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40th Farrawa Cup Series SEPTEMBER 2016
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Rottnest Festival of Sail
29ER FEMALE WORLD CHAMPIONS
Saturday 24 September 2016- 9am Roland Smith Ocean Race
40th Farrawa Cup Series (4 races, 4 to count)
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 November 2016 Rockingham Race Weekend (& Youth Cup Series) (Dolphin Race, TCYC Windward/Leeward and Gordon Craig Ocean Race)
Roland Smith Ocean Race Dolphin Race Gordon Craig Ocean Race 69th Bunbury and Return Ocean Race
50TH GOVERNOR’S CUP REGATTA M32 EXHIBITION RACE SERIES
Friday 20 January 2017 – 6pm 69th Bunbury and Return Ocean Race Saturday 01 and Sunday 02 April 2017 Rottnest Festival of Sail Thursday 23 February 2017 Farrawa Cup Series, Presentation Evening
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CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2016 4
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
22 NEPTUNE RACING AT THE HIGH OCTANE WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR FINAL Sam Gilmour
A few of our sailors from the RFBYC Sailing Institute – Youth Racing Squad. See the Flag Officer reports for details.
55 24 2016 FEMALE WORLD CHAMPIONS – 29ER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Annabelle Davies & Hayley Clark 26 MY MEXICAN FIESTA – LASER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 Mark Spearman 29 SAP 505 WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 – WEYMOUTH ENGLAND 34 THE WRONG WAY HOME Conrad Todd
48 FUTURE STARS HAVE PERTH ON THEIR HORIZON 25 - 30 SEPTEMBER 2016 50 PICTURESQUE VENUE FOR M32 EXHIBITION EVENT IN PERTH Susan Ghent 53 THE BOSUN’S LOCKER – AROUND THE GROUNDS Nathan Stronach 55 RFBYC & RPYC COMBINED MESS NIGHT
40 BALI 2017 – ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY Bernie Kaaks 43 GOVERNOR’S CUP Lachy Gilmour
56 MEMBERSHIP – NEW CLUB MEMBERS 57 ASTERN – FROM THE ARCHIVES Basil Twine 60 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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
47 MID-WEEK SAILING Brian Cain
Paul Bayliss Catherine Ramsey Deb Hanrahan Debbie Blaauw Sharon Skinner Jenn Suffield Casey Walsh Susan Ghent Karen Ozkara Zoe Rostron Nathan Stronach Pauline Rhodes
FLAG OFFICERS Dean McAullay - commodore@rfbyc.asn.au Gary McNally - vicecommodore@rfbyc.asn.au Luke Paterson - rearcommsail@rfbyc.asn.au Evan Moore - rearcommjuniors@rfbyc.asn.au Lloyd Clark - rearcommpower@rfbyc.asn.au GROUNDS STAFF Timothy Donahue, Laurie Martin, Shane Ramsey, Joel Sheppard PUBLICATION Registered by Australia Post Publication No 63312300018 To contribute or advertise in the next issue send your copy by Friday 4 November 2016 to pr@rfbyc.asn.au CONTACT US Keane’s Point, Peppermint Grove Western Australia T +61 8 9286 8200 www.rfbyc.asn.au rfbyc@rfbyc.asn.au
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MEMBERSHIP MATTERS The winter season has come to an end but what an exciting time we have had at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club. Most of our fleets, both power and sail, have been out racing on the river and ocean. We have seen training courses and seminars on the water and on shore and our new Sailing Institute is well underway and growing. Spring has arrived and we have a sensational summer season planned both on the water and shoreside. See you at the Club.
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Connect with the Club There are many activities to enjoy at RFBYC, keep in touch with what’s going on through Gybe Sheet, our weekly Club email and connects with us on social media. If you are not receiving your Club emails, go to rfbyc.asn.au and sign up again. There are so many great things to get involved in. Jump in and make it yours.
Membership Enquiries 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) with any questions. 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.
Welcoming our new members Thank you for supporting these important evenings, they make our new members feel very pleased to be a part of the Club. Keep an eye on Gybe Sheet, every Thursday, for the announcement of the next New Members’ Night or Transition to Ordinary Membership evening.
Get involved in Club activities If you are looking for a training opportunity, crew role, volunteer position or a social activity, our Club noticeboard and website are the best place to start. We have training courses for volunteers, learning new sailing skills for all ages and levels of experience, a crew experience program and a lot more. Visit the ‘Training Centre’ for course information, ‘Participate’ for crewing opportunities and ‘Sailing Institute’ for advanced sailing. There are some great events through the year and lots of opportunities to dine and socialise. Keep an eye out for information on the Club notice boards, in Gybe Sheet, our weekly member email or contact one of our friendly RFBYC staff. 8
DEAN McAULLAY COMMODORE
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YOUR newly-elected Commodore let me say thank you to the members for supporting me and my nomination for this role with the Club.
It’s fair to say that leading into the election, I was daunted but looking forward to my appointment. It something that I have aspired to for some time and to realise it now is both a privilege and an honour. I look forward to fulfilling my role and everything it entails over the next two years. The success of the Club is measured by many factors and I am very fortunate to be able to come into my term of office with the fantastic reputation that the Club currently enjoys. This doesn’t happen by chance and is the result of the effort and dedication provided by the past and current membership. Specifically, I’ve been very fortunate to follow in the footsteps of past Commodores Ian Clarke and Richard Timms. They and the Committees under their leadership have provided a sound environment for the Club to move forward. I’m sure they would also acknowledge the Commodores and Committees before them that have done the same. It really is a wonderful time to be involved and the members can be assured that the Committee will give its all to keep the momentum moving forward and keep our Club at the forefront in everything we do. We are also very fortunate to have our Club staff on hand to implement the
activities that members require. Our CEO Paul Bayliss and his team ensure that everything the Club does is done well and serves to enhance our reputation and standing in the community. There is so much going on at the Club currently. For the sailing fraternity it is winter but you wouldn’t know it. Despite wind and rain, the activity is always present. Be it Thursday afternoon keelboat racing, weekend frostbite sailing at both the Senior and Junior Dinghy areas or midweek coaching/racing on the water. The Power Boat group are time trialling despite the best efforts of the weather gods to keep them off the course. This activity is what the Club seeks to keep itself healthy and vibrant. I’m proud to say that we are doing it well. Another area in which the Club has seen increased activity is the social and dining events. To see 150 people attend the Wednesday night themed dinners every fortnight is very pleasing. The other events to note are the tribute band nights, Combined Mess Night and the Commodores’ Cocktail Party. All are well supported and all are well delivered. As part of my role I will take on the Chairmanship of General Committee, Long Term Planning Committee, Harbour Berthing Committee and Capital Works and
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Maintenance Committee. Moving forward the Club will be looking at progressing several projects which will require substantial effort and expertise to deliver. As all members would be aware, the Junior/Dinghy Clubhouse Redevelopment Project is a significant item. There is still a long way to go with both the fundraising and project planning/ building and I am confident we will deliver an outcome that will serve the Club well for many years to come. The progress so far is encouraging and you will hear more about the project as we move through the processes involved. Another major commitment for the Club is the C jetty development project. Again, substantial resources and time will be required to bring this to fruition but it is a necessity. The Committee will also undertake to rewrite the Club Constitution, Rules and By-Laws. The reasons for this are two-fold. Firstly, a change in Government legislation requires us to do so and secondly we will take the opportunity to modernise some elements of the current version to improve the wording and remove ambiguity caused by the passage of time. Rest assured that we will not be changing the fabric of the Club’s tradition and heritage. We are required to adopt the legislative changes by 2018 so we will
undertake the process in due course. I was delighted to be able to officially announce the launch of the Club’s Sailing Institute during the recent M32 Inter Club Swan River Exhibition Series event held at the Club. This initiative involves providing a strategic approach to our Junior and Youth sailing development pathways. It was a somewhat appropriate event to make this announcement as quite a few of our Youth members have been involved with the M32 sailing both locally and around the world on the World Match Racing Tour. You will hear more about this in the months ahead but already almost 50 young sailors have been involved and it is a very exciting prospect to encourage not only high level sailing but increased participation across all levels of the sport. It’s just as important that the “fun” element is maintained and fostered in our sport. We now move into the beginning of the sailing season proper and I look forward to seeing you all at the Club enjoying the atmosphere of a vibrant passionate members’ Club that few in the world can match. We are all fortunate to be part of it and I am proud and privileged that you have placed your trust in me and the Committee to continue that tradition.
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GARY McNALLY VICE COMMODORE
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WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS opportunity to thank the membership for supporting my nomination and subsequent appointment as Vice Commodore.
It was with great regret that I was unable to attend the Annual General Meeting as my wife and I were visiting Belgium and France for the commemorative 100th year of the Battle of the Somme in World War 1. We visited numerous locations where the Australian Forces took part in fierce combat such as Fromelles and Villers-Bretonneux. It was truly a remarkable experience that fills one with mixed emotions of both national pride and sorrow.
Melbourne Cup Day on the 1 November is the ladies time to shine. This annual event is one not to be missed so book early to avoid disappointment. Now onto Club matters. Over the past 12 months there has been a 3% decrease in membership which brings us back to 2013 levels. There were numerous reasons why members had resigned, such as moving overseas, moving interstate or simply not utilising the Club and/or its facilities. On a pleasing note the 18 to 35 membership category levels are 5% higher than this time last year. It is a positive sign that the revised 18 to 35 membership category has had the intended outcome.
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Over the last three months the Club has hosted some fantastic social events that were well received by the members and guests that attended. These being the Commodores Cocktail Party, Beatles and Rolling Stones Tribute Night, the M32 Inter Club Series which had some 250 plus members and spectators watching from the lawn area, the ABBA Tribute Night and the Winter Speakeasy with a performance by the “Hills Big Band”. Along with the Quarterdeck Lunches, Bowline Restaurant, the monthly themed dinner nights and general comradeship of the members, the social side of the Club is being well received. On 2 September the annual Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and Royal Perth Yacht Club Combined Mess Dinner was held. This entertaining and often humorous event was once again fully booked. The 9 September was our New Members Night, where we introduced and welcomed our newest members. The 120th Sailing Opening Day is to be held on 15 October and as usual is a day not to be missed by competitors, members and guests. The junior sailors and dinghy fleets will once again be joining in on the day following
the successful integration of the two opening days a few years ago. There are further functions in the early stages of planning so keep informed by reading the regular Front of House and Gybe Sheet e-newsletters. The House Committee is continually looking at improving services and facilities for members. Our current project is to refurbish and where necessary replace the furniture in the Members’ Bar. We will endeavour to keep disruption, if any, to a minimum. The gentleman’s toilet is another area of the club that is in the early stages of planning for refurbishment. I will keep members up to date on the progress of this project. I am pleased to announce that House Committee has two new members, those being Philippa Packer and Tom Lovelady who will be joining our dedicated team. The remainder of the Membership Committee will remain unchanged. Finally I would like to thank Commodore Dean McAullay and his House and Membership committees for their efforts in these areas over the past 2 years.
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LUKE PATERSON REAR COMMODORE SAIL
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HILE THE SAILING SEASON DOESN’T OPEN until 15 October 2016, we’ve seen no shortage of fantastic results and contributions by members in all forms of our sport.
THE OLYMPICS
Congratulations to Carrie Smith and Jaime Ryan, who just competed in the 470 Women’s Olympic regatta in Rio, finishing a credible 13th overall. WORLD CHAMPIONS!
