Tidings September 2014

SEPTEMBER 2014

ISAF YOUTH WORLDS 100 DAYS OF EUROPE PART TWO COMMODORE COCKTAIL AND MESS NIGHT GALLERY

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IAN CLARKE Commodore

It has been one month since my election as Commodore of Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, and I still cannot believe how fortunate I am. What a privilege to be Commodore at a time when our sailing success at state, national and world level is as strong as it is.

What a privilege to be Commodore at a time when the Club is benefiting from all the hard work and planning of my predecessors. What a privilege to be Commodore at a time when the Flag Officers, Committee, General Manager and staff are all working harmoniously together to further drive the continued success of our Club.

Saturday 18 October 2014 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.

Pre-book your tickets with reception. Call 9286 8200.

Bring the whole family for a fun day.

CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2014 Commodore’s Message Vice Commodore Message Sailing Report Junior/Dinghy Report Power Report From the Archives New Members Calendar Dates

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club staff Chief Executive Officer Paul Bayliss Accountant Catherine Ramsey Communications Deb Hanrahan Yachting Operations Mgr Debbie Blaauw Yachting Operations Assistant Jenn Suffield Power Administrator Casey Walsh Accounts Assistant Karen Ozkara Administration Assistant Zoe Rostron Bosun Nathan Stronach Receptionist Pauline Rhodes Training Centre Principal Barry Martin Sailing Administrator Carol Martin Membership Coordinator Susan Ghent

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Contact us Keane’s Point, Peppermint Grove Western Australia T +61 8 9286 8200 F +61 8 9385 1483 www.rfbyc.asn.au rfbyc@rfbyc.asn.au FLAG OFFICERS Ian Clarke - commodore@rfbyc.asn.au Dean McAullay - vicecommodore@rfbyc.asn.au Peter Chalmer - rearcommsail@rfbyc.asn.au Matt Giudice - rearcommjuniors@rfbyc.asn.au Richard Williams - rearcommpower@rfbyc.asn.au Cover Photo - RFBYC Team flying the flag for WA at the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta. Story page 22

I would like to pay tribute to those Commodores who have come before me. Not just Peter Ahern and Richard Timms, with whom I have had the pleasure of working in my role as Rear and Vice Commodore respectively, but all Commodores who have come before me. They have played an integral part in our Club, and why it is as successful as it is today.

I am looking forward to making my own contribution, and want to thank all those who have offered me their best wishes and support, including all the Vice Patrons, my fellow Flag Officers and those on Committee. The old expression “if it ain’t broke – don’t fix it” comes to mind. RFBYC is especially strong at present. A key part of my role is to ensure we continue to have systems, programs and planning in place to ensure that our success continues well into the future.

Thank you also to the more than two hundred Members and guests who attended the recent Commodore’s Cocktail Party. It was very pleasing to have so many people join us, to congratulate Past Commodore Timms on the achievements over the past two years and to wish me well for my time as Commodore. I trust everyone enjoyed themselves as much as I did.

To all the members who attended the recent Annual General Meeting and supported the various motions put forward by your Committee, thank you. A lot of planning, analysis and debate goes into the motions put forward by Committee and it’s very gratifying to have the support of the Members.

I would like to acknowledge the support at the AGM for the constitutional amendments to allow for the formation of the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club Foundation. In my opinion the Foundation has the potential to play a major role in the funding of future capital works at RFBYC.

My challenge now is to find Members who share my passion for the Foundation, with relevant experience in fund raising, bequest programs and other activities Foundations undertake.

If that sounds like you, please make contact with me to discuss how together we might drive the RFBYC Foundation forward.

OPENING DAY

On a totally different topic, I’d like to announce an important change to Opening Day this year. For the first time in many years, the Dinghy/Junior Club Opening Day will be held on the same day as the ‘Senior’ Club – Saturday, 18 October.

With the dinghy and junior sailors sailing in the morning, the bigger boats sailing in the afternoon, and the power boats participating in the raft up and sail past, it will be a unique day on the Club’s calendar where all members can come together to celebrate the beginning of the new season.

It will be a wonderful spectacle. I encourage all members to participate, even if it’s just coming down to the Club for a look.

Food and refreshments will be available in abundance. Bring all your friends and family to help show off our Club to the community. Overflow parking will be available at Manners Hill Park, so please make use of it as parking in the Club’s grounds will be stretched to the limit.

Finally, and on a more personal note, I would like to thank my wife Kerry. I know it is only with her total support that I am able to give my time as Commodore my utmost endeavours.

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Dean McAULLAY Vice Commodore

Here we go with my first Tidings article as Vice Commodore. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the membership for supporting my appointment. It is very much a privilege to be able to represent the Club and the members and I look forward to the coming years attending to my roles with House and Membership.

A change has recently occurred with Susan Ghent appointed to attend to the membership requirements of the Club. Susan takes over from Debbie Blaauw and Casey Walsh who have been working tirelessly to ensure all runs smoothly in that department.

Our membership numbers have been steadily on the increase compared to the previous years at this time. The Committee and Sub Committees of the Club have been working on strategies to look at how we can attract new members and subsequently increase member participation both on and off the water.

One of the key areas to address is the 20 to 35 year old group. The Club is looking at ways to engage current relatively inactive members, attract new members and retain those members.

It’s not easy to do this with a number of factors at play such as the financial considerations, family commitments, work commitments and other competing interests. One thing we have seen is that this problem is not confined to our Club or sport. It is across the whole range of recreation activities and clubs.

In doing this we can never neglect our other member demographic groups. We, as a Club need to build and maintain the value of membership across the whole membership. That is not always easy but we believe we can make a difference and we can always strive to improve.

AROUND THE CLUB

There are several events on the horizon to keep you entertained. The combined Mess Night with Royal Perth Yacht Club has just been held. Sailing Opening day looms large on 18 October and this year the format will be changed to include the dinghy fleets from the Junior Club. The Melbourne Cup function will be bigger than ever and remains a key date on the calendar.

Another event which is a bit out of the ordinary is a show on September 19th with Austen Tayshus being the star attraction. We envisage a great night with a pub like feel. There will be a small cover charge with a cash bar operating for food and beverages. The content may not be for everyone but I am sure those who can remember back to the eighties and beyond will certainly have a smile on their face as they think of Australiana.

Finally, I would like to thank Commodore Ian Clarke and the members of the House and Membership Committees for their commitment to the cause over the past couple of years.

The Committees will remain largely unchanged moving forward. I wish Ian all the best in his new role as Commodore and have no doubt that you are in good hands.

The regular events such as the Quarterdeck Luncheon, Sunday Buffet Lunch, Sunday Breakfast and Thursday night Buffet are rolling along.

Attendances are generally good but could be better.

PETER CHALMER REAR COMMODORE SAIL

The AGM has come and gone and I now look forward to working with Ian, Dean, Richard and Matt for the next couple of years. Thank you to those that offered support and encouragement when I nominated for this position.

The Club has several members who have committed to new yachts over the winter period. I welcome all the new boats and skippers to our various fleets and wish them all well for the exciting sailing season approaching.

The Valmadre Series has again seen podium finishes for RFBYC yachts. Div 1 IRC was won by The Next Factor from MEII and Calm. Div 1 YAH results were MEII from Calm and The Next Factor. In Div 2 IRC The X Factor won from This Way Up. Div 2 YAH results gave The X Factor a second win.

Overseas we have members that have been racing for the Etchell World Championships (Doug and Greg Kerr and Luke Paterson), Phuket Race Week (Peter and Chaya Ahern, Scott Bailey, Mike Hughes, Peter Milner and Travis Keay), and the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race (Nick Davis).

JESS 2014 was a successful tour and was a wonderful experience for our up and coming juniors to test their skills on a world stage.

Neptune Racing (Sam Gilmour and team) have represented RFBYC overseas with podium finishes and also produced a back to back win for the 2014 Governor’s Cup in California.

Team Gilmour (Dave Gilmour and team) have represented RFBYC at the Stena Match Cup in Sweden and the Sopot Match Race in Poland.

Mess Night

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Melbourne Cup Committee

Brian Cain and his start team provide a great way to spend the afternoon.

Recently we have averaged over 20 starters and it’s still winter! Very few sins go unnoticed on the race course which makes for some fine camaraderie in the Bar afterwards.

The Frostbite Series has finished and results are: A Fleet – 1st Kite, 2nd Apo Kato, 3rd Calamari Run. A Fleet, IRC – 1st Well Primed, 2nd Apo Kato. B Fleet had 34 yachts racing and was won

by Jazz, 2nd Flash Back with Spirit of Olympia third. The Etchells Combined Championship was won by Heart Starter, 2nd Chicken Soup and 3rd All Care and No Responsibility.

Sea Safety Expo

The annual Sea Safety Expo Day has been organised for 14 September and I would encourage all sailing members to attend. Thank you for organising this day Manfred.

Tristan Brown was awarded 2014 Coach of the Year and also Coach of the Australian Sailing team for the Youth Olympics and the Australian Team Coach for the Laser Radial World Youth Championships.

