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Quarterly

SQUADRON Volume 31 Issue 3 Spring 2017

Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron www.rsays.com.au

ROYAL SA YACHT SQUADRON PATRON AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Patron Commodore Vice Commodore Rear Commodore Treasurer Committee Members General Manager

His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC Bruce Roach Antares Peter Kelly Home James Malcolm Denton Blue Diamond Peter Hutchison Peter Boyd Dux Nuts Scott Mutton 3 Cool Cats Phil Stump Erica TBA

SERVICE DIRECTORY

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Editor: Sally Metzer Production: Roger Oaten Regular Contributors: Commodore, General Manager, Treasurer, RSAYS Ltd Chair, Foundation Chair, Hospitality &Events Manager, Committee Chairs, Trailer Sailers, Women Racers, Dis-Able Sailing Writers and Proof Readers: Barry Allison, Anne Arnold, Gill Baker, Fay Duncan, Peter Hansen, Dinah Harcus, Marion Holden, Steve Kennedy, Lynda Walsh.

Office Hours 9.00am - 5.00pm Monday - Friday 9.00am - 6.00pm Wednesday during Twilight Race Season 9.00am - 4.00pm Saturday and Sunday Closed public Holidays and Easter Weekend Between Christmas Eve and including the first week of the New Year the Squadron Officewill be open only for short shifts. Dates and times will be advertised in a December eBulletin. RSAYS Foundation House and Social Committee Racing Committee Sailing Co-ordinator Etchells Fleet Captain Cruising Committee Trailer Sailers Juniors Committee Seaweed Gardening Group

Chris Mandalov 0417 847 836 Sue Buckley Chris Mandalov 0417 847 836 Annette Turk 8341 8600 Andrew Waterman 0408 856 012 Sue Buckley 0417 081 327 Steve Lewis 0418 275 710 Stuart Davis 0417 400 450 Robert Henshall 8332 0889

Finance Manager Joann Galios 8341 8600 Accounts Administrator Kathy Bernhardt-Loechel 8341 8600 Member Services Laura Cutri 8341 8600 Hospitality & Events Manager Chef

Kevin Grant Brett Coldwell

8341 8600 8341 8600

Slip Master

Julian Murray

0414 365 294

Opening Times Dining Room, Jimmy’s Bar & Quarterdeck: The dining facilities are positioned beautifully, overlooking the majestic view of the marina from all locations. The attractive setting provides a warm and relaxing feeling all year round

Opening Hours: Lunch from 1200: Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays when advised. Dinner from 1800: Wednesday (Twilights), Friday, Saturday (and Sunday on long weekends). Sunday lunch Special - Seafood Platter (pre-order required)

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Squadron Quarterly Deadline for the Summer Issue is Friday 17 November 2017 Advertisements, editorial and photographs can be sent to • • • •

Sally Metzer, Editor (sallymetzer@hotmail.com) or member.services@rsays.com.au left at the Squadron Office. e-Bulletin material can be forwarded to the Office at any time.

Notes for Contributors • Articles submitted should be typed as a Word or plain text document.1500 words and four to six photos will cover two pages, 750 words and two or three photos will cover one page. • Photos should be (a) in focus, (b) JPEG format at high resolution (300 dpi) and (c) sent separately and not embedded in a Word or text document. • Articles and photos can be submitted to the Office for distribution to the Committee if contributors do not have computer access.

Disclaimer With exception of statements made by duly authorised officers and the editor and members of The Squadron Quarterly Committee, all other statements and opinions in this publication are those of contributors and advertisers. The Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron, its Management and Members accept no responsibility for statements by non-authorised personnel.

Front Cover RSAYS women sailors competing on Mrs Overnewton during the 2017 Australian Womens’Keelboat Regatta. Photograph: Bruno Cocozzo ©

Spring 2017 Vol 31 Issue 3 Published Quarterly ISSN 1037-1133 Print Post Publication No. PP532154/00016

CONTENTS REPORTS

FEATURES

From the Commodore �� 4 From the Acting General Manager �� 5 RSAYS Limited �� 6 Hospitality & Events Report �� 7 House & Social Events �� 8 Racing Report �� 10 Cruising Report �� 18 Juniors Report �� 23

REGULAR ARTICLES Sail Drive �� 12 Women on the Water �� 14 New Member Profile �� 16 Dis-Able Sailing �� 22 Senior Member - Richard Colebatch �� 26 Staff Profile �� 33 Coconut's Preparations �� 36 Sponsor Profile �� 40 Book Reviews �� 42 Berths for Sale & Rent �� 46 Events Calendar �� 47

Seamanship and Fellowship �� 17 Safety at Sea �� 21 Bucket List �� 24 Sea Rescue �� 28 Legal Eagles - Arresting Boats �� 30 Cruising the Midlands �� 32 Dane’s Visit �� 34 Annett’s New Hobby �� 34 River Murray Houseboat Cruising �� 35 Cruising the Arctic �� 38 Flag Raising Ceremony �� 44

ADVERTISERS Adelaide Timber Boatworks �� 13 Solar Depot �� 31 Haese Marine �� 39 Port River Marine �� 41 International Communication Systems �� 45 Kaleidoscopic Travel �� 45 Quins Rigging Services �� 47 Main North Renault �� 48

EDITORIAL By Sally Metzer

HE dark, voluminous clouds of winter are starting to roll away and sunshine is replacing the gloom. Spring has surely sprung and new growth is evident everywhere. This sounds somewhat similar to what’s happening now at the Squadron. It seems that life at our Club is back on an even keel. Everyone is in a positive mood and the general wish is to sail smoothly into the coming season. With Opening Day just around the corner, and a number of social events starting to fill the calendar, let’s all celebrate all that is good about our fantastic Club.

This edition of the Squadron Quarterly is full of up-lifting, inspiring stories to remind us what our Club motto of ‘Seamanship and Fellowship’ is all about! Some members have given us their interpretations of what they think our motto really means, and you have the chance to do the same and win a prize. There are stories of friendship, adventure, endurance and support. Stories of preparation, anticipation, achievement and tradition. Stories to inspire. Stories to make you smile. Start reading them now and be glad you’ve chosen to be a member of the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron!

Competition Winner

Winner of the competition in the Winter SQ was Annette Turk with her very appropriate entry of ‘Ahoy Buoys!’ (as opposed to ‘Hello Sailor’!). Annette has won a drone photo, kindly donated by Bert Pacor of ‘Onsite Imaging’.

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FROM THE COMMODORE months. He did an exceptional job and we are very grateful. Interviews for the General Manager’s position are underway and the successful candidate will be announced soon. Meanwhile, Annette Turk has taken on the Sailing Coordinator role. We wish her well and hope that she finds it rewarding. Our volunteers are an extremely valuable asset to our Club, and have helped make the Club what it is today. I wish to thank you all and assure you that your efforts are never taken for granted. If you have any concerns or comments please contact me, the Flag Officers or Committee members. Bruce Roach

S I sit down to ‘pen’ my first report as your Commodore, I think back to the night when Peter Cooling, the then Commodore, tapped me on the shoulder to ask me to become Rear Commodore. My immediate thought was “Who me?”! I did decide to nominate for the position, and it has now been four years since I started on the long journey to become Commodore of our magnificent Club. I am very honoured and really looking forward to playing my part in the management and governance of the RSAYS.

For those of you who don’t know me, I have been a member for 32 years. My wife Jill and I bought our catamaran Antares over 10 years ago and, with the help of our Squadron friends, sailed her home from Queensland so that we could enjoy the gentler side of sailing. I also sail with Colin Fraser on the Old Bastard (Kaesler) during the summer racing season. I have served on the Development Advisory Panel with a team of professionals since 2006, and also on the task force review in 2009-2010. I am currently serving on the Sesquicentenary sub-committee, involved in the planning of exciting events to take place during for the Club’s 150th year in 201819. Together with Jill, I have attended most of the House & Social Committee meetings over the last four years. I wish to pay tribute to the outgoing Management Committee members and to the past Commodore Rae Hunt. I also wish to acknowledge the services of our outgoing Treasurer, Ian McDonald who decided to retire from the position prior to the AGM for business reasons. I would also like to pay tribute to all the Squadron staff, who have had to fill the void during the last few troubled months. Special thanks to Frank Bamford who volunteered to take on the role of Acting General Manager to assist the Club through the last few

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Corporate Sponsors are also important and I would like to thank them all, in particular those who have recently joined us by supporting our Club. I sincerely hope that our relationship works both ways, and I look forward to a prosperous year ahead. I wish to welcome the new Management Committee. I look forward to a great working relationship with this talented group of people, and can assure all members that we will always act on behalf of the Club in a professional manner. Our first Management Committee meeting was held on 10 October 2017 with a full agenda for progressing the Club’s affairs. The Squadron Quarterly will give me the opportunity to convey our past and future events to all our members.

the sound of the pipes added to the warm, friendly atmosphere. Thanks to all those of you who attended this great Club ceremony.

Future events: At the time of writing this report, Jill and I are looking forward to the Commodore’s Dinner on 22 October. It promises to be a memorable night. We have a number of other important events coming up soon, including Opening Day on 4 November and the Melbourne Cup Lunch on 7 November. I hope to see many members at all these great Club occasions.

Other Activities: September School Visits. Top-achieving students from Urrbrae Agricultural College came to our Club to experience a day on the water, as did pupils from the Australian Science & Maths School on a separate occasion. The Tour Down Under. The tour will be starting in Port Adelaide on Tuesday 16 January next year, so keep the date free! It might be a good idea to get your boat into the Port to experience the planned activities.

Current and Future Projects: The Management Committee is currently working on a number of projects for the betterment of the Club.

Past events:

These include:

Annual General Meeting. This meeting was adjourned in July and resumed in September, when the new Management Committee was elected.

• Etchells yellow crane maintenance and upgrade.

Sailing Coaching Clinic. This weekend clinic was held on 16-17 September with about 50 registrations from enthusiastic people. The fine weather on both Saturday and Sunday helped provide for an excellent sailing experience. My thanks go to those members who volunteered their boats and expertise to help make this such a fantastic experience. There has been much positive feedback with many attendees saying that they would like to participate in more sailing at our Club.

• Front car park – professional patch and repair.

Cruising Committee sail to St Kilda Yacht Club on 16-17 September. We were well represented with our members outnumbering those of the St Kilda Club. My thanks go to Kingsley Haskett for his rousing speech, and to the Cruising Committee for ‘rustling up’ the original 1950s Hornblower movie. The Flag-Raising Ceremony on Sunday 8 October was a significant, colorful and emotional event. A sunny morning and

• Northern ramp pontoon replacement. • Dining room cool room upgrade.

• Flinders Ports berthing and reconfiguration. • New fuelling system review and consideration. • The continual ‘open gate’ policy has been completed but will not be continued. In conclusion, you can see that there are a lot of events coming up, including land based activities, social sailing and, very importantly, the commencement of the racing season. As you read this I trust that the cold winter weather is just a distant memory and that Jill and I will see you out enjoying yourselves over the coming months. In Seamanship & Fellowship Bruce Roach, Commodore

FROM THE ACTING GENERAL MANAGER ‘Seamanship and Fellowship’ between members. I have spoken directly with many of you, and others have telephoned or sent email messages of support for our work, which has been very much appreciated. My personal thanks go to the Club staff who have been of great help, and their assistance on many issues has been invaluable. Also many thanks go to the two volunteers, Peter Hutchison and Peter Roberts, for their efforts as we went about stabilising the situation at the Club. Roger Oaten has also been excellent support with e-bulletin articles during this time, and my personal thanks go to him. Frank Bamford

T has been a pleasure for me to assist the Club and the members over the last couple of months while the Interim Management Committee carried out its work.

During this time I set about a plan of bringing the Club closer together by opening up communications and offering transparency for Club members where I possibly could. My goal was to create an atmosphere of enjoyment and genuine

Planning and arrangements are well under way for the Commodore’s Lunch, scheduled for 21 October, and Opening Day on 4 November, all thanks to the assistance of the House and Social Committee led by Sue Buckley. Over the last two months much maintenance work has been undertaken on the Club premises, from the replacement of many garden bed retaining wall sleepers to painting and repair jobs. The car park adjacent to the Clubhouse is also soon to be repaired by a bitumen contractor and the car

park lines will then be repainted. All this will smarten up the grounds as we come out of the winter period in readiness for our coming events. A number of other maintenance and repair jobs are also underway, including work on the yellow crane. During this time in the role of Acting General Manager I have gained some valuable understandings of the operations of the Club which should assist the incoming Management Committee. My plan is to offer a handover of information for the new Committee to consider and act upon if they choose. The weather is beginning to warm up and the sailing/racing season is almost upon us, which will bring members back to the Club to enjoy the boating and social activities. I wish everyone a great boating season ahead. In closing I wish to thank everyone for their support during this period and I look forward to continuing my involvement at the Squadron as a Director on the Board of RSAYS Limited.

Introducing our enthusiastic new Management Committee

l to r: Phil Stump, Peter Kelly (Vice Commodore), Scott Mutton, Peter Boyd, Peter Hutchison (Treasurer) Mal Denton (Rear Commodore), Bruce Roach (Commodore) SQ Spring 2017 Page 5

RSAYS LIMITED

The new Board of Directors of RSAYS Limited is settling into its role, with many important issues regarding the Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infrastructure to be considered. The Board comprises: Front row l to r: John Butterfield, Peter Roberts (Deputy Chair), Fay Duncan (Executive Officer) Back row l to r: Frank Bamford, Richard Smith (Chair), Bruce Roach, Chris Riggs Absent: Colin Doudy, Dale Ryan

OB Hogarth was

recently presented with a photograph of the Squadron by Richard Smith, Chairman of the Board of Directors of RSAYS Limited, on behalf of the Directors and Members of the Squadron. It was given in appreciation of Bobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outstanding contribution over many years, and in particular during the last few difficult months when he took on the role of Chairman of the Board.