We’re very happy to report that to Annabelle Davies and Hayley Clark became the 2016 29er Female World Champions and Zoe Thomson became the 2016 Laser Radial Female World Champion. Read more about these fantastic achievements in this edition of Tidings. M32S, MATCH RACING AND THE WMRT
Western Australia and our Club have been very well represented in the ISAF World Match Racing Rankings and the WMRT. This season we’ve seen some fantastic results from Sam Gilmour’s Neptune Racing Team, Lachy Gilmour’s Gilmour Racing Team and Will Boulden’s Alpha Racing Team, all of whom were all selected to compete in the prestigious 50th Governor’s Cup Regatta. Congratulations to these teams, and all other members who have been part of crews competing at the highest levels of international match racing and fleet racing. Both on the water and off, our Club was proudly represented at the M32 Exhibition
Event on 5 August 2016, which we won. KEELBOATS AND OFFSHORE
In a wonderful comeback, M3 completed the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, finishing 8th on line honours and 3rd on Division 1 IRC. Congratulations to Peter Hickson and his team. We wish them all the best for their 2016/17 campaign. Peter Ahern and Scott Bailey’s Oi! finished 2nd in its division at Phuket Race Week and 3rd in its division at the Samui Regatta. A little closer to home, the Club was well represented at Fremantle Sailing Club’s Valmadre Series and the IRC State Championships by The Next Factor, Joss, This Way Up, among others. Congratulations to David Walling and his team on The Next Factor, who won the 2016 IRC State Championships and the Valmadre Series. Dirk Van Der Struyf headed to Mooloolaba for the Etchells Australasian Championship. Dirk and his crew placed 7th in a quality fleet of 40. JESS
Having competed in Kieler Woche, the European Championships and IDM Medemblik, the JESS team has returned from Europe. Like the circa 150 sailors that went before them, I’m
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sure this year’s team had an unforgettable experience. We should be very proud of the legacy of our JESS program. SAILING INSTITUTE AND COACHING
The Sailing Institute is a key pillar to maintain and enhance our sailing achievements and, perhaps more importantly, increasing participation in our sport. Led by our talented coaches, the Sailing Institute is now in full swing, with over 50 sailors involved in the Youth Racing Squad, Match Racing Squad and Performance Sailing Squad. On the topic of coaching, coordinated by our Coaching Development Officer Grant Alderson, we hope to have an enhanced coaching programme for all fleets this season. We wish Grant the best of luck with his Australian Sonar Paralympic team, who will compete at the Paralympics in Rio. We’re a lucky lot, aren’t we? Our members’ experiences, participation and results don’t happen by accident. They are a result of a lot of hard work and commitment from our sailors, boat owners, coaches, mentors, management team and volunteers, and your collective contribution to our Travel
Grants and Sailing Excellence schemes. We must recognise that without our PROs, ROs, mark layers, umpires, protest committees, race teams and countless other volunteers, we would not be able to deliver the depth of sailing options that we enjoy, at the standard we have come to expect. With our Monday night invitation series, Wednesday twilight sailing, mid-week racing on Thursday afternoons and regular racing on Saturdays, we’re very happy to report that there aren’t many excuses to not be on the water! If identifying crew is a problem, please get in touch with our On-Water Team, who will endeavour to assist find crew through our Crew Experience Program. Similarly, if you want to get out on a boat this season, please let us know. THANK YOU
Thanks to the fantastic contribution by former Rear Commodore Peter Chalmer, sailing at RFBYC is in a great position. I’m grateful for the support that I’ve received as I step into the role of Rear Commodore, and hope we can capitalise on the opportunities we have in front of us. See you on the water.
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EVAN MOORE REAR COMMODORE JUNIORS
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RECENT AGM brought a change in Flag Officers at our Club. I would like to thank Ian Clarke, Peter Chalmer and Richard Williams for
all their hard work. I was pleased to nominate again for a Flag Officer position and I look forward to working with the new team. I can report that our Club had an outstanding result at the recent 29er World Championships in Medemblik in the Netherlands. Congratulations to Annabelle Davies and Hayley Clark who took out the Female World Championship and finished a very credible ninth overall. Zoe Thomson travelled to Dublin to compete in the Laser Radial World Championship and came away as the Radial Youth Girls World Champion. Our Dinghy Winter Series has been run and won. We had 164 sailors on 136 boats entered into the series which is a fantastic show of support for our dinghy sailing program. Thank you to our Race Officer, John Taylor and his team for running the races. I would like to thank all those Club members who have made a donation to the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club Foundation in support of the Junior Clubhouse Redevelopment. The fundraising effort is currently sitting at approximately $385,000 to date. With a substantial amount now raised we are in a position to commence some detailed planning for the new clubhouse. Congratulations to our 2016 JESS TEAM who have now returned from their successful European tour. For the first time in the history of JESS an ‘all girls’ team was put to-
gether – the girls successfully competed in three regattas in three different countries in just six weeks! The Club is immensely proud to maintain Huck Scott’s original concept, with 160 young sailors experiencing international travel and competition through the JESS program. We look forward to hearing of the JESS team’s experiences as they return to regular Club sailing. The Sailing Institute has commenced, with 48 sailors participating across the three winter squads. 12 to 18 year old sailors are training on BW8 keelboats to work on advanced fleet racing and teamwork skills. Older sailors are enjoying learning match racing skills through their more experienced peers and Head Coach Ben Durham. Plans for the Sailing Institute are to expand the programmes which will include advanced adult sailing squads. The Club has enjoyed having two M32 yachts visit over winter – this is the current class for the World Match Racing Tour and is creating a lot of excitement with our youth and young adult members. Congratulations to RFBYC member Carrie Smith on representing Australia in the 470 class at the Rio Olympics. Carrie with crew member, Jaime Ryan (Queensland), finished 15th overall in tricky sailing conditions. What an amazing effort and great experience for these girls. Having the sport of sailing in
the Olympics is very inspirational for current sailors and encourages participation in the sport. We are very proud of Carrie and look forward to seeing her around the Club sharing news from her journey to Rio. Recently, the Junior Committee held the “Freshie Social” which was a great night of dancing for our junior members. The Junior Clubhouse was transformed into a cool hangout and the DJ played the latest dance hits for 94 teenagers. The night raised just over $1000 to be put towards the Junior Clubhouse Redevelopment. I want to thank Jenn Suffield for her contribution, as this would not have gone ahead without her enthusiastic efforts. Opening Day is scheduled for Saturday, 15 October 2016. Dinghy racing will take place in the morning and I encourage all dinghy sailors to attend the Opening Ceremony at the senior club in the afternoon. Our junior members will enjoy the great activities planned for an afternoon of fun. A few upcoming events to put into your calendars: • Pre-Season Coaching Day – Sunday, 9 October from 0900 to 1200. • Dinghy Buy and Sell Day – Sunday 9 October from 1215 to 1500. I look forward to seeing you all down at the Dinghy Club for the 2016/17 summer sailing season.
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LLOYD CLARK REAR COMMODORE POWER
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IS A GREAT HONOUR TO HAVE recently been appointed Rear Commodore Power and I very much look forward to representing the interests of the power yacht fraternity over the next couple of years.
A big thanks to our former Rear Commodore Richard Williams for his contribution over the past two years. Richard has been a well-respected and enthusiastic leader setting the bar high for his successor! I would also like to thank the power yacht committee members for their service and contribution. As the new Chair of this committee I am keen to refocus its efforts on increasing time trial participation and look forward to building on the success of this season. It’s certainly been a season of wintry weather with an unprecedented two time trials cancelled so far. If only we could have some of that beautiful fine mid-week weather fall on a Saturday for a change! Despite this, the trusty regular time triallers have been out in numbers braving the elements. The recent Doggett’s Coat & Badge Time trial attracted over 19 competitors including 10 boats from CYC on special invitation - followed of course by the traditional Saturday arvo “raft up”. It’s also been great see a number of new time triallers this season with their results giving the regulars a run of their money! There is certainly a building rivalry amongst our participants at the bar for results. Special mention must go to newcomer Nick Doggett who
won the Pilkington/Hemsley trophy for State Teams Event 2 in his first attempt at the State Teams format. His enthusiasm for Time trialling is wonderful to see. Time trialling is not only an opportunity for power yacht owners to blow out the cob webs in winter and run their boats over the winter months but a fantastic chance to meet and socialise with other Club members. If you haven’t time trialled before or it’s just been a while and you need some assistance the Club would be happy to provide training or organise a navigator to go out with you. It’s not too late to give it a go this season. By the time this article is published, the Club would have almost completed its regular time trialling season for 2016 including the hosting of the 59th Kylie Cup - the oldest annual time trial event on the river - and be heading into Closing Day. This year’s Closing Day will be held on Saturday, 24 September. This is a great opportunity to end the season on a high and to see who takes out the prestigious “Boat Hook Award”, embarrassing events do not go unnoticed and the list of contenders is long! Finally, I’d like to encourage power yacht owners to participate in the raft up and sail past for this year’s Sailing Opening
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day in October. It would be great to support our “yachtys” with a big show of power boats on the main wharf for the dock party and festivities. A final thanks to our generous season sponsors Pantaenius Sail & Motor Insurance, Daniels Printing Craftsmen, High Peak Royalties and Nick Doggett for their support in season 2016. See you out on the water.
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WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR was rebranded in 2016 to incorporate the M32 catamaran as the class of choice at nearly all World Championship level events.
Neptune Racing has been fortunate enough to be involved in the inaugural season of M32 racing on the World Match Racing Tour and has seen the level of racing improve astronomically as the season progressed throughout the year. Team members Sam Gilmour, Mark Spearman, Adam Negri and Justin Wong were there pushing hard against many of the world’s best sailors. The finals of the World Match Racing Tour were held in Marstand Sweden in the first week of July where the top twenty teams from the season made their appearance. This event was special with a winner takes all, coupled with a huge prize pool of $1,200,000 – a bonus of $1,000,000 going to the winner. This was also monumental as it marked the largest prize pool in the history of sailing and, with an enormous spectator base of 60,000 visitors coming to watch the final’s racing, it was nothing the World Match Racing Tour had seen before. 22
Obviously, racing off for this amount of money meant that sailors were going to have much more than pride on the line and it showed! 25 knots, extremely close racing – it was a recipe that at times got the better of sailors. For Neptune Racing, the event was a huge eye opener. Our improvement as a team has been exponential, considering the limited time we spent in the boats. In comparison to many of the others, the team has only seen roughly 20 days in the boats as opposed to many of our competitors whom have spent at least this amount of time training leading up to the event. The first stage was a qualifying series of fleet racing, and with consistent improvements, the team positioned third out of five teams in the qualification group. This meant going straight through to the round of 16, pitting against Hans Wallén in a first to three match race knock out for a spot in the top eight.
