The Board therefore recommends members reject the proposal to double or triple the pace of the Marina East program.

Not carried Motion 6. Entry Gates - I propose that the security of the club needs to be reinstated, by closing the entrance gates and ensuring the marina east glass gates are closed.

Discussion - The security of the club has been jeopardised by leaving open the entrance gates for rather extended periods and putting all hardstand boats and members’ vehicles at great risk of vandalism and theft and then the marina gates left open similarly putting all marina boats at great risk of vandalism and theft. This is unacceptable. Senior members were promised safe and secure storage for their boats, and it is not being provided. The Board and Management run the risk of litigation when damage or theft occurs, and maybe even now because the Board are not providing due care and security. I have personal examples of the gates left open past 11pm and the marina gates left open at the same times. The whole club has been exposed to this risk.

Only food and beverage staff were in attendance and other staff not in attendance, clearly showing no responsibility for any security. Before any senior member rejects this, just consider the consequences when it is your property that is damaged or stolen. Other consequences of open gates, has necessitated speed humps, negated the Board’s refusal to issue two cards per senior member (now not needed because the gates are open) and the unnecessary spend on marina gates as they are generally open on race days and other excessive times.

Board response - The Board does not support this motion. The Board has given a great deal of consideration to the temporary opening of gates at certain hospitality trading periods and feel that access into the Club at these selected times is more welcoming to visitors and beneficial to hospitality revenue. The main gates into the Club have been damaged beyond repair on two occasions in recent years. The manufacturing time to build new gates, the associated cost and the inconvenience caused by vehicles attempting to ‘race’ closing gates is of major concern. Speed humps were installed to reduce the potential for damage and more importantly to reduce the likelihood of injury. We have had a staff member hospitalised by a car attempting to speed out of an ‘in’ gate. We are also concerned about the closeness of the public walking path immediately outside of our gates and the pedestrian traffic across our access road between the local playground and kiosk.

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CRAIG

CYCSA Staff farewell After 13 years as our CEO Craig Evans finished at the Club in late September to go on to commence in the role of General Manager at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Sydney in early November.

Craig’s achievements and efforts were officially recognised by the Club at the Commodore’s Dinner. However, a more casual QLD (Quiet Little Drink) was planned on Friday 21 September in the CYCSA Admirals Bar. The response was overwhelming with well over 100 members, family and friends attending and passing on their good wishes.

The following week, on Craig’s last day at work the CYCSA staff farewelled him again with a few quiet drinks and pizza, sharing some stories and memories from Craig’s time at the Club.

Craig, you have been the best manager and more than that, a mentor and more importantly, a friend. The person who replaces you will need to be someone pretty special…. the Club is not going to be the same without you.

We all hope that your move to Sydney goes well and wish you every success with your new position at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club.

Jenny Krogdahl & Mellissa Vahoumis

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in Marine Conservation in South Australia The November 2017 edition of Groundswell provided a spark for a new partnership in marine conservation in South Australia. That edition included two stories about two newish environmental not-for-profits that had connections with the CYCSA and with the restoration of native oysters in South Australia. An article about the Estuary Care Foundation’s (ECF) shellfish restoration project sat alongside an article by Alan Noble about an ‘expedition’ milestone

by AusOcean on Windara Reef.

At that time the two organisations were not known to each other.

That fortuitous placement led to Catherine McMahon of ECF learning more about AusOcean and contacting Alan. Now the organisations are partners in deploying AusOcean rigs in the Port River and Barker Inlet.

AusOcean’s ambitions include partnering with other environmental organisations and with schools across Australia to build and deploy rigs to monitor coastal, marine and estuarine environments. The Foundation is keen for people to see the Port River and Barker Inlet Estuary as a living system; to appreciate the seagrass, the fish, the mangrove roots and the shellfish etc that cannot necessarily be seen above water. AusOcean rigs provide an ideal way for people to get access to data and video feed that provide those images and tell the stories of a changing environment in, for example, temperature, salinity and turbidity.