Bob Hogarth (left) receiving the photograph from Richard Smith

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HOSPITALITY & EVENTS REPORT

FTER a somewhat quiet winter,

Spring is in the air and with the warmer weather the Club has become a hive of activity. The restaurant trade is picking up and a variety of functions is being booked. Brett Coldwell, our Head Chef, is in the process of updating the new menu. We have been pleased with the members’ positive feedback on Brett’s food selections. You just have to try one of his incredible curries! The kitchen and hospitality staff is to be congratulated for their performance on the night of the recent Annual General Meeting. More than 110 meals were prepared and served over a reasonably short period of time. A great team effort! The Goodbye Yellow Brick Row event on Saturday 1 July for the Elton John fans was a really successful night. It was a really entertaining evening for those who attended, with great music, fabulous food and lots of fun. By the time this edition goes to print we will have held The Neil Diamond Solitary Man Tribute Show on Saturday 28 September, which is expected to be another spectacular

night for all. If you haven’t attended one of these extravaganza shows the Club holds quite regularly, you’re missing out. As Molly Meldrum would say, “Do yourself a favour,” and attend next time one is held! We’ll also have catered for the Commodore’s Flag Raising Ceremony and Luncheon on Sunday 8 October and the Commodore’s Ball on Saturday 21 October. Pike’s Wine Dinner (a private event) is scheduled for Friday 27 October.

Upcoming Events RSAYS Opening Day, the biggest day on our Club calendar, is on Saturday 4 November, with the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 7 November. See our website for menus and tickets. It is pleasing to see the many members using their Birthday Vouchers and hosting their birthday party at the Club. We also appreciate those members who take the time to promote the Club’s events on Facebook to their friends.

Kevin Grant, Hospitality & Events Manager

Hoping to serve you soon! Bon Appétit

STOP PRESS! Winner of a Clubs SA Award for Excellence 2017 Small Club of the Year - Metro

E’VE done it again! For the second year in a row, the Squadron has won a prestigious award from this industry leader. Commodore Bruce Roach and his wife Jill were at the Clubs SA Annual Awards for the Excellence presentation at the Adelaide Oval on Friday 6 October and were pleasantly surprised when the RSAYS was announced as the winning Small Metropolitan Club.

“Having won the ‘Club of the Year’ award last year, we were automatically entered into the ‘Function Centre of the Year‘ category this year,” explains Bruce. “It is the best of all categories and it was a huge thrill and a great honour to hear the Squadron’s name being called out, for the second year in a row.”

Commodore Bruce Roach and his wife Jill proudly presenting the Clubs SA Award to Kevin Grant

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HOUSE & SOCIAL EVENTS By Sue Buckley

l to r: Owen Haskett, Adrian Edmonds, Sue Buckley, Deirdre Schahinger, Bill May

T’S strange to be back at the helm

and once again writing a House & Social report, but it’s also very exciting. Our Committee has some bright, young members with some great fresh ideas which we are all looking forward to trying out. The new Committee consists of voting members Owen Haskett, Adrian Edmonds and me. Our co-opted members are Deirdre Schahinger, who has been on the Committee for several years, and Bill May, who’s always a great stalwart. Bill May has been a Committee member for some time. While he doesn’t have a boat, he is an active social member and comes along to events and meetings with his cousin, Angela Smith. Bill joined the Committee when I was a previous Chair, about six years ago, and helps out where and when he can. He loves doing things like blowing up balloons, pulling raffle tickets, selling sweep tickets at our Melbourne Cup luncheons, meeting and greeting guests and helping out on the gate for major events. We’d be particularly lost without Bill’s help on Opening Day and Melbourne Cup Day. Deirdre Schahinger has an extensive sailing background. She learnt to sail with her father as a child in a GP14, a wooden

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14 ft dinghy with red canvas sails in East Africa, progressing to family holidays in a 24 ft trailer-sailer off the south coast of England. Deirdre races with husband Bob and is involved in the Sailability program. With a background as a librarian Deirde is virtually our Club Librarian, currently cataloging the many books that members have generously donated to the Squadron Library. Deirdre is currently overseas racing and sailing with Bob. She is positive about the structure of our new Committee and is looking forward to the coming year. She believes this season’s House and Social Committee has a good mixture of traditional events and fresh young ideas. Owen Haskett is an avid sailor and enjoys being out on the water whenever he can. Thanks to his father Kingsley (‘Bones’), he has been a member of the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron almost since birth, and is looking forward to taking an active role on the House & Social Committee. At 32 years of age, Owen has worked for 15 years as a hospitality professional, the last eight years in upper management positions including as Assistant Manager of the Sailmaster Tavern. He enjoys a challenge and has taken great pride in bringing success and excellence to the venues where he’s worked. His roles have included designing

costed and profitable function packages, wine and cocktail lists, costing rosters to a budget, developing relationships with key suppliers, and product placement. Owen is enjoying learning about the history of liquor production and origins. He says that the relationships he has developed within the South Australian and National wine industry have given him great insight into emerging trends and innovations within the industry. Owen has good communication skills and is an experienced public speaker. Adrian Edmonds has been a member of the Squadron periodically for over 20 years, following in the footsteps of his parents Julie and Kerin Edmonds and his grandfather Owen Trewarth, who designed and built Natani. Adrian has vast racing experience including racing inshore and offshore with Jimmy Howe on Vulcan, Twilights with David Henshall on Lara III and Aria and the Winter series with Chris Perry on Nerana II. Earlier this year he was in Sydney racing on Gerry Hatton’s Bushranger, a Mills Design MAT1245 which won the IRC Championships in Division B. Over the past 10 months he has been racing with Scott Mutton on 3 Cool Cats. Adrian has worked for a leading Adelaide event company for the last six years and is now its Operations Manager. He is currently undertaking a Social Media Course,

Business Certificate and a Diploma of Event Management. He says that it is due to his love of the Squadron, plus his chosen field and acquired skill set, that he has decided that he would like to put some time and energy into the House & Social Committee. “I spend a lot of time at the Squadron and have met many wonderful people and had many great conversations. I look forward to my time on the House & Social Committee and working on new and exciting projects to benefit the Club and its members.”

support a successful strategic approach to functions and hospitality, and to provide a variety of fun events that members will want to engage in.

and cruised to Port Lincoln on Aquilla. Unfortunately my racing came to a halt after several injuries and work commitments that kept me off the water for two seasons.

My sailing career started years ago in New Zealand when my boss asked me to go on a day race to Kawau Island on his Cavalier 36. I well remember the 1000 hrs spinnaker start down Auckland harbour – what a magnificent sight!

I have 20 years’ experience in marketing and communications in a broad range of organisations, from renowned wine companies to Business SA and government departments. I have organised and promoted many functions and events – including a free lunch for over 500 people at the Convention Centre. This experience, combined with flair, creativity and a sense of humour, has been extremely useful both on the House & Social Committee and on the water! Lately I’ve become an online content editor and have recently rewritten the entire content of the CFS website. I also run a home-based business designing and handcrafting Sterling Silver jewellery. Sailing is a passion, along with good wine, great food and good company!

This is not the first time I have put my hand up to Chair the House & Social Committee. I was previously on the Committee for several years before taking on the role of Chair. Indeed I have chaired it once or twice before, with odd breaks in between.

On my return to Adelaide I completed a sailtraining course but it wasn’t until 1999 that I sailed again at the Squadron in a Twilight race. I regularly crewed on The Other Annie III; one season we won three, or was it four trophies! I cruised the Sir Joseph Banks Group in 2003 and Macquarie Harbour, Tassie in 2004 – both were fantastic trips with lots of tales to tell.

Our new Committee has a strong extensive background in hospitality, event management and marketing. We are all looking forward to working together with the Management Committee to develop good systems to

I have sailed on a few Squadron yachts including Jazam, Scud, Aloutte, Lara III, Soleil, Leisl, Mahalo and Outrageous. I took part in an offshore race from CYCSA on Spirit of Downunder and also raced

Sue Buckley

TEDDIES TAKE OVER OUR SQUADRON DINING ROOM!

WELL-MEANING charitable gesture for members to buy a teddy bear for a sick child at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital went wild recently when members rushed to buy these cuddly companions en masse! As you can see, it was teddy-fever all round, with Ken Case achieving his goal of members buying a total of 60 teddies for this worthwhile cause. Ken championed this idea, initiated by Legacy. Members paid $15 each for any of five different adorable teddies, all dressed-to-kill and ready to win children’s hearts. Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun and helped bring a smile to a sick child’s face.

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RACING REPORT

My New Role as the RSAYS Sailing Coordinator

By Annette Turk FTER spending the last 14 years

working in Member Services, I think it’s time to work with the members in the racing fraternity. I’m excited to be taking on this new role and learning new skills. Having not had much experience on boats, other than probably being additional ballast, I have a lot to learn! In preparation for taking on my new role, I participated in the Sailing Coaching weekend to get some on-water training. I came back looking like a drowned rat, but it was fun! Life is too short to be too serious. I’ve had a huge amount of support from the Racing Committee, especially Chris Mandalov and Roger Oaten. I hope I can live up to and beyond their expectations.

Combined Winter Series

’VE heard winter racing described as being either “sublime” or “cor blimy”. This year was no exception. Fortunately, only one race had to be abandoned due to lack of wind, however a small number of slower boats did not finish other races.

I’ll still be in a consulting and support role for Member Services to assist in training the new person taking my seat in the front office. Over the quieter winter months I should have time to do the ‘off season’ work such as the Year Book updates and renewing the Australian sailing website memberships for the Club. So I won’t be far away from the front desk but I will be doing different hours – Wednesday to Sunday I look forward to continuing with the Squadron in a new area and getting to know more racing members face-to-face.

Plympton and Le Hunte Cups

HE Plympton and Le Hunte Cup races are run as part of the winter series. The initial race on 2nd July was abandoned and the race was re-run on 16th July. The Plymption Cup is open to all vessels from all clubs and the Le Hunte Cup is for RSAYS vessels only.

Plympton Cup (All Boats Overall) 1. Kinetic Energy (Andy Shipp) 2. Horopito (Mark Robinson) 3. Trieste (Tony Foster)

Division 1 AMS

1. Horopito (Mark Robinson)

Plympton Cup (All Boats Division 1)

2. 3 Cool Cats (Scott Mutton)

1. Horopito (Mark Robinson) 2. Trieste (Tony Foster)

3. Arcadia III (Paul Bogner)

Division 1 PHS

3. 3 Cool Cats (Scott Mutton)

1. Horopito (Mark Robinson)

Plympton Cup (All Boats Division 2)

2. Arcadia III (Paul Bogner)

1. Kinetic Energy (Andy Shipp) 2. Blue Diamond (Malcolm Denton) 3. Allouette (Les Howell)

3. 3 Cool Cats (Scott Mutton)

Division 2 PHS 1. Allouette (Les Howell)

Le Hunte Cup (RSAYS Boats Overall)

2. Rival (Stuart Shimeld)

1. Horopito (Mark Robertson) 2. Trieste (Tony Foster) 3. Blue Diamond (Malcolm Denton)

3. Blue Diamond (Malcolm Denton)

Winner Le Hunte Cup Mark Robertson (Horopito)

Wreck Buoy washed up at Henley Beach.

URING the winter months, the Wreck Buoy broke free from its mooring near the Norma Wreck and was found washed up at Henley Beach. The cause of its unscheduled voyage is uncertain but was probably through foul weather or even foul play.

Whatever the cause, the Racing Committee decided to seek permission from the Department of Transport and Infrastucture, to

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replace it in a location closer to shore and well out of the way of commercial fishing traffic. This has been granted and the buoy will be located about 1 nm closer to shore near the Wonga Shoal and west of the Semaphore Jetty. Many thanks to Kingsley Haskett and Jeff Hunt for their efforts in restoring the buoy that will now be known as ‘The Wonga Shoal Buoy’

Coaching Series

HE Squadron held its annual Coaching Series over the weekend on 16-17 September. This series provides an opportunity for people of all backgrounds and experience levels to find out how fun, accessible and affordable sailing is. It is a great way to introduce new members to the Squadron and to find willing crew for boats. It is proving to be very important for our Club.

This coaching series was organised by Nives Vincent, Helen Wilmer and Helen Kearney. It was a great success with 51 participants working with 28 volunteer mentors on 12 volunteered boats. Quite a few of the attendees signed up to be members of the Squadron.

Thanks to the skippers who volunteered their vessels

Lloyd Cushway (Quarente-Deux) and learners

Many years of experience on board Kaesler

On New Morning III with Peter Vincent

Shorthanded Series

AMS Rating Report By William Strangways

N just our fourth season of the AMS rating system

operating in SA. I am thrilled to report the number of yachts with a current certificatestands at a record High of 62, 13 up on last season. • CYCSA 33 • RSAYS 20 • PASC 5 • Pt. Lincoln 4

ONGRATULATIONS to Freedom’s skipper, Bob Schahinger for his first place in the PHS division of the Shorthanded Series. Freedom also came second in the AMS Division.