AMS handicaps will be added to our systems for summer racing. RPYC is also adding AMS and SoPYC already use AMS. This will provide a handicap system that is common to all three Clubs. I look forward to the next invitation races between the Clubs to gauge its success.

Our 118th Opening Day is on 18 October and will see a few changes to the format of the day. The Club will combine the Junior and Senior Opening Days which should prove to be a spectacular day of sailing with the dinghies opening in the morning and the keelboats sailing in the afternoon. We have secured more car and trailer parking to be available in Manners Hill Park opposite the Club gates.

At home, Thursday afternoon is a strong favourite for those that can make time for such activities during the week and

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matt giudice REAR COMMODORE juniors

The RFBYC Dinghy Winter Series has now concluded with record numbers of participants across our entire dinghy fleets. With 130 boats and 170 sailors the Winter Series was a fantastic opportunity for sailors from across Perth to enjoy the 12 race series held from June to August.

Unfortunately, the weather was unkind to the sailors over the course of regatta, with three races cancelled due to excess wind.

The Winter Series cannot occur without the help of our many volunteers both on and off the water, it was especially pleasing to have so many volunteers from other yacht clubs help over the winter.

In July the Australian Youth sailing Team travelled to Tavira, Portugal for the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship.

Western Australia was well represented at the championships by Club members Emerson Carlberg & Lachy Gilmour (420 boys) and Alistair Young (Laser Radial boys), Nia Jerwood & Lisa Smith (420 girls, non-members) and along with

coach Belinda Stowell. The team had some fantastic individual results and the regatta was an experience many will never forget.

JESS TOUR

The JESS Tour has now returned from their trip to Northern Europe. The team, along with Coach Susan Ghent, competed in three regattas in Germany including Kiel Week the largest sailing regatta in the world. Expressions of interest for the 2015 JESS Tour will soon be released.

TRAINING UNDERWAY

Training is well underway for the 2014 Youth Inter-Club Youth Team Racing Championships. This year’s series will be held over two days, Saturday 20 & Sunday, 21 September. With over twenty sailors attending training, RFBYC will be entering at least two teams of seven sailors in the Championships. This is an exciting event to watch and easily viewed from the lawn at the Senior Club.

Christ Church Grammar School (CCGS) won the 2014 Australian Secondary Schools Team Racing Championships held at Woollahra Sailing Club in

Sydney’s Rose Bay. The winning CCGS team was made up of RFBYC members Lachy Gilmour, Max Giudice and Brendon Wright, with crewmen Aaron Wright, Liam Forrester and Tom Giudice.

Luc Tasker and Sam Gilmour coached the RFBYC based team and the win is a great result for CCGS / RFBYC sailing program.

With the AGM now behind us I find myself at the helm as Rear Commodore Power following on from Adam Hancock who has steered the ship so well in recent years. I have really enjoyed working on the Power Committee in previous years and now look forward to this new role at our great club I am so proud to be a member of.

The Junior Club coaching sessions will start to increase in preparation for the many National and Youth Championships being held this summer.

Many thanks to Claire Brittain who is taking the opportunity to stand down from the Power Committee after many years of valuable service and input. I look forward to welcoming some new faces in the coming months.

Club coach Grant Alderson is working on programmes for all of the dinghy classes including ocean based camps for those sailors competing off Fremantle. Keep an eye out in Dinghy Digest for the latest coaching information.

DINGHY CLUB

The Dinghy Club Busy Bee will be held on Saturday, 13 September 2014 from 0830 - 1130, please come down and support the club to prepare for the coming season. The Busy Bee is a bit of (hard) work followed by a sausage sizzle and morning tea. The dinghy storage yards and shed will be sorted out and boat spaces allocated so ensure that you are there to help!

OPENING DAY

RFBYC will be holding a combined Opening Day with the Senior Club this year on Saturday, 18 October 2014.

Dinghy racing will be in the morning followed by the Opening Ceremony and keelboat racing in the afternoon. There will be lots of great activities at the club and opportunities for dinghy sailors to participate in keelboats racing in the afternoon.

We are looking forward to getting back out on the water and a full summer of sailing. We have an exciting season ahead with regattas and coaching at RFBYC; I hope you enjoy your sailing.

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RICHARD WILLIAMS REAR COMMODORE power

WINTER TIME TRIALLING

We are now well advanced in the winter time trialling series and by the time you read this we will have completed the annual John Cowen and JM Zeffert Kylie Cup Memorial Day Time Trial events.

That leaves two remaining weekends of time trialling in September culminating on September 20 with our Closing Day Time Trial for Guest or Lady Skippers, which will be immediately followed by the award presentation I look forward to seeing you all at. Please stay on the lookout for more information on this event.

Further attempts to do battle with RPYC in our yet to be consummated interclub time trial series have unfortunately been postponed for a third year due to their Rear Commodore taking annual vacation. The beautiful trophy created

by RPYC for this event will have to wait another year!

After years of mild winter weather, time triallers this year have seen two early season events cancelled due to wild weather. For the other weekends we have been treated to more typical excellent winter afternoons to enjoy our post-event socialising on the club mooring.

With super-skipper, Terry Malloch having a well-earned break from competition in 2014 the battle for lowest points has been opened right up to the field. Bunn Lynn and Peter Wisbey aboard Endless Summer have been strong performer’s week in and week out, however in more recent weeks the rise of Bronzewing Kate has been impressive crewed by Rob and Fiona Cameron.

This culminated in Bronzewing Kate taking out Least Points Lost and Lowest Handicap Points on 9 July, a rare double at any time but even more commendable when you consider the challenges in steering a heavy, historic displacement vessel around the course that is neither capable of speeding up or slowing down to any great degree. Truly well done!

Well done also to Lachie and Lorna Lewis on TigKey and the Hammonds on Eastern Point who also have been regular visitors to the podium.

The heated battle for the Pathfinder 25 Trophy for an under 25 year old crew member was this year won by newcomer Caitlin Tremain on Enoteca. A great family effort.

If anyone would like to join the fun of time trialling please do not hesitate to make contact with me for more information. We would be delighted to take anyone interested out for run on any of the competing boats to see how it is done. While you need to be a regular participant to feature in the end of year results there are plenty of time triallers who are out there on a semi-regular basis having a go as we all understand the demands of modern life. Several of the boats are now using computer software for time keeping that makes the challenge of navigating easy to solve amongst friends and family. All in all it’s a great way to keep your boat ticking over in the winter months and have a lot of fun.

That about sums it up, I just want to emphasise that myself and fellow members of the Power Committee are trying to maximise ways for Club members to use their boats and socialise in a positive way as members of this great Club. We are open to any suggestion or idea that will assist in that goal.

I look forward to seeing you out there soon and encourage all power boat owners to be part of the Opening Day festivities on Saturday, 18 October in the sail past and raft up.

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JESS TOUR

by SUSAN GHENT The JESS 2014 Team competed in three international sailing events in Northern Germany in the 29er Class.

Six young sailors aged between 15 and 18 were selected earlier in the year. They were paired into helm and crew teams suitable for the 29er class and then commenced their pre tour sailing training programme and fundraising.

The three teams were, Emilia Horn with Andrew Briggs, Breanna Spencer with David Attwell, Hayley Clark with Kieran Webb and Suzzi Ghent as Coach/Manager. We departed Perth on 2 June to begin our four and a half week journey. On arrival to Frankfurt we followed in the footsteps of previous JESS Teams and made our way to our support base in Alfeld to be welcomed by Wolfgang and Marianne who provide an introduction to life in Germany. After collecting our equipment we navigated our way to a town called Gettorf in the north of Germany where we found our team house for the tour.

In our first week we prepared for the Young Europeans Sailing (YES) regatta in Kiel. It was a great introduction to international sailing events with Kiel Harbour putting on a well-run event with lots of different classes involved on several race areas. We had predominantly light winds and sunny conditions which was a nice ease in to racing in very large fleets. Of course we did get a few rain squalls and the expected cold conditions over the three day event.

Our teams had their ups and downs, all spent some time in the top few positions and learnt a lot from the tricky conditions.

Some valuable lessons were learnt in wind strategy and starting, a poor start in the light breeze made it difficult to progress through the fleet. Great learning for our teams as there is not often the opportunity to practise in such big fleet starts at home. All enjoyed the racing and placed well for their first overseas 29er event.

Between events we managed to fit in a couple of well-deserved fun days! We spent some time exploring Kiel city, browsing the shops and local area, team lunches and of course some JESS traditions like strawberry picking. We also kept up with household duties, study and started our own cooking contest,

JESS Masterchef. In usual helm and crew combinations the sailors raced each other in the kitchen and the meals were fantastic with all teams putting in a great effort, healthy main meals and dessert.

The next regatta was contested in Eckernförde which is a long narrow bay and there is a naval base next to the sailing club. Submarines cruising by provided an interesting sight. We began the German 29er Nationals with very strong winds and heavy rain and concluded with not much wind at all. Again this was a three day regatta and 60 boats were competing, mostly German teams.

Each of our teams showed good progress learning valuable lessons in starting and tactics in the larger fleets. On shore the sailors made friends with local German teams and enjoyed the after race meals in the boat shed.

