March Tidings Magazine 2017

MARCH 2017

WMRT MATCH CUP AUSTRALIA

FRONT COVER IMAGE IAN ROMAN/WMRT

PETER HICKSON ON M3’S ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART YACHT RACE

CONTENTS MARCH 2017

$89,900

This well kept Gulf Craft Ambassador 32 has just had big dollars spent on upgrades. A recently fitted bow thruster helps manoeuvring the single diesel around the pens with ease and full control. Powered by a single Volvo KAD 300 diesel engine for reliable, ecconomical crusing.

Jake Flintoff

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Meridian 45’9”

$349,000

This superb late model vessel is straight out of the box with only 165 hours on twin Cummins diesels and an unused luxury interior to match. Accommodation consist of two spacious suites with ensuite bathrooms. Fully air-conditioned throughout. Twin Cummins diesels and Onan generator.

Jamie Dodd

Markline 1100

$69,500

NEWS FROM OUR FLAG OFFICERS Dean McAullay – Commodore Gary McNally – Vice Commodore Luke Paterson – Rear Commodore Sail Evan Moore – Rear Commodore Juniors Lloyd Clark – Rear Commodore power

The spacious Markline 1100’s were well ahead of their time and this tidy 1985 example shows why. The interior layout is smart and they have managed to squeeze every inch of space out of the cabin. Powered by Twin Volvo diesels installed in 2003. Large sunbridge, tender and outboard.

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John Walsh 15 COUTTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Maritimo 56’

$1,295,000

All as new and highly optioned 2011 built 56’ with only 279 hours use and available now. A rare offering indeed and this vessel will not disappoint. With a three cabin, two bathroom layout and sumptuous interior finishes. Powered by twin C12 caterpillers with onboard systems powered by twin Kohler generator.

Jamie Dodd

Riviera 36’

$199,500 Hydra Sports 23’9”

What a neat Riviera 36’ this example is. Delivered new in 2001 and highly optioned with the big 370Hp Cummins diesels and an Onan generator for all 240 volt systems including air-conditioning. The large cockpit is covered with a full length awning with an overhead dinghy cradle and side shades.

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$59,900

The Hydra sports brand needs no introduction.

Known for making strong and capable sea boats that ride well and last forever. This 2000 model was used as a day boat and presents very well. Pushing this boat to around 40 knots. Is a Mercury Verado 250Hp outboard with only 249 hours use.

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2017 WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT WMRT MATCH CUP AUSTRALIA 20 - 25 MARCH 2017

20 COMMUNITY ROWING AT ITS BEST

John Longley 22 GEOGRAPHE BAY RACE WEEK

Jenny Spearman 27 M3’S BLUEWATER SEASON

OFFSHORE RACING

Susan Ghent

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Simon Barwood

$19,900

This is the ultimate banana boat. At 27 foot long she has plenty of room for cruising the canals down in Mandurah or the rivers of Perth with friends and family. The Pegasus is built in Thailand and resembles the very popular and proven hull shape of all the Asian fishing craft. Powered by a 150Hp Honda low stroke with only 50 hours use

Jake Flintoff

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Mustang 43’

$398,000

Jamie Dodd

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Immediately impressive on inspection this late model, low hour vessel is the perfect family cruiser with a three cabin, two bathroom layout with extra convertible sleeping in the saloon and flybridge. Highly optioned with Volvo diesels with joystick control for ease of handling and a 9Kva generator for the luxuries.

Precision 56’

$795,900

The Precision 17m always attract lots of attention and this commercial version will suit many owner operators or those looking for a stronger, more capable pleasure boat. “Caribou” has just had two 900 Hp MAN engines installed with only 235 hours of use.

The three cabin, two bathroom layout will accomodate the whole team.

Jamie Dodd

Caribbean 35’

0418 819 181

$89,000

Available now just in time at a sensational price for a neat original vessel. The classic interior has remained unmodified and offers a substantial amount of accommodation for the whole family and room to move with the massive 100 square feet cockpit.

Highly recommended 1994 model

Jamie Dodd

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Riviera 43’

$389,900

Described as the most highly optioned Riviera 43’ ever built by many in the know, “Warrego’, formally “Sole Trader” is in a class of its own. Providing a luxurious two cabin, two bathroom layout with rich Cherrywood gloss timber finishes and cream leather furnishings. Twin Volvo diesles power her to 22 Knots cruise and 28 Knots top.

Jamie Dodd

Bavaria 44’

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$154,900

This beautiful 2003 Bavaria 44 cruiser is now available for sale. The ideal cruising yacht for all purposes weather it be coastal exploring or twilight sailing. The 44 Bavaria is easily sailed single handed with all control lines running to the cockpit and furling mainsail and headsail.

Jake Flintoff

35 51ST AUSTRALIAN MIRROR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Simon Barwood 37 CRAZYBIRD AT SCOTCH CLUB STAFF Chief Executive Officer Accountant Communications Yachting Operations Mgr Sailing Administrator Yachting Operations Assistant Dinghy/Junior Club Power Administrator Membership Accounts Assistant Administration Assistant Bosun Receptionist

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Our gratitude goes out to all the volunteers at the WMRT. See who was there, page 19.

39 PRINCE PHILIP CUP – DRAGON FIREWORKS

Peter Massee and John Moncrieff 41 ETCHELLS SUNSET SPRINTS

Alistair Murchison 44 PRESENTATIONS 45 ASTERN – FROM THE ARCHIVES

Basil Twine 46 ARCHIVES – AIMS & OBJECTIVES

Basil Twine 47 THE BOSUN’S LOCKER – AROUND THE GROUNDS

Nathan Stronach

31 29ER NATIONALS 2017 REPORT

Annabelle Davies

Pegasus 8.2m

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Gulf Craft 32’

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Paul Bayliss Catherine Ramsey Deb Hanrahan Debbie Blaauw Sharon Skinner Jenn Suffield Casey Walsh Susan Ghent Karen Ozkara Zoe Rostron Nathan Stronach Pauline Rhodes

48 NEW MEMBERS’ NIGHT 49 TRANSITION TO ORDINARY MEMBERSHIP NIGHT 50 MEMBERSHIP – NEW CLUB MEMBERS 51 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 52 VALE: TOM KERNOT

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MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

DEAN McAULLAY COMMODORE

It’s been an exciting summer season here at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and there is plenty more to come. Our Club has been on show as host to some high profile events.

Volunteers will have some fun opportunities both on the water and onshore and we take part in raising awareness of environmental matters.

See you at the Club.

rfbyc.asn.au Membership Representatives A new initiative from Membership Committee, we will have a few members listed as our ‘go to’ people for membership enquiries after office hours. Our guests who are wishing to ask questions about joining the Club may look for our representatives. Keep an eye on the main noticeboard for more information.

Our Club relies on the support of membership to continue to provide a wonderful facility and lots of great activities. Please encourage others to respect our Club by becoming a member.

Membership enquiry packs are available from reception or at the main noticeboard pigeon holes. You can also find all of the information including our benefits of membership table and handy question & answer sheet on the Club website under the tab ‘participate’. Contact the Membership Coordinator (Susan) or one of our friendly membership representatives with any questions.

#rfbycGoesEast Another great championship season for our RFBYC Sailing Team of 111 members. Lots of fun and some great results. It was fantastic to follow our travelling members on social media. Our Club was represented in at least 25 classes at many different events both interstate and overseas. Thank you to all members who signed up for our Club team of sailors, officials and volunteers. Take a look at some of the great photos that were shared with us in the photo spread in this edition of Tidings.

Get involved in Club activities Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club will be on show as host to a few high profile events to wrap up the summer season. These include the World Match Racing Tour events in March and the Rottnest Festival of Sail, incorporating the Algal Bloom Race in April. If you are not on the water racing, these are great opportunities to get involved as a volunteer. Stay in touch with these and other invitations to be part of our volunteer teams through the weekly email, Gybe Sheet and on the website rfbyc.asn.au 4

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HAT A WONDERFUL time to be part of the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club! So much has occurred during the last three months, culminating with the WMRT Event, the Match Cup Australia. More about that event later.

The New Year saw many of our members heading off on trips far and wide to undertake all manner of events and activities; mainly to compete in championships overseas, interstate and here in Western Australia. The Club once again worked hard to keep track of the comings and goings with the social media initiative, #rfbycGoesEast. With such a wide range of destinations and events it really is a fantastic way to follow your fellow members as they compete, participate and volunteer in all manner of ways.

No doubt results and outcomes will be reported elsewhere in this edition of Tidings.

We had members competing in World Championships, Australian Championships, State Championships, The Sydney to Hobart, St Ayles Skiff, Inter-galactic Championships, cruising and so much more.

This is such a wonderful reflection of what our Club is all about.

Another important event recently held was the annual Over 30 Crew lunch. This year saw member and local historian Mike Lefroy deliver a thoroughly engaging and informative presentation about C Y O’Connor. Mike is a direct descendant and provided a wonderful insight into the projects and events that helped shape so much of the Perth, Fremantle and the local regions.

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Just prior to Christmas, members and their guests were treated to one of the most elegant and breathtakingly stunning performances that the Club has experienced. Amy and Chloe Manford, granddaughters of Vice Patron Tony Manford, gave a performance that was exquisite. In front of 220 members and guests, the girls performed flawlessly and included a wide range of songs which entertained and mesmerised. The concert was used as a fundraiser for the Junior Dinghy Clubhouse Redevelopment and raised approximately $10,000 for the cause.

Back on the water, no doubt the highlight of the sailing season to date was the WMRT Event that has just been completed.

Our Club took this opportunity to demonstrate that it is world class when it comes to delivering its activities. The manner in which our members, volunteers and staff managed the multiple events, regular program delivery and Club based functions was truly first class.

Our reputation, while already strong was elevated to another level. The world-wide coverage of the event meant that our Club was placed at the forefront of world sailing and online media for two weeks.

One of the most important considerations in agreeing to host this event was to reduce any negative impact on the members and their enjoyment of the Club. I

believe this was achieved. Whilst some normal activities were modified, by and large the membership worked together to allow everything to come together.