The Shorthanded Series is run by the CYCSA during the winter months and is open to vessels from both clubs.

The Squadron produced AMS results in the Kaesler Inshore Series, Whitworth Club Series, the Musto Offshore Series and the SA Champion of Offshore Racing. It is planned to produce AMS results on a trial basis in the Twilight Series this season using the AMS non-spinnaker rating. The CYCSA also ran AMS competitions in their Inshore Series, The State AMS Series and the regattas. Full results for all these races are available through the RSAYS and CYCSA web sites.

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and generally clear of major obstacles. A good estimate would be that it is between a third and a half of the width of the River Murray in these parts, but all that changes a couple of miles upstream where it narrows, winds and becomes cluttered with fallen trees. This is no great barrier to a boat with a draft of less than 500mm (keel mostly up) and a beam of around 2.5m. A height restriction of roughly 2m also applies, depending upon the height of water in the creek at the Chowilla Regulator and subject to it being open to watercraft at the time. There is also slightly less than 2m clearance under a State Government road bridge to Lock 6, further upstream. Our jury rig on Grey Nurse was easily demountable so it was down, then back up after negotiating both obstacles.

SAIL DRIVE By Trevor Hamlyn

Grey Nurse and Xellanon Too at the navigable limit of Pipeclay Creek

Expedition to find the navigable limit of Pipeclay Creek

OUTH Australian Gulf waters are not necessarily the best place for a leisurely

cruise late in July so where else to go but the upper reaches of the River Murray. Of course the flexibility of having a trailer sailer makes it all possible. Add the option of using a jury rig to limit the clearance required under overhanging trees, find some like-minded adventurers, pack the winter woollies and some bags of firewood, and it all begins to look feasible. On Saturday 22 July this year, eight trailer sailers from the Trailer Sailer Association of South Australia, including three boats from the Squadron, left a wintery Adelaide in their wake and headed toward the Wilkadene Brewery upstream from Renmark, near the Victorian border. What better way to start a cruise than to sample some of the Brewery’s specialty ales that are made on-site, on the banks of the river. The Squadron members involved were Juliet and Hugh Browell in Xellanon Too, Roy Martin in Dazza’s Heaven and Lorraine and I in Grey Nurse. Pipeclay Creek is an anabranch stream off the Murray River in the Chowilla Creek system. It’s barely more than 2nm long between its southern entrance, off the ‘Isle of Man’ oxbow lake and the junction

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where it enters Chowilla Creek in the north. In recent years a concrete weir with a fish ladder has been constructed some 200m into the creek from its southern entrance, so it’s no longer navigable by trailer sailer from that end. But how far can one navigate upstream from its northern junction with Chowilla Creek? Our group was about to find out. A late departure on Sunday from the river bank in front of the brewery still gave us time to venture upstream along the Murray, past the historic Chowilla Homestead and Woolshed then into Chowilla Creek. We arrived in good time to choose a sunny riverbank which was to become our overnight anchorage and campfire site. The lower reaches of Chowilla Creek are broad

Our group slowly made its way along Chowilla Creek, while in constant radio contact with the lead boat to warn of shallow water or submerged snags. A few odd scrapes were encountered but fortunately no serious damage to any boats in the fleet. After a while it becomes easy for one to predict the position of submerged tree trunks, dependent upon the shape and angle of any branches that are still visible above the water. We were now in water unfamiliar to any member of our group so we had already managed to travel further than last year’s fleet and perhaps further than any previous TSA expedition. A turn to starboard and a check of GPS coordinates proved that we had entered Pipeclay Creek. Steady going for several hundred more metres in shallow water found us at a perfect campsite and undoubtedly the navigable limit for anything but our trusty inflatables. The creek below the weir can be swift flowing at times, the numerous snags, and fallen trees making it quite difficult to navigate in an inflatable, especially downstream with the current. We were in luck this time and managed to wend our way up to the weir and back to our campsite without difficulty. This area provides a haven for all types of water-birds. Black Swans or Australian Pelicans along with other large water-birds

Old sheep bridge crossing Amazon Creek

like pairs of White-faced Heron, Egrets, as well as Cormorants or the occasional Spoonbill or White-necked Heron. We didn’t startle any birds but the nervous comings and goings of a couple of fishermen who were very surprised to meet a fleet of trailer sailers in their secret part of the river made us suspicious of their activities. Over the next few days we retraced our passage back to the Murray then made our way through Lock 6 where some of our group ventured upstream to the Old Customs House and further to the Victorian border. A final couple of nights in Amazon Creek rounded off what proved to be a very enjoyable venture in weather conditions that could only be described as ‘near to perfect’. We were lucky, having warm sunny days in the mid 20s ranging into the upper 20s on one occasion, with many calm nights around the campfire. Yes, we have discovered the navigable limit of Pipeclay Creek and had a lot of fun doing so.

Roy Martin in Amazon Creek

TSA Fleet in Lock 6

Trevor and Lorraine in their inflatable

Adelaide Timber Boatworks

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WOMEN ON THE WATER By Di Schwerdt Photography: Bruno Cocozzo ©

27th AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S KEELBOAT REGATTA, Melbourne, 10-12 June 2017 ELD on the waters of Port

Phillip and hosted by the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron at St Kilda, the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) annually populates the bay with teams of women sailors from every State and Territory of Australia, and New Zealand. It is the only regatta of its kind in this country, and the enthusiasm for the all-female competition keeps expanding in an environment that continues to promote opportunities for women to excel in their chosen sport. This year, 24 teams and over 145 crew members battled for primacy on IRC, AMS and EHC, as well as in class racing among the 11 S80s in the fleet. The Squadron team of 10 women, sponsored by the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron Foundation, was again ably led by Helen Willmer, helm, skipper, mentor, coach and organiser with a decade of AWKR experience to her credit. This year’s crew included Melissa Barclay (mast and foredeck), new team member Sophie Bishop (foredeck), Robyn Riedel, also a new team member, and Julie Barnardo (trim), Helen Kearney and Janet Thornley (trim and pit), Barbara Parker (strategist and spinnaker), Di Schwerdt (main) and Helen Moody (reserve). The team arrived in Melbourne early before the regatta to engage in the usual process of getting to know the boat – Mrs Overnewton, a Bavaria Match 38 owned and graciously lent to us each year by Les Norton of the RMYS - and fine-tuning our teamwork. Forecasts for the weekend suggested that this regatta would be different from those we had experienced in previous years. The prediction of a singular lack of wind over the entire weekend shifted our racing emphasis from speedwork in the teeth of strong winds to a

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strategic search for wind and any advantage possible out in the bay. Mrs Overnewton, we knew, performed well in 15 to 30 kts. She would not be happy over the next three days and would need some clever coaxing. Lunch mid-practice and a lively discussion about tactics strengthened our resolve to make this year’s effort a good one. Friday evening’s briefing at the clubhouse confirmed our views. Strong teams were welcomed from Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and New Zealand. Several states had multiple teams entered, including our own – SA sent two teams this year, one from the RSAYS and one from the CYCSA on School’s Out, a Bavaria 40, with a crew of first-time AWKR competitors. The club briefing covered all matters regarding racing and also served to remind us of how much goes into organising a regatta such as this with its 40 volunteers, many sponsors, and generous boat owners who willingly lend their boats to interstate teams. Without them all, the regatta could not happen. The choice of Sailors With disABILITIES as the nominated charity for this year’s regatta underlined the importance of inclusivity in relation to any sport, not just sailing. The weather briefing from the Bureau of Meterology reinforced what we had already gleaned about the weekend’s weather pattern. With predominantly light winds south to south-westerly somewhere between 10 and 15 kts and lightening, Saturday looked to be fairly challenging with less than 10 kts, Sunday similar or less, and Monday promised to be the best day for racing with the possibility of a cold front bringing in a 15 kt westerly. Trackers were introduced for the first time in the regatta’s history with the proviso they would not be used to determine the outcome of any protests that might arise.

Day One Three races were scheduled back to back providing the wind held. With very little wind to start with the whole fleet had to hunt for pressure. While Races 1 and 2 yielded fairly average results, we fared a little better in Race 3, despite being over the line and having to restart, making up ground to pull off a 3rd on EHC. We came away from the day’s sailing a little disappointed with results but satisfied we had performed as well as we could in the conditions available. A formal dinner was held in the Function Room of the club in the evening and presentations for the first day’s racing made for lively rivalry. As in previous years, the highlight of the dinner, and indeed of the other occasions for social interaction during the weekend, was the opportunity to share ideas and engage in conversations generated by the day’s racing with other participants in the regatta. As always, such interaction was highly valued.

Day Two Morning dawned but the wind was conspicuously absent. Out in the bay the entire fleet bobbed around for the morning trying to stay warm. Flat water persisted in every direction. Even the official boats were visibly in waiting mode, rafted up, and poised for a miracle. A puff of wind would have been acceptable. Two hours passed. Dolphins entertained us. We visited other boats. We had an early lunch on board. And waited. Finally, just before midday 11kts materialised and the decision to start was radioed. It was worth the wait! We opened Race 4 with a good start and with Helen’s superior defensive helming we managed to stay ahead of our closest rival, Javelin, who was desperate to get in front. Despite

the opposition’s best effort, and a tricky rounding at the top mark, our team pulled together brilliantly to hold Javelin out and we finished in first place. What jubilation! Race 5 began well but the wind dropped out and this resulted in a disappointing finish. Nevertheless we celebrated our first win with champagne magically produced at the dock by our enthusiastic shore support person, Ron Parker. Sausages and beer back at the clubhouse followed by presentations in the Function Room rounded off a good day’s sailing for everyone.

Day Three With light winds evident again it was fortunate only one race remained. We started later than scheduled and when a little wind came in conditions favoured the lighter boats over Mrs Overnewton who struggled to make decent headway. That said, she made a valiant effort to chase the fleet and we finished midfield.

Close racing in light winds The regatta was brought to a close with final presentations and a cocktail party late in the afternoon. Our overall 4th in the series on EHC (only one point behind third) reflected well on our handling of the boat in difficult conditions. The experience, we all agreed, was well worthwhile.

Thank You The team wishes to thank the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron for continuing to actively support women’s sailing, particularly with regard to the Women’s Series in summer, and we would also like to thank the Foundation for the generous practical support it gives each year enabling the women’s team to take part in such a unique and prestigious Keelboat Regatta. This is hugely appreciated, not only for the team’s experience racing at a National level, but also for the continuing impact such an experience has on the growth and development of women’s sailing in South Australia. Thanks also to Barbara and Ron Parker for their constant support of the women’s team, especially through the use of Taniwha for the Women’s Series each year. Special thanks go to Barbara who skippered the women’s team for the Women’s Series this past season and kept us mindful of our AWKR goals. And thanks also to our marvelous mentor and skipper, Helen Willmer, who pulled everything together for our 2017 AWKR campaign.

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NEW MEMBER PROFILE Welcome to New Members Senior

Dale RYAN

Senior

Stuart GRAY Unfinished Business

Family

Dee Dee FLEMING Donald FLEMING Déjà Vu

Associate

John RYNES

Family

Country

Ben MIERS Pirana

Janette GAY Tardis

Family Junior

Family

Mini BLYTHMAN Bliss

Bijou WRIGHT Celeste WRIGHT Gisele WRIGHT

Family

Carol LAVERICK Starwave

Family

Angela BATES Club 56

Welcome to the Wright girls!

Junior

Paris JANSEN

Crew

Anthony BROWN

Crew

Jan WROBEL

Crew

Cam ANGUS

Crew

Chris REHN

Crew

Alexander McCLURE

Crew

Bill BYBEE

Crew

Amelia CLEMENT

Crew

Anthony CAVALLARO

Crew

Willaim VEJO

Crew

Arastou ESHKEVARI

Crew

Seosamh MAC MATHUNA

Crew

Lambert WARD

Crew

Ryan WHITFORD

Meet Ben Miers – A man of the sea

EN Miers recently joined the

Squadron as a Country Member. Ben and his family, his wife Karen and children Scarlett (7) and Griffin (5) have lived in Wallaroo for the past two years. He well and truly qualifies for this membership category as it takes two hours to drive just over 160 km to the Squadron from their home! Ben has a stong affiliation with the sea. He worked as an officer in the Australian Merchant Navy for 12 years prior to his current position as a Marine Pilot. Karen and he are both from Adelaide but moved to Gladstone in Queensland 11 years ago when he started this job. They moved back to South Australia four years ago.

OLLOWING in their family’s footsteps, the three Wright sisters and their mother Mini have recently become Family Members of the Squadron. Bijou (11), Gisele (9) and Celeste (5) have all been active on their boat, Bliss, from a very young age. Celeste started sailing when she was only eight days old! Mini says she ‘dabbled on a dinghy’ briefly as a child, but was properly introduced to sailing by her partner Matthew about 17 years ago. The girls love going out for a day sail with a packed lunch and plenty of snacks. They enjoy crabbing and fishing, and delight in watching the dolphins frolicking around the boat’s bow. Once Celeste is a stronger swimmer, which they hope won’t be too far off, the sailing sisters are very keen to have a ‘sleepover’ on the boat.

Ben says he has sailed since he was five years old. “I love and enjoy both cruising and racing,” he says. “I have skippered in offshore races including the Adelaide to Lincoln once, and the Brisbane to Gladstone race twice. I have also skippered during the Hamilton Island Race Week and competed in Airlie Beach Race weeks, as well as Farr 30 State and National titles.” Ben also enjoys dinghy racing including International 14 Skiffs. He once owned a Mosquito which he found to be fun, sailing ‘one-up’ with an asymmetric kite.