Following the German Nationals, we had a week to prepare for the European Championship and also have some fun.

Our JESS Masterchef competition continued while we were not in competition phase. The final results tally was close.

Each team was scored by their fellow team mates in several categories with Suzzi’s scores worth double points. Emilia and Andrew led the scoreboard with their delicious meat, potato bake and salad dinner and the home made scrumptious brownie with fresh picked strawberries. Although, Bree snuck in some extra points for her and Dave for her additional efforts assisting Suzzi with cooking on race nights, chopping veggies and lending a hand. Maybe you can decide our winner!

Before a little adventure to Denmark, Kiel cranked up the wind dial for us with a nice windy day to give the sailors a shake up prior to a couple of days off. We had a great session with a few spills and some awesome rides. Our focus was on perfecting team procedures and being coordinated in the boat as a pair.

After a hard day on the water, we secured the boats ready for our tour to the north.

We explored Kolding in Denmark and visited some friends there who gave our team a lovely introduction to Danish living.

After a delicious home cooked meal the sailors were asked

whether they would like to tour to Aarhus on the next day or visit Legoland.

Legoland was only 40mins from Kolding and a good dose of famous Danish history. We had free time to go on the rides and look at the very clever Lego displays. We had fun in the haunted house and then a team lunch. Following our all you can eat lunch, Bree, Dave, Hayley and Kieran tested the roller coaster and thankfully were not ill while Emilia took Suzzi on a Lego boat ride and Andrew watched in embarrassment. Plenty of laughs before making our journey back to our house in Gettorf.

184 teams competed in the 29er European Championship as part of Kiel Week. The popular event in Kiel is an annual festival of sailing and other celebrations in the city. The sailing is spectacular with the Olympic Classes competing first up, followed by the International Classes event.

Racing was tough as expected but our teams raced well learning lots along the way. Winds were generally light. The fleet was split in to four groups for the three day qualifying series.

Teams were then ranked and regrouped again in to four groups for the two day finals. Hayley and Kieran made it in to gold fleet, fought the final series and finished the event in a credible 36th place.

Bree and Dave would have preferred stronger winds but the event was a fantastic learning experience for them especially in large fleet starting and tactics. Emilia and Andrew won their division in the final series and it was great for them to learn new strategies racing in the front of their group on the final two days.

All sailors in our team will take home new sailing skills and race strategies which they can continue to develop, the three events have been an excellent opportunity for each of them.

After our final pack up, we travelled back to Wolfgang and Marianne’s home to spend some time with them and explore the local area. We enjoyed Marianne’s delicious meals and journeyed to a local town called Hildesheim, one of the oldest cities in Germany with history dating back to 815. The highlight of this historical town was visiting the old museum in the Butchers’ Guild Hall, originally built in 1529, where we found out that even teenagers still enjoy colouring in and playing dress ups.

JESS 2014 was a positive experience both in sailing and life skills for our six young sailors. This exposure to international sailing competition and travel may launch the participants on to success as competitive sportspeople, inspire them in their studies or just assist with their development as they move on to adulthood and the workplace.

We thank everyone who assisted in making this tour possible and look forward to hearing the adventures of many future teams to follow.

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accustomed to over the past week. The time on the water was initially spent checking the equipment and giving it a good shaking in. Once Nia was out, soon after us, we began tuning and getting a feel for the boats and sails. As the conditions were very similar to previous days, we decided to head in and get set for the next day, day 1 of racing.

ISAF Youth Worlds

By Lachy Gilmour and Emerson Carlberg Following more than 24 hours of flying, driving, waiting, transferring and checking in luggage, we arrived at Tavira, a small village not far from one of Portugal’s main cities, Faro. Our hotel was Vila Galé where we would stay for the two week period beginning 7 July.

Although the town was relatively small, it seemed to serve most of our needs including regular water and muesli bar pick-ups from the local supermarket down the road. As well as this convenience, the yacht club was only a 2 minute drive away.

The main focus for the week leading up to the regatta was as Belinda described it, “to become a local in the shortest amount of time”. As the official regatta boats weren’t available until the 12th July, the team chartered a 420, a laser, a 29er and an RS:X from the local yacht club, as well as 2 coach boats ready for the team to use.

For the 3 days we spent on the water, we experienced light, fickle conditions changing into a late sea breeze producing about 10-12 knots from the south-west. This training gave us enough information to predict what the wind would tend to do as we went later into the afternoon. Racing against the Portuguese 420 sailors was really beneficial and allowed us to see what some of our competition will be like for the week of racing ahead.

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During the little amounts of down time that we had between team commitments, we decided to purchase a few badminton racquets and a net from the supermarket for a bargain price.

Within days it was attracting a number of athletes from other countries including New Zealand and Singapore. The food wasn’t as we imagined and we ate from a very international hotel buffet for breakfast and dinner and lunch consisted of ham, cheese and salad rolls from the supermarket.

Thanks to some early morning tactics from team leader Brendan Todd and coach Larry Cargill, the Australian Team was registered second, ensuring we got the jump on the other countries being able to get to our boats before the chaos. The boat allocation day was talked up to be a frantic rush and a long day in the sun, and turned out to be true. Unlike previous years, each team was provided a boat in all divisions, although it took that extra bit longer to get our boats rigged and ready.

We spent hours putting the boats together in a dusty gravel pit, which without shade, was heated to over 30º. As we assembled our brand new equipment, water and sunscreen were paramount in getting through the day. We made quick work of the construction process and were the first 420 on the water.

No coaches were allowed out on the water, and so we were left to our own devices. As we sailed out of the marina we were again greeted by light breeze which we had become

The practice race provided the competitors with the first real time everyone could compare themselves to one another in the fleet, and for Lachy and myself this was a big step having only competed once on an international level together, earlier this year. A long postponement on the water whilst waiting for wind, lengthened the process. Once it developed, the 32-boat fleet got underway after a false start, until racing was abandoned halfway through, to allow everyone get to the shore in time for the opening ceremony.

Before the first day of racing, the opening ceremony was conducted in an orderly fashion through the streets of Tavira.

Each country was gathered up, draped with flags, as we paraded through the streets in the early hours of the evening.

After wearing out our voices from chants and songs the official opening of the event was declared. With sore throats we retired to the hotel to get a good night’s rest after a long drawn out day.

The first day of real racing brought two races for both the girls and boys fleets, in a developing light sea breeze. The conditions were stable with even wind and long oscillations throughout the day. Lachy and I made a steady start to the regatta with a clean race, however couldn’t capitalise on a few instances. We finished the day with a 25th and 21st.

The following day brought a slightly later sea breeze that filled in, and by the time our first race got under way at 4pm, it had developed into a steady 5-8kts. Another two races were sailed into the early evening, as the sun only went down just before 10! On this day we managed a 24th and an improved 19th.

The next day similar to the two previous days was again light and stable however we were kept ashore due to lack of wind.

A common trend throughout the days was a local land breeze

onshore, which brought up to 10kts more wind in the boat park than on the water. This caused confusion and excitement in the boat park only to be disappointed when exiting the marina. On this day we placed 23rd and our best result of the regatta, a 17th.

The fourth day of racing was the slowest yet. We were held on shore for longer than normal again due to lack of wind and were forced to relax. Gradually the breeze filled in as it had throughout the week and the race committee surprisingly completed two races in a testing breeze. A 21st and a 19th was how we ended a challenging day on the Pacific Ocean.

One concluding race was scheduled for the final hours of the regatta, to determine the winners across the fleets. We were provided with a 7-10 knot breeze, allowing Lachy to stretch his legs a bit more than usual and get out on the wire for some tense racing. Unfortunately we didn’t finish with a great last race, placing 25th, however it provided us with a chance to reflect and take in as much as we could from the week.

The successful tour could not have been possible without the support of so many. Thanks to Zhik and Nautica for providing the team with technical and smart clothing, Nautivela for providing brand new boats, Zaoli Sails for providing the shiny cloth that everyone slaughtered throughout the week, all the parents of all the Australian Sailing Youth Team athletes for allowing them the opportunity. Also a big thank you must go to Jackie Healy and Fremantle Stone for their generous support, and to RFBYC for their financial assistance.

Thank you also to the Western Australian Institute of Sport, the Ron Tough Yachting Foundation as well as Yachting Australia, Yachting WA, MonkeyFist Marine, Optimum Time, DeckHardware and Barz Optics, all for their fantastic and generous sponsorship. Thank you to the organisers in Tavira who ran a great regatta, and a huge thank you to our coach, Belinda Stowell, for the many hours she put in to the hard work and training Lachy and I took part in to allow us to get to Portugal and enjoy the experience as much as we did.

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Warnemunde Woche 2014

BY Tristan brown

Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club

FARRAWA CUP SERIES 2014-2015 Sponsored by Vice Patron Bruce Campbell, OAM

Rockingham Race Weekend 29/30 November 2014 The Rockingham Race weekend starts with the Dolphin Race on Saturday, 29 November approximately 20 nautical miles. The race starts in Fremantle and finishes at The Cruising Yacht Club of WA (TCYC) in the waters of Cockburn Sound, Rockingham. Overnight moorings are available at TCYC; competitors will be ferried to shore to enjoy the warm hospitality and festivities at the TCYC Clubhouse.