I would like to specifically acknowledge our group of volunteers who have worked very hard over the past few months to deliver so much and to show why our Club is held in such high regard across all of our activities.

Whether it be for regular Club activities or regattas and other events, there is a large group of

Back on the water, no doubt the highlight of the sailing season to date was the WMRT Event that has just been completed. members who are willing to give up their time and provide their expertise to ensure that things get done. This is truly a wonderful aspect of our Club that is a source of envy around the world.

Well done.

I also would like to acknowledge our Club Staff. Their dedication and application to their roles is faultless. Whether it be on water, on shore, administration or catering, the operation of the Club has never been better.

It makes me feel not only fortunate to be in the role of Commodore but very proud of who we are and what we can do.

All members can be very proud of their Club. It is truly world class.

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GARY McNALLY VICE COMMODORE

LUKE PATERSON REAR COMMODORE SAIL

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HERE TO FROM HERE? Summer has come and gone along with the WMRT event that drew large crowds on the final two days of competition.

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The Club will now get back to normal although I found the 10 days of WMRT events gave the Club an air of excitement. It was pleasing to see how well the Club presented for this event.

Well done to all crews that sailed and congratulations to Phil Robertson from New Zealand and his “China One Ningbo” team who took out the major prize.

A special well done to all of our volunteers.

The Members’ Bar furniture refurbishment is now complete.

House Committee has already detailed an upgrade for The Bowline tables however we will not be carrying out the works until later this year.

The Christmas Concert was an extraordinary event for all ages; Chloe and Amy Manford were sensational. The Club was privileged to have them perform. The event raised close to $10,000 for the Junior/Dinghy Clubhouse Redevelopment. I would like to personally thank the girls for donating their time.

The “Summer Sunday Session Series” has come to an end, with a vast array of musical styles that were well supported by members and their guests. They will definitely be back next summer.

The “Dads and Kids Sleepover” attracted 83 participants, 28 dads and 57 children. The main

attraction being a mobile rock climbing wall that was erected on the lawn in front of the Clubhouse.

with the Wednesday night themed dinners. Don’t forget the Quarterback lunches which are on the first Friday of the month.

UPCOMING EVENTS

CAPITAL WORKS

The Club has numerous upcoming events, whilst I have mentioned the major events below I recommend you keep a close eye on our e-newsletters, Front of House and Gybe Sheet, for these and the other events that may arise.

• 9 April – Retro Day which includes the final day of the Swan River Retro Series. Apart from yachts competing, there will be classic cars, motorbikes and boats on the lower lawn beside the Clubhouse. We have live entertainment from 13:00 to 15:00hrs by DJ Cheese then The Happy Buddhas from 16:00 to 18:00hrs. What’s in a name you say? The Happy Buddhas are an exciting and engaging rock band performing classic hits from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and 00’s.

• 16 April - The Easter Sunday Seafood buffet; there will be Easter eggs for the children.

• 22 April – Keelboat Closing Day • 25 April – Anzac Day Dawn Service. Commencing at 6:30; light refreshment will be served.

• 14 May - Mother’s Day breakfast and buffet lunch; this is very popular so I suggest you book early.

During the winter months the very popular “Tribute Band Nights” will be returning along

The Gentleman’s WC refurbishment is currently in the drafting phase with Capital Works Committee. They are also conducting a feasibility study for the lift to the Athol Hobbs Room.

I will keep you informed of their progress.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership is in line with expectations and budgets.

All Membership Committee members, together with Karen Hayward and Cathy McNally, have agreed to become “Membership Ambassadors”. The role of the Ambassadors will be to answer questions for members and their guests regarding membership when outside normal office hours.

FRIENDS OF ROYAL FRESHWATER BAY YACHT CLUB.

Do you have a green thumb?

We are seeking interest from members keen to give up some of their precious time to assist Timothy “The Head Gardener” Donahue in planning, implementing and getting their hands dirty in our wonderful gardens.

This working group will be under the control of House Committee. If you are interested please contact Debbie Hanrahan at the Club on 9286 8200.

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HETHER COMPETING in the Match Cup Australia, National Championships, State Championships, Club Racing or simply messing about in boats, it’s been a very busy and rewarding second half to our summer sailing season.

WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR

As you will read elsewhere in this version of Tidings, RFBYC proudly hosted the first event on the 2017 World Match Racing Tour, March Cup Australia.

This year’s WMRT is a seven regatta circuit, with additional venues in Europe, USA and China.

RFBYC was very well represented at Match Cup Australia, with teams including Sam Gilmour’s Neptune Racing, David Gilmour’s Team Gilmour and Torvar Mirsky’s Mirsky Racing Team.

With a natural amphitheatre designed to watch boat racing on Freshwater Bay, our Club provided a unique place to watch a week of racing in Match Cup Australia, culminating with the semi-finals and finals on Saturday 25 March 2017.

It was very pleasing to see three WA teams in the semi finals, being Team Gilmour and the Mirsky Racing Team, together with Matt Jerwood’s Redline Racing from SoPYC. It wasn’t to be WA’s regatta though, with Kiwi Phil Robertson (China One Ningbo) winning the final 3:0 against Jerwood’s Redline Racing.

The petit final was an exciting all “Freshie” affair between Mirsky and Gilmour.

Mirsky took third place with a tight 2:1 score line.

We are very grateful for our members’ cooperation and support of this event.

Through this event our volunteers, on-water team, off-water team, and all of our members, cemented our reputation as a world-class venue for elite regattas.

We’ll be following the WMRT closely this year, as RFBYC’s Neptune Racing has been awarded a Tour Card.

We look forward to hearing about their experiences in the coming months.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Many of our members competed in the round of 2017 State Championships.

It was pleasing to see some fantastic results from our members, including: LASER RADIAL 1ST PLACE ZAC LITTLEWOOD

OPTIMIST 1ST PLACE JAMIE BOUGHER

OPTIMIST 3RD OVERALL 1ST PLACE FEMALE MOLLY ALDERSON

HOBIE 16 1ST PLACE CAM OWEN & SUZZI GHENT

ETCHELLS 1ST PLACE MICHAEL MANFORD, COMMODORE DEAN MCAULLAY & NICK GRAY

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29ER 1ST PLACE EMILIA HORN & HAYDEN HUNT

420 2ND PLACE MARCELLO TORRE & OWEN READY

MIRROR 1ST PLACE SIMON AND TYSON BARWOOD

Dave Walling’s The Next Factor, Ian Clyne’s Joss, Simon Prosser’s Sante recently took part in the 2017 IRC State Championships at the Hillary’s Yacht Club. Congratulations to the team on The Next Factor, who won the regatta in Division 1, and to Joss who placed second in Division 2.

We have also seen some State championship success on the east coast, with Sandy Anderson, Vice Patron Geoff Totterdell and Robin Hammond recently winning the Victorian 2017 Dragon State Championships on Tarakona.

Our dinghy section has been producing great yachties for many years, as Sandy, Geoff and Robin are all 1960s products of our Junior Club.

FLYING 15 WORLDS

In March, many of our Flying 15 sailors headed to Napier, New Zealand for the 2017 Flying 15 World Championships.

David Yu and Chris Nelson led the regatta after

the first day, and ended up with a credible 11th place, followed by John Wilson and Matthew Summers in 17th, Philippa Packer and Commodore Dean McAullay in 26th, Greg Leaversuch and Peter Barblett in 33rd and Vice Patron Ron Packer and Steve Ward in 35th.

WARREN JONES INTERNATIONAL YOUTH REGATTA

The WJIYR has long been a feature of the youth match racing scene in Australia.

This year the regatta was hosted by RPYC and held in Perth Waters.

RFBYC had 4 of the 12 entrants in this year’s regatta, including Sam Gilmour’s Neptune Racing, Lachy Gilmour’s Gilmour Racing Team, Will Boulden’s Alpha Racing Team and Ethan Prieto-Low’s Calypso Racing.

The regatta was won by Chris Steele from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. In a reversal of last year’s result, Chris’ team beat our own Neptune Racing in a closely fought final.

Our teams were very fortunate to be supported by our match racing coach Ben Durham, who has much to offer our youth teams following his 4 America’s Cup campaigns. #RFBYCGOESEAST

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LLOYD CLARK REAR COMMODORE POWER

EVAN MOORE REAR COMMODORE JUNIORS

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SUMMER DINGHY SAILING season is nearly at an end. We have been blessed with good breezes each week and some quality racing.

Our Training Centre Principal, Jenn Suffield, has been working hard at promoting fun whilst sailing. As adults it is easy to focus on the high performance part of our sport and forget that kids just want to have fun. So this summer we have run a monthly Adventurers Club where the kids get to a choose a boat to sail with a focus on the enjoyable element of boating. This usually means a sail to Point Walter for a swim

and an ice cream. The kids are actually learning to sail but in a different learning environment.

This concept is proving popular and we hope to run more days like this next summer season.

Our junior sailors were very impressed to watch the World Match Racing Tour at our club. It was really good to see so many of the young adult sailors either competing or watching the event.

It is a challenge for us to provide the sailing programs that will both retain and attract young sailors to our club. Our sport is evolving so at Yachting Committee we are currently reviewing the sailing programs we offer to ensure that we are catering for all sailors. Whether young or old, high performance or around the buoys racing we need to offer the programs our members want. Please feel free to provide ideas or feedback to any of the members who represent you on Yachting Committee.

The International Classes Regatta was held at our club in December with 210 boats entered across 16 classes, including the Bronze Fleet. This is the premier dinghy racing event on our calendar and show cases our club to many visiting sailors. Thank you to the volunteers and club staff who ran a great regatta.