Bliss, a Duncanson 37, was built by their grandfather David who spent about eight years fitting out his boat on his front lawn before launching her at the Squadron in 1989.

Ben says he has visited the Squadron a few times over many years and has always felt welcome. “The Club and its members have a way of making people who love sailing and boats in general feel welcome and comfortable, which is fantastic,” he says. “I have wanted to become a member of a club in Adelaide since moving back to SA and am excited to be a new member here.”

The girls are delighted with the family history of Bliss. Whenever they take a friend out sailing, they proudly say, “Grandpa made our boat.”

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He also enjoys cruising, both in SA and around the Australian coast from Adelaide to Darwin. He currently cruises with his wife and two children in their local cruising grounds in the southern Spencer Gulf. “We even have a bait board on our yacht, which I think proves we are now a ‘cruising’ boat,” he laughs. Ben has owned Piranha, a 38 Match Bavaria, for nine years and believes her design suits cruising and racing. He is currently undertaking some maintenance including standing/running rigging replacement, through-hull replacement and sail drive boot replacement. “We love the boat and she is a pleasure to sail, in both the cruising and racing mode,” he says. “Our racing sails are currently in the shed, but maybe they will come out in the future.” Ben decided to join RSAYS after encouragement from Fred Howes. “I first met Fred when we moved to Wallaroo and appreciate his friendship. I have benefited from his knowledge of all things sailing, especially his tips on appropriate anchorages.”

SEAMANSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP By Sally Metzer

What does our RSAYS motto mean to you?

S members of the Royal SA Yacht Squadron, we’re made aware of our Club motto all the time - at formal meetings, in casual conversations, within our publications and on our letterheads. In times of trouble some see it is as a binding influence, an ideal for members to follow. But what exactly does the word ‘motto’ mean, and what do these often-quoted words of our motto actually convey? Here’s what some Squadron members think our motto means.

Anthea Cowell, long time member “Seamanship - a pride in striving for a level of competency to participate in our sport in safety and fun for mutual enjoyment. However, we need to understand some rules for everyone’s enjoyment. None of us is perfect. Mea Culpa! Fellowship - the gathering of a group of like minded people to further their interest in a companionable way.”

Jenny Last, Mary Ann “Seamanship means the security and confidence we obtained from Squadron members when we took our family cruising every summer, usually in company with other families. Fellowship is the friendly goodwill I have enjoyed over more than fifty years of membership, including making new friends as well as enjoying old ones. I am eternally grateful for all that the Squadron has given me.”

Marion Holden, Marionette IV “We don’t need our motto because members know how they feel about our Club, and I, for one, feel uncomfortable with it. The Squadron is much more than just a Club; it is a group of people bonded by a love of the sea and all things nautical, including historical voyages and boating paraphernalia. It is also a community of caring people who look after each other within and without the Club premises. For me, it is like having a large extended family with the inclusiveness and love that that entails.”

Steve Kennedy “To me, Seamanship and Fellowship means that I should utilize my skills, experience and knowledge when at sea or on land, to assist anyone who appears to require either help or social experiences.”

Rick Baker, former Skipper of Margarita “It is the ability to handle small craft at sea in a safe and seamanlike manner, and to relate to fellow members in a friendly manner.”

Barry Allison, Sea Rover “It means the ability to mix with people with a common interest that is related to activities involving the sea.”

Roger Oaten, Racing Committee “ Seamanship involves competent boat handling and maintenance, Fellowship is the attitude amongst all Squadron members that we are all here with a common interest and that we should make every effort to be inclusive in everything that we do.”

Tell us what you think… Tell us what our motto means to you, in 30 words or less. The most original and catchy answer will win one of six RSAYS caps, courtesy of the Squadron Quarterly. Entries close Sunday 19 November. Put on your current thinking cap and enter now! Winning entries will appear in the summer SQ. Send your entry to the Editor at: sallymetzer@hotmail.com by 16 November SQ Spring 2017 Page 17

CRUISING REPORT

St Kilda Weekend a winner! By Ken Case

N the weekend of 16-17 September a small contingent of five Squadron yachts

sailed around to St Kilda Boat Club for a hearty BBQ and a night of fun and fellowship. The weather favoured us and as each yacht arrived the welcoming band of St Kilda members ushered us snugly into various berths made available to us for the weekend.

Although the high tide required for safe navigation up the channel came late in the afternoon at 1525 hrs, we had all arrived in time to enjoy some boat hoping and convivial drinks before making our way up to the clubhouse to access the BBQ and the bar. Other Squadron members arrived by car and we all took great advantage of the extraordinary bar prices, much too cheap to burden readers with and the volunteers behind the bar plied us with over generous glasses while we all enjoyed the fabulous hospitality of our hosts. Kingsley Haskett gave his last speech as Cruising Chair and thanked our hosts for their hospitality. Kingsley was then thanked along with our hosts by incoming Commodore Bruce Roach and Michael Rossiter received a round of applause for yet another well planned St Kilda Cruise. At 2000 hrs members of both clubs relaxed during a screening the 1951 movie, Captain Horatio Hornblower staring Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo, while others checked out the footy on the TV tucked in the corner. At the end of the evening we retired to our respective vessels. Sunday morning arrived promising another fine day so we all ventured out to enjoy the adventure playground which has undergone an amazing facelift and draws families from far and wide. Following the excitement of Juliet Browellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slide display, some of us joined the locals at the local for lunch while others returned to their boats for grazing food. As we made our way down the channel on the next high tide the weekend concluded with a gentle sail home. Another great Squadron cruise, albeit next door. We look forward to reciprocating the hospitality later in the season.

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Notes on Anchorages Workshop By Ken Case and Helen Moody using a digital chart of South Australian waters that one could click on and download the pinpointed anchorage information. Members then took part in a ‘speed dataing’ evening as they cruised from table to table changing and adding to anchorage notes distributed around the room on nine tables. Others anchored themselves at a particular table adding new anchorages and updating others. Kingsley rang the bell at intervals notifying participants of new dishes served and time to relocate to another district table. The mood in the room was electric as members shared stories and discussed notes in a frenzy of talking and writing. What came out of the evening was an amazing amount of new information and confirmation of many anchorage notes.

N a calm Thursday night in August an amazing group of 42 talented and

experienced cruising members moored themselves in the Squadron dining room to review the Cruising Guide, Notes on Anchorages pages on the RSAYS website. Kevin and his dining room team provided a series of excellent buffet style dishes interspersed throughout the evening. Kingsley Haskett, former Chair of the Cruising Committee set the tone with a short, spirited introduction to the night and inevitable advice about having multiple anchors on board with a short and long boat hook. Helen Moody and Ken Case then explained the purpose of the night and outlined the evenings schedule.

Mark Sinclair donated to the Squadron his original plates of Soundings, surveyed by him during 2015 and 2016, of Pearson Island’s Eastern Cove, Kangaroo Island’s Snug Cove and Althorpe Island anchorage. Trevor Manoel also provided some digital information downloaded from his USB. Sue Richardson and Keith Hancock agreed to update the West Coast and anchorages from their collection of information. Bob Hogarth also agreed to put together other anchorages that he and Gill have visited and provide them later.

Acknowledgement was given to the original team that established the Cruising website around 2005, Alan Duncan, John Wickham, Adam Wynn, Rod Wells and others with input for computer expertise and cruising experience from Jeff Hunt and Roger Oaten.

What was on display was an amazing show of camaraderie and fellowship that is the hallmark of the Squadron. A real show of warmth and fun and humour.

A number of members commented generally on the website including a call for the page to be renamed Anchorages and Moorings to more accurately label the notes. Others suggested including bearings for entry and exit of anchorages and that charts be included for each anchorage. Various resources were recommended by participants including a chart book, Cruising Guide books and blogs. Members shared experiences of wind and sea conditions worsening at an anchorage with suggestions of where to move to under certain circumstances. Some suggested we provide a hard copy, while others suggested a visual data base

Thank you to all those who participated and also to those who gave their apologies but agreed to follow up later. Any cruising members are welcome to make additional adjustments and forward them to either Helen Moody or Ken Case.

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CRUISING REPORT (CONTINUED) By Phil Stump

October Long Weekend Cruise to Black Point

S the warmer weather threatens to break through the cold of winter, our sights are set on a relaxing weekend away on our boat. The October Long Weekend is seen by many as the start of the Cruising Season so we packed our boats and watched the forecast.

(not on a mooring) as they reversed around the anchorage heating water for their showers, blissfully unaware their engine was in gear! (*Ed note: In reply, the skipper of Stardust says that the author is abiding here by the well-known adage: ‘One should never ruin a good story with the truth!’)

For many years our October Long Weekend destination has been Black Point and traditions are hard to break so, with hope of catching some snook on the way and also new season crabs for the catching when we arrive, we set sail.

Lunch at the Hill’s ‘Beach House’ was as usual a self-catering affair and we are all indebted to the Hills for their continuing generosity. The views across the anchorage from their balcony are really breathtaking.

Pat and Jane Hill generously offer their Black Point house as a venue for a catch up BBQ lunch on the Sunday making this an added incentive to lock in Black Point in our GPS.

Those keen on a few sunset drinks to wash down lunch enjoyed the hospitality of the crew on Miakoda for our last night before some of us unfortunately needed to return on Monday ready for work the next day.

Nine boats set off on Saturday of the Long Weekend – Amarina, Crusader, Kooringal, Marionette IV, Four Seventy, Miakoda, Stardust, Salacia and Erica. The crew of Four Seventy graciously hosted Saturday’s welcome drinks at anchor and we were equally entertained with stories from David and Roger as the sun set on an oily sea.

A very enjoyable Long Weekend in one of South Australia’s picturesque cruising locations. Weather permitting, anytime is definitely a good time to sail away and test one of the Squadron’s three new Black Point moorings. so lock in the next Black Point Cruise on the March 2018 Long Weekend.

Sunday dawned a beautiful day, after a very calm night, and three lucky Squadron boats enjoyed the security of the Squadron’s new Black Point moorings. Early entertainment was provided by Stardust

Revellers arrive

Sunset drinks

Ed: Coverage of the Port Adelaide event on the October Long Weekend will be included in the next edition

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SAFETY AT SEA

Proposed Changes to SA Life Jacket Wear Rules using SUPs and surf skis more than 400 m offshore and at all times in a dragon boat. Currently all vessels operating in South Australian waters must have life jackets on-board for each person and it is recommended that children 12 years old or younger wear life jackets while on-board.

What laws are in place interstate? New South Wales standards include requirements for life jackets to be worn on vessels up to 4.8 m at night, in open water, when boating alone and by children 12 years and under at all times in a vessel up to 4.8 m and in an open area on a vessel of 4.8 m to 8 m while underway. Victorian standards require everyone on board to wear a life jackets at all times in vessels of up to 4.8 m and at times of heightened risk in vessels between 4.8 m- 12 m in most situations.

OME see life jackets as a vital piece of boating safety equipment. Others may see them as an unnecessary infringement on an individual’s rights. In some states they are compulsory, while in others they are not. At present, the laws in South Australia do not insist on life jackets being worn. Where do you stand on this important issue affecting us all?

A recent Royal Life Saving Australia report found that in the ten years to 2016, 35 people drowned while participating in boating or watercraft activities in South Australia and only one was wearing a lifejacket. A consultation is being undertaken by the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) to strengthen lifejacket laws and will consider changes to the Harbors and Navigation Act, and the Harbors and Navigation Regulations. Apparently approximately 60,000 vessels are registered in South Australia, with close to 3,000 new vessels registered in the 2015-16 financial year. On average the number of boat licence holders increases by more than 3% each year in South Australia. You may remember having seen an invitation on our e-bulletin some time ago to take part in a survey being conducted by DPTI on the proposed changes. The principal change proposed relates to the requirement to wear life jackets in smaller boats and open areas of boats, rather than simply have life jackets available on board.

Boat owners and boat users, industry groups, rescue services and volunteer organisations around the state were asked to express their opinions via the State Government’s yourSAy website. The survey closed on 22 September.

The consultation specifies that: • Life jackets must be worn by all persons on vessels less than 4.8 m in length and underway • Life jackets must be worn at all times by children under 12 years of age when in an open area of a vessel 4.8 m–12 m in length and underway • Life jackets must be worn by persons over 12 years of age when in an open area of a vessel 4.8 m–12 m in length and underway at times of heightened risk or as directed by the skipper.

Transport and Infrastructure Minister Stephen Mullighan says that the State Government needs to make sure that our marine rules and regulations create a safe environment for everyone. “Getting out on the water is a favourite pastime of many thousands of South Australians and with the right guidelines we can make sure that these activities are as safe as possible”, he states. “Boating activities are key contributors to rural economies and communities along our coastal waters, and towns along the River Murray and other inland waters. We don’t want to stop people enjoying themselves out on the water but we do all we can to reduce serious injuries and deaths out on the water. Life jackets are a vital piece of boating safety equipment.”

• When the vessel is disabled

Boating Industry Association Chief Executive Howard Glenn says the BIA agrees. “We believe strongly that good boating is safe boating, and we’re committed to work with the South Australian Government to get the lifejacket wear rules right. It’s such a sensible approach to look at the rules in nearby New South Wales and Victoria, and adopt what’s best for the South Australian waterways”, he says. “Getting people on small boats in those states to wear life jackets, through a combination of education and regulation, has made boating better, safer and encouraged more people to get on board”.