The Gordon Craig Ocean Race returns

competitors to Fremantle on Sunday - the return race is along the coastline via various marks in Cockburn Sound to the finish line in Fremantle.

A Category 6 windward/leeward race is schedule prior to the Gordon Craig

Race on the Sunday. This weekend caters for all levels of sailing, safety and support vessels will be provided.

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67th Bunbury & Return Race After a long days travelling I finally arrived at Warnemunde, the venue for the German Europa Cup. I decided to attend this event as a warm up ahead of the World Laser Radial Championships in Poland in July.

During the event, a festival is also held in Warnemunde to really make the place a spectacle from the 5th – 13th July. Our racing was held from the 5th – 8th July. Thousands of people descend on this small location, many who have just stepped off their luxurious cruise liner for the day!

Unfortunately I didn’t receive my charter boat until very late the night before the regatta started so I was frantically setting it up ready for racing and desperate to get out onto the race course to test everything out. I eventually got the chance to do this when finished setting the boat up at 7:15pm! I went out for 45 minutes and everything seemed in order.

On the first scheduled day of racing we were postponed ashore all day due to a lack of wind. This had been all too common for European regattas this season with a similar situation having recently occurred at the Europeans in Croatia and Kiel Week in Germany. This cancellation gave me the chance to get out for a run to maintain some fitness.

On day two we spent 7 hours on the water for two races.

Again these races were held in very light winds and I was happy to come away with a 3rd and a 5th place in the 52 boat fleet.

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Day three saw more wind from a different direction, which resulted in some nice waves to catch downwind. I sailed well in these conditions to claim 1, 1, 3 in the three races that day to move up into 2nd overall. I had some good battles this day with the Belgian sailor who lead overall.

Day four we all launched in an offshore wind, which was shifting quite a lot. After a long period sitting around out there waiting for the course to be laid, we started a race but this was eventually abandoned mid-way through. All racing was then cancelled for the day meaning that I would finish in 2nd overall one point off 1st!

Congratulations to the other WA sailors on their results in the event: Brad Utting (6th Laser Radial) & Mark Spearman (5th Laser Standard & 2nd U21).

This event was a great warm up event to get my mind back into bigger fleet and longer course racing and I look forward to using this to my advantage going forward towards the World Championships.

Thank you to Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club Fremantle Sailing Club, the Ron Tough Yachting Foundation, WA Laser Association, Optimum Time and Monkeyfist Marine for their continued support!

The Bunbury & Return Ocean Race is Western Australia’s oldest and most prestigious Bluewater Event and a key race for the Farrawa Cup Series. This 169 nautical mile, Category 3 race is always a rewarding, yet challenging race.

Competing yachts

will have a boat start at Fremantle, race down the coast to a mark boat at Bunbury and then return along the coast to finish off Fremantle. The Bunbury & Return Ocean Race will be scored as double points in the Farrawa Cup Series to reflect the significance of this race.

Farrawa Cup Scoring

Scoring towards the Farrawa Cup Series will be as follows:

- Three races will make up the Farrawa Cup Series consisting of the Dolphin, Gordon Craig Memorial and the Bunbury & Return Ocean Races. All races to count.

- Bunbury & Return Race counts as double points.

- For the purposes of the Farrawa Cup Scoring, the Bunbury & Return Race will be recalculated as per the splits from the Rockingham Weekend.

- All boats will sail the same course in each race resulting in an overall winner for the Farrawa Cup Series. The winner will be announced at the Farrawa Cup Prize Night to be held on Thursday, 5 February 2015.

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Europa Cup Poland

BY Tristan brown Following Warnemunde Woche, Brad Utting and I travelled from Germany to Poland with Irish Laser coach Ben Lynch. This meant that we were travelling in a seven seated van with six lasers and coach boat behind! In what we thought was going to be a relatively short journey, it ended up taking 5 ½ hours due to traffic and road conditions.

Once arriving in Dziwnow, Poland the location for the upcoming Europa Cup and World Laser Radial Championships we quickly got settled in by collecting our charter boats and setting them up ready for racing.

I took my boat for a short practice sail prior to the event starting on the 11th July and this was a great experience with the fun downwind rides on such big waves making up for the upwind slog required to enjoy them.

To get out to the racecourse you have to sail out of a small canal and then out onto the ocean (similar to sailing down the river out from the old Fremantle traffic bridge and then out onto the ocean).

On day one of racing the conditions were crazy, 25 knots of wind with some of the biggest swell I have ever been sailing in. I managed to come out of this long, hard day leading with a 1, 1, 2 scorecard having many close battles with the three time Polish World Radial Champion Marcin Rudawski. My brand new mast top section unfortunately didn’t handle these conditions too well, resulting in a significant bend.

Day two of racing the conditions were slightly more moderate with 15-18 knots for the first two races and 7-10 knots for the third race of the day. I again had a consistent day with a 2, 1, 2 scorecard to maintain my lead. Unfortunately in the first race of the day (when in a close battle with Marcin) I went to tack on his transom going around the top mark and my foot missed the hiking strap, resulting in a capsize and me losing my favourite sunglasses!

The final day of the event was very different, with a totally different wind direction and a much shiftier, lighter wind. I had extremely poor starts in both races to find myself well back in the fleet on both first upwinds. However, I used my downwind speed to my advantage to claw my way back through the fleet to end up with a 15th and a 2nd in the two races for the day.

Bouncing back in the second race meant that I had managed to win the Europa Cup on the World Championships waters.

A great confidence boost ahead of the main event, the World Laser Radial Championships in one weeks time!

Thank you to Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, Fremantle Sailing Club, the Ron Tough Yachting Foundation, WA Laser Association, Optimum Time and Monkeyfist Marine for their continued support!

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World Laser Radial Men’s Championships 2014 Report

by Tristan Brown

The 2014 World Laser Radial Men’s Championships were recently held in Dziwnow, Poland from the 19th – 25th July. Brad Utting, Conor Nicholas, Lachy Gilham, Ben Gunther, Finn Alexander, Alistair Young, James Burman, Jeff Loosemore and myself represented Australia in this event.

I contested two Europa Cup events as warm up events (in Warnemunde, Germany and one at the regatta venue in Poland) and placed 2nd and 1st respectively. After winning the Europa Cup at the regatta venue against three time Polish World Champion Marcin Rudawski I was feeling confident. Following this I had an extra weeks training in Dziwnow in preparation for the main event.

Dziwnow is very new to sailing with the marina only being built six months prior to our arrival at the World Championships, however, the regatta staff were very friendly and even helped us arrange new accommodation after the local caravan park was not suitable due to its condition and loud music each night!

The weeks training prior to the event was all done in very light winds, however, once day 1 of the regatta came around it was a completely different story. The wind was back to the same direction as the Europa Cup and was regularly hitting 20 knots. I struggled to round the top mark in the front bunch and consequently ended up with an 8th and a 5th to start the event.

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The 76 boat fleet was all started in one fleet and this meant that there was big potential for gains or losses from the start of the event as opposed to the normal Qualifying and Finals format where the fleet is split into two. This resulted in many general recalls each start with all races started under the black flag.

On day 2 we were presented with very similar conditions 15-20 knots and a reasonable sized swell. This resulted in the heavier sailors who had dropped down from the Laser Standard rig dominating the leaderboard. I had my worst day of the event getting stuck on the wrong side of the course, scoring a 21st and 7th. After this day it was quite clear that it was going to be hard for me to defend my World Championship and I just had to try and remain positive and continue to fight for every position.

Day three I finally managed to string together two good races to end the day with an 8th and a 3rd. I was really happy to finally make some inroads into the top five sailors after struggling to round the top mark in the first group. As always if you have good speed and can round the top mark in the top group the race becomes a whole lot easier in clear air with a bit of space!

Day four started in lighter winds of about 12 knots. I had a good start and continued to chip away at the top group throughout the hour-long race. Going into the final downwind I was in 2nd place and managed to overtake downwind to claim my first race win of the regatta. About time!

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Unfortunately a poor start in race two cost me and I could only get back to 12th place.

Congratulations to the other West Australians competing on their results:

This left me in 5th overall going into the final day, however, this wasn’t really realistic as with the 2nd drop (which came into play after Race 10) I would slip back to 6th overall. I knew if I had a good final day and things fell my way that I could sneak up onto the podium.

13th – Alistair Young 21st – Conor Nicholas 35th – Brad Utting 45th - Lachy Gilham

My final day didn’t get underway how I had planned with a terrible first upwind. After fighting my way through the fleet the entire race I ended up finishing 10th. This meant that I could not beat the Belgian sailor overall as he had managed to get back to 3rd in the race after also being deep in the fleet.

The final race of the championships was one of my best, with a really good start and the ability to cross the fleet off of the line, I was tussling for 1st position the entire race with a Spanish sailor.