Over the Christmas period many of our dinghy sailors travelled to the east coast to compete in regattas. I am pleased to report that RFBYC sailors took out the following:

49ER NATIONAL CHAMPION DAVID GILMOUR

420 NATIONAL AND YOUTH CHAMPION ROME FEATHERSTONE

LASER RADIAL NATIONAL U17 CHAMPION ZAC LITTLEWOOD

CONTENDER NATIONAL MASTER CHAMPION SIMON BARWOOD

HOBIE 16 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS YOUTH CHAMPION CAM OWEN AND SUSAN GHENT

I would like to remind all our sailors that Club Boats should not be used as a source for spare parts. If you are in urgent need of parts please check with the Yachting Operations team before borrowing parts from a Club Boat. These boats play an important part in delivering our sailing programs and we need them to be ready to sail.

I would like to invite new volunteers down to the dinghy club to assist with racing on a Sunday.

We are always in need of volunteers in the canteen, on the start boat or on a support boat. No experience is necessary, as our friendly volunteers will show you how it is done. Please contact Jenn Suffield if you can volunteer some time.

I look forward to the upcoming Dinghy Prize Night on 12th May and hope to see all our sailors out on the water for the 2017 Dinghy Winter Series.

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TRUST YOU HAVE ALL HAD A FUN and enjoyable summer of boating despite it being a windier than normal season.

The Power Yacht Committee recently hosted the first Invitational Twilight Time Trial event which by all accounts was a huge success. In addition to the many regular RFBYC time trial crew we had a number of participants from four visiting clubs. All in all we had a total of 26 boats competing with 1st place being awarded to Frank and Troy Dalglish on Delusional from SoPYC with only 1 point lost - a commendable result!. The event was followed by a BBQ on the top lawn which ran well into the night with over 100 members and their guests enjoying a perfect summer evening. The success of this much enjoyed event will now form part of our regular annual summer calendar moving forward with the next event scheduled for Friday, 16 February 2018 - please put this in your diary.

The 2017 power yacht season is almost upon us with registrations recently being called from members wishing to participate in the 2017 time trial season.

I would like to encourage all power boat owners whether you are an experienced or a novice time trialler to register. As well as being a great platform to get involved in a Club activity, it is a fantastic way of meeting other Club members in a fun and so-

cial environment. Those wishing to give-it-a-go for the first time, the Club is more than happy to arrange training and an induction to the sport as well as assisting in putting navigators and skippers in touch. Members are also welcome to jump on board with other regular seasoned time trailers to get a sense of what it’s all about - so there’s no excuse!

Power Opening Day is now only a few weeks away. This is a key event on our Power calendar and will be held on Saturday, 6 May. This year Opening Day will follow the usual format of a Sail Past prior to a short time trial and then followed by the legendary raft up and dock party we are renowned for!

POWER OPENING DAY PROGRAMME

13:00 - Sail Past 13:30 - Time Trial 14:30 - Raft Up on main wharf 15:30 - Official opening on main wharf 15:30 - Dock Party – live entertainment Please register early this year to ensure you reserve your spot on the main wharf.

The Power Yacht Committee is working on other events for this year’s winter calendar, stay tuned for more information. Rumour has it that this

year may see the return of the historic ‘Winter Feast’. I also welcome feedback and suggestions from members to help the committee craft the winter and summer programs ahead.

Finally, if you have registered for Checkpoint duty this season, I’d like to stress the importance of fulfilling your duty. Checkpoint duty is an integral part of the success of time trial events. When members fail to turn up or make alternative arrangements, it can have a big impact on time trial results, its participants and the numerous volunteers who give up their time each week throughout the season.

I am really looking forward to my first full Power Yacht season as Rear Commodore and very much appreciate in advance your support to help make it a great winter of boating. See you at Opening Day.

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Before you know it the time will be here for you to bring out the clocks, polish up on your calculating skills and fasten on your competition numbers. Time Trialling 2017 is fast approaching. All members and friends are invited to come along to enjoy the live entertainment and fun atmosphere on the wharf.

2017 Programme 13:00 Sail past commences 13:30 Short time trial 14:30 Raft-up on main wharf 15:00 Official opening on the main wharf 15:30 Dock Party - live entertainment Platters can be pre-ordered from reception and beverages purchased on the day.

A limited Bowline and bar menu can be ordered from the bar on the main wharf.

Nominate your boat today! power@rfbyc.asn.au | 9286 8200

John Walsh

AN INVITATION

LEST WE FORGET ANZAC DAY 2017 THE

ANZAC DAY Dawn Commemoration at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club is scheduled to commence at precisely 6.30 am Tuesday 25 April 2017.

Commodore Dean McAullay and Flag Officers of Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club invite Members and others to experience the golden sunrise over the Darling Range and watch the sun reflect across our majestic Swan River as “We Will Remember Them”.

Our Club owns a heritage relationship with the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force. The Honour boards, in the main entrance to the Keane’s Point Clubhouse are an initiative of the late Michael Michael OAM and list members who served in World War I and in World War II. Concurrently, we remember those service men and service women who engaged in the defence of Australia, in the defence of Europe, and more recently the Vietnam and Middle East campaigns together with those Australians currently serving in peace keeping theatres overseas. Also, those who remained on Australian soil and by their gallantry and endurance delivered the frontline military achievements.

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Distilled in the men and women of the Services is that unique characteristic represented by the ANZAC spirit. The ANZACs exhibit an outstanding fullness of heart “Don’t forget me cobber” that flows freely between the island nations of Australia and New Zealand. It is the fervent wish of countless Australians that the mateship of ANZAC be seen to flow along the shoreline of every river and waterway of the world. Club membership splices together people from nations around the globe who enjoy a mutual interest in sailing and power boating, across the range of dinghy, Dragon, Etchell, Couta, Division yachts, classic Halversons and sleek diesel cruisers.

The fabric of Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club embraces all who walk in the contemporary spirit of ANZAC. In recent years, an ANZAC Dawn Commemoration has been conducted at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club 2014, 2015 and 2016. However, there is a further historical connection, as seen in the Daily News 23 April 1927 report on

“ANZAC Day: Cottesloe.

A combined service, arranged by the Cottesloe Council, the Cottesloe Beach and the Peppermint Grove Roads Boards, will be held in the ANZAC Hostel grounds, Keane’s Point, commencing at 3 pm. The Chairman of the Cottesloe Beach Roads Board [Mr C. C. Parker J.P.] will preside…”

The format of our Dawn Commemoration engages members of the Club in flag protocol, in remembrance recitations, The Ode, “one minute silence” and singing Advance Australia Fair.

Scotch College students provide the music, a piper opens the ceremony and bugler the Last Post. Wreaths are laid representing the Sovereign, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, Women’s Services, the Navy, the Army and the Airforce.

The duration is approximately 35 minutes with those present invited to place personal commemorative flowers, alongside the wreaths, followed by tea & coffee.

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COUTTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Championship winner: Eclipse Jim Wiltshire (left) Consistency winner: Roulette Andrew McMillan(right)

Couta Couta Boat 'Kasey'

Part share available (5 owners)

Negotiable

above Kasey, Eclipse, Merlin and Roulette below Merlin, Hero, Madelaine, Eclipse and Ajax

Designed: Ken Lacco Built: Mick Riley Launched: Victoria, 1986 Refurbished: Western Australia, 2010

Phone: Julian Walter 0418 913 914 Mike Hanrahan 0418 926 449 (Current Share Holders)

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2017 WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT WMRT MATCH CUP AUSTRALIA 20 - 25 MARCH 2017

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above: Some of our RFBYC volunteers at the WMRT. “Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club put on an amazing show to open the 2017 World Match Racing Tour season, contested in the M32 high-performance catamarans. The Club would sincerely like to thank the volunteer team who worked tirelessly together with the staff and WMRT team to run a very professional event. Both on the water and ashore the volunteer team did Perth and RFBYC proud”.

Thanks to all the volunteers listed below:

Peter Ahern John Anderson Paul Astill Paul Beeson Freek Bijlsma John Brodziak Barbara Bromley Geoff Brown Peter Chalmer Christiane Clyne Ian Clyne Patrick Clyne Bart Cole

Aaron de Longville Lee Evelegh Peter Farr Adam Fleet Christine Gilmour Jane Gunnell Peter Hancock Clive Hawkes Jill Hawkes Peter Hay Deb Henderson Andrew Henderson Rob Hubbard

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John Taylor Kaiella Taylor Mike Taylor David Taylor Karen Thomson Bryan Thurstan Mike Townsend Jenny Twine Keith Walker Graeme White Murray Wood

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community ROWING

John Longley

COMMUNITY ROWING AT ITS BEST

The St Ayles Regatta was organised by the Living Boat Trust (LBT).

LBT is a community based, not-forprofit group that works on restoring wooden boats, using traditional boat building skills and enjoying simply messing around in boats.

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group of RFBYC rowers attended the second International St Ayles Skiff Regatta held in Franklin, south of Hobart. The event was held the week after the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart which maintained its high standard.

The event was extremely well organised and run on a tiny budget.

This was made possible by over 50 volunteers coordinated by a committee of 6 women from WOW (Women-On-Water). It has set the standard

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for future St Ayles Regattas that will be held around the Nation as the movement expands.

Nine St Ayles skiffs attended with boats from South Australia and Victoria boosting the boats based in Tasmania. Eleven teams with multiple crews representing all States, except NSW, attended. There was a team from New Zealand and individual competitors from the UK who joined local teams, rounding out the 95 registered rowers.

at its best

above: Silver (Mixed Over 55 1 km) and Bronze (Open 250m sprint)

These teams competed in 19 different events based on gender and age and over three distances - 2km, 1km and 250m sprints. he event was based at the Huon Rowing Club, a superb Olympic standard venue.

The program started on the Friday with a parade of dozens of heritage vessels joining the skiffs as they rowed the 8 kilometers from Huonville down river to Franklin.

RFBYC had entered three crews and in the heats that were held on

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Saturday made two finals. These were held on Sunday and the crew of John and Jenny Longley, Mike Lefroy and Judith Diedericks made the podium in both events, winning Silver in the mixed Over 55 1 km and Bronze in the Open 250m sprint. Murray Kornweibel coxed the former and Peter Bath the latter. We all rowed Argyle style as mandated by Rory Argyle the Club rowing coach.