• Operating in an area where the Bureau of Meteorology has issued a specific weather warning

Ed: At the time of SQ going to print, the results of the survey had not yet been released. We shall keep you informed.

The criteria for ‘times of heightened risk’ include: • Boating alone • Boating at night • Crossing a coastal or ocean bar (eg Murray mouth) • Operating in restricted visibility

Other proposed changes cover the requirement to wear a lifejacket when

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DIS-ABLE SAILING By Deirdre Schahinger

Bob Schahinger preparing Freedom for a day out.

After years of being involved in this very worthwhile programme together with her husband Bob, Deirdre tells how it all started, and how satisfying it is to help many disabled people to experience the joy of sailing.

FTER being two of the founding

members of Sailability South Australia in the mid-1990s we also established Sailability Holdfast Bay more than 20 years ago at the Holdfast Bay Yacht Club. About 10 years ago a few Sailability participants approached us about expanding their horizons to include offshore yacht sailing. This was the beginning of Dis-Able Sailing Inc a charitable volunteer organisation that provides day-option sailing, and the opportunity to learn to sail and be included in the Squadron’s racing programme for people with a disability.

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Dis-Able Sailing conducts its sailing programme on Freedom all year round, providing the weather is suitable, and the yacht is not in maintenance mode which generally coincides with a winter month. During the past 12 months Freedom’s activity has been: • 56 Day Option sailing days with almost 100 trips, • In excess of 500 Day Option clients, • Almost 400 volunteer hours, and • More than 30 inclusive races at the Squadron.

Freedom’s current program involves 10 Day Options programs per month with several disability services groups mainly from the north-eastern suburban areas. Presently, these days are operated by a small group of volunteers. With a mixed ability crew Freedom also takes part in the social Twilight races. The committee of Dis-Able Sailing would welcome any one who has a few hours per month or week to help with Freedom on the day-option sailing days. We would like to hear from you by either phoning 0404033327 or email disable_sailing@bigpond.com. It is highly rewarding seeing how the clients react to a day out on the water.

JUNIORS REPORT By Stuart Davis We extend an open invitation for anyone between 8 and 18 years of age who is interested in sailing to come along. All are welcome. We have a mix of boys and girls from beginners to more accomplished sailors. Give it a try! A colurful new flyer designed to encourage new members to join is now being widely circulated.

HE 2017/18 junior sailing season, which started in September, promises to be another fantastic program of fun, learning and racing. There are a number of new initiatives this year, designed to maximise the fun and involvement for all the family.

The new initiatives include a slightly revised program that has dedicated racing and training days, rather than trying to split a longer day to fit in both categories. We will be finishing each day with the traditional BBQ lunch - some things don’t change! In order to light the fire of adventure, we are holding a family day and will be inviting some of the Squadron stalwarts to come and share their experiences of racing and cruising. We are sure they will have interesting stories to tell - some may even be true!

comes to Port Adelaide. Yes, that’s right, a cycling event! We will be sailing down to the Inner Harbour at Port Adelaide to showcase our sailors for the stage start on 16 January. The second is that one very generous member has made a J24 available for the use of our junior sailors. We will provide a full update about this in the next issue. Suffice to say, we are very grateful for the use of this vessel. Having access to the J24 will provide a critical stepping stone between dinghy and keel boats. The Junior Sailing Committee sees this as very important to transition junior members and their families into full members and potential future boat owners. Thanks again to all the volunteers, sponsors, coaches and committee members who will once again be supporting the youngest Squadron members.

Here are two very special news items. The first is that the junior sailors are planning to join in the fun when the Tour Down Under

Pacers rigged and launched at the Squadron

Juniors Camp at Clayton Bay

Training in the Port River

Juniors Camp at Clayton Bay

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BUCKET LIST By Trevor Manoel We had a series of runs under headsail only, the first to Kalooma Bay just off the entrance to the St George River. While there, a small cruise boat with 40-50 passengers anchored in the bay and ferried passengers via barge and rubber ducks up the scenic river. We put the dinghy in and went ashore for a walk and photography. That afternoon we again ran, under jib only, to Jims Bay, an attractive little bay which has a reef with breaking water right down the centre. Whilst the bay is well protected from the prevailing wind, the reef makes you nervy. We used an excellent cruising guide published by the Fremantle Sailing Club which gave accurate anchoring positions. Since much of the Kimberley coast is unsurveyed, this guide is invaluable.

Trevor and Miles relaxing at the helm

A Kimberley Cruise in Sowelu This is the third article in which Trevor describes helping his friend Miles achieve a bucket list goal of circumnavigating Australia in Sowelu.

ILES continued his trip after

the cyclone season, so in late April returned to Darwin with a crewmate, ready for a month-long cruise to Broome. However, the boom had been damaged during a jibe in a thunderstorm in the Gulf of Carpentaria in November and the replacement, fitted in Darwin, was missing part of the gooseneck. Since this would take two weeks to arrive and his crewmate could not extend his leave, Miles rang me to ask if I was interested. I called Eric Millard, a cruising mate from the Port Adelaide Sailing Club, who said, “I can’t talk right now as I’m busy packing my kit,” and we flew to Darwin on Saturday 27 May. The next day, we heaved Miles to the masthead as, while at the marina, a mollymawk had wrecked the wind indicator, VHF antenna and masthead light. The next couple of days were taken up with provisioning for five weeks. We anchored overnight in Fannie Bay, leaving there on Wednesday 31 May, working the ebb tide in a 25 kt sea breeze and anchoring in Tapa Bay in a smoke haze from the many bushfires burning inland. Page 24 SQ Spring 2017

The next day, we aimed for Peron Island, but it became apparent the anchorage would be uncomfortable given the wind, so we motored directly upwind to the Daly River anchorage, where we passed a comfortable night. We stayed put the next day as the 25 kt south-easter made it a bash to our next planned anchorage at Port Keats; instead we did a 170 nm overnighter to Seaplane Bay, remembering to wind the clocks back two hours for West Australian time. Seaplane Bay is a lovely protected anchorage and gets its name from the forced landing, in 1932, of a seaplane. The two German aviators wandered the area for 40 days before being rescued by aborigines. Over the next few days, the wind was SE and seemed to blow fresh in the morning and ease in the afternoon. At times, the seas were very confused and we came to understand the effects of the large tides around headlands, as well as on our speed. Throughout this trip, we used tide predictions from Navionics and Imray Tides Planner, checking one against the other. Tide heights and times seemed to be accurate but not the Navionics tide or current direction.

On Friday 9 June, we had an exciting tide-assisted ride through the surveyed channel through Long Island Shoal and into Freshwater Bay, our first entry into an anchorage with a pearl farm. The boundaries are marked on electronic charts and often have small buoys with solar lighting, although these markers are hard to spot, particularly when the sun is low. We anchored off the creek in company with three other cruising boats. Next morning, we went ashore, did our washing at the waterfalls, and heard later that a shark and a crocodile had been sighted in the creek earlier that morning. A bit unnerving when you are in a rubber duck. Our next anchorage was Krait Bay, a picturesque anchorage. This bay was used during WWII for training commandos, and there is still military junk ashore. The next day, we had a wonderful sail to the almost land-locked Shelter Bay, the prettiest anchorage so far with crystal clear water and surrounded by 40 m cliffs. After dark, with a torch, we watched pilchards and garfish on the surface and three small gummy sharks lurking below picking off the pilchards one at a time. We continued to Kartja Island, Thais Island and then up Prince Frederic Harbour to an anchorage in Kumpanapirra Creek. A 26 m catamaran with 14 passengers and a helicopter joined us in the anchorage. Just before dark, while we prepared a barbecue on deck, a large crocodile came within 5 m of the stern watching us closely. For the next hour or so, whenever we shone the torch astern, a pair of red eyes was not far away. Next morning, there were more photo opportunities when a large dugong swam past and an hour later a large shark hung around the stern. Then, as we motored up the Hunter River, we saw another large crocodile lurking in the shallows. About midday, Miles and Eric went sightseeing

up the Hunter River in the dinghy. They returned mid-afternoon, covered in black mud: the mud was deeper than their legs where they tried to get ashore! While they were away, I had a visit from WA Fisheries checking our fishing licence, which was all in order. Days later, we had another visit from Fisheries – these guys checked our fridge and freezer! The next interesting anchorage was beautiful Ivy Cove, where we saw the historic boab tree with the name of the pearling lugger Ivy 1896 carved in its trunk. Later, Border Force Aircraft 66 flew over and requested our details via VHF. One morning, we anchored in Kuri Bay amongst the pearl farming craft, but did not go ashore because the cruising guide said they discouraged visitors. Through the binoculars we could see it was like a little township ashore with 30 assorted buildings, a floating pontoon walkway and a slipway. Late in the afternoon, some work boats returned and one called by for a brief chat, telling us there were 12 workers on site. I think they didn’t like the look of us as one worker returned just before dark to lock up the hand pump on their fuel barge. Before we left for Darwin, Eric and I investigated phone coverage in the Kimberleys. Only Telstra told us we’d have coverage – if we stuck to the main road! Despite this, by some fluke, we got coverage a couple of times although I had to stand on the boom holding the iPad above my head. In Deception Bay, I caught a small gummy shark on a Tassie Devil lure. It was an exciting fight for about ten minutes on a 5 kg line. We got it aboard with the landing net but no one thought to photograph it. On our next sail, off Hall Point, we noticed a flock of diver birds in a feeding frenzy in the tidal disturbance, so I put out a tuna lure but the gear was no match for this fish and we lost the lure. Our next significant destination was the tourist attraction, Horizontal Falls. There is magnificent scenery through this narrow

Miles and Eric celebrating on the shoreline waterway, which we shared with float planes, helicopters and cruise boats. We anchored about 200 m away from the busy tourist hub pontoon where four 12-seat float-planes ran a shuttle service to Broome, 240 km away. Mid-afternoon, we dinghied to within 150 m of the cut to view the falls but got no closer because two rubber ducks, each carrying about 20 passengers and each with 4 x 200 hp outboards, were ripping through the cut at about 30 kts. From here, we made our way to Broome, anchoring off the Cable Beach Surf Club. We went ashore for a look and took the first load of garbage. We had been at sea for 33 days and the garbage had to be managed. We double-bagged galley garbage (the smelly stuff) in small packages; 120 cans were crushed and put into two cardboard 30-packs and long-life milk cartons were put into 6 wine-bottle cartons, along with all other flattened cardboard. Cans and jars were rinsed in salt water, and small ones fitted into larger ones. Wine bottles simply went back into their original cartons. The next day, we took Miles ashore for shopping. The swell had increased, so landing and staying dry was a challenge. We had run out of beer, but there was a bottle shop just over the sandhills. Eric was up for the challenge so went ashore and an hour-and-a-half later returned with 30 cans and a dozen bottles of wine. A short time later Miles called: he had three supermarket Eski packs of meat and vegies. It was a mammoth effort to get everything aboard dry. Later that day, as we moved a short distance south to Gantheaume Bay, Eric noticed the engine was steaming and not pumping water, so in the morning we removed the raw water pump to find three vanes on the impeller missing. We fitted a new impeller and were up and running. Miles had arranged to get fuel and water at 0700 on Wednesday morning, so after an 0430 hrs alarm, we motored into a 20 kt SE breeze to the Broome jetty. Coming alongside was a challenge in the strong breeze. The wharf deck was some eight metres above us and there are no ladders so you rely on the wharf staff. The fuel contractor arrived at the appointed time and we took 300 litres of fuel. The water man arrived, lowered down the hose and we took 450 litres of water. This exercise cost $370 to use the wharf plus $420 for the fuel. It’s no wonder yachties avoid Broome for resupply. The next day, we made two trips ashore with our kit bags and the last of the garbage, had a final lunch with Miles, and then Eric and I explored Broome. The highlight was the museum which enlightened us on Broome’s history, particularly with respect to pearling and WWII. In the future, Miles hopes to have a stopover at the Squadron early in 2018, and I hope to do the Adelaide/Hobart leg aboard Sowelu.

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SENIOR MEMBER - RICHARD COLEBATCH By Barry Allison

This is the next in a series of articles by Barry Allison which records some of the experiences and adventures of our many prominent Senior Members of the Squadron. This time we review Richard Colebatch who has had wide experience in yachting and in the administration of our Club. with his many friends. Magnus used to place fishing nets around the mooring floats in the Squadron pool at night, and in the morning pull them in and have a cooked breakfast of fresh mullet.