Unfortunately I was not able to get past, eventually finishing the race in 2nd by one metre at the finish line!

This good result in the final race meant that I finished 4th overall and 2 points off of 3rd! Polish sailors Jonasz Stelmaszyk and Marcin Rudawski claimed 1st and 2nd respectively, whilst Belgian sailor William De Smet finished third overall.

In the end I was happy to salvage a respectable result out of an event that didn’t really go my way, but still very disappointed to relinquish my World Championship title. I learnt a lot from the event and look forward to working on the weaknesses I have identified and will be even more determined to try and get the title back next year wherever that may be! Competing at these events is not possible without a tremendous amount of support.

I must thank Belinda Stowell for her input coaching throughout the regatta and to Arthur Brett for his advice from home, my parents for their ongoing support, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, Fremantle Sailing Club, the Ron Tough Yachting Foundation, WA Laser Association, Optimum Time, and Monkeyfist Marine for their continued support.

I now look forward to coaching the Australian team at the World Laser Radial Youth Championships also in Dziwnow, Poland starting soon.

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100 DAYS OF EUROPE (PART two)

BY LUKE ELLIOT

Once the regatta in Italy was over there was no time for a rest. I was straight back on the bike and in the gym rebuilding my fitness and losing some weight in the lead up to the final regatta of my journey, the Open European Championships.

After a good week of training the team made the road trip to Croatia, some catching the ferry from Italy into Split, while Mitch, Jeremy and I made the trip through Slovenia. The journey was our last together but probably the smoothest as we had become very efficient at travelling together.

Once on sight in Split we found our apartment and settled into a routine of sailing and cycling as we got used to the different conditions that the Adriatic coast brought us. After a week of settling in a small training regatta was organized consisting of some of the best Laser sailors in the world.

Over 5 days we raced as practice for the European Championships. We lost two of the days to no wind and the racing that we had was tricky.

When racing began we got some very tricky and fickle qualifying races in but each day seemed to be getting longer and longer as the committee tried to get the racing away.

I took a lot away from the regatta and it gave me some expectations for what the main event would be like. On the final night of the event the top 9 sailors raced off in a night race in the marina with the winner walking away with 500 euro. It was great racing and heaps of fun to watch with some of my friends competing in the racing.

Unfortunately I just didn’t have the speed I needed to hang in with the top guys and my performance suffered. For the first time this season I placed in the silver fleet. That was a hard pill to swallow but in the end it seems I didn’t really miss out on anything.

After the fun it was now down to business. We had a couple more days of training and fine tuning before the championship began and we did our best to make the most of it. Although in a sport which is weather dependent, there are a few factors you can’t control and one of those is the wind.

The wind gods saw fit to make the water glassy for the final three days of the regatta with only the gold fleet getting one race away. A bit of an anticlimax to the trip but considering how good we had had it for the majority of the journey I wasn’t going to complain.

I stayed in Split for one more day before catching the ferry out of Split, heading towards Italy with fellow Western Australian Matt Wearn. We had been given the mission to drive the team car and trailer up to Germany while Mark Spearmen and Ben Walkemeyer took my van and boats off to Kiel for their regattas. Matt and I got to Germany two days later before I caught the train to Amsterdam and came home.

In all the 100 days I spent in Europe changed my view on sailing and gave me some very good friends that I’m sure I’ll know for the rest of my life. Now I’m preparing for my next journey so there’s no time to stop. A camp in Sydney soon followed by two weeks in Japan coaching the Australian 4.7 Worlds team, and finally returning to Europe for the ISAF Sailing World Championships.

I just want to say a massive thank you to Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club for their ongoing support of my Olympic campaign, without it my dream would be impossible.

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The Laser Standard Europeans in Split Croatia

By Mark Spearman My journey to the European Championships in Split, Croatia started with my transition to the Laser Standard Rig in August last year. I had been successful in the youth class of the Laser Radial and wanted to turn that success into a strong starting point in the Olympic Class.

The Europeans were the toughest event I have ever competed in; it had 132 contenders from roughly fifty countries all looking to do well in it. Most of these were full time sailors with years of experience in the Laser standard rig. Understanding this, my goal was not to post a certain result in the regatta but to learn and improve from it.

After a large training block and polishing off my first semester of University, I headed to Split, travelling with another Western Australian, Ben Walkemeyer, and Queenslander, Will Bates. We arrived a week before the regatta started and used this time to get some good training days in. The wind would consistently come in at about 1pm with a sea breeze similar to Perth. At this stage, I was thinking, this is going to be a great regatta with moderate winds and nice weather. Unfortunately I could not have been more wrong.

When the regatta started we managed to get 5 races done in the first 3 days of the regatta. On day 3 a huge storm hit on the way in. It was 35knots plus and all the boats had to be towed in. Many of the sailors including myself had only been wearing rash vests and were finding the tow very cold and not enjoying it one bit. This storm absolutely killed the wind for the rest of the week and although we still went out for 8 hours on each of the next two days, we did not manage to do any more races.

On the last day, there was another storm and we were not even able to leave the shore.

In the first four races I really struggled with my starts but made this a focus point to improve. Starting in a big fleet of experienced sailors is very different to starting at home with ten or twenty boats on the start line. Thankfully I did improve and in the fifth race my start was much better. We then had many practise starts in the last two days on the water but the wind was too shifty or light so they had to be called off. Unfortunately because I struggled to get off the start line, my race results were not the best and I ended up in 80th position in the middle of silver fleet.

I feel I learnt a lot from the Laser European Championships in Split and hope to use what I learnt about starting in my next three regattas in Europe. I am now travelling to Kiel in Germany to compete in the Kiel Olympic week. Although this event will not be quite as highly contested, it will still be a 90 boat fleet of a strong level.

I would like to thank the Ron Tough Foundation, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, Fremantle Sailing Club, my parents and the Western Australian Institute of Sport for all there continual support of my Laser sailing campaign.

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The Australian Women’s KeelBoat regatta: St Kilda Victoria 2014 by trish ford Day 2 came with lighter winds but a left over slop from the day before. The second race was the ‘long distance’ race around fixed marks. As we found out most of the fixed marks are identical (a bit like the Swan River racing marks!) and working out exactly which one to go around was interesting especially as we were sometimes the first one there!

We also had a few problems with the spinnaker halyard snap shackles so became very slick at doing a bareheaded spinnaker set. All a good learning experience for the crew.

The lighter, smaller boats revelled in these conditions and we finished well out of the placings under handicap.

The forecast was no wind on the last day which is why Louise Hutton, our race officer, wanted to get ahead of schedule. She did a brilliant job and we went ashore knowing that we had a regatta despite what the weather gods might throw at us the next day.

Day 3 dawned with only one race to go. There was a slight delay waiting for the wind to settle and then we were off.

Lighter winds meant that Christine was outpaced by some of the smaller, lighter boats and we could not match our day one performance on the scoreboard.

The Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta began as a Melbourne event in 1991 and it took WA twenty-four years to make its first appearance! It is a great concept and relies on members and other Port Philip Bay sailors donating their boats to the womens’ teams for the weekend. 22 entries in total ranging from J24’s, S80’s Adams 10 , Flying Tiger up to a Bavaria Match 38 and a Beneteau First 44.7. All would be sorted out with the handicapping!

The RFBYC team were fortunate to be offered Christine – a Beneteau 44.7 – for the regatta. The size of the boat meant that we were able to offer the experience to maximum crew! There were 9 of us in total and we wanted it to be an extension of the Womens Keelboat experience that we have been running on the Wednesday twilights during the last few summers. Three of us had experience of sailing in regattas at this level and on a boat of this size and for the other six it proved to be a huge adventure and learning experience!

Before we went to Melbourne we had been fortunate in that Ross McLaren, the owner of French Kiss – a similar boat to Christine, had lent us his boat to do some practice.

We had several training sessions together with some Thursday afternoon races which made a big difference to our confidence when we got to Melbourne.

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A great team effort and we finished 5th in the EHC & AMS results and 3rd in IRC. Not bad for a first attempt! Alison Binks in Tigris (Flying Tiger 10) sailed a great regatta to win overall.

This is their 4th year and the weather was on their side this year. RMYS put on a great regatta and are looking forward to a bumper entry next year to celebrate their 25th event.

Many thanks to Ross and his crew for all of their help and support and to Gordon Blaauw who came out on one of the training sessions. It made a big difference, as when we went aboard Christine, she was set up in practically the same way.

Thanks for the great support from the Club from the crew of Christine!

Trish Ford (skipper) Sandy Anderson (helm) Jodi Earnshaw (foredeck) Sarah Munachen, Brenda Moore, Cordelia Moore, Caroline Gibson, Renia Edwards, Jenny Spearman.

We all arrived on the Thursday ready to do some practice on the boat the next day before the regatta started on the Saturday. We met the owner, Paul Bunn, who showed us over the boat and took us out for a quick spin. A steep learning curve including reversing into the pen starting from outside the marina much to the amusement of the rest of the crew but it worked really well! Paul was fantastic and once we had negotiated the marina unassisted he left us to ‘practice’.