Dominating the starting, the team got to a quick 2-0 lead (in a first to 3 series). An incident including a capsize, saw Wallén come back strong, winning 3
straight races to put Neptune Racing out the competition ultimately finishing 9th overall. A sour end to what could have been a much stronger result for the team. Whilst we couldn’t
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piece everything together, it was incredibly motivating to know that the team is on the cusp of success. The silver lining out of the 2016 racing has been the awarding of a tour card for the 2016/17 season! It comes as a result of the team sitting in
4th on the World Sailing match racing rankings providing an automatic qualification to the upcoming season. It is a huge step for the team, as it allows
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us entry into each of the world championship events for the entire season, rather than having to qualify for each event individually. Another interesting component of the new racing schedule has been the explosion in interest on media coming out of the events. Videos produced from the venue have reached up to 450,000 views online, and the explosion in the social media means that the World Match Racing Tour now boasts 80,000 followers. In our opinion, this is a positive step for the tour going forward – further interest should spike as the series continues. Having now seen the season pan out over the year, I believe that this format is a huge step in the right direction for match racing as a sport. It has attracted world class sailors and sees the realignment as a pathway to the America’s Cup, now raced in catamarans. The racing should only improve as teams become more accustomed to the boats. Many congratulations must go to the brains trust at Aston Harald
for having the vision to create the series. The M32 as a class is one that has both extreme performance as well as relative ease of sailing. A single sail upwind avoids a number of complications, allowing the boat to sail with as few as two crew, but enough space to hold 7 or 8 guests onboard. There is the ability to reach speeds of up to 25 knots yet the boats can still be managed by novice helmsman - seen on the US M32 circuit. The team is now in the phase of looking for sponsors for the upcoming 2016/17 season, which will get underway September of this year. It is clear that practice time in an M32 is critical to success, if Neptune Racing can find a financial backer interested in supporting the team it would be an enormous step in the right direction. Anyone interested in aligning with a rapidly growing international circuit or getting involved with the versatile M32 class can get in touch with any of the team members, or email neptuneracingteam@gmail.com 23
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2016 FEMALE WORLD CHAMPIONS 29ER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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2016 29ER World Championships held in Medemblik, the Netherlands, had a record turnout of 228 boats! The regatta consisted of three days
of qualifying followed by three days of finals. The fleet was split into six flights and raced on three courses. The atmosphere was incredible and the whole Australian team (seven boats) got along very well and presented outstanding performances. The first day of qualifying did not go as planned and we found the chop very difficult to settle in to. We were very consistent in the ten knots of breeze though, putting 13, 14, 13 on our score card. This put us in 75th overall. The second day was excellent as the flatter water and less breeze on the inshore course felt very familiar. We had the best score card of the day with two bullets 24
and a 2nd. These results saw us climb the leaderboard to 32nd. The final day of qualifying was raced in 13 - 24 knots with steep short waves. We took out a bullet in the first race of the day while the wind was lighter, then remained strong to finalise our series with a 9, 6 and 7. We finished the qualifying series in 14th place which put us in a good place to begin the final series in gold fleet. The final series was raced in a fleet of 50, as opposed to the qualifying fleets of 38. The first day was raced in rain with limited visibility and big wind shifts. The pin was heavily favoured in the first race, though the rest of the fleet seemed to miss this.
After starting in such a powerful position, we were able to cover the fleet for the rest of the race, putting our first bullet on the board. The next two races were tricky as we got caught on the wrong side of the shifts but we managed to fight back to 19 and 29. These results were enough to shoot us up the leaderboard to 7th place overall. The second day of finals we were back on the same race course as the first day of the regatta. Again we found the chop very difficult to navigate, our best race of the day was a 20. We dropped down the leaderboard to 26th and second girl. The Polish girls were 35 points in front of us. We went into the final day feeling strong
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and ready to fight. Our aim was to climb the ladder board as best as possible. And we did. The conditions were ideal with light winds and small swell. The first race, three boats were excluded as we had a black flag general. Our race was let down by a tack in the wrong place, costing us our clear air, though we still got a 13th. The second race was very close. We picked the shifts well and got 2nd. By this stage, fellow Aussies Tom Crockett and Harry Morton had secured the win. The last race we went into with the mindset of doing the best we could to move up the overall positioning as much as possible. We started with anoth-
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er black flag general, only this time 10 boats were excluded, including our prime opposition the Polish girls. With many of the boats excluded being high in the rankings we were determined to perform the best possible. We port tacked the fleet and utilised the left shift to create a lead. From there we raced conservatively to win the race. We had done the best we could in the last race to push ourselves up. Little did we know that it had been enough to win the female category from the Polish girls by one point and move into 9th overall. We were stoked! Despite having a bad day the day before, we never gave up.
We have so many people that have worked with us, sailed with us, sailed against us and supported us that there are too many to name but we couldn’t have done it without every single one of them. We would like to give special mention to Belinda Stowell and our WAIS support staff, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, South of Perth Yacht Club and Fremantle Sailing Club, Yachting WA and Ron Tough. We would also like to thank our parents, without them we would not have been able to pursue and achieve our goal of being world champions. Thank you all!
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MY MEXICAN FIESTA AT THE LASER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016
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RACES, 7 DAYS ON, 0 off, was not much of a fiesta if you ask me. The Laser World Championships in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico was the toughest regatta I have ever done.
115 of the world’s best laser sailors came together to battle it out to find out who was the best in a gruelling week of close racing. My experience as part of the Australian Sailing Squad included travelling to Mexico 9 days early to get up to speed. I started the week easily the slowest in the squad but got the hang of it after a couple of days and was starting to have some fast moments. Our pre-regatta training consisted of speed testing amongst our 6 boat team as well as doing practise racing against teams from other countries. This set me up very nicely for the regatta as I was consistently racing against the 1st and 4th ranked laser sailors in the world. The days were consistently 30 degrees, sunny, with a building sea breeze filling in from the left and then shifting significantly right at around 10-15 knots. The tricky part was understanding the moment the wind started shifting right, as after this point, anyone on the left side of the course got killed. My first race I was confident in my right-hand side strategy and from sailing three boat lengths further right than anyone else I found myself in 1st place. Now this was a little nerve racking as I had a whole group of boats right behind me at the top mark but after a really good downwind I had a nice lead at the bottom
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mark. The following upwind, I picked the lay line too early and the now two times world champion Nick Thompson got to the right of me and overtook. Australian Sailing Team coach Michael Blackburn drove past holding up the high five that I would’ve earnt if I had won the race. I was not too disappointed as I still had 13 races left to earn the privilege. Now as FSC coach Arthur Brett always says, “1 race doesn’t make a good sailor.” I knew I needed to back this up. The second race was totally different with huge pin bias and every boat tacking straight away onto port off the start line. I sailed well putting myself in 14th position but did not notice the change of top mark on the second upwind. This caused me a lot of unnecessary hiking pain in my legs, having to low groove back to the top mark in 16knots and also cost me 5 places. Besides this, I was happy with my first day and in 12th overall, which was a very good start to the regatta. The second day I had some issues getting off the start line and even though my plan was to go right in both races I had to sail there in dirty air a lot of the time. Luckily my downwind speed was on point and I managed to get out of trouble in the second race, going from 28 to 17 in one downwind and reach. At this
point I was still in the top 25 and needed to step up my starts if I wanted to stay there. Day 3 my starts were good, I managed to get out to the right in the first race although rain in the morning had effected the sea breeze development and we had left shifting breeze both races. The second race was the best race I sailed all regatta, a good start at the pin lead to a late cross and a good second beat to score a 7 in the race. I was extremely happy to hold off legend Robert Scheidt (been sailing lasers longer than I am alive) who was chasing me down the entire race and finished within one meter behind. The fourth day I was ready to go left again but this day the wind went right significantly in both races. I scored a 31 and a 42 and was pretty sad thinking I had dropped into silver fleet. Swifto (Luke Elliott) was equally as saddened but luckily for both of us our good starts to the regatta had saved us and we were in 41st and 42nd going into gold fleet. The first day of gold fleet, we had done the stats, we knew 70% of the time the wind had previously gone significantly right. Unfortunately as stockbrokers disclaim, “past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.” This was the case as even though all the Aussie
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squad boys were on the right we were killed when the wind went left and were fighting it out the back. I managed to swap sides early and got a 33. This seemed like the story for the next 4 races. I either stuffed up the start, picked the wrong side upwind or struggled with speed downwind and costing me a lot. In gold fleet the difference between 20 and 40 is usually less than a minute and the first downwind is absolutely crucial to getting a good result. I could not seem to get the hang of it and this slow speed cost me hundreds of places. I felt like in almost every race I had some really good opportunities to do well but could not piece the entire race together and a good leg here or there was not enough. This was until the last race, where I finally pieced every leg together and got an 11th. This put me in 48th overall and although I would have loved to be in the top 40 or 30 or 20 or 10 or 1, this can be a goal for years to come. In the end, not a single Australian earnt a high five from Blackers this regatta, showing us that we all have a lot to work on if we want to impress the head coach! A huge thanks must go to WAIS, FSC, RFBYC, Ron Tough Association and WALA, without which this would not be possible. The Australians places are as follows: Matthew Wearn 4th, Tom Burton 6th, Mitchell Kennedy 40th, Luke Elliott (Swifto) 42nd, Jeremy O’Connell 46th, Mark Spearman 48th. Full results can be found here: http://www.laserworlds2016.org/index.php/ mstand-results
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SAP 505 WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 WEYMOUTH ENGLAND
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505 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 were sailed in July/August on the 2012 Olympic course in Weymouth UK with 130 boats competing in 9 races,
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including 15 Australian teams, with 4 from WA. A superb championship with all conditions from drifters against tide to challenging weather (30kn+) falling on the lay day. Generally a windy regatta, ranging from 6-8kts to 25-28kts on the closing race days proving a true test for the competitors. The first day opened with Australian Michael Quirk winning the first race of the series. However, they were unable to repeat their success and the Danes, Jan Saugmann (2x world champion) and Jacob Karbo took the second race. The Americans
Mike Martin (2x world champion) and Adam Lowry found their way winning the next two. British sailors Nathan Batchelor and Tim Pascoe (ex-Fireball, world champions) won the fifth race before the Americans slowly chipped their way from a tough start to the regatta (30 and 43) and got the boat really going in the windy weather (a specialty of Mike Martin’s!). Martin and Lowry continued to place in the top bunch and slowly worked their way up to lead the regatta going into the last race, needing to place 23 or higher to win. After some visits around the 30’s during the race,
they got the boat going and finished up winning the 2016 SAP 505 World Championships. The format included a classic boat division for the first time and 10 boats entered. Some as old as sail number 629 (early 1960’s?) and the same original owner of 4437 (Aquarius) Grant Ballantyne competed in his beautiful 45 year old boat with son Courtney crewing! The classic fleet raced the same course but only 2 laps. Some newer boats had reason to be concerned when behind a classic! Classics were wind limited to ~16kn. After race 3 in ~20kn WA RFBYC sailors Mark Stowell and
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Shane Attwell had finished and were on the sail home, they spotted a classic boat was on its 3rd up-and-over capsize. Shane dropped off the trap, swam over and offered help, the elderly gentlemen, weary and somewhat surprised as to where he had appeared from (nowhere as far as they had seen) were quite keen on help! After some brilliant single handed simultaneous helming and crewing in 20knots Mark Stowell fortunately retuned to pluck a cold Shane from the water. Race 6 saw the windiest race of the regatta with 25-28kn and tide against wind on the eastern side of the course, so some heavy chop/waves. RFBYC’s Matt Hansen and Chris White had to take avoidance action to miss a completely out of control unknown boat. In doing so, clipped a mark mooring rope and literally ripped off the back of their boat - to finish with a DNF. Matt and Chris stayed at full tilt all the way back to the beach so as to keep the water out of the back of the boat tanks Fortunately an expert dinghy builder was located near the club who had the boat fully repaired and race ready by early the next morning. Tough event for Matt and Chris as they had to
replace their mast on day 1 and took quite a few days to get it in tune. In the same race the Stowell/ Attwell boat suffered a broken starboard trapeze wire which dumped the crew in the water and ended their race with a DNF. Meanwhile FSC’s Mike Duffield and his American helm just kept raking up top 20 spots. At the end of the event, Higgins and Johnston were the leading Australians in 12th position overall followed by RFBYC’s Peter Nicholas and Rhos Hawes in 20th, West Australian sailor Mike Duffield crewed for American Doug Hagan in 22nd place, Kevin Cameron and Sam Heritage (QLD) 28th. WA RFBYC sailors included Mark Stowell and Shane Attwell (44th), Matt Hansen with Chris White crewing (77th). After a presentation made by Mark Stowell at the AGM the 2019 Worlds were awarded to Fremantle. This should be a great event and is set to run January 2 -7 2019. The fleet is often perceived as a bunch of old boys; however the Weymouth fleet included a large contingent of top young sailors from around the world. In WA there are sev-
eral young crews currently in the fleet now all “froffin” to compete in the 2019 Worlds. The “old boys” are more than happy to help anyone who wants to get in to the fleet. Boats are available and the WA 505 association may be able to help. Contact Andrew Cawley (WA Fleet President) on cawley.a@hotmail.com or Mark Stowell on merchant1@iinet.net.au. The next Nationals Championship (2017) to be held at Brighton Seacliff Yacht Club, Adelaide SA, January 14 - 20. The WA contingent will be in force to start preparation for the worlds. WINNERS – MIKE MARTIN AND ADAM LOWRY (USA) TOP AUSTRALIANS 12TH OVERALL – MAL HIGGINS AND NICK ‘CAMEL’ JOHNSTON TOP WA – 20TH – RFBYC’S PETER NICHOLAS AND RHOS HAWES, F 22ND – MICHAEL ‘DUFF’ DUFFIELD CREWING FOR USA SKIPPER DOUG HAGAN RFBYC MEMBERS – MARK STOWELL/ SHANE ATTWELL 44TH, MATT HANSEN/ CHRIS WHITE 77TH
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THE WRONG WAY HOME
above left: entering Port Davy; left: anchored in Snug Cove
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Some time ago, three friends (Conrad Todd, Dave Godfrey and Geoff Salter, all RFBYC members) decided that it was too much like hard work lowering masts to go to Rottnest and hatched a plan to buy a 40ft cruising yacht and keep it at Fremantle to cruise offshore.