ICHARD started sailing at the

Grange Sailing Club when he was 10 and crewed in a Yachting World Cadet dinghy. He remembers one occasion when the skipper’s father came rushing down to the beach after they had finished a race to congratulate the pair for completing the course. Richard then moved to the Port Adelaide Sailing Club to sail with his uncle, Bill Raffan, who had built a 16-ft Yachting Monthly Senior. She was launched at Snowdens Beach and sailed up the Port River to the Port Adelaide Sailing Club. This was fine while the breeze was on their beam, however certain problems did arise when tacking towards the Birkenhead Bridge into a westerly breeze – without a motor. The bridge was opened but it required brother Philip to swim between pylons to pull the boat through the bridge and into the Club basin. In later years Bill bought a 22-ft Bluebird and only twice did they sail outside the Outer Harbor. One can imagine how disappointed it was for an adventurous 12-year-old to only tack up and down the Port River. Richard joined the Squadron on 7 February 1967, being proposed by his grandfather, Norman Ford. His early memories of the Squadron go back to rowing about the Squadron basin in a dinghy with his brother Philip and his grandfather, and of course, only rowing for the maximum 20 minutes allowed. Also in those early years, he remembers visiting Senator Sir Magnus Cormack’s yacht Tainui to help him clean out all the old cans and bottles from the bilges prior to cruising to the Spencer Gulf

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In his first years at the Squadron, in his mid-teens, he crewed with Alan Behrens. Alan was well known being the builder and owner of the beautiful H28 Monsoon. Around this time Alan had decided to build another new yacht designed by John Spencer from New Zealand, more popularly known as ‘butter boxes’. Two of these hulls were built alongside each other in Alan’s Norwood workshop, one for Alan named Caravel and the other for Keith Flint called Scimitar. (A third boat, Kiandra, was also built at the same time.) When building these craft a unique measure of progress was gauged by the number of empty flagons of dry sherry consumed. The main saloon table allegedly took four and a half flagons to complete. The first cruise was to the West Coast via Port Lincoln, visiting Flinders Island and Venus Bay. These craft had an incredible turn of speed downwind and it was like riding a 45-ft surf board.

Then along came Zante, a Duncanson 29 bought from Brian Dixon. Brian had originally bought Zante from John Inverarity and only recently has John bought her back again. Zante provided the next 20 years or so of incredible cruising for Richard, his wife Tracy, and their two children, David and Claire. On one of the early cruises, after a fairly tortuous day at work, Richard decided the best way to unwind was to load up the boat and just cruise around the Gulf. The weather was perfect with light breezes and so the family pushed off, having had a quick snack at the Ozone Café in Port Adelaide. With both children, aged four and six, asleep in the fore berth, and Tracy having a snooze in the cabin, Richard relaxed with a can of beer and a chicken leg or two and headed across the Gulf. Around 0230 hrs, Tracy was called to help drop the anchor at Port Vincent. The children were amazed at how they had sailed across the Gulf, and Richard was now totally relaxed. Another voyage with his son David took them across the Gulf at night to Stansbury and then down to American River in delightful conditions, catching the odd

Skipper and crew aboard Caravel. Photo: Harry Nimo l to r: Allan Brown, Douglas Maxwell-Wright, Chris Nigh, Richard Colebatch and owner Alan Behrens

Sydney and back for the 2000 Olympics, and again when Rick cruised to Queensland. Among the crew on these voyages were David Rawnsley, Kingsley ‘Bones’ Haskett and Alan and Andrew Swinstead. The quarter berths on Soleil provided some fairly intimate relationships when in port with the crew down below trying to sleep.

Zante in the sail past Opening Day 1988 snook or two. They met up with Peter and Barb Osborne on Ranger. After two days in American River they decided to return to the Squadron with a marvellous spinnaker run to Rapid Head, where they were hit with a wild southerly buster which blew out the kite. Ken O’Brien was later given the pieces of the blown-out spinnaker, but considered it beyond repair. There were many cruises over the years on Zante and she was reluctantly sold in 2016. In the interim period, David Harris, David Biven and Richard bought the Etchell Gomas (Grumpy Old Men At Sea) and raced competitively on Saturdays. A second Etchell Maxen owned by Don Hayley was purchased by David Biven, Michael McMichael and Richard. This one was aptly re-named More Gomas. There were many exciting times on the Etchells – one in particular when lining up for a start in the Port River. Conditions were wild with plenty of wind and rain with most competitors expecting the race to be cancelled. Suddenly Paul Bognor’s Arcadia loomed out of the chaos and collided with Gomas on starboard tack. Paul had started five minutes earlier than Gomas and managed to plug the small hole in his bow and push on. When approaching the Black Pole they noticed a floating vessel which looked like a barge, but in fact was Arcadia which had lost its mast. Another exciting time was when they sailed the Etchell across to Port Vincent for an Easter Regatta, a feat not totally sanctioned by some of the Racing Committee.

Other deliveries included bringing Andrew Just’s Tucana back from Mackay to Adelaide and several voyages on Alan Down’s Salacia to Tasmanian waters. There were numerous deliveries of David Harris’s catamarans – Sydney to Apollo Bay, Kangaroo Island to Robe and Perth to Exmouth via the Abrolhos Group which provided some exciting night sailing in 35 kt winds. Then followed the delivery of Henry Reich’s Huon 32 Shenandoah. She was built of timber at Port Huon in Tasmania and they set off in February to sail back via the West Coast of Tasmania. Navigation proved to be a challenge as the charts on Henry’s iPad only went as far as Tasmania’s South West Cape. While Henry was working on the motor in Strachan he accidentally put his elbow through the iPad and so Richard’s phone was used to navigate the rest of the way back to Adelaide. Perhaps the longest of the delivery voyages was aboard David Harris’s Volvo 60 from Adelaide to Hong Kong in 2009. David had engaged the services of a well-known yachtsman, John ‘Mega’ Bascombe, an exnavy clearance diver from Port Lincoln, to be part of the crew. The voyage to Hong Kong took six and a half weeks with many ports of call. These stopovers generally occurred at night which made the transit from yacht to shore a fairly hazardous exercise, particularly when Mega confronted the small Asian rowers to ferry him ashore. Sadly, Mega died on the voyage and was taken ashore at Sandakan. The remaining part of the voyage through Subic Bay to Hong Kong

was in extremely rough weather with the seas as high as the second spreader on the 26 m mast and helmsmen having to be acutely aware of the spinning wheel when broaching on large waves. Most agreed that this was the most challenging sailing they had done. Richard’s involvement in Squadron affairs has been over a long period, and includes a rewarding time working with eight Commodores from Richard Smith through to Caillin Howard over 13 years. He joined the Committee of Management in 1995 and remained until 2008. He was Rear Commodore from 2006 to 2008 and was voted Volunteer of the Year in 2008. His continued involvement with RSAYS Ltd has been from 2001, and he was a Director on the Board and Chairman from 2004 to 2008. He has also been a Trustee with the RSAYS Foundation from 2006 to 2008. On reflection, the greatest success over this period was the purchase of the Squadron’s freehold. This was achieved because of the efforts of many members, and the disciplined approach to achieving a regular trading surplus in line with the annual budget. Richard has now retired from his involvement with the plastics industry, having run the family manufacturing company Kemalex in SA and Victoria. He is a director of a number of private companies. He was President of the Engineering Employers Association of SA from 1995 to 1997 and also involved with the Australian Industry Group and Business SA. With a new craft to play with and plenty of time on their hands, we can be sure that Richard and Tracy will enjoy many more years of cruising our waters. We wish them well.

In 2016, Aqua Lass was purchased from Alan O’Donnell and Lynda Walsh. She is a 40-ft centre cockpit Beneteau now 20 years old and will be used for extensive cruising around the east coast of Australia. With son David living in Toronto in Canada and daughter Claire living in Queenstown in New Zealand, and all of the grandchildren being overseas, there are no immediate family ties in Adelaide and so the plans are to port hop around the coast, taking their time and enjoying the sailing. Richard has had many experiences in yacht deliveries. One of the more memorable was taking Rick Mollison’s Catalina 42 Soleil to

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by Rae’s husband and active Squadron identity Jeff Hunt. It records everything that transpires on the network. Every time the system is used, SASRS monitors it in the radio rooms upstairs, where their radios light up to show what segment the call is coming from.

SEA RESCUE By Juliet Browell

Emergency calls which are heard on this system are immediately relayed to the South Australian Police (SAPOL), who allocate an incident number and control how the situation is handled. The SAPOL Water Police radio room is based at Semaphore near the Palais. In addition to monitoring the Coast Radio Adelaide emergency system, SASRS monitors its own radios. These include the VHF Channels 16 and 80, 27 MHz Channels 96, 86, and 88, Com4, which is a version of CB, in the CB range and UHF, which will eventually be phased out

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SA Sea Rescue visit an education!

RECENT visit by members of the Cruising Committee to the South Australian Sea Rescue Squadron (SASRS) at West Beach was a real awakening. Whatever those who attended were expecting, it turned out to be even far more informative and interesting! We were warmly welcomed by the SASRS Operations Captain, Frank Miller. Our then-Commodore Rae Hunt, an active volunteer at SASRS, was also there.

SASRS is the oldest and largest Volunteer Marine Rescue (VMR) group in South Australia. It began in 1960 as a search and rescue group, assisting police, when people were reported as missing at sea. Today and on any day of the year, within minutes of a call out, they are ready to launch any number of specialist craft and assist in searches. At West Beach SASRS undertakes a number of roles. The volunteers monitor Coast Radio Adelaide VHF Ch 16 Marine Safety Network, every day, from 0700 hrs to 1900 hrs, while Flinders Ports monitors it from 1900 hrs to 0700 hrs. The Coast Radio Adelaide Network has been established by the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, (DPTI), to provide a 24-hour safety net on VHF Channels 16 and 67. Coverage extends from west of Fowlers Bay,

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through into Victorian waters, and includes all South Australian Gulf Waters, and all coastal waters surrounding Kangaroo Island. There is a radio distress and safety service on VHF channel 16 for vessels which may require urgent assistance. This network uses VHF marine radio equipment located at 14 South Australian Government Radio Network sites at Fowler’s Bay, Ceduna, Streaky Bay, Elliston, Coffin Bay, Tumby Bay, Port Pirie, Maitland, Kangaroo Island West, Mount Lofty, Kangaroo Island East, Coorong, Robe and Mount Gambier. The computer which integrates all these stations is in a separate and secure room, beneath the SASRS radio rooms, on the ground floor of the West Beach building. The system was designed and installed

On these channels, boat users can call ‘Sea Rescue Adelaide’ for assistance on the water, or they can log on for a voyage. When a boat logs on for a voyage, SASRS records the name of the boat, the number of people on board (POB), its registration number, and a mobile phone number if possible. They retain this information on their system after the voyage, so that the boat is easily recognized on any and all subsequent voyages. We saw our own boat Pyewacket on the list which was very encouraging. If a boat logs on for a voyage and does not log off at the expected time, Sea Rescue will follow up by radio. If no response is received, they will notify SAPOL to search for the vessel. They don’t necessarily send out a boat right away, but may look for them in the expected marina, or at the boat ramp or car park as often people quite simply forget to log off. Occasionally Sea Rescue will notify SAPOL Water Police if they suspect a boat operator is possibly affected by alcohol or drugs. Seafarers who get into trouble on the water, can call, ‘Sea Rescue Adelaide’ for help. In the summer season, SASRS averages more

SR01 can travel at 30 knots

than one incident per day. The number one problem is usually with boats which won’t start due to battery problems. Sea Rescue takes to the waters, and is always equipped with at least one fully charged battery jumper unit which can be passed to the vessel. They don’t usually tow vessels in this situation which can be a slow process as some boats have low hull speeds. Poor maintenance is generally the main reason for battery and engine failure. On a few, rather hilarious occasions, all Sea Rescue has to do is to suggest that the boat owner pulls up their anchor as their vessel has, for some ‘unknown’ reason, been going around in circles! The West Beach Operations Centre has two totally separate and identical radio rooms so that if there is an emergency incident, routine monitoring may continue in the other radio room. The SASRS runs radio courses at West Beach for the Short Range Operators Certificate of Proficiency (SROCP). Boat owners with a VHF radio aboard are required to have this licence, and, once obtained, it does not expire. The course takes a day, costs $130, and is run through the University of Tasmania which provides the course booklets and issues the licences. Although Sea Rescue is keen for people to operate their radios efficiently and clearly, they do not chastise boat owners for incorrect procedure. Safety comes before everything. Training of volunteers is extensive. They all firstly require a First Aid Certificate, a Seamanship Certificate, a SROCP Licence and they can then become a trainee. These volunteers will learn the latest Sea Rescue procedures, before they can participate in training on the water. SASRS has special multiple boat on-water training courses, and SAPOL also conducts multi-organizational exercises with many other members of the VMR group. These exercises are of paramount importance to all the volunteers. SASRS runs a ‘Sea Proficiency’ course, which is aimed at improving safety in small boats.

VHF Frequencies

Sea Rescue volunteer Terry Puckridge These courses also assist with their funding. The course is run one night a week, over eight weeks with a practical day on the water, and fosters seamanship, rather than just providing a boat licence. SASRS is financed about 50% through fundraising/sponsorship, and 50% from the government. The 12 hours a day monitoring of Coast Radio Adelaide is a service which they are paid for. They are also given the running costs of their vessels, and a tax rebate on fuel. Some of their fundraising activities include hire fees for their Barcoo Function Centre at West Beach. SASRS operates and owns Barcoo Services which is a launch service used to take marine surveyors and crew to and from vessels moored in the Gulf, and to transport small amounts of supplies to these ships. There is even a service for dispersing ashes at sea! SASRS maintains a boat at Lonsdale, (O’Sullivan Beach), and there are country flotillas at Edithburgh, Wallaroo, (Copper Coast), and Wirrina. All sea rescue boats are

required to be towable to enable them to get to emergency situations as quickly as possible, and can co-operate with other services. There is an ongoing vehicle replacement program, due to the constant need to upgrade technologies, and improve performance. The number of boats has not increased in recent years, but the reliability has greatly improved. New boats are now built at Lonsdale to SASRS own design. The latest ones can plough through 3 m waves far better than the former Claytons. Sea Rescue 01 can travel at 30 knots, has radar, Automatic Identification System, (AIS) and Forward Looking Infra-Red Radar, (FLIRR). All vessels used in rescue operations need to be surveyed by the Australian Marine Safety Authority. After this wonderful talk and our tour of the Sea Rescue Squadron headquarters, what impressed me most was the way all the different organizations work together to keep our boating waters safe. Without them we could all be boating at our peril!