Crews were allocated different boats in the various races. Although the skiffs varied a lot in their oars and rowlock systems it did not diminish the event as being able to quickly

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adapt to unfamiliar boats was part of the fun.

The regatta was supported by great food and music and the wonderful community spirit that is synonymous with boating in regional Australia.

At the conclusion of the prize giving ceremony the President of the LBT thanked all for attending, the volunteers and also the Franklin dogs who attended for being so well behaved. He finished by warning all the winners to take their medals off before they went to bed. We then retired to the LBT boat shed for curry, beer, music and great company.

top: look at the bend in dem oars - the crew hard at work. middle: the start of the Over 55 1km Final. RFBYC in the red skiff. upper left: the St Ayles parading on the Friday. lower left: skiffs being led by a whale boat in the parade. lower right: the great facilities at the Huon Rowing Club.

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Jenny Spearman

GEOGRAPHE BAY RACE WEEK

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oss McLaren, owner and skipper of French Kiss, his beautiful Beneteau First 44.7, kindly invited a bunch of us to race with him down in Busselton for the GBRW. A low pressure system, although producing torrential rain and cold weather helped Ross, Dave and Ken clock a superfast time sailing down to Busselton for the event, hosted by RPYC and Geographe Bay Marina. Fortunately these gallant sailors, thawed out before the first day of racing.

With a new team on board, in wet and windy conditions, we decided to practise our moves and hoisted the spinnaker before the first race.

15 minutes later the foredeck crew

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were still unravelling the kite twisted around the forestay, with Brett valiantly throwing himself out of the boat on to the spinnaker to help control it.

With repacked spinnaker and a few exhausted crew, we lined up for an excellent start in strong winds and fortunately had no more issues on the downwind legs, finishing Race 1 in 2nd place putting us 1st on corrected time. That smashed our handicap!

Day 2 saw a heavy sea mist, torrential rain and little wind. Ross did well to keep French Kiss moving along, but the conditions favoured the lighter and smaller boats. A high-

light of this race was our sail by the Queen Mary 2, cruise ship. Passengers were photographing us as we were snapping them.

We had been chasing Thirsty Work, a 40 foot modified yacht, technically sophisticated with hydraulics and water ballast, who had been winning all week. On Day 3 with some skilful work on the helm

by Ross and the new, impressively large, No 1 spinnaker working overtime, we finished close to them. We did beat them home after the race and then enjoyed the debrief over a few drinks on board their boat.

The lay day was spent wining and dining at an excellent Margaret River

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winery and tasting local chocolate, along with teams from RPYC and helped finely tune the crew for the last two races in sunny and light to moderate conditions. Before the final race, we were running second and needed to beat the top boat Fidra (RPYC) by more than 2 places. We carefully sized up the start line and went for a pin end start in light fluky off shore winds, maximising our chances, giving us clear air to tack across in front of the other boats. Ross continued to sail fast, picking the wind shifts superbly, earning us great gains throughout the course. We finished over 40 minutes in front of Fidra, which gave us

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enough leeway to win the Division 4 GBRW regatta.

RFBYC was also represented by Conrad Todd on Stand Aside RF70 in the Racing Cruising division who finished 16th in a competitive fleet.

It would be great to see an increased presence by RFBYC members in 2018 so that as a club we could perhaps take out the IRC and some of the racing divisions. Even a cruising in company sail down to Geographe to encourage smaller boats with stops at Mandurah/The Cut and Bunbury would be fun and very social. We were made to feel very welcome by Geographe Bay Marina and RPYC, who efficiently organised the

12 to 17 February, 2017 First place to French Kiss Division 4

event, both on water and the après sailing activities. Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped make GBRW such a success for us all. Busselton and the Geographe Bay area is a magnificent environment, especially with the many activities available.

A huge thanks to Ross for inviting us to crew for him, organising the accommodation as well as our social program. What a skipper! It was a pleasure to sail with the experienced and friendly team of Ross McLaren, Ken Chapman, Brett Chivers, Dave Spearman, Bob Armstrong, Chris Pemberton and Stewart Harrison.

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Susan Ghent

M3’S BLUEWATER SEASON OFFSHORE RACING

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AL FRESHWATER BAY YACHT CLUB has a strong offshore racing contingent.

As well as racing in WA, our members often travel interstate and overseas to compete in some high profile and memorable events. Not long ago it was difficult to keep

in touch with the yachts out in the ocean but these days with fleet tracking, race media, live video updates and social media posts from teams it is much easier to get absorbed in the excitement of the sport.

We had several members involved in the 72nd Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race including Scott Disley as navigator on the super maxi CQS and two yachts representing the Club, Peter Hickson’s M3 and Brian McMaster’s team on Victoire.

We chatted to Peter Hickson and Brent Fowler about their adventures racing the Sydney based TP 52, M3 in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Blue Water season.

(Susan) An amazing effort for a WA team to campaign for a Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and you guys have done it two years in a row. What got you interested in the great race?

(Peter) It’s terrifying but amazing. Racing the boat offshore is so smooth, even when going so fast. We were doing 27 knots 28

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with the whole deck under water, you just hang on and the wake coming off the back of the boat is exciting. Really great fun you just have to go back for more.

You were met with some huge obstacles in the 2015-2016 season.

What did you learn from that?

(Peter) The vision of our campaign this season was not to over stretch the boat so that she’d be in good shape going to Hobart. One crew was tasked with monitoring the boat to keep the loads within each parts ability. That includes every piece of rope, the sails, the bow sprit, everything. Our aim was to not change anything from the last three races and leading in to the RSHYR so the whole boat was tried and tested.

How did it go?

(Peter) Interestingly the things we did change failed! The main one was our steering chain. At sundown on day one it broke and I reckon it cost us about 20 nautical miles. We had to slow

the boat right down and get the guys up inside the hull to fix it. With one steering wheel off, one of the crew had to hold the chain to the second wheel tight by hand.

Looking back at the race, if this hadn’t have happened then we might have got through before the wind shut down. We

Racing a fleet of TP 52’s – “the most fun I have had on the water”. We chat with Peter Hickson and Brent Fowler from M3 Mulberry Racing. just missed it, we could see the boats in the distance and they were travelling at speed while we were doing one knot.

We changed two other things and they failed us too, my new sea sick tablets which I probably didn’t need to take anyway but did and they made me ill.

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to go inshore and sail away from the fleet might have gone differently.

Your campaign for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race included the whole CYCA Blue Water Series of six races. You had some excellent results during the series, were there any highlights apart from the great race south?

(Brent) There’s too many, all the races mould in to one!

(Peter) Racing in 30 boat fleets is amazing and especially with so many similar boats, there was always a few TP 52’s with us. In one race there would have been seven TP 52’s racing so close together it was challenging.

I remember watching the footage on your M3 Facebook page.

below: M3 in BIR 2016

(Peter) Yeah we had a great response to our live videos.

It’s a great way to show what’s happening out there and people want to watch it. We’ve had over 3800 views for our live video feed during the Sydney to Hobart. Being able to watch the fleet on the tracker and then see some on-board video is a brilliant way to keep the public engaged with offshore racing.

Tell us a bit about Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day, it must be quite exciting.

(Peter) Adrenalin pumping to the max.

Imagine thirty boats in your line jostling for the best position. The 100 footers sailing up and down ahead of you at 20 plus knots, you’re just trying to stay out of the way it’s a tense situation.

How was your start?

(Brent) Both Ragamuffin and us were forced to avoid a port tack boat which then put us over the line early. It was the Japanese entry, KLC Bengal 7, they weren’t avoiding so we had to take action. We restarted and lost a bit of time. Not getting away clean would have cost us 10 minutes.

How did you feel sailing out of Sydney Heads in good shape?

(Peter) Oh, (laughs) relieved.

Every 10 nautical miles we had a little celebration that we’d made it a bit further, not broken and still going. We must have had 62 of these mini parties, they were every half an hour at one stage then much further apart towards the end.

Were there any scary moments during the RSHYR?

(Peter) Not really, it was probably the best conditions in the history of the race. The sea state was a bit difficult early on, coming from three directions but we were travelling quick downwind at that point.

(Brent) Well, we did have a bit of an urgent moment at one stage. When rounding the Organ Pipes in Storm Bay we had taken 30

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down the Code Zero and hoisted the A2. In the process our spinnaker sheet went over the boom and then there was a fishing net right in front of us. We had to turn up head to wind really quickly to avoid the net and for a second the boom hit the water and hooked a buoy but thankfully let go. She was on her side for about a minute, we had a bit on.

You then went on to Geelong, tell us a bit about that and where is M3 now and what’s your plan?

(Peter) Yeah, we went on to the Festival of Sails. It was good, two passage races and six around the buoys, shorter course racing. We finished 4th overall in Division One (IRC).

(Brent) We had two young kids on the boat with us, they had a great time. They were downstairs packing kites and on the pumps getting involved, it was a good experience for them.

M3 was still in offshore race mode and we had a different team on-board. Starting out with a first and two second places we were battling above our expectations in the regatta. Unfortunately a missing mark in one of the races and some interesting decisions for other yachts in the protest room really turned the results upside down for us.

(Peter) M3 will be back in Sydney for the Australian Yachting Championships in March.

We are planning an exciting 2017. We will follow the races north in winter starting with the Sydney to Southport, then Airlie Beach Race Week leading in to Hamilton Island Race Week. We will have a bunch of sailors from

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WA go across to race with us.

There should be about 8 of the M3 regular crew and the other 5-7 crew positions will be open to others to come and enjoy the sailing.

We’ve been having a good time racing offshore on the east coast, we might just do the CYCA Blue Water Pointscore again next year and maybe even another Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Who knows maybe Craig Carter’s Indian (Carkeek 47) will join us and we will again have at least two yachts representing Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in the race.

The CYCA Blue Water Pointscore Series is made up of six races with five to count and

the RSHYR is a non-discard.

With Brent Fowler as helmsman for the series, M3’s race placing’s were Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast – 3rd, Flinders Islet Race – 3rd, Dropping a 6th in the Newcastle Bass Island Race, Cabbage Tree Island Race – 4th, Bird Island Race – 6th, 72nd Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – 8th.