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fter years of deliberation we decided that a second hand Hanse 400 was the boat for us as a reasonable compromise between a Rottnest caravan and a sometime racing yacht, to keep all parties happy. We commenced the search for 2-3 years until we found 3 Hanse 400s, one in Singapore, one in Sydney and one in Hobart. One of us even made it to Singapore to look at that prospect. We, however, settled on a beautiful Hanse 400 in Hobart going by the name of Tilt. Coincidently, the seller of Tilt had just bought WA yacht Charlotte. We then looked into the cost of bringing it back. Trucking from Hobart was prohibitive, trucking from Melbourne or Adelaide slightly less so, and it would have to be sailed across the Bass Strait to get there. We looked into having it delivered, strangely not many people wanted to sail it back for us in midwinter…. Then, over a few beers, Dave had the bright idea “lets sail it back, it’ll be an adventure”, so we started down that road. We undertook exhaustive research into when to sail back (asking at the bar at the Club) and determined that we could combine the end of the Sydney Hobart race and the New Year’s eve party in Hobart, then sail it back in January, so the plan was set. Firstly we had to prepare it, so Dave and Conrad went over to Hobart in August, cataloguing sails and safety gear then
had a 5 day cruise to see how it all worked, luckily it has central heating as it was freezing. Geoff and Conrad went back in November with the wives for more work and another cruise down the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, which is great cruising and eating, and another story. By this time we had enlisted the help of three more crew from Stand Aside (Michael Clowes, Andrew Dann and Bec Robertson) to come and sail it back, working on the premise that if you can put up with sailing Stand Aside on the river, crossing the Bight would be a walk in the park. All being sorted we made our way over to Hobart, had a great time watching Comanche win the Sydney Hobart, partied until midnight and got up at the crack of 8.30 to head off. We decided that the weather forecast favoured going south, then along the south coast and up the west coast of Tasmania, this was considered to be good as we’ll never see the south and west coasts again (unless we are foolish enough to find our next yacht in Hobart).
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coast is wild and beautiful, we stood out some way and were overtaken by two racing yachts returning home. We had planned that we would try to sail whilst a high pressure sat in the Southern Ocean, leading to south-easterly winds up the coast of Tasmania and easterlies across the Bight – and so it turned out - after rounding the rather unimaginatively named Southwest Cape we belted up the coast to Port Davy with a 25knt wind behind us. Although the conditions were perfect we couldn’t pass the entire west coast without a stop so we decided to anchor overnight in Port Davy. This is an absolutely beautiful wilderness area full of pristine bays and islands. We’d been told that the drive to Bathurst Harbour was stunning but we only had a chance for a cold sea water wash off the back of the boat, somewhat more for Dave who ended up in the drink after knocking the shower gel over the side and was afforded a very cold swim.
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8 hours whiling away this part of the voyage stitching it back together. The wind and sea rose as we headed north, with the boat sailing at 7-8 knts with a poled out jib. We carried on like this for three more days, stealing past the beckoning safe havens of Strahan, King Island, Portland and Robe without seeing a soul. Not one boat was spotted for 3 days, the AIS was silent, we didn’t see a plane, all we saw were dolphins and fish and jellyfish swimming in stunning clouds of fluorescence at night. We had commenced 4 hour watches for 3 crew at a time. Those on the night watches were mesmerised by the streaks of green flashes that strafed the ocean courtesy of the phosphorescent plankton. We sailed on in this fashion from southern Tasmania to Kangaroo island, in 4m swells, coming from two directions, the stern would be knocked out by waves coming across the quarter, causing the autopilot not to cope so we ended up hand steering all the way back. Everyone took a turn at the helm with half an hour being the limit for changeover as focus began to wane due to keeping us on course in the swell.
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ping for a rest. This was close to “Mutiny on the Bounty” moment for the Skipper. However, being a democracy and not a dictatorship a vote was taken and the call of a peaceful night anchored in Snug Cove on the northern coast, prevailed. After a good meal and a well needed sleep, the first watch upped anchor and left at 4:00am in the morning and slipped away from this perfect spot. A relatively calm days sailing lay ahead as we approached the mainland. A first stop was going to be Port Lincoln to make repairs, mend sails, wash ourselves and our musty clothes and do a major shop as there were murmurs of mutiny amongst the crew about Conrad’s daily menu of muesli for breakfast, cheese sandwich for lunch and chilli beef for dinner. Bec took control of the provisioning, ensuring a healthy supply of fruit and vegetables and the crew were appeased! We had a very enjoyable stay in Port Lincoln which had everything on offer for weary yacht crew. A good chandlery and great pubs. While repairs were being undertaken to the boat we kept an eye on a low system on the BOM weather site - it was going to pass in 4 days, so we decided to head out early and run along the bricks (i.e. in
sight of land) on the western side of the Eyre Peninsular. So with another 4:00 am departure behind us we carefully navigated/dodged reefs and islands through the pitch black night and gamely launched ourselves into the Southern Ocean again. The plan was to reach Coffin Bay by evening and with the wind blowing us along after an uneventful day at sea we were safely anchored in Coffin Bay by 6:00 pm. Just enough light for the writer to be hauled up the mast and attempt to unsuccessfully repair the wind instruments. The view from the top was much appreciated. The following morning we were all afforded a lie-in as we wanted to delay the departure for the next passage so that we arrived in Streaky Bay in broad daylight. Now a lie-in was no easy matter when all six crew members were sleeping down below at the same time. Mike and Dave had secured the spacious front cabin, which worked out ok apart from the odd bit of foul language erupting from it due to someone snoring or portraying sleep apnoea. The other 4 members were either lucky enough to nab a cabin to themselves or make a bed in the saloon area with one unlucky crewmember ending up with the cushions on the floor
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option. Anyway as we were not leaving until midday the morning was spent on boat maintenance and luxurious dips in the water. I was hauled up the mast again after the discovery of a broken wire at its bottom and managed to get the wind instruments back on track. With a huge sigh of relief we upped anchor and headed back out into the Great Australian Bight. Again the wind played the game and blew 15 knots from behind us. In perfect conditions with very little swell, out went the fishing line and a few lazy hours were spent drifting along the coast until the wind changed course. The spinnaker was unleashed, the empty fishing line was pulled in and Dave was on dinner duty that night. Night watch was often an amazing experience just watching the huge expanse of stars in the clear night sky with sporadic sightings of comets and satellites. Sometimes lightning flashes from far off storms or even a lighthouse beam would join the majestic nightly show. Soon morning came and we motored into Streaky Bay. It is a great rural town with all the facilities tired crew members could wish for. However, we soon found out that jumping into the water for a swim was not a great op-
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tion. We took the dinghy to shore for a bit of provisioning and discovered that the locals all swim in the steel cage next to the jetty. So as they say “when in Rome” and decided to follow suit whenever we wanted to swim during our 2 days waiting on weather in this lovely spot. However, it was not all about relaxation as the wind instruments began to play up again and were joined by the autopilot, called Hal (a reference to “2001 Space Odyssey”). After a pleasant meal at one of the local pubs a grizzly old yachtie told us to move anchorage as there was a thunderstorm coming. He kindly phoned the owner of a more secure mooring and gained permission for us to use it. It was quite dark by the time we went in search of this promised safe mooring but before we got to the mooring spot we were thwarted by 40kn+ winds and sheets of rain and lightning, just to compound problems we dropped the mooring and the boathook went over the side (note to oneself, check there are spare boathooks before leaving!). We picked up another mooring in reverse with Andrew hanging off the stern, shortly afterwards the wind died and we had a peaceful night’s sleep. The next morning we set off for the entrance of the bay and Dave
noticed some brown liquid seeping from under the sink in the bathroom. Opening the sea cock did not relieve the problem neither did poking a piece of wire down the access plug on the deck. After a few further attempts it was decided that this matter could only be resolved by someone going overboard and shoving a wire up the outlet. It was at this point that the writer regretted having earlier boasted about bringing his wetsuit and indeed was informed that it couldn’t possibly fit anyone else. So a couple of unhappy minutes were spent under the boat, which relieved the problem but necessitated a prolonged salt water wash before resuming the voyage to Esperance. Again luck prevailed and the wind as ever was behind us, but there was a jumbled 4m swell from the low that had passed. We noted that the swell was lower and the wind more Easterly on all the weather forecasts near to the shore, so we plotted a “great circle route” over to Esperance. The actual crossing itself was benign, the wind was good, then dropped and we motorsailed; we ate well from the supplies and the fish continued to evade our continued attempts to catch them all the way across. We approached the Recherche Archipelago on the afternoon of 37
the fourth day in little wind, and the engine spluttered and died. Dave and Geoff went below whilst we sailed towards Middle Island as dusk came, the decision had been made that we wouldn’t sail through the archipelago at night due to its many islands and rocks, so we would have to anchor under sail. The engine was patched and we spluttered into a beautiful bay of calm water, with Bec on the bow holding a leadline, as the depth sounder had decided not to play. We anchored in a sandy patch and had a glass of medicinal rum to celebrate an enjoyable and successful crossing of the Bight. After a quick swim, wash and dinner we tucked into Mike’s bread and butter pudding fresh from the boat oven and then a much needed night’s sleep. There is nothing like being tucked into a safe anchor for a proper recharging of the batteries.
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he next morning we were up early to head to Esperance, the wind was light and the engine played up again. The Recherche archipelago is remote and rugged, we all would have liked to spend more time there, and it was agreed that night sailing would have been a terrible idea. Our days as usual were often in the company of dolphins especially when the motor was on and also abundant birdlife with the occasional albatross. On our approach to Esperance we telephoned Esperance Yacht club who told us they would have a berth for us, and true to his word Kevin came down and pointed us into a nice snug berth up at the end near the breakwater, we had to cut past the club boat then turn in sharp, it became apparent that we weren’t going to make it, so we performed an 8-point turn up against the rocks and with a bit of judicious fend-
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ing-off, reversed in, to be told “oh yes, all the boats at this end have bow thrusters”. Oh well, it was a bit of a performance but we got in. We dusted ourselves off and after a quick shower we sprinted to the Pier Hotel to celebrate Dave’s birthday!