Unfortunately the weather gods were not on our side and there was no wind! Lovely sunny day but less than 5 knots of breeze. Still chilly compared to Perth!

Thank goodness for the experience on French Kiss back in Perth. By the end of the first day Port Phillip had flung everything at us. We started in sunshine and light westerly winds and by the end of race 3 we were dealing with short rain squalls and 18 knot winds out of the south west. The performance based handicap EHC was the primary scoring system but there were also divisions in AMS & IRC for those boats that had certificates. The heavier winds favoured us and we finished with good results at the end of Day 1 leading in EHC & 2nd in IRC. However the EHC is a moveable feast and we found ourselves as scratch boat the next day!

comments from the crew The event was based on 3 handicapping systems so we never knew how we had done until in the bar later for the presentations.

“Days 2 and 3 were much lighter and we managed to send a couple of halyards up the mast – ably retrieved by Jodi on the bow. Jodi was our master of problem solving – what ever went wrong she found a way to fix things. Sarah and Brenda worked along side Jodi on the foredeck with Renia and Caroline trimming. Cordelia was of great assistance wherever needed, I was on main and Sandy steered the boat. Trish cracked the whip making sure we all knew what we had to do, as well as being tactician and helping out whenever she was needed (which was most of the time).”

- Jenny

“Well the weather was glorious but the jib halyard not so glorious (slippery little sucker!!). Overall we came 3rd (IRC).

So close!! An awesome weekend of sailing. Thanks must go to our hell helmsman Sandy, masterful main Jenny, tenacious tactician Trish, tireless trimmers Renia and Caroline, fearsome foredeckies Jodi and Sarah and our spanking spinnaker wrangler Brenda. So fantastic sailing with you all!”

- Cordelia

“Thanks must be extended to Ross (French Kiss) who bravely let 9 women onto his boat for training and his crew for sharing their knowledge and experience with us over several weeks. Training and support provided by RFBYC in the lead up to the event, including the states in May, were invaluable. It is great that the Club continues to promote female sailing events, and give us the opportunity to develop our skills.”

- Sarah

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Calender of events SEPTEMBER to NOVEMBER 2014 7 September

Father’s Day

11 September

Thursday Mid Week Racing PM

14 September

Sea Safety Expo All Day

18 September

Thursday Mid Week Racing PM

19 September

RFBYC Presents Austen Tayshus

20 September

Power Closing Day

20 - 21 September

YWA Interclub Youth Team Racing Championships

25 September

Thursday Mid Week Racing PM

27 October

AFL Grand Final

2 October

Thursday Mid Week Racing PM

3 October

Quarterdeck Lunch

9 October

Thursday Mid Week Racing PM

11 October

Pre-season Coaching for all Keelboats 1400 Hrs Briefing 12.30PM

12 October

Pre-season Coaching for Dinghies

16 October

Thursday Mid Week Racing PM

18 October

RFBYC Opening Day for all Fleets Senior and Junior Club

22 October

1st Twilight Sailing

23 October

Thursday Mid Week Racing

25 October

Club Racing

26 October

Swan River Retro Series - RPYC

29 October

Twilight Sailing

30 October

Thursday Mid Week Racing

1 November

Club Racing

4 November

Melbourne Cup

5 November

Twilight Sailing

6 November

Thursday Mid Week Racing / Anniversary Race

7 November

Quarterdeck Lunch

8 November

Club Racing Windward / Leeward Racing for all fleets

12 November

Twilight Sailing

13 November

Thursday Mid Week Racing

15 November

Club Racing

16 November

Swan Riving Retro Series - RPYC

19 November

Twilight Sailing

20 November

Thursday Mid Week Racing

21 November

IRC Big Boat Demo Racing PM

22 November

Governor’s Cup start at RFBYC Finish at RPYC - 1330Hrs Sprint Series for Etchells, Dragons / Flying 15 - 1500Hrs

26 November

Twilight Sailing

27 November

Thursday Mid Week Racing

29 November

Club Racing

29 - 30 November

Rockingham Race Weekend

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Offshore Social Sailing Adventures

RFBYC - Cruising in Company 2014/1015 Provisional Program

Classic Cruising Event 27 December - 15 January - Geograph Bay and all Ports Join in for all or any section Briefing: Thursday, 17 December Cruise Captain: Ron Kempin

2014 Cruising Events

2015 Cruising Events

2015 Cruising Events

27, 28 & 29 September Cape Hookway Warnbro Briefing: 25 September Cruise Captain: Ron Kempin

17 & 18 January To Be Advised Briefing: 15 January Cruise Captain: TBA

4 & 5 April Mangles Bay Briefing: 2 April Cruise Captain: TBA

25 & 26 October Mangles Bay Rockingham Briefing: 23 October Cruise Captain: Ron Kempin

7 & 8 February Newnham Bank Rockingham Briefing: 5 February Cruise Captain: Ron Kempin

16 & 17 May Pig Trough Bay Garden Island Briefing: 14 May Cruise Captain: Ron Kempin

22 & 23 November Newnham Bank Rockingham Briefing: 20 November Cruise Captain: TBA

28 February - 1 & 2 March Cape Hookway Warnbro Briefing: 26 February Cruise Captain: Ron Kempin

1 & 2 June Butt Bay Rockingham Briefing: 29 May Cruise Captain: Ron Kempin

Enquiries: Ron Kempin

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This is a time of the year when couta boats in particular need some time dedicate to repairs and maintenance.

In particular, the hot, dry Western Australian summers play games on the timber boats. By just sitting in the pen, above waterline planks exposed to continuous sun tend to loose moisture and plank shrinkage causes water ingress when heeling during a race.

When you least expect it, many a boat experiences water ingress during a beautiful hot sailing day in summer, during a stiff sea breeze the water building in the bilge plays havoc with the ballast of the boat. Where heeling aids moisture retention in wooden boats, those not sailed on a regular basis often find themselves gaining weight as the race progresses.

Deck caulking starts to ooze in days when the temperature reaches into the high 30’s and early 40’s leaving a black stain on a new jib or jib sheet or a washing nightmare for those who wash the sailing outfits later in the week. Without warning, a moderate breeze turns a brisk tack into a nightmare when the uninvited water ballast moves inboard or a late release of a jib sheet causes uncontrolled excessive heel and the close to the waterline couta slides beneath the water within seconds. With no buoyancy assistance, the sinking is permanent until salvage crews return the boats to the surface. Four such sinking’s of couta boats have occurred on the Swan over the years, only to be refloated ready for sailing once the engine and transmissions oils are replaced.

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With no winches, stamina for young and old is a necessary requirement for crewing these beautiful boats of a bygone era.

With a huge sail area, in a stiff breeze there is no time for a slow jib set otherwise the foredeck crew will lose the set in no time and suffer the wrath of their competitive skipper.

Oh the joys of sailing and owning a couta boat!

The fleet is always on the lookout for new crew and is happy to take someone out for the experience. Fleet Captain Martin Jurat is happy to be contacted by anyone looking to make a foray into couta sailing.

Phone - 0428 213 182 Email - martin@amandaenergy.com.au The photos show a portion of the RFBYC couta fleet at rest during winter with a brilliant winter sun reflecting off the hulls after a brief rain shower. Eclipse on the hardstand is being prepped for the forth coming season and Shannon in the Dragon Shed undergoing a relatively large refurbishment by her syndicate.

Frederic Flipo seen standing on Shannon is not only a new member to the fleet but he and his family only arrived in Australia last September from France. Frederic arrived in the West last September with his family to live permanently after commuting for the last 25 years between France and Australia.

Originally from Lille, a city in the North of France, close to the Belgium border and the English Channel, his family business used to be involved in the wool industry and thus his reason for the commutes to Western Australia.

Now living between the ocean and river, Frederic was very much tempted to become involved in sailing and fortunately because of some long term friends who were always involved with boats, had the chance to jump on board “Shannon” and to be part of the team.

Frederic really enjoyed the last sailing season; he found the couta boat a lovely boat even if she needs a lot of maintenance, affection and time. He and the other members of the syndicate, Peter Kohlen, Michael Cartwright & Guy Leclezio are on their way to refurbishing “Shannon” and in Frederic’s words “expecting to be a bit better than last year!!! Watch out and let‘s see what will happen next season...”

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Valmadre 2014

by Bryan Thurstan The FSC Valmadre Cup series wrapped up on Saturday 2 August with the final race, the Voladora. Forty yachts lined up for the start, spread over three fully crewed divisions & double handed. Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club were well represented in Divisions 1 & 2.

Serious Regatta and even more fun ashore!