For the race to Hobart the M3 team was Brent Fowler, Peter Hickson, Luke Campbell, Nick Deussen, John Naughton, Robbie Wilson, Mike Kennedy, James Wierzbowski, Bruce Mcrae, Phil Marshall, Oliver Marshall, Mark Wheeler, John Enkelmann, Paul Heyes, and Brett Van Munster.

Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club was also represent-

ed in the CYCA Blue Water Pointscore Series and 72nd Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race by Brian McMaster’s team who chartered the Cookson 50 Victoire. They placed 9th overall in Division One (IRC) in the series, and a credible 14th over the line in the RSHYR (6th IRC overall to count in the series).

The 2016 race was a record breaking one with ideal wind conditions for the super maxis.

The race record for the 628 nautical mile race is now held

by Perpetual Loyal who finished in 1 day 13 hours 31 minutes and 20 seconds.

For more information on RFBYC Offshore Racing please visit rfbyc.asn.au or follow the Club and our teams on social media #RFBYCoffshoreracing

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Annabelle Davies

29ER NATIONALS 2017 REPORT

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The Yacht Squadron is located alongside a shipping container terminal at Outer Harbour that opened onto St Vincent Gulf.

Launching was sure to be interesting with vessels and cargo ships coming into the narrow port every few hours just outside the yacht club marina. My crew for the event, Tom Cunich is from Queensland and flew over for the regatta. Tom and I were both apart of the same Optimist Worlds team in 2013 and have competed against each other numerous times over the years.

Leading into the event we ended up doing the International Classes Regatta in Perth out of Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and a few valuable days of training in Adelaide, allowing us to feel reasonably comfortable within our team and the conditions in Outer Harbour. The practice race was scheduled for the 2 January shortly after registration and measurement however it was cancelled due to strong winds and rough sea-state. Tom and I decided to go out for a short session to see what it was like out there in the breeze as most of our training sessions were quite light. Once outside the harbour the conditions got pretty extreme, providing some good gybing practice, which allowed us to work on our timing together as a new combination.

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Racing kick-started on the 3 January with a total of fifty six 29ers competing. Our start time wasn’t until early afternoon, the sea breeze was in and building.

After finishing with some inconsistent results on the first day we were left eager to improve our performance as the regatta progressed. With no one clearly dominating the fleet it was looking to be a high scoring regatta, with any one of the top five boats in the running to take out the championship. The following day brought similar conditions with a building sea breeze and steep chop. We were pleased to finish with better results than most of our competitors, improving our overall position considerably. By the end of day three we were stoked to be in the lead by a couple of points, however knew it wouldn’t be easy to hold our position. Day four was extremely hot, leaving us with little to no wind. However after many hours under AP we were eventually sent out managing to finish one race. Unfortunately our result didn’t quite hit the mark, dropping us back to third overall. The last day presented good wind and solid racing and we were pleased to hold onto our 3rd place overall at the conclusion of the event considering we were up against a world-class fleet.

Congratulations to Henry Larkins and Miles Davis on taking out first place overall and qualifying for the 2017 ISAF Youth World Championships and also to the current World Champion Tom Crockett sailing with Max Paul who finished in second place. I’d also like to congratulate the current Women’s ISAF Youth World Champions Natasha Bryant and Annie Wilmot on finishing 4th overall and also qualifying themselves for the 2017 ISAF Youth World Championships once again later this year.

I would like to say a huge thank you to Matt Jerwood, Chris Woodward and Mike Davies for coaching the WA team during the event. I’d also like to thank the WA 9er association for the training programs put in place leading up to the nationals, to Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron for hosting the event along with its volunteers, race officials and rescue and mark laying boats. I’d like to thank Belinda Brett the official WAIS coach, the West Australian Institute of Sport, the Ron Tough Yachting Foundation, Fremantle Sailing Club and finally Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club for their ongoing support over the past few seasons of my sailing.

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Simon Barwood

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myself and two others, however Contender sailors are difficult cats to herd and both my partners in the container pulled out within hours of each other.

Now the lone WA entrant, I sent a plea to the National fleet for a charter boat that was answered by Ian Kirkwood from South Australia who owns two boats. The one he was willing to charter me was fortuitously a WA made Windrush hull with John Cassidy fit-out, almost identical to my boat except for the mast. Ian wanted a driving partner so I flew to Adelaide and together we towed the boats to the regatta venue.

Lake Illawarra is not dissimilar in size and proximity to the ocean as Melville Water but without the guarantee of an afternoon seabreeze we were told to expect a range of conditions.

The fleet was the largest for a Nationals, excluding preWorlds regattas, and included the current World Champion, Mark Bulka, current runner up World Champion Jason Beebe, six times former world champion and class legend Andrea Bonezzi and former multiple National Champion Matt Mulder as well as champion sailors from other classes stepping into the Con-

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tender ahead of the 2017 Worlds to be hosted by McCrae Yacht Club in Victoria.

Ahead of the first race a north-easterly was building and by start time was a solid 2530kts. The class limit is 25kts so we waited shore under AP until the breeze eased back to 2025kts allowing one race. I was fourth to the top mark before losing 10 places with a capsize at the bottom, then made up ground to finish sixth.

With the schedule now a race behind and storms forecast in the afternoon the start time on Day 2 was moved forward.

Race 2 was started in the strong, shifty and gusty Westerly land breeze but was shortened half way, when I was fifth, as a peak gust of 38kts had been recorded by the RC. We waited under AP onshore until the wind moderated to 15-20kts and then a full race was run. I had just crossed the finish line in third when BANG! and I was in the water.

The forestay attachment had broken and the mast was being held up by the boom on the gunwale. The first emotion was relief that it had happened after finishing but that quickly turned to frustration that I would miss the next race.

I was towed in and was repaired promptly but the next race had already started in the now light winds. I was putting the mast back up when the infamous “Southerly Buster” came through at 40kts. The fleet had been sailing in, the race having been abandoned, but were now capsized in the gale. Then came lashing rain. I was in the water for the next half hour helping sailors get their boats ashore, and keep them off the concrete sea wall, but half the fleet was still out there upside down in the peak gust of 79kts. A couple of boats had to be retrieved by trailer from several kilometers down the shore. Breaking the forestay now seemed very lucky.

After three races I was in third place overall.

Day 3 saw a calm Lake Illawarra but many busy sailors ashore repairing damaged boats, spars and sails. With the change through it was now cool and overcast and with a class minimum of 6kts we were waiting ashore for wind. A patchy 5-8kts arrived in time for two races to be completed with restarts for both. I struggled in the light winds scoring a 14th and 8th to slip back to 6th overall now that one drop was in play.

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The time limit to start the last race was extended and we were on the water early on Day 5 waiting for wind.

The first race started in 4-8kts and again I struggled to finish in 13th. Spiral national champion Craig Davidson, lying in fifth overall reveled in the light conditions

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ENLEY SAILING CLUB, Adelaide, South Australia – “Sorry, it’s never usually like this…” How many times have we heard locals say that at a major regatta?

The day after we arrived in Adelaide was Christmas Eve, it was 40 degrees so the day was spent in the pool, at the beach or in air-conditioned shops. Little did we realise that would be the last of the fine or warm weather for the next week.

A relaxed schedule of 2 or 3 races per day with the first starting at 1430hrs bode well for sailing in the typically late afternoon Adelaide sea breeze, however for the first few days of the regatta there was consistently more wind in the mornings as some stationary low pressure sytems had the Gulf stuck in a Northerly flow. The sea breeze, if and when it arrived, cancelled the gradient wind creating long spells of no wind or patchy random conditions.

The unseasonally light wind brought current into play, sometimes running at up to 2kts. This resulted variously in general recalls as the fleet was swept over the line, having to overstand the top mark by half the length of the first beat, having no pressure in the sails downwind while travelling at 3-4kts across the bottom, and being dragged perilously towards the marks whilst rounding.

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Just when we thought things couldn’t get much worse a summer storm during the evening of Day 2 brought winds of up to 50kts and lashing rain all night.

Fortunately we had tied the boats down and all but one were still upright although the compound fence had blown over.

Some roofs had been lost. The consequence for sailing on day three was more light wind, masses of weed close to shore and a really unpleasant 2m lumpy slop that was further kicked up as the tide started running.

Despite all this the race committee managed to run a full program. The host yacht club’s Commodore, Damian Carey, sailing with daughter Emily on Bob was the local favourite. He has experience and form having won the National Championship when it was last held in South Australia, at Henley, in 199798. The regatta didn’t start well for them being OCS in Race 1, a result that stood despite a protest of the RC and having the hearing re-opened.

We were also having our own challenges, Bulletproof began poorly with two 4th as we came to terms with the conditions but RFBYC team mates Alex and

Charlotte O’Beirne sailing Game On had a dream start convincingly winning the first race.

We fared better on Day 2, the only day when there was a proper breeze around 15kts, scoring 1-2 to the South Australian’s 2-1 although the first race was frustratingly abandoned after they got a bad start and were well back in the fleet.

Day 3 was similarly frustrating when Damian and Emily were caught napping a long way from the line in very little breeze on the third restart. They were forced to start at the unfavoured end and were struggling in the bottom half of the fleet. We were third at the first mark but then the race was abandoned. Apparently the leeward mark had been moved (before any boat was on the leg) but the change hadn’t been signalled. After nearly two frustrating hours on the water we finally got a race finished with Bob first and Bulletproof racking up another fourth. However, a visit to the protest room against Bob saw us disqualified for a r11 vs r16.1 incident during the pre-start.

We beat Bob in the first two races on Day 4 but they had the regatta sewn up with a win in

above: Not much separating Bulletproof and Game On on the short reach to the finish in Race 2.

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above left: Alex and Charlotte O’Beirne win Race 1. above right: We’re smiling but it’s wet and cold…in January…in Adelaide.

the third race for that day with Bulletproof scoring yet another fourth. The third RFBYC team Peter and Rohan Dean sailing Transom Note had their taste of success with two thirds, their best results for the regatta.