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sperance provided a great couple of days relaxation plus more boat repairs. We said a sad goodbye to our crew member Geoff who unfortunately had to answer the call to work. We were now down to 5. We left Esperance early for an overnight trip to Albany, in cold and wet conditions, sailing through essentially uncharted waters. We gamely threw out the fishing line again and after an hour to our surprise the line tightened and a large fish was seen at the end of it. I quickly began hauling it in dreaming of a break from chilli and beans, when another much larger, brown shape snuck in and whipped our dinner away. That night the wind came up and the seas strengthened, it was at around that this time that our previously dead autopilot ‘Hal’ made a bid for life and started a battle with the helmsman. Hal was momentarily subdued but then came back to life in the wee hours to take out all the other instruments including the GPS chart plotter plunging us back into a more ancient sailing practice of using a compass with a little bit of cheating via the Ipad. Hal was disarmed and thrown in the locker to be replaced in the future by a more trusty autopilot. The following day we caught our only fish of the trip, a small tuna, which we filleted then made into sashimi; it was lovely, it also made seared tuna sandwiches for lunch and tuna macaroni for dinner, by which time most of crew were fed up with tuna. We saw the three masted
Young Endeavour sailing out to sea and followed a cruise ship into Albany, again with engine spluttering. Albany has a fine new marina with space, but it’s a long walk to the department’s offices to pay for your berth. The next day we left Albany in a rolly sea to head round to Busselton, we sailed at night along the south coast past the elusive surf breaks of cow bombie and calf bombie past Augusta then around Cape Leeuwin, a moment to be truly savoured. It is astounding to note the difference in the water here. We saw the grey Southern Ocean give way abruptly to the blue of the Indian Ocean. The wind stayed behind us at 20-25 knts as we had a very relaxed sail up the coast of Margaret River and cut round Cape Naturaliste to Busselton in time for dessert at Port Geographe marina where we left Tilt until Geographe Bay Race Week. Overall the trip went very well, we were extremely lucky with the weather but we did leave at the right time and the 5 day BOM forecasts were very good. We had safety gear from jury rudders to sea anchors and stormsails however the nearest we got was putting a third reef in the main at night. We didn’t have to run into any of the refuges that we had painstakingly researched and the places we visited were great and the people very friendly. The only malfunctions on the boat were the instruments and the motor, both of which have been fixed. The most impressive outcome was that we were all friends at the end of the trip. I for one would do it all over again, but take more time and stop more often to truly enjoy some of the beautiful coastal spots we encountered on this marvellous adventure.
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ROTTNEST FESTIVAL OF SAIL 1 – 2 APRIL 2017
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GREAT ANNUAL EVENT not to be missed. Rottnest Festival of Sail is a weekend of fun for all levels of sailing.
Skippers keen on competitive offshore racing will be challenged by the vagaries of Round the Island racing on Saturday. For those who want a more leisurely race the start off Leighton and the sail to Rottnest is perfect. Most years the seas are relatively calm and the weather perfect. If you have not sailed to Rottnest before this is the perfect opportunity to do it. Safety boats and escort boats are manned by experienced Club volunteers to help if required. Start your offshore sailing with Rottnest Festival of Sail. Partying at the pub on Saturday night will top off a perfect day.
Sunday’s sailing is optional. Small yachts can choose to do an escorted sail Round the Island. Ever wondered what the other side of Rottnest looks like from the water? Now is your chance to find out. Rottnest Island Authority are great supporters of the event, providing free moorings to all participating yachts. Rottnest Festival of Sail, hosted by Royal Freshwater Bay, is run in conjunction with the Rottnest Foundation to support their conservation work on the Island. We help raise funds to preserve the essence of Rottnest for us all to enjoy. Come and join the fun.
120TH OPENING DAY
Saturday 15 October 2016 Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club Sailing Opening Day, incorporating keelboat, dinghy, and junior racing. Junior and dinghy racing will take place in the morning, keelboat racing in the afternoon. Live entertainment and activities for the children. Bring the whole family for a fun day.
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nterest in the 2017 Bali adventure, even at this early stage, is encouraging. Once again there will be a pure racing division (after all, there is a record within reach) while for those with a simple quest for adventure without the rigours of their racing counterparts, there is a rally division, where motoring is allowed when winds drop off, and interim landfalls are not just permitted, but actively encour-
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aged. For those with time and a further quest for adventure, the “Beyond Bali” cruise will venture eastward through the Indonesian Archipelago.
are well aware that they have the boats to lower the record providing the weather plays its part.
oyal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club has a proud record in the Bali Race. Rolly Tasker’s inaugural race record stood for around 30 years, but once Alan Brierty’s Limit eclipsed that mark, it suddenly appeared more achievable. The late Tony Mitchell’s chartered maxi Supersled lowered the mark to just under six days, but in fairly benign weather, so that today’s top offshore racers
Indonesia has taken action to reverse one of the less popular aspects of previous Bali races, the preparation of the Cruising Permit (CAIT) requirements for each boat. The previously protracted and sometimes costly entry system has been simplified to make it far easier to complete, less intrusive and less expensive. The Visa on Arrival fee of $25 for every member of the crew has
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“Spice Islands Rally beckons … fair breezes, warm friendships, exotic landfalls”
also been waived. Clearly the Indonesian government has responded to some of the barriers to their Bali tourism aspirations.
hub, but further afield are stunning rural vistas and traditional villages – the REAL Bali according to many of the regulars. Much of the attraction of the event however, lies in the rally.
After customs clearance in Benoa crews can take a few days to unwind and take in the relaxed atmosphere of “The Island of the Gods”. ali’s beautiful surf beaches, low cost luxury hotels and villas, local cuisine, lively night entertainment and activities like para gliding are varied enough to satisfy the most discerning visitor within the established tourist
Non racing yachts have proven to be the backbone of previous Bali events and are expected to outnumber their racing cousins again in 2017. It has become a perfect long distance cruising experience for hundreds of sailors. The attraction of such a voyage in company with others and with professional safety procedures in place is hard to resist when so many yacht owners in Perth have yachts that
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transiting to either Darwin or the Kimberley, has been a wonderful experience for those who have time to do so, visiting many of the varied and sometimes exotic isles that make up the Indonesian Archipelago. A number of “Freshie” boats have already indicated their intention to compete, so who knows – perhaps 2017 will see Supersled’s record challenged. 41
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he 50th Anniversary of the Governor’s Cup was an event not to be missed. From the moment the 2015 regatta concluded, the planning and organisation for the 2016 event was already underway and it was looking to be an awesome event, with an increase in the age limit from 21 to 23, a new Alumni event consisting of a large number
of past winners and also brand new 22 foot sports boats to top it all off. It is always one of the top youth events to come back to and to be invited alongside some of best current match racers in the world is a massive honour and privilege. We knew it was going to be hard racing and an even bigger challenge to claim race victories.
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t was great to see that three Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club teams had qualified under the Governor’s Cup Committee requirements. RFBYC teams included Sam Gilmour and Neptune Racing, 2-time winner of the “Gov Cup” and a current World ranking of 4th, Will Boulden and Alpha Racing Team who have been steadily climbing the ISAF
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world rankings to his current 49th position, as well as Lachy Gilmour and Gilmour Racing Team ranked 71st and back again to improve on last year’s 2nd place.
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he opening day of the prestigious “Youth America’s Cup” event contained an Alumni regatta of 12 past winners including world number 1 Taylor Canfield, the winner of the first ever Governor’s Cup, Argyle Campbell as well as many others who have achieved countless achievements over their sailing careers. Three fleet races followed by a single match race final and a petit final of the top 4 boats was the format. Coincidentally, the team helmed by Balboa Yacht Club coach, Mike Pickney, crewed by fellow BYC sailors came out victorious over Taylor Canfield in the sudden death match race final. Due to the regatta bringing in brand new Governor Cup 22 yachts, two full days of practice was provided which is unusual for match racing events, normally only half a day. These two days allowed the teams to test, practice and race with the other competitors until they felt comfortable with their preparations.
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The first day of racing began with a 30-minute tow out to the racecourse, just offshore from the well-known Newport Pier. With a light but building breeze, the race committee started the racing with one of the races being a RFBYC derby with Gilmour Racing Team of Lachy Gilmour, Alex Negri and Cam Sea-
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green racing off against Alpha Racing Team of Will Boulden, Emerson Carlberg and Damian Garbowski. It was a tough race the whole way around the course although Gilmour Racing Team managed to take out the win. Neptune Racing’s first race was against last year’s 4th place getter, Chris Weis from Del Rey Yacht Club in what was one of the bigger upsets of the regatta. Chris and his team came out victorious! With the day coming to an end after 7 flights of races and a total of 42 races throughout a long day, the sailors only returned back to the dock at 7:00pm. Neptune Racing on 5 wins and 2 losses, Gilmour Racing Team on 4 wins and 3 losses, Alpha Racing with only 1 win and 6 losses. More recovery for the remainder of the long regatta!
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After a full night of deep sleep and solid recovery, the RFBYC teams were all keen to improve on their opening day’s results. Again, the long tow-out consisted of a quick DJ set and some good music from Harry Price from CYCA. The race committee were straight into the racing with Gilmour Racing Team paired up first against Nevin Snow from San Diego. The start was extremely close with a split tack start, however Nevin and his crew were just too fast for the RFBYC guys and were able to sail to a clear lead purely with their superior boat speed. Neptune Racing were victorious against local team helmed by Christophe Killian who was given a match-race masterclass from start to finish.
Will Boulden had two strong wins against Charles Lalumiere and George Anyon to boost his regatta score up to 3-8 prior to the beginning of the second round robin, while Lachy and his team stepped up to 5-6 and Sam with 8-3 in 3rd place. The race committee began the second round robin with a win each for Sam and Lachy while Will was unable to capitalise on the marginal conditions. At the end of the day, Sam was on 9-4, Lachy on 7-6 and Will with a 3-10. Harry Price lead the regatta with a 12-1 scoreline followed by Nevin Snow on 11-2.
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2011 Gov Cup winner Nevin Snow had a perfect day through 5 flights to regain the lead with an overall record of 162, passing defending champ Harry Price (CYCA) who dropped two races today to slide to second place with 15-3. Two-time victor Sam Gilmour (RFBYC) only dropped one race to remain in third at 13-5. Gilmour Racing Team (Lachy Gilmour, RFBYC) had an extremely unfortunate day to turn their 7-6 scoreline into a 7-11, unable to win any races from leading every race the whole way round the track. Alpha Racing Team (Will Boulden) had a tough day of 0 wins and 5 losses. Although having raced all of the higher ranked teams, he and his team looked for progress in their scorecard going in the final two days to come. Alpha Racing Team currently stilling on 3 wins, 15 losses.
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The fourth day of the 50th Annual Governor’s Cup held the highly anticipated four final flights of the second round robin with the day offering about five knots of wind and continued temperatures in the mid 30’s. With the wind peaking at around nine knots however it all ended by four o’clock when the wind decided to shut off completely. Neptune Racing finished off the remaining races with 2 wins and 2 losses, overall achieving 15 wins and 7 losses. Alpha Racing had an unfortunate day of close racing with 0 wins and 4 losses, finishing them up overall with 3 wins and 19 losses. They would be racing Romian Screve for 11th and 12th the following day. Gilmour Racing Team made up for the average previous day claiming 2 wins and 2 losses to finish their round robin stage of the regatta on 9-13, placing them in 8th. The first start of the semi finals was in sub 2 knots strong current, and a complete glass-out, which meant the boats were only just moving. Neptune Racing lead Harry off the line and managed to get half way upwind before the race committee abandoned the race and sent the competitors in for the day.