Event Information

Host Club - Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club | Venue: RPYC Annexe | Free Berthing for all Competing Yachts | Race Area: Off Fremantle |Format of Racing: Windward/leeward, short and long passage races |Cat of Racing: Division 1,2 & 3 - Category 4; Double-Handed - Category 3 | Race Program: Friday—from 1555; Saturday & Sunday—from 0925; Monday from 0855 (off water by midday) | Entries Close—Monday, 19 January 2015 at 17:00 | Entry Fee—To facilitate generous onshore regatta hospitality, and to improve fairness amongst competitors, entry fees have been graduated according to crew size as detailed on the Yacht’s IRC Certificate; Up to 4 Crew—$250.00; 5 – 6 Crew—$300.00; 7 – 8 Crew—$350.00; 9 – 10 Crew—$400.00; 11 + Crew—$450.00 | Courses will be detailed in the Supplementary Sailing Instructions & Club website prior to the event | Social Program will be released in the coming months |

Further Details Contact RFBYC Debbie Blaauw or Jenn Suffield | www.rfbyc.asn.au | offshore@rfbyc.asn.au | 9286 8200

The 25nm race on Gage Roads is normally done by midafternoon, but a spell of light breeze between the fickle easterly & fresh southerly change made for a long day, with some wildly changing fortunes.

The combined Division 1 & 2 start was the usual aggressive affair, with not even the empty threat of a black flag making the skippers hold back. A general recall ensued, sending everyone back to the end of the start sequence. Division 3 & DH started in a much more civilised manner, before the brutes of Division 1 & 2 blasted off again.

Division 1 results were once again a RFBYC smash-fest.

Tony Mitchell’s TP52 Calm was first and fastest, but took an honourable RAF after they learnt they had rounded a mark in the wrong direction. This allowed Dave Walling’s The Next Factor to grab the bullet, and the overall series victory. Second in the series was Peter Hickson’s MEII, with Calm taking out 3rd.

Division 2 was also dominated by RFBYC, with Alan Stein’s The X Factor duking it out with Bryan Thurstan & Hamish Maddern This Way Up. The competition between these two boats is always close & intense, but this time The X Factore managed to upset This Way Up’s normal dominance, and grab the win.

Perhaps it was sail maker Will Hammond’s steering and that new No.1 Ice jib. The overall series win in Div 2 went to The X Factor with This Way Úp in second. A special mention also goes to Ian Clyne with Joss, making their first offshore series appearance, and Simon Posser with Sante, also waving the RFBYC flag.

Division 3 was dominated by FSC and RPYC yachts, with no entrants from RFBYC. Div 3 is typically boats with IRC ratings of 1.02 or less. The RFBYC Div 1 & 2 river fleets have many competitive boats that would fit into this rating, and could do a fine job upsetting the offshore Div 3 status quo. Get to it people!

The netx offshore race will be the 14-15 season opener, the FSC George Law race around Rottnest Island on Saturday 20th September. Expect a strong contingent from RFBYC to be out there leading from the front.

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Rockingham Race Weekend Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 November 2014

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67th Bunbury & Return Ocean Race Saturday, 17 January 2015

67th Bunbury & Return Ocean Race counts towards the 2014-2015 Farrawa Cup Series.

Category 3: Divisions 1, 2 & Double Handed.

Entries close: Monday, 24 November 2014.

Further enquiries: Jenn—offshore@rfbyc.asn.au

Dolphin Race & Gordon Craig Race count towards the 2014-2015 Farrawa Cup Series Rockingham Race Weekend moorings and ferry service provided by TCYC Entries close: Monday, 24 November 2014 Further enquiries: Jenn—offshore@rfbyc.asn.au 28

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You can register your interest in participating in either the Race or Rally or the Beyond Bali Cruise by registering on the website www.fremantlebali.com.au to receive the latest news or call Race Director Rob Thomas 0411 704 834 with questions.

Bob Kucera, Fremantle Sailing Club Past Commodore and Event Chair said he was delighted by the enthusiasm for the ninth Fremantle to Bali event and pleased to announce that Sunday May 17th has been set for the event start from Fremantle.

In 2015 the event will see a return to staggered start times for the two fleets with the Rally set to get underway on Sunday 17 May, six days ahead of the faster race yachts which will start their dash to Bali on Saturday 23 May.

“This is a fantastic event and at 1440 nautical miles is one of the longest international blue water classics on the Australian yachting calendar – more than twice the distance of the Sydney Hobart.” he said.

Amongst those who have registered is RFBYC member Tony Mitchell who will sail his TP52 Calm in the 2015 race to follow on from his 2013 success when he took off line honours in the super-maxi Super Sled with a crew comprised mostly of his regular offshore crew plus young and talented sailors from the Club to smash the previous record set by Alan Brierty’s Limit in 2011 by five hours.

Other club members who also made their mark in the 2013 Fremantle to Bali Race were Paul Eldrid and Scott Disley with their boat General Lee taking off handicap honours and finishing the race for an elapsed time of 7days 21hours 53minutes and 24 seconds.

If the Fremantle to Bali is one of your “must sail in events” now is the time to register your interest for Western Australia’s most exciting and exotic blue water race and rally which links the historic port of Fremantle with Bali and the exotic Indonesian archipelago.

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To provide a dazzling on-water display of race and rally yachts and spectator vessels both the race and rally boats will be on the course on Sunday 17 May as the rally boats depart for Bali. On that day the race boats will compete in a day race in Gage Roads as a warm up to their official race start on the following Saturday.

Beyond Bali completes the adventure In 2013 after many superb social events at the Sanur Beach Hotel following the arrival of boats, a fleet of fifteen boats participated in the Beyond Bali event cruising in-company from Bali to the Gili Islands, Lembongan, Komodo, Labuan Bajo and onwards to a Kupang exit for some yachts with others continuing along Timor to visit Timor Leste before sailing to Australia. Beyond Bali will again be a part of the event offerings.

For the third time The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy Indonesia is the naming sponsor for WA’s only international yacht race, providing a fine partnership with Fremantle Sailing Club. The Ministry is enthusiastic about welcoming visitors to Bali and Indonesia and keen to introduce sailors to the warm welcomes and remarkable, exotic sailing available in Indonesia’s cruising grounds.

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COMMODORES COCKTAIL PARTY 15 AUGUST 2014

Past Commodore’s Lament There’s someone in my car park – aark!

Now that I am no danger, the staff treat me as a stranger.

Albeit fleeting, I yearn for a meeting, But no email, no call – actually nothing at all!

Oh! Blast! Relevance Deprivation Syndrome It has found me a last now I’m home alone.

I tip my cap to my flags and committee, who hid my baggage and kept watch over me without them I know, that I would.

Never have looked, nearly so good.

To my fellow members, well, it has been a pleasure.

Full of memories that I will long treasure But if you corner me now to utter a protest, In my new freedom, I couldn’t care less!

By Richard Timms

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Learn to Sail Classes at RFBYC

School Holiday Fun RFBYC will be running childrens’ holiday courses during the coming summer school holidays.

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Member Proposer Craig Knell Dean McAullay Patrick Stirling Phillipa Packer Michael Stirling Phillipa Packer Daniel John Bahen Chris Sutherland Paul Bihler Barry Johnston Christopher Navarro Ross Norgard Timothy Harrison James Kornweibel Philip Tornatora Craig Readhead

Seconder Elise Manners Paul Sullivan David Stirling David Michael Graham Stafford Robert Parker Grant Alderson Michael Sier

Member Proposer Andrew Buchan Grant Alderson Jessica Bihler Barry Johnston Matilda Shaw Simon Whitaker Emily de Longville Leonardo Gallucci

Seconder Matt Giudice Luke Paterson Conrad Todd Fiona Roche

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Week 1 - Monday 29th September to Friday 3rd October 2014 Week 2 - Monday 6th October to Friday 10th October 2014 Conducted on the safe, sheltered waters of Mosman Bay, the Club offers a range of courses designed for children 6 years and upwards, for complete novices to learn to race. Fees start from $160 for Little Tackers (10 hours) including use of Club boats and safety equipment.

ASSOCIATE

Member Proposer Sally Bihler Barry Johnston Lillian Clinton Ross Norgard Celia Patrick Richard Lynn Kate Leaversuch Peter Barblett

Recreational Skippers Ticket courses available for children 14 years and over. Participants must be able to swim and be water confident.

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SPecial members Announced

Membership applications (with signature and endorsement of two Members with five+ years membership) must be submitted to the Membership Administrator by post or email – 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 applications will be invited to attend an interview by the Membership Committee on the first Monday of the following month or thereafter.

Membership Applications are placed on the Notice Board for a period of 26 days (except Junior members) All membership applications which progress to the next stage of the membership process will be ratified by General Committee on the last Tuesday of the month.

The following members were recently elected to special membership of the club.

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Tuesday, 4 November from 10:00am in the Roland Smith Ballroom

Lust For Pearls Stolen From Deep Sea Lockers Adornment Of Princes And Queens The South Sea Pearl Once The Booty Of Pirates Now Lives With The Wearer Of Jeans Star-Studded, Pierced With Diamonds It Duels With The Moonlit Scene.

By Tricia Saggers An introduction to Jill Nash (Hansen) will also introduce to you a spirit of adventure that adds many shades of colour to her life, and to the development of Lust™ Pearls.

In 1995 an invitation, from a Japanese Pearl Technician, to be taught the skills of seeding, harvesting and grading pearls was snapped up and Jill travelled to the Cook Islands to begin learning the secrets of South Sea Pearl production.