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LEGAL EAGLES - ARRESTING BOATS By Ian Maitland - Wallmans Lawyers

ARREST A SHIP – REALLY? AN Maitland, a partner in Wallmans Lawyers, continues his series of articles in which he

explains the law as it relates to maritime matters, and why a yacht was arrested at RSAYS!

Arrest of Ships

NE of the most unique aspects of Admiralty jurisdiction

is the right to arrest a vessel. This right emanates from International Law, and most countries have legislated to permit arrest of ships. The right to arrest provides substantial power to organisations which have claims, as it means that a claimant could arrest a ship and thereby obtain security for that claim. In order for the vessel to be released, the ship owner or insurer has to provide alternative security which includes bail bonds, bank guarantees and in recent times, letters of indemnity issued by the ship’s Insurer. In the 1980s it became very clear that Australia needed to have its own legislation for Admiralty matters (previously it was governed by an 1890 UK Act). This need was perhaps highlighted by the introduction of the Australia Act 1986 (Cth) UK which had the effect of terminating any final legal linkages of Australia to the Imperial Parliament.

The Australian Law Reform Commission Finally, the impetus was there to modernise Admiralty Law in Australia. In 1982, the job of doing that was given to a well-known and eminent SA scholar, Professor James Crawford, who made a major contribution to Australian Admiralty Law. A key issue which arose was jurisdiction. Did each of the State Supreme Courts have jurisdiction? The answer to that was probably yes, but the position was somewhat unclear.

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The Admiralty Bill 1988 (Commonwealth) The Admiralty Bill 1988 was introduced into the House of Representatives on 24 March 1988. Mr Lionel Bowen was the Australian Attorney General at the time. The Bill entered into force on 1 January 1989. The principal concept behind the Admiralty Act, and arrest thereunder, relates to bringing an action in rem and it is this concept which forms the basis for the arrest of the body: ie the ship. The Admiralty Act makes reference to various claims which permit a claimant to arrest a ship. There are three categories as follows: Section 15 – a maritime lien Section 16 – a proprietary maritime claim Section 17 – a general maritime claim maritime lien This is a particularly effective procedure because in the case of a maritime lien, the lien stays with the ship even though the ship may change ownership. In order to establish a maritime lien, one must establish a claim in either salvage, damage done by ship, wages of the master or of a member of the crew of a ship, or master’s disbursements. This is to be contrasted with the third category: ie a general maritime claim which permits an arrest only if the identity of the person or corporation which owns the ship is the same as the identity of the debtor.

General Maritime Claim

fee and an extra amount for the expenses of the Marshall, are filed. The documents are reviewed by a Registrar and if he/she is convinced that the facts support the basis of an arrest a warrant will be issued. The Marshall will serve the documents on the Captain and the vessel is detained until the arrest is lifted. In earlier days the warrant was attached to the mast of the vessel.

Section 17 of the Act provides a list of claims which come within this heading. The list is substantial and I do not propose to list each and every possibility. From my experience, the most usual claims which come within this category relate to issues of the carriage of goods, and claims in respect of goods, materials or services provided to the ship. A very common claim will be brought by the supplier of bunkers, whereby the ship has taken on board bunkers but has not paid for them.

In most cases, either the ship’s owner or Insurer will provide security and the vessel is released. The most common form of security is a Letter of Undertaking (LOU) from the Insurer. Thus, in most cases, a Judge does not become involved. However, if security is not offered and the debt is not paid then the Admiralty Rules provide a procedure for selling the ship. In this case the procedure will be overseen by a Judge.

Surrogate Ships Where there is a claim against a company which has multiple ships, this provides a very effective remedy as it means that one doesn’t have to arrest the actual ship to which the claim arose but allows the claimant to arrest any other ship in the same ownership.

Limitation of Liability I will only briefly deal with this because it is a significant topic in its own right. Ship owners can limit liability in respect of claims by reference to tonnage and description of cargo. This has often been very contentious but remains very much part of shipping law throughout the world.

Procedure As indicated, both the Federal Court and each State Supreme Court have Admiralty jurisdiction. In practice most arrests occur in the Federal Court, partly because of its national jurisdiction: ie a person can lodge documents in the Adelaide Registry to arrest a ship anywhere in Australia, and partly because the Federal Court has established a panel of Judges to deal with Admiralty matters. The procedure to effect an arrest is purely administrative. To arrest it is necessary to lodge a summons accompanied by an affidavit together with a Warrant for Arrest. The documents plus the filing

Yachts Yes, yachts can be arrested and in fact at least one yacht was arrested whilst in the precincts of the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron (RSAYS). The vessel was in waters off Western Australia when it broke its moorings and damaged several boats including one of the last remaining ‘luggers’, which was of historical significance. The owner did a runner on the yacht and ended up at the RSAYS. The vessel was arrested on instructions from the Insurer of the WA vessel and remained under arrest for several weeks. Accordingly, if a yacht causes damage or loss to a third party and the owner refuses to pay, the yacht can be arrested which means the vessel cannot move from its berth and, yes, the warrant will probably be ‘nailed to the mast’.

Summary Thus, all boat lovers and users are subject to Admiralty Law and your beloved boats can be arrested and held as security for a debt.

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CRUISING THE MIDLANDS By Jeanne & Colin Harrison wait then an hour passage as eight boats queued to go up. Colin operated the water valves and lock doors ashore, while Jeanne drove the boat from lock to lock. With more than one million visitors to Foxton Locks annually, tourists were often willing to lend a hand, plus National Trust volunteers gave instructions and guidance. Reaching the top of the 10 locks, we were thrilled to see an ice cream parlour. On the return downward locks, the sensation was that the boat was about to motor over a precipice. At Jeanne’s height of barely 1.6 m, she could only see the lock gate and the distant hills ahead.

Col, Jeanne & Tuckers Octopus

Cruising the Midlands on Tuckers Octopus

HERE is a first time for everything, and this was our first time cruising in the middle of England. We hired a narrow boat called Tuckers Octopus (apparently named after a carnival ride) from Canal Boat Club, Union Wharf, Market Harborough to Welford and back for one week in August to do a bit of exploring in the bucolic English countryside. Five miles from our start on the Market Harborough Arm, we joined the historic Old Grand Union Canal (1810) at Foxton.

Not expecting an adventure, we were surprised by the challenges and enjoyment which this trip provided: 11 locks; a very dark one kilometre tunnel; a manual selfopening road bridge and pedestrian bridge; passing other boats in narrow waterways; manoeuvering under 30 narrow bridges; and settling for the night in flat calm waters next to pastures sprinkled with sheep, cows and horses. White swans tapped beaks on our steel hull to beg for bread, as doves cooed and herons beat a hasty retreat. Nature abounded.

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Our first day on the water found us going nowhere. A tree had fallen across the waterway just outside Market Harborough, so we remained at dock for the evening. Since we had been traveling nonstop by car for the previous two weeks, and because the town of Market Harborough was a quaint, historic location, this was not an inconvenience. We appreciated just being on a boat on the water again. Canal boats are very narrow. The lock maximum width is 2.13 m and its length just 22 m. We had a boat which technically slept four, but in reality barely had room for us and our luggage. Provided by the charter company were linen, crockery, and basic cooking necessities. Fuel was an additional expense. One of the trip highlights was traversing the historic Foxton Locks, a series of 10 Staircase Locks built between 1810-1814 raising boats 22 m. This was the largest flight of Staircase Locks in use in England. It normally would have taken 45 minutes to pass through the locks, but with the backup due to the fallen tree we had an hour’s

Jeanne at Foxton Locks

This canal cruise provided our first experience of traveling by boat through a tunnel. Just a few hours after the ten locks, the 1,066 m Husbands Bosworth Tunnel proved even more daunting. It was easy to get disoriented in the unlit 1813 narrow tunnel with the halo from our bow light reflecting off the dark, enveloping tunnel and only a mere glimmer of light from the far opening. We were happy not to have met an oncoming boat until just after we emerged 15 minutes later. We had been assured that two boats could pass in the tunnel, but were pleased not to have to prove it.

Light at the end of the Tunnel Our destination was Welford Wharf, where we could add provisions, take on water, enjoy fish pie and fish and chips at the Wharf Inn, and socialise with the liveaboards. We did not linger long in this crowded environment before happily heading back to the serenity of the countryside on our return to Market Harborough. All in all this was a most enjoyable way to tour England, but our hearts remain on the open ocean under sail.

Welford Junction Bridge

STAFF PROFILE

Kevin Grant Our Hospitality & Events Manager

E see him dashing around the Squadron Dining Room, setting up tables, organising his staff, taking our orders at the bar, serving wine, always smiling. Who is Kevin Grant, the man who holds it all together as our Hospitality & Events Manager at the Squadron? Here he reveals (not quite) all!

Kevin is a local lad. He grew up at West Beach and went to the then brand new West Beach Primary School and later to Henley High School. He was quite sporty in his youth and played football as a child. Amazingly, considering his average height, he played in ruck. While at high school Kevin took up karate, well before the Bruce Lee-inspired martial arts trend, and really enjoyed it. “I went on to achieve a Black Belt and, I’m proud to say, I’ve never had need to use it!” Kevin now plays tennis for fun, and also to keep fit. “At my age, I think it’s a much safer sport than karate,” he says. “I thought about taking up golf, but tennis seemed smarter as they hit the ball back to you!” Ever since his first year at high school, Kevin says he wanted to be a chef. He liked the idea of travel and work. “I started my working career as an apprentice chef at Ayers House, one of the few places in Adelaide where one learned all departments of cooking, from function to fine silver service, dining bistro and pastries.” He went on to be the Head Chef at Ayers House at the tender age of 21. “It was hard work but I found it relatively easy,” he says.

From Ayers House Kevin branched out and went into business with a pastry chef. Together they opened a bakery on Unley Road called the Butler’s Pantry. The core of the business was supplying desserts to restaurants around Adelaide as well as running a shop. The venture went well and Kevin later bought out his partner. He then sold the business 12 months later and went to work as Head Chef at the Pioneer Restaurant. His next role was managing the Adelaide Town Hall Function Centre, catering for Spotless. While in this role, Kevin went to the University of Adelaide and completed an MBA. “Being a qualified chef with an MBA, now that has to be a rare combination,” Kevin muses. The business grew and was re-branded as ‘Epicure’. The portfolio of venues included the State Library, where they won the award of ‘State and National Caterer of the Year’, and also The Advertiser award for ‘Event Catering’. After 16 years, Kevin moved to AAMI stadium for a year to work in functions and event management. He then took on the position of Club Manager at the Adelaide Sailing Club for five years where he managed all aspects of the Club, including catering facilities. Kevin says he enjoyed working there and met some wonderful people. The Club had a strong Racing Committee and was keen to undertake junior development. It introduced the ‘Tackers’ program to SA and Kevin was principal of the sailing school.

He has been in his current role at the Squadron for four years. He enjoys what he is doing and has met some wonderful people. A company car is not included in Kevin’s current employment arrangement, but this does not worry him. He’s more a convertible sports car man! “My first car was an MGB and it was so much fun,” he says. ”I purchased my first convertible Jaguar XK a number of years ago. My current Porsche is just an ‘in between’ car until I find my next Jaguar.” Kevin is married to his wife Stephanie, a school principal. They have three children, all of whom work in hospitality. “We went wrong somewhere,” he laughs. “Working as a chef at night was ideal for me in the early years as I was able to be home with the children before they started the school years. I would take the children to kindergym and be the only male there. How times have changed.” As you can see, there’s a whole lot more to Kevin Grant than just a friendly smile. Say “hello” to him next time you’re dining at the Squadron, if he’s not on the run, that is!

Kevin contemplating buying a French chateau

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DANE’S VISIT By Colin Fraser

The Danes ‘deign’ to visit us again! You may recall the story in our winter edition of The Squadron Quarterly titled ‘A Danish Encounter’. In it, RSAYS member Colin Fraser recounts meeting up with visiting Dane Jens Mohr Ernst and taking him and some fellow countrymen sailing on Kaesler earlier this year. Well, they’re back! ENS returned briefly recently and J while here, joined Colin and our

then Commodore-Elect, Bruce Roach for lunch in the Dining Room. Jens presented Bruce with a burgee from the Kerteminde Yacht Club, to which they belong. In keeping with our club motto of ‘Seamanship and Fellowship’, Bruce plans to reciprocate soon. Jens is involved in the design and building of the workshops for the construction of the new frigates in the multi-million dollar project currently being undertaken at the Osborne shipyard. Their son, Joergen and his girl friend Kjersti Col Fraser, Bruce Roach, Jens Mohr Ernst, Ian Roberts and Rose de Witt also sail. In fact, they live aboard their yacht, which is similar in design to a Norwegian Tumlaren. Joergen is an apprentice boat-builder. He and Kjersti will be here in December, staying with Ian Roberts at Largs Bay while Joergen undertakes some work experience at Jim Theodore’s Port River Marine. Colin introduced Jens to ‘Diamond Jim’, who then offered Joergen the opportunity to work with him for a couple of months. And the Danish ‘invasion’ continues! Another sailing Danish couple is here in Adelaide at the moment. Niels Fredricksen, from Odense Maritime Technology is here with his wife Kirsten. Niels is involved in follow-up work on the frigate project. “You could say that the Danish connection has morphed into a life of its own” Colin reflects.