With a focus initially on monitoring healthy seagrass (Zostera) in the estuary, two sites were chosen by ECF and AusOcean for rigs at the eastern and western end of The Cutting. A Notice to Mariners is in place for the rigs – http://dpti.sa.gov.au/news?a=485507 A sizeable team of students from Immanuel College are involved in building the rigs. The students will be involved in the ongoing monitoring of them and in mentoring students at other schools as they become involved. CYC parents with students at Immanuel have probably heard about their involvement with the rigs with the students demonstrating skills in business, environmental monitoring, sensors and other technologies.

With Flinders Ports dredging due to get underway from March 2019, ECF and AusOcean want to have the rigs at sea before the dredging begins and for the duration. Flinders Ports has facilitated the Port River rig through a Licence Agreement with AusOcean. During recent consultations with Flinders Ports about the dredging program their representatives seemed supportive of the rigs remaining in place throughout the dredging. With the EPA and Flinders Ports also implementing monitoring programs, monitoring via the AusOcean rigs will contribute to a bigger and more accessible picture of online monitoring.

The Foundation will be particularly interested in the extent of turbidity and any related loss of seagrass. Seagrass in the gulf, Posidonia, that is disturbed, will recover much more slowly than seagrass, Zostera, in the estuary. All disturbances will hopefully be minimised and Zostera can continue to self-restore to healthy meadows. In future the Foundation and AusOcean hope to collaborate with SA Water to deploy a rig near the Bolivar outlet to be able to compare the biological loads and the well-being of the seagrass.

AusOcean will be deploying additional rigs in Gulf St Vincent and Kangaroo Island creating a network that can bring greater attention to South Australia’s marine environment.

Catherine McMahon and Alan Noble at University of Adelaide Below: Posidonia in Gulf St Vincent; photo by Dr Jason Tanner

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MINUTES OF THE AGM (continued) Question 1. Security - I have heard a rumour that the boundary infra-red beam security is not fully functioning, that cameras are not cleaned or maintained and there are no cameras in the marina area.

Can the Board and Management say whether this is correct and commit to correcting these issues (individual item response required rather than generic yes). And to a review of camera views to show the most needed coverage with a response to senior members of the view coverage by each camera.

Board response - The Board notes that this a question not a motion.

CEO, Craig Evans responded that in fact the cameras are being maintained and cleaned on a regular basis by Maintenance staff. The perimeter security beams had been switched off due to continual callouts from false alarms due to members parking their boats too close to the boundary fence, foxes, overgrown shrubbery, fog and the like and since that time we had not had any issues either with breakins or reported theft.Mr Evans was curious as to how the member, who is a supplier of security equipment, would be aware that the beams had been switched off. Mr Maslen did not comment.

There being no other business the meeting was closed 9.55pm

Question 2. Staffing - How many people are employed by CYCSA and what is the total amount paid per financial year (wages and contract (substitute) employee)? I should like the answer in the following format and in writing. Name; Position; Full Time Equivalent; Employee or Contract: All positions shall be included, reception, administration, food, beverage, racing/boat administrator, slipway, marina maintenance, general maintenance, grounds persons, marine academy amongst any other positions. This should not include contractors or consultants engaged purely in new major capital works but should include marina repairs.Two years ago I asked this question and never received a satisfactory answer, despite these questions being produced in writing with seven weeks’ notice, neither the board nor management could answer the question on the night, yet Craig Evans could say that the CYCSA benchmarked well against other like clubs which was a surprise as one would need to know the numbers in order to benchmark.

Board response - The Board notes that this a question not a motion.

The Board also notes that a similar question was asked by Mr Maslen two years ago where the question was answered by the Treasurer.

The approved Minutes of the AGM held on the 24 August 2016 state the following: • “The Treasurer advised the number of staff employed in the Administration and Property areas of the Club and explained how Marina East Replacement staff wages were attributed to Capital Expenditure. He advised that the Club had benchmarked staffing with other Clubs and that the Board considered CYCSA were operating at a suitable staffing level. The Treasurer agreed to meet with Mr Maslen to produce and discuss hospitality staffing.” Mr Maslen will be provided with a written response to his questions, as requested.

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