With first place now out of reach our focus shifted to staying in front of New South Welshmen Paul and Hugh Ploughman

sailing Girra-Girra who had been consistent all regatta and were now 1 point ahead of us. We managed to achieve that finishing in third place to their fourth following an intense match race.

Game On slipped into second place to secure 5th overall while Bob finished with an easy win.

Henley Sailing Club did a terrific job for a small volunteer run club and had more work ahead of them with the O’pen Bic Nationals following ours. The Bic’s were out training the day after we finished and were breaking gear in a glorious 18-

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22kt sea breeze, local conditions were ‘back to normal’…sigh.

Western Australian boats won several division prizes: Family – Bulletproof – Simon & Tyson Barwood.

Handicap – Transom Note – Peter & Rohan Dean.

Grand Master – 2pudd – Rolna Stoeger & Doug Pianta.

The top boat from each of the States represented made up the top four which was a great result for the class. RFBYC boats would have won the teams trophy for WA, had it been awarded, finishing in 2nd, 5th and 7th.

CRAZYBIRD AT SCOTCH SAS ROWING HELPS OUT

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he Scotch College Year 12 Ball was held on Saturday, 18 February at the school hall. The planned theme for the ball was “OCEANIA” and the mothers committee contacted RFBYC to ask if they could borrow a small wooden dinghy to use as a prop near the entrance.

The request was passed on to the St Ayles Skiff (SAS) group as keepers of beautiful wooden boats. Three boats were identified and offered but the one favoured was Crazy Bird the beautiful ketch owned by John Longley and Mike Lefroy. This was duly set up on Saturday morning and festooned with

lights. As the pictures show it was spectacular and the centrepiece of the display. The three “Skiffkateers” responsible for the set up also packed the boat up and returned it to the “Long”(ley’s) house next morning.

Just another plus for Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and the St Ayles Skiff rowers.

Peter Massee and John Moncrieff

PRINCE PHILIP CUP SYDNEY HARBOUR | DRAGON FIREWORKS

above left: Linnea in front of the Opera House. above right: Wizzardry wins race 6.

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OYAL SYDNEY YACHT SQUADRON hosted the 2017 National Championship of the Australasian Dragon Class competing for the Prince Philip Cup (PPC).

left: The happy winners (L-R) Gordon Ingate, Amy Giles and David Giles with the Prince Philip Cup

Competitors from the UK, Canada and all Australian Dragon venues were represented in the 19-strong fleet, including four boats from the recently formed Metung fleet in eastern Victoria.

RFBYC was represented by Wizzardry AUS201 (Ray & Karen Chatfield and Peter Massee) and Linnea AUS210 (Sandy Anderson, Brad Sheridan, Jodi Earnshaw and John Moncrieff).

Jill Massee joined the start boat team. Geoff Totterdell was crew on French Connection AUS211.

The warm-up series for the Ted Albert Memorial Trophy blew any cobwebs away with winds gusting over 25 knots leading to several breakages but fortunately before the “main” event.

Wizzardry took 3rd place in this series. Linnea withdrew due to gear failure.

The Prince Philip Cup itself was a close affair and went down to the final race, with three boats still vying for the title: RFBYC’s Linnea (Sandy Anderson), RSYS Whimsical (Gordon Ingate) and the UK’s Indulgence (Rob Campbell). Whimsical had to get one boat between them and Indulgence to take the title, with Linnea having to get three boats ahead of Whimsical and four ahead of Indulgence. With strong breezes and much at stake, there were a few incidents which led to the disqualification of Indulgence for a start line incident leaving them third overall.

Technical issues hindered Linnea around the course, however they remarkably managed to finish second, unfortunately to the old master, Gordon Ingate who at 90 years of age(!!!), with his

excellent crew of Brad Giles and Amy Giles took out the 2017 title. Congratulations to Sandy Anderson, Brad Sheridan, Jodi Earnshaw and John Moncrieff on a well sailed second place.

The regatta was magnificently run and the traditional Dragon comradery flowed effusively in the after race “could have, would have, should haves” over a beer or two. The Metung Yacht Club contingent has gained great experience for next year’s event to be held in the stunningly picturesque environs of the lakes in eastern Victoria where crews will be getting into the warmup phase for the 2019 World Championships to be held off Fremantle.

Full results at: http://www.etimeteam.com/ Yacht/SeriesResults.cfm?

SeriesID=198&did=758

The top five overall: Pos Pts

right: Second overall (L-R) Brad Sheridan, Jodi Earnshaw, Sandy Anderson and John Moncrieff

Sail No.

Name

Club

Skipper

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

(14.0)

3.0

1.0

6.0

1.0

3.0

4.0

1.0

1

19.0

AUS217

Whimsical

RSYS

Gordon Ingate

2

22.0

AUS210

Linnea

RFBYC

Sandy Anderson

1.0

7.0

6.0

3.0

2.0

(20.0)

1.0

2.0

3

27.0

AUS218

Indulgence

RCYC/ RSYS

Rob Campbell

11.0

1.0

4.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

2.0

(20.0)

4

33.0

AUS193

Adios III

Metung Fred Haes

6.0

(8.0)

7.0

4.0

6.0

2.0

5.0

3.0

5

34.0

AUS211

RSYS French Connection

2.0

2.0

5.0

5.0

7.0

7.0

(12.0)

6.0

David Brittain

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ETCHELLS SUNSET SPRINTS 14-16 DECEMBER 2016

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WAN RIVER ETCHELLS FLEET in conjunction with Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club hosted the inaugural Etchells Sunset Sprints, midweek evenings 14-16 December 2016. Taking inspiration from Sydney’s Milson Goblets and our Tuesday training sessions with a twist of turbo, the regatta tested and proved successful a number of innovative and contemporary formats.

The regatta included 3 races per evening starting after a day in the office (for some) at 5:00pm and finishing in time for a few sunset beers on the wharf on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Over the three evenings, nine windward leeward double lap sprints were sailed with plenty of action throughout the series namely due to the short course, sprint style format and strong calibre of WA’s fleet.

Pleasing to report on, was the level of support this new regatta received from RFBYC, race officers, volunteers, umpires, owners and crews of the 19 boats entering the regatta with approximately 14 boats on the start line each evening.

Kim Laurence and his start team of Barbara-Dene Jones, Peter Massee, Jill Massee, Ian Deany, Pauline Chalmer, Mary Joyce supported by the mark layers including John Low, Brad Stout, George Vaskovics, Russell Wel42

lington, Peter Chalmer worked to a tea to put on 9 starts, 18 top marks roundings, 18 sets, 9 bottom gates and 9 finishes with no crashes or significant incidents.

Not a bad effort for a casual mid week regatta and that’s before we’ve even got to the weekend.

Each evening saw two umpire boats patrolling the fleet stationed by RPYC Etchells Fleet Captain Richard Goldsmith, Jenn Suffield and Garry Dean. The on water umpiring proved very successful especially at the top mark where the etchells fleet have a reputation for being a little keen to say the least and assisting with quick, even starts, eliminating general recalls where a tight program was scheduled.

Thank you to our sponsors for the event: Boating Hardware providing $600 of gift vouchers to the chandlery or ship wright, Panasonic provided 2 waterproof cameras, Paul Nelson Wines for the lovely white wine, and Gage

Roads for the beer and thanks to Receo who are our fleet sponsor with special mention to RFBYC’s Debbie Blaauw and Sharon Skinner who were so supportive of the initiative.

Taking out the regatta was guest skipper and world match racing tour legend Keith Swinton with Andy Fethers, Sean Gregory and Mimi Kitto on Cone Of Silence. In second place, Martin Webster, Adele Jackson, Bjorn Nielsen and Chris Smith on Highlander and in third place Ray Smith, Mike Hughes and Brad Sheridan on St John’s Dance.

Wednesday evening saw the RPYC and RFBYC Etchells meet mid-river with champagne sailing conditions of 8-12 knots from the South West; flat water and no other boats to be seen.

Remarks on the dock were consistent that sailing doesn’t get any more enjoyable than that!

The four up team on the Cone

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Of Silence sailed from strength to strength with three clear bullets on the opening night.

All boats then sailed back to RFBYC where some wet parked for the series. Over 50 competitors and volunteers enjoyed cracking open a few cartons of ice-cold Gage Roads beers.

Thursday evening saw a 20 knot sea breeze and dynamic sprint racing in Freshwater Bay. Alistair Murchison on Bandwagon earnt a bullet aided by a killer lay line call from tactician Robbie Gibbs and handy crew work from Geoff Lansell and young Jack Luketina. Other standout results were The Cone Of Silence taking out their fourth bullet and Peter Chappel on 1382 taking out a race also.

By Friday evening the smell of the Boating Hardware gift vouchers, Paul Nelson Wines and Panasonic cameras was too much for some with a number of OCS’s including two from Alistair Murchison on Bandwagon crushing his plans for a second place regatta finish. The

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Cone Of Silence took out their fifth bullet for the series consolidating a standout regatta victory with Ray Smith’s St John’s Dance claiming their second bullet and consolidating third place in the regatta. Martin Webster’s team on Highlander earned themselves a very respectable couple of seconds to consolidate second place overall in the regatta. Well done to all participants.

Another key mention Ethan Preto-Low (17), George Boulden (18) and Andrew Briggs (18) on AUS1289 finished 6th overall.

The last few years the Swan River Etchells Fleet has seen a welcomed addition of younger teams with these guys taking it to the next level. The Etchells fleet is working hard at RFBYC to provide a seamless integration between the dinghy club and Etchells fleet. Segwaying a little, the majority of the WA’s Warren Jones International Youth Regatta and local M32 World Match Racing Team entrants have competed in Etchells over the last 12 months including “Redline

Racing”, “Calypso Racing”, “Neptune Racing” and “Gilmore Racing Team”.

Following Friday evening’s racing the regatta presentations took place on the idyllic setting of the RFBYC lawn where Boating Hardware’s Stevie Locke assisted RFBYC Etchells Fleet Captain Alistair Murchison in awarding the sponsored prizes and pennants.