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The teams were greeted on the final day with an extremely thick fog, restricting everyone’s vision on the water to less than 50 metres. Not only were the wave and wind conditions tricky, but also having the thick fog added another element of variability. Repeated horns
by the race committee allowed the sailors to know where the top and bottom marks were as they navigated their way through the interesting racecourse. As the day went on the fog began to clear with the breeze building to around 14 knots and extremely choppy waves. Gilmour Racing Team were paired up against Will Dargaville (RPAYC) in a 7th and 8th sail off - first team to two wins. Will led GRT off the start line and was able to put a strong covering position in place for the whole race and took out the first win. This meant GRT had to win the next two races if they wanted to have a chance for 7th place overall. The second race began and GRT had a strong prestart managing to position themselves separated to windward. After a big tacking duel on the first windward leg, they were able to force Will to the port side of the course in which GRT lead him back to the windward mark and was able to hold their lead for the remainder of the race to take the second race win. In the third and final race, Gilmour Racing Team had another good start and got the jump over Will off the line. GRT simply defended the rest of the race and took the win leaving the over all score 2-1, putting Gilmour Racing Team into 7th position overall. Alpha Racing Team were matched up in a 11th and 12th sail off against Romain Screve from San Francisco Yacht Club. In the opening race, Will had a convincing win with a 50-metre lead coming into the finishing line. This all came down to the solid
prestart, leading Romain off the line in a more than powerful position. Unfortunately, Will was unable to continue with his winning ways and was unable to win either of the following two races placing his team in 12th overall.
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ow onto the finals! Neptune Racing managed to beat Harry Price 2-1 in a hard fought semi finals, which placed him up against Nevin Snow (SDYC) in the finals. Nevin began with a strong prestart against Sam, putting him at an advantage straight off the line. Nevin managed to hold onto this small advantage around the course to take the first win. Second race Sam lead to the top and bottom marks. Unfortunately with a slow rounding Nevin sailed around the outside of the mark and Neptune Racing and recovered his lead. This was a big enough lead for Nevin to go onto win the race and as a result win the final event overall. Neptune Racing finished up 2nd! Interestingly Nevin and team sailed 4 up whereas most other teams were 3 up to meet the weight limit, they had considerable upwind speed and were tidy around the marks, this may change future thinking and team management for the “Gov Cup” and other regattas. A massive thanks to RFBYC for supporting all three teams to travel to the event, the work that is done definitely doesn’t go unnoticed from all the staff and committee members involved and it really does mean a lot!
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MID-WEEK SAILING
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-WEEK SAILING during the winter just gone has been another successful series despite the lack of wind on
several days. It has not just been the support of the blokes making Midweek Sailing a good day, the girls have been out there as well and on a most regular basis. All-girl crews can be seen sailing the BW8s every week and with good results, occasionally they let one of the blokes on board. COURSE ALTERATIONS
With the several days of light winds it has been decided to make some alteration to the courses with respect to the marks of the courses where a course can be shortened. You will find in the new Sailing Handbook 2016/17 that some courses will have more than one asterisk. This allows race management more flexibility when deciding upon shortening of a course on the day. Better to have a super short course rather than an abandonment. There will be other changes to the Midweek courses with regard to a change of start lines basically to reduce the number of reaching starts on Club Start lines. These changes will come into effect with the commencement of the 2016/2017 Mid-week Spring-Summer Series on Thursday, 20 October 2016. ANNIVERSARY RACE
Mid-week sailors are reminded that the 20th Anniversary Race for combined A & B Fleets will be conducted this year on the 3 November 2016. The Anniversary Race commemorates the running of the first ever race at the then Freshwater Bay Yacht Club some 120 years ago. Inclusive of the Anniversary Race on this day there will be the normal weekly races for the individual fleets competing for 2016/17 Midweek Spring-Summer Series consistencies for A Fleet, B Fleet, IRC Fleet and C Fleet (Contenders). Usually a good day with good Club fellowship. Note this event in your diary. Presentations for the 2016 Autumn-Winter Series Consistencies for all fleets will be held in conjunction on the same day as the Anniversary Race.
NEW TROPHY RACE DAYS
Similar to the style of the Anniversary Race an injection to the 2017 Mid-week Autumn-Winter Series will be two dates where new special trophy race days are being scheduled. THE CHARTER DAY VICE-PATRON TROPHY
As 9 June 1934 was the granting of the Royal Charter to the then Freshwater Bay Yacht Club it is proposed that a new perpetual trophy namely The Charter Day Vice-Patron Trophy be established and scheduled for Thursday, 8 June to celebrate the granting of the Charter. FLAG OFFICERS’ WINTER CUP
To further give a lift to the Mid-week 2017 Autumn-Winter Series, it is proposed to run a second perpetual event called the Flag Officers’ Winter Cup on the Thursday, 17 August 2017. The format will be the same as the successful Anniversary Race held in November each year. That is, these trophy events would be for a combined A & B Keelboat Fleet and raced in conjunction with the usual A Fleet, B fleet, IRC and C Fleet (Contenders) consistency races. The fleets would both sail the same courses and start at the current start times. JIB AND MAIN RACING
Remember Mid-week Jib and Main racing is held every Thursday all year. It is an open invitation to any yacht registered with yacht clubs affiliated with YWA. Visiting yachts please advise Sharon at sailadmin@rfbyc.asn.au of intention to compete. RFBYC yachts please nominate for the up and coming Spring-Summer Series. APPRECIATION
The continuing support of the Midweek volunteers and the Club staff is much appreciated by all who are involved with yachting on a Thursday. Keep it up and well done.
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FUTURE STARS HAVE PERTH ON THEIR HORIZON 25 - 30 SEPTEMBER 2016
THE above: WUC Match Racing Silver Medal team
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WORLD’S BEST STUDENT-ATHLETE SAILORS will converge on Perth for the World University Championship Sailing, jointly hosted by Australian
University Sport and The University of Western Australia at Royal Perth Yacht Club. Open and women’s teams from Australia, China, France, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore and Switzerland will compete in the five day event from 25-30 September 2016 to secure their hold on the greatest honour in university sailing. Open crews will be racing in teams of five on board Swan River Sailings Foundation 36 yachts with women’s teams of four or five to sail Royal Perth Yacht Clubs eight metre BakewellWhites around the Matilda Bay course. Australia has forged a strong and proud history in this event. In 2012 the Australian open class won gold in France under skipper Sam Gilmour, son of Australian sailing legend Peter Gilmour. They then backed this up with a silver medal in Italy in 2014. As the Championship makes its way to Perth, the Aussies will seek redemption after the hard fought loss to the USA in 2014. The Australian teams will head into the Championship as strong contenders in both the open and women’s competitions. 2016 World Youth Match Racing champion Sarah Parker will skipper the women’s team to a hopeful victory for the Aussies on the back of a successful season for
many of Australia’s student-athletes. Open competitors are yet to be confirmed but are expected to boast a world class crew combining the best student-athletes from both coasts of Australia. Royal Perth Yacht Club and Swan River Sailing welcome you to a week of premier race spectating for the five-day event with the chance to enjoy a refreshment or meal overlooking a world class fleet in action. Australian University Sport has worked closely with the International University Sports Federation to ensure the Championship provides all student-athletes, spectators and international guests with a truly world class event. Boats will be on the water all day throughout the week from 9:00am each morning, so be sure to take advantage of the opportunity to witness future sailing stars take on the world stage as the best university student-athletes battle it out at the World University Championship Sailing. If anyone wishes to donate their time and skills to this event, Australian University Sport is seeking volunteers to help make a memorable event. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Australian University Sport via email: wucsailing2016@unisport.com. au.
We look forward to seeing you here to cheer on our Aussies!
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
9:00am-3:00pm: on course practice 5:00pm: Opening ceremony MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
9:15am: Day one open and women’s round robin TUESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER
9:15am: Day two open and women’s round robin WEDS 28 SEPTEMBER
9:15am: Day three open and women’s round robin THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER
9:15am: Open and women’s quarterfinals/rankings FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER
9:15am: Open and women’s semi-finals Following semi-Finals: Open and women’s finals Following finals: presentation and closing ceremony
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PICTURESQUE VENUE FOR M32 EXHIBITION EVENT IN PERTH
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OUND ONE OF THE M32 INTERCLUB SWAN RIVER EXHIBITION RACE SERIES drew a huge crowd to Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club to watch the spectacular catamaran racing.
Spectators enjoyed the magnificent view from the Club grounds and live video display on large screens around the venue. Perched high on Keane’s Point, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club is ideally positioned to showcase the exhilarating M32 racing in the natural amphitheatre which is Freshwater Bay. Expert race commentators Ed Fethers and Ben Durham added a professional touch to the day. For those who could not get to the venue, the afternoon streamed live on YouTube. The replay of the afternoon can be viewed through the Club website. A group initiative between M32 Australia and four sailing clubs in Perth, each of the boats represented a local Club, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club (RFBYC), Royal Perth Yacht Club (RPYC), South of Perth Yacht Club (SoPYC) and Fremantle Sailing Club (FSC). Sailors from a variety of backgrounds both young and old raced alongside each other. It was great to see well known match racing sailors working together with Etchells, dinghy, 50
keelboat and even a few multihull crews. It showed that the M32 is easy for any sailor to make the transition on to the boats and sail them well. David Mills from M32 Australia mentioned, “The M32 is built with simplicity and having only a few control lines is easily powered up making it quite easy to transition from one to two hulls.” Racing started off slowly with sunshine but a very light south westerly wind. It doesn’t take much to get the M32’s moving and teams worked hard to keep their momentum up. SoPYC, helmed by keelboat sailor Gerard Wilson, got off to a great start which was critical in the light winds. RPYC lost their speed and skipper Alistair Murchison took a while to get going again. It was FSC, helmed by Laser sailor Ben Walkemeyer who managed to gain the lead and sail the best course to win race one. A very close finish for second and third with RFBYC, Lachy Gilmour, just sneaking in front with a little more boat speed to pass SoPYC at the line.