Having developed a love of the warm tactile attraction of pearls, on her return to Perth Jill commenced her own pearl wholesale business in Australia, trading in South Sea pearls, accepting an invitation to exhibit at a Good Day LA event. In 2002 the marriage between pearls and diamonds became a reality and Lust™ Pearls was born; pearls, black, golden and white, glittered with diamonds.

Fundraising for “Sock it to Sarcoma” $120.00 per person RSVP to rfbyc@rfbyc.asn.au or phone 9286 8200 It’s one of the biggest fundraising/social events of the year and this year’s Melbourne Cup lunch will be no exception.

Keeping with the tradition of the Melbourne Cup, the committee consisting of Diana van der Worm, Sharon Grassick and Sue Baker have chosen the “Year of the Horse” as the theme.

Over the past 10 years this event has raised in excess of $175,000 for local charities.

For 2014 the nominated charity is “Sock it to Sarcoma”.

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It does not matter, whether you wear it during your normal day to day activities OR for that special occasion or event. Any piece you purchase between now and the Melbourne Cup Lunch will receive a 10% discount and a further 10% will be donated to, “Sock it to Sarcoma” the cancer charity being supported by RFBYC. For your FREE booklet or to speak with Jill – send your mailing details to: Lust Pearls PO Box 6442, East Perth 6892; phone 9325 3109; email lust@lustpearls.com

Jill is looking forward to attending her second of our Melbourne Cup charity event luncheons and is providing a piece of Lust™ Pearls jewellery as the door prize, as well, she will bring along some of the collection for viewing.

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MESS NIGHT 15 AUGUST 2014

From the archives

by Basil Twine Commemorative Plaques Activity at the Archives has been very busy lately with several co-operative efforts between the club and some local bodies.

1. The Mosman Park RSL is keenly interested in the history of HMAS Leeuwin II during World War 2 and has suggested we mount a commemorative plaque in the Club grounds.

A design for the plaque has been drafted and a position adjacent to the Club flagpole chosen. It now just remains for the plaque to be cast and mounted. I also feel it would be appropriate to have a small ceremony, inviting some people from the RSL. 2. While on the subject of brass plaques it would be appropriate to have a small interpretive plaque attached to the KXI Submarine deck gun so that members and their guests can be made aware of its significance.

3. The Shire of Peppermint Grove has suggested that an interpretive plaque should be mounted on the river foreshore opposite the site of our original clubhouse.

Again, the precise site has been identified and a suitable plaque with mounting is being designed.

Boat Register and Membership Paul Reiffer is working on the seemingly endless task of combining old “Boat Registers” with membership records. He is doing a great job and I understand is now into the “Ks”.

I am reluctant to tell him there are at least two more boat registers and the membership list is far from complete.

Sir Douglas Kendrew Trophy Roy Shannon (partner of Rae Cronin) is a gifted calligrapher and is working on bringing the “Sir Douglas Kendrew Trophy” up to date. During his term as Patron of RFBYC (1963-74) Sir Douglas donated a fine book into which was to be entered the various club champions for each year. Unfortunately it was allowed to lapse. Andrew Kingsbury has researched records for the missing detail and now Roy is entering this in his fine hand.

Midweek Anniversary Race

The 2014 race is scheduled for 6 November. In recent years this has been enthusiastically patronised. Since its inception winners have been delighted with the “prize” of a gold sovereign (or is it a half sov?) and have nicked off with their well (or ill?) gotten gains.

So! It has been decreed that all such winners shall be recorded in a suitable book to ensure that they shall serve suitable penance for their deeds (and be given the least opportunity to ever win it again).

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A record of winners of the “Gold Sovereign” midweek anniversary race has been compiled and entered in a suitably embossed book. However it is hoped each entry can be accompanied by a photo of the boat on the page opposite the entry. Currently we are missing photos of the following yachts: • 1997 RF 444 Merlin • 1999 RF 222 Moondance • 2000 RF 131 Hero • 2001 Aus 647 Overlord • 2002 & 2005 RF 242 Sulphur • 2003 RF 1939 Bacchante • 2004 RF 237 Windward • 2007 RF870 Gypsy • 2008 RF 90 Bateau Rouge • 2010 RF 48 Solquest • 2011 RF 217 Ballistic • 2012 RF 103 Mimi • 2013 RF 122 Andiamo Can you help?

Time Line The last issue of Tidings published a “Time Line” for the history of the club. There are bound to be errors so if any member can provide better information please email this to Deb Hanrahan, RFBYC Communications. Copies of this “Time Line” can be made available from the Archives team.

Thanks to All the Archives Team: Jenny Twine, Rae Cronin, Roy Shannon, Paul Reiffer for their continuing efforts and Brian Cain in compiling a record of Power Yacht Flag Officers from inception.

Tony Manford - for interesting memorabilia including several photos of cadet dinghies and an old Skiff championship programme.

John Green – for photos and notes, as well as a CD from movie film of a power yacht cruise to Bunbury ~ 1938.

Shann Evans – Photo of one of his boats named “Havoc” an H28.

Geoffrey Jacoby - for an anecdote about his old mate Bill Lennard (sic). Yes Geoff I am interested in further stories. And, please let me know what I can publish.

Note: Geoff and his wife Nellek are the recently abdicated “Royalty of Rotto”. Their floating Palace “Talisman” was proving a bit much for Geoff’s advancing years and is now for sale. Geoff, you should only abdicate if you are able to nominate a successor – preferably someone younger and fitter than you are. Nellek, you will be remembered for many years with your statue presiding over the Swan at Crawley.

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Vale John Collibee BY basil twine John Collibee joined RFBYC in 1964 shortly after arriving in Perth to join a partnership with George Bedbrook (later Sir George Bedbrook).

Born and bred in NSW John had become a keen sailor in VJs while at school; a passion which persisted in later years at RFBYC. He was introduced to Hornets – I suspect by Harold McComb – and purchased “Merindah” from Eric Moyle, then a Hood 23 named “Bun Di” (meaning good cheer). His son Stephen helped persuade him to buy a Petersen 30’ which he named “Sea Rahnie”. This is still at the Club and presently owned by Peter Ward. The Collibee family had many fond years of sailing onboard her.

Then followed a power boat called “Maralti” which was often seen at Rottnest or cruising down the coast to Mandurah.

As a student John was quite brilliant having progressed through Sydney Boys High School and Medicine at Sydney University on scholarships. On graduation as a doctor his first assignment was as a Junior Resident at St George Hospital in Kogarah.

In his second year he was made a senior resident and third year he was promoted to deputy Superintendent and Surgical Registrar.

He subsequently enrolled at Oxford University to study for his “Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons” and toward the end of this four year course came under the notice of George Bedbrook with whom he worked for many years before setting up his own practice. John qualified FRACS and served as head of the Orthopaedic Department of Royal Perth Hospital and later as a consultant for 32 years. He practiced at numerous hospitals including: Sir Charles Gairdner, Princess Margaret, St Anne’s, Shenton Park, St John of Gods, Belmont and Kalamunda.

In NSW he served in the RAAF Reserve and reached the rank of Wing Commander and was at one stage the highest ranked officer at Avalon Air Force Base.

In recent years John battled illness and finally succumbed on 11 July 2014. He leaves his wife Maureen, daughters Pamela and Catherine and sons Stephen and Peter together with Maureen’s daughter Nicki.

I knew him as a great bloke.

This was written from information provided by John’s younger brother Gary.

Vale Don Caple BY basil twine Don joined RFBYC in 1990 having brought his Farr 9.2 yacht “FARRAGO” from East Fremantle Yacht Club.

Farrago may have been the earliest Farr 9.2 built

by Ted Matthews however in Don’s hands it was also one of the fastest.

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In yacht racing Don was typically conservative, particularly at the start. He was a very “honest” sailor but cunning and skilful, with the ability to nurse his boat along with surprising speed; often to lead the fleet. It was so frustrating to “slam dunk” on his bow only to have him ease away below and pop out in front, then look back with a satisfied grin.

Don was qualified as a Marine Engineer and in that capacity worked on many ships travelling the world where he gained much experience. His knowledge was extensive and memories many. In later years he served as an Engineer on Tugboats in Fremantle and would often relate stories about various mishaps:

“This skipper - he was given a brand new tow rope, thousands of dollars worth – what a waste of money – the first time he used it I could see he was going to bust it – too much of a jerk. Still, it will make a great fender around a pen Do you want some?”

He was a contributor, quiet but always willing to listen. He would make sure of his facts before he offered an opinion and even then generally only when he was asked. He served on the Farr 9.2 Association Committee and was Class Measurer for around twenty five years. He saw fit to join that dedicated group the “RFBYC Archives Team” to help out on Tuesdays.

We enjoyed his ready wit and many yarns. It was sad to see his health deteriorate so rapidly over recent months with treatment for Parkinson’s Disease making the battle even more difficult.

Donald Leslie Caple died on Wednesday, 13 August 2014 leaving his wife Shirley, son Jason and daughter Lisa. He was 75. We will miss his friendship and contribution.

“FARRAGO” is still at the Club and will be sailed by son-in-law Stephen Breen with help from Lisa and some of the old crew.

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