On a fleet development side of things, the regatta was very successful, with the informal nature, we waived all onsite registrations in lieu of online entries, had no sail card or weigh in. This saw some nice features such as Brad Sheridan’s ability to test out some new sails he is developing with AUS Sailmakers and a number of participants jump on an Etchells for the first time in a four up capacity.

More pictures, the highlight video and coaching footage is visible at the Swan River Etchells Fleet website www.etchellsswanriver.org.au, our Facebook page and YouTube channel.

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS #RFBYCGOESEAST

Through our #rfbycGoes East campaign, we followed the progress of over 110 members competing in national championships during December 2016 and January 2017.

The full list of our members’ results is too large to reproduce here, but please view our website for a full list of achievements. However, we are pleased to report the following members are 2016/17 national champions: HOBIE 16

CAM OWEN & SUZZI GHENT

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PRESENTATION TO STARLIGHT CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION $26,000 FROM THE MELBOURNE CUP COMMITTEE left to right: Sharon Grassick, Diana van de Worm, Susan Singer (Starlight Children’s Foundation) and Susan Baker.

LUKE PATERSON REAR COMMODORE SAIL INTERNATIONAL 420 OPEN AND YOUTH OTTO HENRY (NSW) & ROME FEATHERSTONE

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DAVID GILMOUR & JOEL TURNER (NSW)

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CARBINE CLUB YOUTH CUP

RFBYC successfully defended its Youth Cup title by winning the Carbine Club Youth Cup Regatta.

Congratulations to Lachy Gilmour and his team consisting of Ryan Donaldson, Alex Negri, Tom Blaauw, Liam Forrester and Raffe Torre.

Two other teams represented the Club, with Ethan Prieto-Low and his crew placing 4th and one of our new members, Luke Dobrich and his crew, placing 5th.

We extend our thanks to Sam Gilmour, Will Boulden & Torvar Mirsky for mentoring our youth sailors for this event.

SAILING INSTITUTE

Following last year’s great programs, our Sailing Institute will run again this winter.

Supported by some of our elite coaches, this year’s Institute will incorporate a match racing, team racing and fleet racing offering.

Stay tuned for further information from our on-water team.

THE SEASON IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE…

It’s hard to imagine that the 2016/2017 summer sailing season comes to a close very soon.

With only a few races to go, good luck to those of you that are at the “pointy end” of your respective fleets. I trust everyone will enjoy the racing that is left in our summer sailing season.

I look forward to seeing you at the remaining events on our summer sailing calendar, including Closing Day and our Keelboat Prize Night.

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So was the notice to members effective from 6 March 1946 – 71 years ago. Lt Comd Roland Smith could return to being Past Commodore Roland Smith or just “Rolly” and the Club to gradually return to pre-war normality.

The deck gun from the Dutch Submarine KXI had been placed on the lawn and part of the “Annexe” had been dismantled. All this marked the end of an era in Australian history, the history of Western Australia and of RFBYC. The KXI had been mostly stripped at the Freshwater Bay public jetty adjacent to the Club and the gun donated to the Club by the contractors in appreciation for its co-operation and hospitality.

Fremantle had been the largest submarine base in the southern hemisphere with a total of 167 submarines; comprised of 11 Royal Netherlands Navy, 32 Royal Navy and 124 US Navy.

Obviously not all of these vessels had been there at the one time as their task was to patrol. Fremantle was the port to which they returned for re-fuelling, re-supply of rations and ammunition and for the crews to enjoy a brief period of rest and recuperation.

This fleet was not the only one operating in the Indian Ocean, Arafura Sea, South China Sea area. There were also Japanese and German submarines active. Admiral Karl Donitz had despatched a flotilla of 40 “U Boats” to set up a base and operate from Penang. This fleet he named the “Monsun Gruppe” or Monsoon Group. Of this 40 only 30 managed to get past Cape Town with the balance either lost or returned to their bases in Holland due to loss of their refuelling vessels.

They were however very active around

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Australia and New Zealand and responsible for the loss of a number of allied merchant vessels and at least one RAAF reconnaissance aircraft in Bass Strait.

It was the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) which boasted the largest submarine fleet in the world with upwards of 850 vessels. While around 700 of these were of the midget or mini variety, designed mostly for suicide type missions there were others much larger, designed for specific purposes.

Unlike the German U Boat which was deployed in “wolfpacks” to starve Britain by sinking merchant shipping bringing supplies from the USA, the Japanese philosophy was to use their submarines in Noble Battle; warship against warship. It is apparent that the “Noble” part of the philosophy got somewhat distorted at times.

The significance of this is the design purpose. There were 41 IJN submarines designed and built to carry an aircraft all folded up in a hangar on deck. These were launched with a catapult and retrieved with an hydraulic crane when they returned from their mission and alighted on the water adjacent to the mother ship. There are records of such aircraft flying several reconnaissance missions over Sydney Harbour prior to the attack by the three midget submarines. It is known that the Perth/Fremantle metro area was overflown at least twice: One of these is actually recorded but the other only reported orally.

A second type was designed to carry two aircraft and a third, massive submarine designed to carry three aircraft. There were three built to this last design, the I 400, I 401 and I 402 so named for their length of 400 feet.

To overcome the instability problems of carrying three aircraft in a hangar

on deck the design required a much wider beam than conventional craft.

The “Conning Tower” and command centre were offset to one side and the hangar with three aircraft in a line on the other side. This led to handling problems and limitations to the diving depth which could be achieved.

A submarine is most vulnerable on the surface and preparing to launch aircraft exacerbated this so an ingenious plan was devised to avoid having to warm the aircraft engines to flight temperature. The oil was drained from the engines, reheated to flight temperature then returned to the aircraft engine. All this occurred while the aircraft wings were being extended ready for launching. These were more than just reconnaissance aircraft and were capable of carrying a payload of bombs or a torpedo. The I 400 series were intended as the Japanese “shock weapon” to attack mainland USA. - Germany was working on super rockets and the USA were developing some sort of secret super bomb. This was the Japanese effort. Early planning was for a fleet of 15 of these submarines however only 3 were built. They were intended to attack the Panama Canal locks and to raid San Diego and other west coast areas of USA with biological weapons such as nerve gas and poisons. Aircraft from one of these submarines actually dropped some incendiary bombs on a pine forest in Oregon State. Fortunately, little damage was done and the war ended just before more disastrous raids could be carried out.

The IJN also had several bases on the Mexican coast and was far more active than generally realised. Brutal though the atomic bombing of Japanese homeland was, it was most likely a merciful means to an end.

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ARCHIVES – AIMS & OBJECTIVES

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IS APPROPRIATE THAT OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES are re-stated from time to time.

Broadly speaking we are aiming to have a list of all members from inception (1896) with

as much detail as can be ascertained about their yacht club career. Information such as year of birth, years of membership, offices or positions held, boats owned and their activities and performance.

As a corollary to this we need to have a list of boats owned by Club members so that boats and members can be cross referenced.

In this modern day and age the gathering of information is sometimes misconstrued and attracts a sinister connotation. I most sincerely hope that the work of the RFBYC Archives Team is not regarded in this light. In no way should it be thought of as a gathering of information to be used for commercial purposes either legal or illegal. Nor should it be considered an invasion of privacy.

The purpose behind the records on which we are working is to enable present and future members to see how this wonderful Club of ours was created and has built over the years. We need to be aware of

the contributions by past members and the influence they have had.

Other records need to be held of the Club assets such as paintings, photographs, burgees, Honour Boards, trophies, artefacts and special furniture. Where practicable these should include their “provenance”: details of “what, who, when and why”. We are in the process of updating these records on a more user-friendly computer program which will also be added to the club master system in a section dedicated to Archives.

Ultimately the most valuable assets we can have are the memories of our members: Their recollections of what happened at the Club during their membership add colour and personality to history. In addition to written accounts a great way of collecting memories is in the form of an “Oral History” recording with the subsequent transcription onto paper. This process is complicated and time consuming and having it done well professionally, is expensive. But the old saying that

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With the exception of “Memories” much of the information referred to above is available but is buried in old Minute Books, dusty boxes of records and photographs. The process of extracting, organising and indexing, using modern technology is the task of the Archives Team. It still involves painstaking research with sometimes little apparent progress for the effort involved.

The “Team” members are volunteers: Basil Twine (Leader), Paul Reiffer, Jenny Twine, Rae Cronin and Roy Shannon. Our Office Staff, while always courteous and helpful, are not employed for this purpose. They are busy people dedicated to their allocated areas and any intrusion on their time must be kept to a minimum using lines of communication through a “Chain of Command” system through the team leader.

THE BOSUN’S LOCKER AROUND THE GROUNDS

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HERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH HAPPENING around the Club. In November of last year we completed our independent environmental auditing process by participating in the Marina Industries Associations “Clean Marina” and “Fish Friendly” programs.

The auditing process is a lengthy one that requires an in-depth analyses of all aspects of our activities.

I wish to thank and congratulate all members and staff for your assistance which has enabled Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club to be re-accredited as a Clean Marina Level 3.

During the audit conducted on 15 November, 2016 RFBYC achieved a highly commendable Clean Marina score of 98%.

The Fish Friendly audit score was excellent – 100%, which means the Club has been successfully reaccredited for both programs.

This has been a great result, although there is a need for continual improvement.

Over the years I have noticed a great reduction in the number of people carrying out water hull cleaning activities and those who are performing this task are largely operating within RFBYC and Department of Parks and Wildlife policy guidelines as set out below: • Any underwater process that could remove antifouling paint

from the vessels hull or create a plume is prohibited.

• Vessels with biocide free coatings that are designed to withstand regular in-water cleaning and are free from fouling should be wiped with a soft cloth to maintain these finishes.

• If the type of antifoul coating cannot be reliably determined then it should be assumed the coating contains biocides and other pollutants and should not be cleaned in water.

•Low copper, hard paints and long lasting, low-toxicity paints should be used in lieu of soft ablative paints.