A change in wind direction saved the day with a swing to the east and an ideal moderate breeze which stayed for the rest of the day. Race Officer John Taylor and his volunteers quickly reset the course while the M32 teams had a good blast around, grateful of the new wind. Race commentator Ed Fethers from Sport FM 91.3, got excited about the boats zipping around the bay as he viewed the excellent live video coverage on the screens by Qmodo and broadcast partner Front Row Screens. Race Two began with around 7 knots of wind, plenty for the M32’s to get up and flying. The RFBYC team rotated crews then they were off and racing again. Close and exciting racing with all crews working hard, furling and unfurling the gennakers to get the most speed out of their boats. In patches it was still light enough to use them on the windward leg of the course, each team closely watching the others moves and techniques. To race fast, the M32 can be
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quite a physical boat and all sailors did an amazing job to work together with others that they may have only just met. RFBYC with coach Sam Gilmour on-board, his brother Lachy at the helm, won race two. The SoPYC team were lucky to have skilled M32 skipper Matt Jerwood providing on-board advice, Matt placed 3rd in the 2016 World Match Racing Tour. On the big screen, spectators were treated to some fantastic aerial footage of the RFBYC Optimist fleet. Drone pilot Reimi Newman flew passed the smiling juniors. The young boys and girls were quite excited to be out on the water training alongside these magnificent M32 catamarans. Very tight racing between all teams in race three. All crews had to make tough decisions at the turning gates at each end of the course. After a great tousle on the last reach with only metres between the top three boats, Gerard steered his SoPYC team to win. Only a meter behind at the line, RFBYC was second and FSC third. Robbie Gibbs’ RPYC team again coming in
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fourth with Etchells sailor Alistair Murchison at the helm, learning fast how to steer these exciting multihulls. There was now only one point between the top three positions going in to race four and with the time nearing 5pm, teams knew this may be the final race of the series. Amazing close racing and a great exhibition of sailing. Young RFBYC sailor and up and coming match racer, Ethan Preito-Low made his way up to the race commentary team to be interviewed by his coach and share his experience with the crowd. Ben Durham is the Head Coach of the new RFBYC Sailing Institute Match Racing Squad. Another rotation for the RFBYC team who were giving two multihull sailors a run in their team. Rival Hobie 16 sailors Gavin Colby and Cam Owen stepped on-board the M32 for the first time to join Lachy and Sam Gilmour and Patrick Clyne. A few tweaks to the way they had been sailing the boat, combined with some very hard work from the crew and the blue Norwood
Systems RFBYC boat absolutely flew in race four. Second across the line was the green, WMRT boat helmed by Ben Walkemeyer and third to SoPYC. As the M32’s finished the race, the committee signalled the end of the day and RFBYC team decided to go for a spectacular fly by. They took flight with windward hull flying, past the clubhouse and crowd watching above. A great end to a sensational afternoon of exhilarating M32 racing, all shown on the large screens with broadcast partner Front Row Screens. Overall on 16 points (4,4,4,4,), Royal Peth Yacht Club’s team placed fourth. A close contest for second and third overall with both teams finishing on 9 points, South of Perth Yacht Club was third with race scores of 3,2,1,3 and Fremantle Sailing Club second by placing ahead in the last race of the day to break the tie, 1,3,3,2. The home team, Royal Freshwater Yacht Club won the day overall with race scores 2,1,2,1, finishing on 6 points overall.
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Gavin Colby commented after the racing, “It was great to get on-board an M32, especially in front of so many members and guests watching at RFBYC. Really good to see stadium sailing has started in Perth on fast exciting boats. We had a great time with the younger sailors on-board and we learnt a few tricks from each other. I’m looking forward to the next M32 event!” At the presentation, David Mills from M32 Australia commented about the day. “Perfect location, excellent sailing and a wonderful atmosphere would sum up the first M32 Exhibition Series. The hosts Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club certainly showcased the event wonderfully. Sitting on the lawn and being entertained by the teams really highlighted this great sport of ours in such a beautiful part of the world. The owners of M32 Australia are hoping to develop the class and encourage new and existing members to take up this exciting and fast form of sailing.” He thanked the volunteers for an excellent day on the water.
Nathan Stronach
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THE BOSUN’S LOCKER AROUND THE GROUNDS
THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY, I plan to utilise the regular publication as a platform for ideas and educational topics that members may find useful.
I thought that a good topic to start with would be emergency procedures. Recently all Club staff completed Evacuation Procedure, Fire Warden and Fire Extinguisher training. Grounds staff have also attended a Marina Emergency Preparedness seminar. While we strive for continual improvement in this area, realistically, Club staff are not on the grounds at all times. Unfortunately emergencies will never happen at convenient times and considering that you may well be the first responder to an emergency, I ask that all members take a few minutes next time that you are down at the club to familiarise yourself with the location of the following. BREAK GLASS UNITS
“Manual Call Points” commonly known as “Break Glass Units” are positioned at three key locations. 1. The front of the shipwrights shed. 2. On the side of the fire extinguisher box at the fuelling wharf 3. The Club house verandah to the left of the main entry.
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FIRE BRIGADE RESPONSE
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Once this alarm has been activated the local fire brigade will automatically be notified. It is good practice to call 000 as well, as any additional information about the exact location and nature of the incident is extremely helpful to the emergency services and enables them to be further prepared before attending the site. 2 ACCESS
It is good practice to send someone to the front gate to open it on the arrival of emergency services and to guide them to the location of the emergency. PROTECT YOURSELF
Always remember that in an emergency, your safety and the safety of those around you is of the greatest importance. Possessions can be replaced, lives can’t. The topic of emergency preparedness is extensive and I plan to touch on a variety of situations that we could potentially find ourselves in, the procedures to follow and the location and use of basic equipment around the Club.
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MEMBERSHIP NEW CLUB MEMBERS
ORDINARY
Member Proposer Jan Schlichthaerle Sandra Anderson Rob Banfield Martin Jurat Tim Weir Martin Jurat Richard Erskine Pip Phillips Ron Davison Simon Joel Norm Surtees Justin Tremain
Seconder Peter Chalmer Dave Seagreen Assheton Craven Caron Kailis Christine Fletcher Paul Byrne
ORDINARY 25-27
Member Proposer Abby Wallace Peter Barblett
Seconder Greg Leaversuch
ORDINARY 21-24
Member Proposer Jesse Schlichthaerle Sandra Anderson
Seconder Peter Chalmer
ASSOCIATE
Member Proposer Anna Wholley Matthew Hansen Lynn Schlichthaerle Sandra Anderson Mark Wilson William Packer Hilary Erskine Pip Phillips
Seconder Ian Olson Peter Chalmer Jo Wilson Caron Kailis
JUNIOR UNDER 16
Member Sascha Wholley Stella Stevenson Grayson Downes Jibrael Kalim
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.
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Basil Twine
ASTERN FROM THE ARCHIVES
OUT
OF THE PAST – I came across an article which I wrote for Tidings in October 1986, 30 years ago. The occasion described was inspired by the build-up to the RPYC defence of the
Americas Cup and the Louis Vuitton Cup to select the challenger. The latter involved RFBYC as hosts for the Yacht Club Costa Smerelda as “Challenger of Record” and I feel it bears repeating. Wyndham Estate Wines, managed at that stage by Brian McGuigan, were running a big promotion in WA for their products. The deal was that restaurants, clubs and liquor stores were encouraged to buy a “pallet” of their wine and for every pallet there was a reward of two seats on a charter aircraft for a weekend trip to Ayers Rock and Alice Springs. RFBYC Bar Manager Bill Benthien went along with this and decided to raffle the two tickets among the members. The Rules: • One raffle ticket with every bottle of Wyndham Estate wine purchased with dinner in the Club restaurant. • Members only eligible. • Members must be present when the raffle is drawn. Jenny and I were there again as usual so Bill asked Jenny to draw the raffle. First draw was a ticket for one of our friends – not a member and not present. Redraw! Second draw - member not present. Redraw! Third draw – YES!! Ticket held by Basil Twine. There was no re-draw. Jenny had worked hard for this! The WA agents for Wyndham Wines were Lloyd and Jan Meredith who were co-incidentally old friends of ours and they were there for the draw. There was much merriment especially since we had not read the fine print and considered our diary was very full so did not know when we could find time to fly to Ayers Rock etc. for a weekend. “Tough;” said Lloyd, “it is Friday night next week. Be there.” The Itinerary went like this: FRIDAY
7.30pm. Book in at Perth Airport. Directed to Golden Wing Lounge. Meet hosts Brian and Fay McGuigan
and big bunch of rowdy guests (these included RFBYC member Peter Treleaven and the legendary “Lord Lunchalot” Stuart Van Raalte). Given a stupid hat to wear and a glass of Wyndham Estate (WE) wine. 8.30pm. Board chartered F28 Jet aircraft for in-flight dinner with WE wines. Destination Ayers Rock. 12.00pm. Central Time. Arrive Ayers Rock Sheraton Hotel. 5 Star with all the trimmings. Bar at pool still open and serving WE wines. SATURDAY
6.45am. Bus departs hotel for Ayers Rock with intrepid climbers. 7.00am. Began climb (we did finish it too). Anyone saying it is not steep and scary hasn’t been there. 9.45am. Back at hotel for (WE) champagne breakfast beside the pool. 11.00am. Board luxury double decker, air conditioned coach for Alice Springs via Curtain Springs Station and Erlunda Station for comfort stop – also bar open if needed. WE wines served by Brian McGuigan during trip which included lunch. (If you did not like wine you could have beer.) 5.00pm. Arrive Alice Springs Sheraton Hotel. Similar standard to Ayers Rock. Time for a dip in the pool or heated spa and a glass of WE wine. It was noted at this stage that several of the guests were of the young-ish, leggy and extremely shapely female variety – all displayed in minimal bikinis. 8.00pm. Meet for cocktails (WE) prior to formal dinner with arranged seating. 8.30pm. Dinner: Magnificent food, good WE wines, good speakers and fascinating company. Note: fascinating company on my left turned out to be one of the female variety described above. Jenny was on my right. During conversation on my left it turned out she was the daughter of one of my old school classmates. Jenny could barely contain her mirth! After dinner we had the option of a flutter at the Casino with a glass of
WE wine or lounging in the Simpsons Gap Bar with a glass of WE wine and listening to a pianist until 2.00am. We chose the Casino without the wine. SUNDAY
11.00am. After a good sleep-in and breakfast it was on to the coach again for a tour of “A Town Like Alice” and then out to “Chateau Hornsby”, a real vineyard and winery at Alice Springs. 12.30pm. Lunch at Chateau Hornsby with a choice of Hornsby wines, Wyndham Estate or beer which included the “Red Centre” brew. The latter I fear may have been brewed from a product of the local dingoes. Entertainment during lunch was by Ted Egan and his wife. 3.30pm. Re-board our chartered F28 Jet for Kalgoorlie where we had a quick trip to the Two-Up School. Not quite the Alice Springs Casino but, I am told, probably more honest. 6.00pm. Back on the aircraft and depart Kalgoorlie. 7.00pm. Return to Perth Airport. Farewell our hosts and fellow guests to struggle home. After 30 years Jenny and I have not forgotten this memorable weekend. Sadly, the legendary Stuart Van Raalte died recently but Lloyd and Jan Meredith, Peter Treleaven and the McGuigans are still going strong. Also interesting to note … Chateau Hornsby is still operating. THANKS TO:
Ian Jenkins for a collection of old Tidings and other publications. Which reminds me to remind all Club members: if you are “downsizing” or simply clearing out some old stuff or maybe handling a deceased estate; any of which could involve old RFBYC stuff. Please don’t just throw it out. Give it to us (the Archives Team) and let us sort through it and then throw it out. Photos can be scanned and returned, old trophies may be re-useable. But please let us know the details. 57
ASTERN – FROM THE ARCHIVES We are still looking for Annual Reports for 1974 to 1981 inclusive and 2001. ARCHIVES as far as we are concerned involves not just recording the Club history and storing documents, it also involves: • Displaying historical photographs, artwork and artifacts.
• Refurbishing old trophies, building new bases for recording and recycling for contemporary events. • Publishing in “Tidings” articles of an historical nature and particularly for the benefit of newer members who may not be aware of the heritage of RFBYC. Each new member is issued with a copy of “The Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club 1896-1996”.
• Researching the history of boating in WA and particularly as it involves the Club. We also receive numerous requests for details involving past members and boats. We are presently creating a “Time Line” document to cover the whole of the Club’s history. In December this year we celebrate 120 years since the foundation of the Club.