• If scraping of the hull is required, the vessel must be removed from the water and cleaning performed where debris can be captured and properly disposed of.

Furthermore I strongly recommend that all vessel owners should be familiar with the antifouling manufactures Material Safety Data Sheet. MSDS are generally readily available online. MSDS provide essential information including

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NEW MEMBERS’ NIGHT FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2017 GUEST SPEAKER, PETER BOWMAN

TRANSITION TO ORDINARY MEMBERSHIP EVENING WEDNESDAY TWILIGHT SAILING 8 MARCH 2017

IMPORTANT DATES FOR MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS

Membership applications (with signature and endorsement of two Members with five+ years membership) must be submitted to the Membership Coordinator by post, deliver to the Club, or email to, membership@rfbyc.asn.au Submit completed application forms to the Club by the last Monday of the month.

General Committee reviews applications on the last Tuesday of the month.

Ordinary membership applicants will be invited to attend an interview with the Membership Committee on the second Monday of the following month or thereafter.

Membership applications are placed on the notice board for a period of 26 days (except Juniors).

All membership applications which progress to the final stage of the membership process will be ratified by General Committee on the last Tuesday of the month.

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION For membership information, please visit our website rfbyc.asn.au and use the tabs ‘Participate’ then ‘Join the Club’. The menu on the left side of the page can be used to navigate through our membership section.

Alternatively, membership enquiry packs can be collected from the main noticeboard or from reception.

Questions to our Membership Coordinator, Susan Ghent, at the Club.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MEMBERSHIP NEW CLUB MEMBERS ORDINARY

Member Marina Eftos Anthea Zhao Duncan Taylor Andrew Bochenek Gilles Dour Freerk Bijlsma Jacques Lategan Andrew Mitchell Christina Eftos

Proposer Seconder George Eftos Alex Anderson Martin Jurat Assheton Craven Peter Ahern Michael Ahern Jeremy Stockley Andrew Stavrianou Geoff Wilson Commodore Dean McAullay Alan Fisher Ian Longson Clay Cook Rachel Cook David Walling Peter Ahern Alex Anderson George Eftos

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Member Tristan Cooper Amy Bailey Anna Sobczyk

Proposer Seconder Peter Hammond Roderick Smith David Thorpe Sean Martin Brian Galton-Fenzi Ian Clarke

ROTTNEST FESTIVAL OF SAIL

1 JUNE

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

1 APRIL

KEELBOAT CLUB RACE

8 JUNE

1 APRIL

ADVENTURER’S CLUB

MID WEEK RACE - VICE PATRON’S PERPETUAL TROPHY

2 APRIL

DINGHY CLUB RACE

15 JUNE

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

5 APRIL

ROTTNEST FOUNDATION TWILIGHT

18 JUNE

6 APRIL

300 ACRES MIDWEEK RACE

KEELBOAT FROSTBITE SERIES RACE 2 - PM START

7 APRIL

QUARTERDECK LUNCH

22 JUNE

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

8 APRIL

ETCHELLS METRO SERIES HEATS

25 JUNE

DINGHY WINTER SERIES RACE 2 - PM START

8 APRIL

KEELBOAT CLUB RACE - JAYCO CARAVANLAND TROPHY RACE DAY

29 JUNE

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

2 JUNE

KEELBOAT FROSTBITE SERIES RACE 3 - AM START

6 JULY

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

13 JULY

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

16 JULY

KEELBOAT FROSTBITE SERIES RACE 4 - PM START

8 APRIL

ADVENTURER’S CLUB

9 APRIL

DINGHY CLUB RACE UNMACK FAMILY TROPHY RACE DAY

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9 APRIL

RETRO DAY 2017

Member Proposer Seconder Torvar Mirsky Remy Donraadt Rear Commodore

Luke Paterson

12 APRIL

TWILIGHT SAIL

13 APRIL

300 ACRES MIDWEEK RACE

20 JULY

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

16 APRIL

EASTER SUNDAY SEAFOOD BUFFET

23 JULY

19 APRIL

TWILIGHT SAIL - FINAL

DINGHY WINTER SERIES RACE 3 - PM START

20 APRIL

300 ACRES MIDWEEK RACE FINAL SPRING/SUMMER SERIES RACE

27 JULY

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

30 JULY

DINGHY WINTER SERIES RACE 4 - PM START

3 AUGUST

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

ORDINARY 21

Member Proposer Seconder Ann Kang Mark Tremain Philippa Packer ORDINARY 18

22 APRIL

Member Ben Hutcherson Joseph Monisse David Linehan

Proposer Seconder Jan Safar Grant Alderson Ian Burvill Grant Alderson Remy Donraadt Denis Marshall

ASSOCIATE

Member Mary Walsh Aaron Kerrigan Lisa Taylor Pinnie Lategan

Proposer Seconder Matcham Walsh Rory Argyle Mark Tremain Philippa Packer Peter Ahern Michael Ahern Clay Cook Rachel Cook

RECIPROCAL

Member Proposer Seconder Michael Philipoff Chris Shellabear Peter Vassileff JUNIOR 16-17

Member Madison Woodward Kai Coleman JUNIOR UNDER 16

Member Tom Rowe Luke Dobrich Luca Brun Luke Lategan 52

1 APRIL

KEELBOAT CLOSING DAY SHACKS HOLDEN TROPHY RACE DAY

23 APRIL

DINGHY CLOSING DAY - PACER CHALLENGE

6 AUGUST

KEELBOAT FROSTBITE SERIES RACE 5 - AM START

25 APRIL

ANZAC DAY TWILIGHT

10 AUGUST

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

27 APRIL

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE - FIRST RACE AUTUMN WINTER SERIES

13 AUGUST

DINGHY WINTER SERIES RACE 5 - AM START

4 MAY

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

17 AUGUST

5 MAY

KEELBOAT PRIZE NIGHT

MID WEEK RACE - FLAG OFFICERS WINTER CUP

6 MAY

POWER OPENING DAY

20 AUGUST

7 MAY

COLLEGE CUP - FOUNDATION 36S

KEELBOAT FROSTBITE SERIES RACE 6 - PM START

11 MAY

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

24 AUGUST

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

12 MAY

DINGHY PRIZE NIGHT

27 AUGUST

FINAL DINGHY WINTER SERIES RACE 6 - PM START

14 MAY

MOTHER’S DAY SUNDAY BUFFET

31 AUGUST

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

18 MAY

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

7 SEPTEMBER

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

21 MAY

KEELBOAT FROSTBITE SERIES RACE 1 - AM START

9 SEPTEMBER

JUNIOR/DINGHY CLUB BUSY BEE

9 SEPTEMBER

JUNIOR CLUB AGM

14 SEPTEMBER

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

17 SEPTEMBER

KEELBOAT FROSTBITE SERIES RACE 7 (INCORPORATING BARTS BASH) - AM START

21 SEPTEMBER

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

28 SEPTEMBER

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

25 MAY

300 ACRES MID WEEK RACE

28 MAY

DINGHY WINTER SERIES RACE 1 - AM START

Member Member Member Zac O’Brien Saskia Fleming Max Mollett Ray O’Brien Campbell House George Tolcher James Stephan Zac Schultz Harry Tolcher Laura Quinlivan Ben Pexton

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VALE: TOM KERNOT 1929 – 2017

IN spending two years at Guildford Grammar School as a boarder. After leaving school he became involved in the supply and sale of business machines, an industry in which he continued until retirement and one in which he was most successful.

His marriage to Elizabeth around 1955 was a very happy one producing John, Susan and Peter.

Tom’s sailing activity began at RPYC in the days when it was located at the foot of William Street close to where Elizabeth Quay is now. He joined RFBYC in 1971 along with the Brazier brothers; no doubt pressured somewhat by his skipper on Eun Na Mara, Neil McAllister, who was Commodore of RFBYC 1971-73. He had joined Neil’s crew in 1955 when the yacht was at RPYC. Later all the crew graduated to Neil’s new yacht “Starfire of Perth” when it was launched in 1967.

Tom’s ocean racing days spanned some 25 years and included three Sydney – Hobart races, many Bunbury, Naturaliste and Geraldton races and also Albany. It was his first Sydney – Hobart race in 1968 which started a

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THE WORDS of his son Peter, Tom was a “beautifully uncomplicated person”. He was born and raised in Harvey before

new family fitness ritual of early morning exercise and a swim at Port Beach.

Racing was only one of Tom’s activities on the ocean: He was a member of Neil McAllister’s crew which delivered the old 12 Metre yacht Gretel from Fremantle to Melbourne. The boat was hardly designed for racing at sea let alone crossing the Great Australian Bight. He was also prevailed upon by John Galvin to bring his then seventeen-year-old son Peter with him to help sail Bruce Campbell’s new yacht “Farrawa” from Melbourne to Fremantle. This was a great adventure and a further bonding experience for Peter.

When Tom did eventually retire from ocean racing it was to join a group of equally intrepid and addicted yachtsmen in the purchase and sailing of a Dragon. John Galvin describes this venture with John Vivian Williams and Geoff Gosling as providing many hours of relaxed fun without actually worrying much about winning.

Then there was the North West Fishing Club for which Tom acted as treasurer: The trips to Rosemary Island

and the Abrolhos Islands with some more great friends among whom were Neil Patrick and Neville Crump.

Peter Lynn has produced a photographic diary of some of his cruising in his lovely yacht “Tenggara” through some of the islands in Indonesia with Tom as a regular crew member.

Another passion of Tom’s were the Greek Islands and particularly in the Aegean Sea. This led to the formation of “Seven Seas Yacht Charters”, a venture with John Tout. They arranged for local Perth people to Charter “bare boat” through a group in Athens “Padomar Yachts”. Not only did this lead Jenny and I to venture there many times but also numerous other friends and members of RFBYC. Peter Kernot describes this as being “the icing on the cake” for Tom and Elizabeth when he could combine family, friends and yachts.

Tom and Elizabeth’s children John, Susan and Peter and six grandchildren continue to muck around in yachts.

They have been left a great legacy.

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