ASTERN – 3RD EDITION THE LADIES OF RFBYC
BARBARA-DENE JONES
Barbara-Dene’s father David joined the club in 1973 followed progressively by his children. She became a member in 1977 and this is recorded by a rather quaint letter from the then Managing Secretary J.R. Wiltshire dated 4th February 1977. If written today this letter would cause a riot or could even be grounds for legal ac-
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tion. Basically it outlines the privileges applying to male members and states what female members can’t do. It is a treasured possession of Barbara-Dene and has been printed separately. On 29 August 2014 Barbara-Dene was asked to speak at a New Members Night as the “Old Salt” and I have taken the liberty of quoting from this speech: She began sailing as crew for David in the family Mirror Dinghy; no venturi, had to bail all the way. They sailed at just about every opportunity: At the Club, at Cockburn Regattas and State and even an Australian Championship (where they finished a creditable 102nd out of 102 entrants.) Later, when David had built a Spirit 28 named Sundance Barbara-Dene was a member of that crew sailing on Saturdays and Twilights. She joined the intrepid all girls crew of Serena Knox, Ruth Rinehart and Tracy Clifford, who chartered a Custom 30 named Satu and sailed offshore as well as on the river. I remember they added a touch of colour with their pink crew shirts emblazoned “Birds don’t only fly”. It is reported that Satu did not have a toilet but I am sure a plastic bucket would have worked. Another sailing venture was in the crew of Dragon Aeolus with Jenny Fitzhardinge. Then there was Time Trialling in “Little Toot” the shipwrights
work boat. This was open to the elements so woollies and waterproofs were just as important as the thermos of coffee and rum. Barbara-Dene is still actively involved at the Club in start teams, on the water and on shore and is regularly seen enjoying the social life of the Club. We would be hard pressed to find any member who has enjoyed (and still is enjoying) their membership of RFBYC more.
JULIE HERRON
Julie is one of those people who “puts her hand up” to do things if she sees a need and since joining RFBYC in 1970 she has had an enormous amount of fun doing just that. Julie’s sailing began in a beautiful Flying Ant named Lik Lik, built by her father Doug. As a small girl sailing Lik Lik she perfected the art of coming last while having fun. It was about 1973 that she began sailing on the family
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FROM THE ARCHIVES – ASTERN yacht Carmonique, a 30ft Carmen Class timber yacht and on which she still sails as crew with brother Brett. Anecdotes include the time she “went in” one Saturday on the run to Como. She had the good sense to grab the mainsheet on the way “in” but it was suggested she let the damn thing go as she was slowing them down. There were promises that they would pick her up on the beat back to Brickie which didn’t really appeal to Julie. Eventually her father insisted that her brothers haul her back aboard. The duties over the years have seen her sanding the boat on the slips covered in anti-fouling and up the mast in a bosun’s chair feeding a new halyard or fixing something. Their racing has included two Bunburys, a Geraldton and many shorter offshore events as well as regular Saturdays on the river. Carmonique was a regular member of the A. R. Bennett Juniors Weekend for over 20 years which Julie describes as huge fun despite minor crises such as blocked toilets. As a member of the 1996 Colonial Challenge Cup team at Cowes Julie and Rod (Lightening Rod) Smith were crew for Ron Packer. The weather was foul with thunder, lightning and hail. Rod had one hand on the boom and the other on a winch when he felt a jolt and found his sailing gloves were badly scorched. To combat the hail Julie put the boat’s plastic bucket over Ron’s head. This worked well even though it had just been used as a loo. (It had been rinsed!) At the end of this regatta (which RFBYC lost 16 matches to 1) Ron was heard to say “Julie is a great crew and is welcome to sail with me any time”. Also in the boating scene of the mid 80s Julie was the proud owner of Alexandra a 32ft Pleysier timber power boat which was kept at the Club. On the voluntary scene Julie was a member of House Committee for several years. In this capacity she was largely responsible for some spectacular functions including the “Mediterranean Nights” which were a huge success for many years. There were also the Melbourne Cup
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lunches where she organised some outrageous things like dressing several athletic young men and (then Commodore) Mark Cubitt in a swimsuit and officers cap to parade down the catwalk. Julie and her mother Mem Herron were rather disillusioned with the unkempt appearance of some crews sailing from the Club on Saturdays, so in an effort to improve this they introduced a trophy for the “Best Dressed Yacht”. It is still going. Julie maintains she was not a serious sailor but loved doing the fun things. It all goes to show that if you get involved there are many “fun things” and she is still enjoying it all.
JENNY TWINE (PREVIOUSLY ALDERSON)
As a young girl Jennifer Dorothy Peet was fascinated by water and boats. As a teenager she and some of her Girl Guide friends joined the Sea Rangers and spent some time training with the East Fremantle Sea Scouts. Later when Jenny and her younger sister Rosemary were living in London Jenny joined a local group of Sea Rangers and was subsequently selected to represent Australia in Norway at a Girl Guides World Camp in 1957, for their 50th year - an experience she has never forgotten. It was therefore no wonder that years later when an opportunity arose she and her three children Rosemary, Mark and Grant purchased her first keel boat; a Space Sailer 22 named
Shiralee. At that time they were all members of Royal Perth Yacht Club, where the boat was registered. RPYC was, just like RFBYC reluctant to accept female members and especially when they wanted to keep the boat in the marina. All sorts of conditions were imposed including that the boat be sailed regularly and not just be left to languish in the pen. Shiralee sailed more races than any other yacht at RPYC while owned by the Aldersons – Saturdays, Sundays, Wednesdays, Twilights and Cockburn regattas. It was also in Shiralee that Jenny won the WA Women’s State Championship (sailing) from Dr Mary Surveyor. After Jenny and Basil Twine married their two boats were sold and the proceeds pooled to purchase the Viking 30 Longreach. This was followed by several yachts named Strings and presently Kithara- the BW8. Jenny was a keen member of the crew of each of these boats. Add to this the cruising, the fun sailing which included many charters: Pittwater, Greek islands (four times), Caribbean, Puget Sound (Seattle), New Zealand, Whitsunday Islands and Fraser Island. Although now mostly retired from sailing Jenny still yearns for the opportunity to sail but largely settles for picnic days and cruises on their little power boat Thira. She also gets great satisfaction from supporting her two granddaughters Lucy and Molly Alderson at the Junior club. Since joining RFBYC in 1985 Jenny’s contribution to the Club has been enormous, constantly helping out in start teams, social events and anywhere else she is needed. Her work in the Archives Team over 18 years has been invaluable, creating frequently changing displays in the main passageway and well organised cupboards clearly labelled in the Edward Keane Room. Her drive and support of husband Basil Twine as a Flag Officer has been remarkable. She has been the wind beneath his wings.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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18 SEPTEMBER
BARTS BASH
24 NOVEMBER
MID WEEK RACE
22 SEPTEMBER
MID WEEK RACE
26 NOVEMBER
ETCHELLS METRO SERIES
24 SEPTEMBER
ROLAND SMITH OFFSHORE RACE
26 NOVEMBER
KEELBOAT CLUB RACE
29 SEPTEMBER
MID WEEK RACE
26 NOVEMBER
DOLPHIN OFFSHORE RACE
01 OCTOBER
CRUISING IN COMPANY - CRUISE TO CAPE HOOKWAY
26 NOVEMBER
CRUISING IN COMPANY - CRUISE TO NEWNHAM BANK
06 OCTOBER
MID WEEK RACE
27 NOVEMBER
GORDON CRAIG OFFSHORE RACE
08 OCTOBER
KEELBOAT PRE SEASON COACHING DAY
30 NOVEMBER
TWILIGHT SAIL
01 DECEMBER
MID WEEK RACE
09 OCTOBER
DINGHY PRE SEASON COACHING DAY AND BUY & SELL
02 DECEMBER
INTERNATIONAL CLASSES REGATTA REGISTRATION
13 OCTOBER
MID WEEK RACE - WINTER SERIES FINAL
03 DECEMBER
INTERNATIONAL CLASSES REGATTA
15 OCTOBER
OPENING DAY REGATTA - FLAG OFFICERS TROPHY
03 DECEMBER
KEELBOAT CLUB RACE
04 DECEMBER
INTERNATIONAL CLASSES REGATTA
19 OCTOBER
MID WEEK RACE 05 DECEMBER
22 OCTOBER
ETCHELLS METRO SERIES & BW8 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RACES
MONDAY KEELBOAT INVITATION SERIES 1
07 DECEMBER
TWILIGHT SAIL
22 OCTOBER
KEELBOAT CLUB RACE
08 DECEMBER
MID WEEK RACE
26 OCTOBER
TWILIGHT SAIL
27 OCTOBER
MIDWEEK RACE
10 DECEMBER
DRAGON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HEATS
29 OCTOBER
CRUISING IN COMPANY - CRUISE TO PALM BEACH ROCKINGHAM
10 DECEMBER
KEELBOAT CLUB RACE
29 OCTOBER
KEELBOAT CLUB RACE
11 DECEMBER
DRAGON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HEATS
30 OCTOBER
DINGHY RACING - AM START
11 DECEMBER
DINGHY RACING -AM START
30 OCTOBER
9ER SPRINT SERIES
14 DECEMBER
COLLECTIVE PROPERTY GROUP ETCHELLS SPRINTS
02 NOVEMBER
TWILIGHT SAIL
14 DECEMBER
TWILIGHT SAIL
03 NOVEMBER
MIDWEEK ANNIVERSARY RACE 15 DECEMBER
05 NOVEMBER
KEELBOAT WINDWARD LEEWARD RACE DAY
COLLECTIVE PROPERTY GROUP ETCHELLS SPRINTS
15 DECEMBER
MIDWEEK RACE
06 NOVEMBER
DINGHY RACING - AM START
09 NOVEMBER
TWILIGHT SAIL
16 DECEMBER
COLLECTIVE PROPERTY GROUP ETCHELLS SPRINTS
10 NOVEMBER
MID WEEK RACE
17 DECEMBER
ETCHELLS METRO SERIES RACES
12 NOVEMBER
KEELBOAT CLUB RACE
17 DECEMBER
KEELBOAT CLUB RACE
13 NOVEMBER
DINGHY RACING - PM START
18 DECEMBER
DINGHY PACER CHALLENGE
16 NOVEMBER
TWILIGHT SAIL
19 DECEMBER
17 NOVEMBER
MID WEEK RACE
MONDAY KEELBOAT INVITATION SERIES 2
18 NOVEMBER
IRC BIG BOAT DEMO RACE
21 DECEMBER
TWILIGHT SAIL
19 NOVEMBER
GOVERNORS CUP
22 DECEMBER
MID WEEK RACE
20 NOVEMBER
DINGHY RACING - AM START
27 DECEMBER
CRUISING IN COMPANY - CRUISE TO GEOGRAPHY BAY AND PORTS
23 NOVEMBER
TWILIGHT SAIL
31 DECEMBER
NEW YEAR’S EVE TWILIGHT SAIL
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$979,000
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This 2008, twin Caterpillar C12 powered vessel offers a three cabin, two bathroom layout with a luxurious saloon and a large 143 square feet of Teak cockpit. Ancillary power is provided by a 13.5Kva Onan generator. Fully air-conditioned with an enclosed flybridge.
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SEPTEMBER 2016
40th Farrawa Cup Series SEPTEMBER 2016
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Rottnest Festival of Sail
29ER FEMALE WORLD CHAMPIONS
Saturday 24 September 2016- 9am Roland Smith Ocean Race
40th Farrawa Cup Series (4 races, 4 to count)
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 November 2016 Rockingham Race Weekend (& Youth Cup Series) (Dolphin Race, TCYC Windward/Leeward and Gordon Craig Ocean Race)
Roland Smith Ocean Race Dolphin Race Gordon Craig Ocean Race 69th Bunbury and Return Ocean Race
50TH GOVERNOR’S CUP REGATTA M32 EXHIBITION RACE SERIES
Friday 20 January 2017 – 6pm 69th Bunbury and Return Ocean Race Saturday 01 and Sunday 02 April 2017 Rottnest Festival of Sail Thursday 23 February 2017 Farrawa Cup Series, Presentation Evening
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