Don’t mess with Annette – she may have you in her sights! HO would have guessed that our mild-mannered,

ever-friendly new Sailing Cordinator Annette Turk is actually a gun-totin’ Annie Oakley in disguise when she’s not behind her desk! After many years’ absence, Annette recently found herself at a gun club when at a birthday outing for her daughter Alison and her partner Adam. Both are members of a gun club. She says that after not having held a gun for many years, it was a fun experience She’d previously shot a .22 rifle, and says that she had pretty good aim back then. A mutual friend by the name of Stuart suggested they shoot pistols instead and Annette agreed to go along as she thought it would be interesting to try. “We went to the Marksman Indoor Firing Range, hopeful that I would hit the paper target and not miss it completely,” Annette says.

The first gun she tried was a semi-automatic 9 mm Glock 17, followed by a Luger Gp100 .357 revolver, a Glock 21 .45 semiautomatic and finished up with a .44 Mag revolver. “When the target was reeled back in I was quite pleased with myself,” she says. On each occasion I had hit the bullseye several times!” Apart from being very loud, Annette says the revolvers also had flames bursting from the side of them, and warns it pays to keep one’s fingers well clear, if one is considering taking up arms. She says she is looking forward to going back and doing it again, just to make sure it wasn’t just a fluke and lucky shots on the night. *Ed note: May we just suggest you give Annette some slack and don’t cross her path as she settles into her new role – she may not take hostages!

ANNETT’S NEW HOBBY

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RIVER MURRAY HOUSEBOAT CRUISING By Di Moncrieff

Skippers up the Creek

O shake the winter blues, eight Squadron cruising sailors, four of them global circumnavigators, took the helm of a houseboat on the Mighty Murray from Morgan to Waikerie and return. Does that mean four skippers? Wrong; more like eight! ‘House’ was right. In fact it was just like home, with multiple bedrooms, bathrooms, recreation areas, a tellie and a big fridge full of goodies. ‘Boat’ was wrong. There was no pointy end, all but no steerage and no autohelm. When a bolt appeared on deck, concerned skippers turned upwards to find there was no mast either!

A coffee-stained, dog-eared book called The Murray River Pilot was the skippers’ chart so they needed no fancy electronics to plot positions. They matched numbers in the pilot, sometimes successfully, with numbers on shore. Nailed to trees or posts many numbers were in place and not overgrown with vegetation. Finding a number on shore heralded backslapping and congratulations to the first sightee and skippers felt settled knowing the veracity of their position. One skipper on the helm and one on the Pilot meant they navigated the mighty river without going aground, which was no mean feat given the steering restrictions of such vessels. Except of course when the skippers moored alongside for the night. Tricky business running aground at 90 degrees to the bank with a healthy current running. No easy task to get off either. ‘Ship’s

l to r Col Harrison Jeanne Harrison, Gill Hogarth, Roger Holden, Marion Holden, Bob Hogarth, Di Moncrieff, Ian Moncrieff company to the stern. Bounce!’ called the skippers. Oh, and there was the skipper who, with many a canal boat mile under her belt, kissed Lock 2 going in and out. ‘She’s better at ocean passages where there is nothing to hit,’ muttered the skippers.

Aye! There's no mast! Were'd that bolt come from?

River Murray Flag. The flag was originall used in 1853 on the Mary Ann, the first paddle steamer in use on the Murray.

Entering Lock 2 against the current

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COCONUT'S PREPARATIONS By Mark Sinclair

Coconutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preparations for the 2018 Golden Globe Race Shakedown Sail Shows How She Goes!

ULY this year marked the first

anniversary of purchasing Coconut for the 2018 Golden Globe Race. In this 12 month period, a major refit was conducted. This included four months where Coconut was out of the water for work on the hull and mast. Coconut was re-launched in early December and preparations have continued and systems have been tested on a number of day-sails in Gulf St Vincent. Coconutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s refit was substantial and involved work on the mast and rigging, hull and deck, and down below. The mast is completely rebuilt and strengthened from a single- to two-spreader rig, the standing and running rigging are replaced, new headsail furlers are installed for the jib and staysail, all halyards now lead back to the cockpit, and Coconut has a new set of sails. Fibreglass mat is laid up inside the hull to take the load from the new oversized chainplates. Hanging knees strengthen the hull, deck and coach house. We have added a crash bulkhead in the bow, an ocean-rated hatch in the forward cabin, a watertight door in the main bulkhead, and new polycarbonate windows in the main saloon and the new doghouse. Coconut is rewired, with batteries sited above the waterline, and solar panels, VHF and HF radios as well as an active radar transponder are installed. By July this year, work progressed to the stage where it was timely for a more thorough shakedown sail to evaluate readiness. After a long period of settled weather, which extended to the end of June, the weather became more boisterous. This presented a problem; if I was to run down the coast to Portland or King Island, it could be very difficult to get back

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to Adelaide to continue preparations. I adopted a more conservative plan to head down Gulf St Vincent and west through Investigator Strait, then southwest into the Southern Ocean, a run to the east passing approximately 50 nm south of Kangaroo Island, then head back up to Victor Harbor and through Backstairs Passage, sail up to Edithburgh and then back across to Adelaide. By adopting this plan, I would be able to keep Coconut close to Adelaide to continue preparations for the race. During a week at sea, I covered about 700 nm in one large lap of Kangaroo Island.

Running south of Kangaroo Island

To make the test as thorough as possible, the shakedown was conducted under similar rules to the Golden Globe Race: I sailed without GPS, digital watch, calculator, electronic autopilot or any other equipment other than safety equipment allowed under the rules. I did make one exception and took my iPhone to take photos and video and upload these to Coconutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page to share the experience. I headed out with my sextant, chronometer, magnetic compass, Walker trailing log, paper charts, parallel ruler, Nautical Almanac and Norries Tables. This was to be a shakedown cruise for me as much as for Coconut. I started by calibrating the sextant for perpendicularity error, side error and index error. Then, before I exited Investigator Strait, I took my first sun sight for many years. To plot a position line from the sun, a spherical triangle is solved to determine the calculated altitude, using an assumed position and looking up the declination and local hour angle from the Nautical Almanac. This calculated altitude is compared with the measured sextant altitude which is corrected for refraction, height of eye and semi-diameter of the sun, and the difference is plotted on the chart. The spherical triangle can be easily solved using a calculator; in the past the publication NP 401 was used, which tabulates the calculated altitude for given latitudes, declinations and local hour angles. However as calculators were not available to the original contestants in 1968, they are not permitted under the rules of the race; and as NP 401 is out of print, I was unable to track down a set. Consequently I had to revert to first principles, by drawing a spherical triangle and calculating the altitude using the spherical cosine rule and logarithms of trigonometric functions which are tabulated in Norries Tables. After a bit of head scratching to remember how to add and subtract the bar of a logarithm which is used to represent the position of the decimal place, I eventually determined my position and headed offshore. Navigating using more traditional methods also refreshed my awareness of other navigational techniques and equipment. The Walker trailing log was mounted on the high side of the quarter and accurately recorded distance run. It has three dials: the first is graduated in 0.05 nm and measures up to 1 nm; a second in 0.5 nm to 10 nm; and around the outside, every 5 nm to 100 nm. I found it useful to take a log reading on departure from land, on major alterations of course, and whenever taking a sun sight in order to transfer the position line between sights. Taking a log reading involves climbing into the cockpit, but I have worked out that to stay warm and dry, it can be read from the cabin by unshipping the telescope from the sextant and using that to magnify the scale. The echosounder is also most useful when crossing a depth

contour to provide a position line. The combination of trailing log, echosounder and estimated course made good were invaluable in determining my position. Another useful aid was the time signal which is transmitted from Hawaii on HF at a frequency of 15 MHz, and is used to check the rate of the chronometer. It was a trip back in time and helped me regain the perspective of traditional navigation. During the shakedown, I found a number of things worked really well. The doghouse and companionway coaming provided a secure and sheltered seating position behind the dodger. Running the halyards back to the cockpit enabled me to reef and un-reef the mainsail on all points of sailing without going forward. The number 3 headsail and staysail are a great combination in strong winds. I also tested the emergency rudder, deploying it off Edithburgh and sailing across Gulf St Vincent to Adelaide Outer Harbor, and I also practiced towing warps while running downwind with the storm jib sheeted amidships. Despite it being the middle of winter with low sun angles, the solar panels kept all the batteries fully charged. The Echomax radar transponder also worked really well alerting me when large shipping was in the vicinity. There were many lessons learned. Dedicated storage in the main saloon was inadequate and the lee cloths were not high enough. Storage in the forward cabin was not secure, and in heavy weather items fell against the back of the watertight door preventing it from opening. In the cockpit, the double main sheets were often fouled and the staysail sheets fouled the life raft when coming about. The headsail prefeeder was inadequate and I ripped sails when hoisting. A bolt fell out of the leg of the self-steering and, although it was fitted with a recovery line, I did not carry spare bolts. The captive nuts on the emergency rudder were not secure enough and I did not have spares. The engine remained

Mark meticulously checks everything he plans to take on board. difficult to start in cold weather and the scaling on the power monitoring system was incorrect. Since returning from the shakedown, a number of improvements have been made. Additional shelving is now installed on the port side. Dedicated storage for the chronometer and deck watch has been fitted. Additional canvas bags have been installed in the cockpit to secure the main sheets. Additional grab rails have been fitted on the doghouse and on the foredeck. Locking nuts have been fitted to the headsail tracks. Diagonal webbing has been rigged across the life raft to prevent the staysail sheets from fouling. Pad eyes have been fitted to the deck to better secure the lazarette. Positive retainers have been fitted to the floorboards and catches fitted on all lockers. The captive nuts on the emergency rudder have been strengthened, and spare bolts with tee pieces welded to the heads have been manufactured. The number 2 headsail has been repaired,

additional pre-feeders fitted and the luff of the storm jib extended to prevent halyard wrap between the head of the sail and the top of the furler. A spare staysail is being made which can also substitute as a number 4 headsail, and a short spinnaker pole is being manufactured to boom out the staysail when running. The bunk cushions are being replaced, lee cloths extended and canvas hold-all bags installed in the forward cabin. The solar-charging monitoring system has been recalibrated and now appears to read correctly. On the Farymann diesel, we have replaced the piston rings and valve seats, reground the valves and repaired the cylinder head, where it had corroded in the air inlets, to improve compression for cold weather starting; positive retainers are also being fitted to the timber hatch over the engine so it remains in place. More warps will be carried to tow astern in heavy weather and two small car tyres to act as drogues. The 2018 Golden Globe Race starts on 30 June which is now just 9 months away. There is a possibility that the starting arrangements for the race may change, so I will need to remain very flexible. The current plan is to transport Coconut to London by sea and onto Plymouth by road. Coconut will be slipped at RSAYS in early November for preparation for transportation. This includes dropping the mast, building a cradle, inspecting the rudder shaft, antifouling, painting the upper deck with non-skid and painting down below, as well as a myriad of other small tasks. I am very grateful for the continued support provided by RSAYS and members to enable me to prepare Coconut at the Club, and all are welcome to drop by and inspect the progress and make suggestions.

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CRUISING THE ARCTIC By Jeanne and Colin Harrison

The Captain displayed adventurous talent as we manoeuvered through fields of icebergs and active glacial ice flow, sometimes even at night. This made the trip more exciting for us, especially when viewed from the outdoor spa with the Northern Lights display overhead or Musk Ox on the hillside. Our boat, MS Fram, was a Class B icebreaker of 114 m length and 20.2 m width. It was named after the Norwegian timber exploration vessel Fram, meaning forward. The original Fram was designed by the Norwegian naval architect Colin Archer. It survived being encased in Arctic ice from 1893 to 1896 while attempting to reach the North Pole.

Arctic Circle cruising presents phenomenal challenges. We decided that this time we would leave those challenges to the experts and cruise as passengers.

O select the right experts we asked several of our Scandinavian sailing friends for recommendations. Unanimously their choice was the Norwegian company Hurtigruten, which specialises in Expedition Cruises in the Arctic and Antarctic.

We booked their Ultimate Fjord Expedition in the Arctic, covering 14 days with 150 oassengers. Beginning in Reykjavik, Iceland and ending with several Norwegian fjords, the main exploration adventure involved the bays of Scoresby Sund, eastern Greenland. These are rarely visited by foreigners and have only one small native village, Ittooqqortoormiit, at the mouth. For six days we cruised in iceberg covered waters through areas that even Hurtigruten had never before ventured. Both the enjoyable short treks ashore and the RIB trips provided eye-level views of icebergs. The experienced, multi-lingual international crew included geologists, biologists, astro-physicists, naturalists, meteorologists, and historians who provided support ashore plus on-board lectures, insights and advice on innumerable Arctic topics of interest.

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Our MS Fram was a luxurious way to enjoy the Arctic, spoiling us with talented crew, attentive staff, under-floor bathroom heating, gourmet buffet food and interesting interactions with other adventurous passengers. Jackets, life vests, boots, Arctic jumpsuits and goggles were provided for our RIB adventures. The outside weather was often extremely cold, but never penetrating. One day on the RIB, the salt spray froze even before it reached our faces. However, we were told that normally only four or five days of the year were as clear and warm as some of the days we enjoyed in Scoresby Sund. Often our daily activity schedule began with the words, ‘We will try a landing on . . .’. In all but one case we were able to accomplish the planned landing, as the weather cooperated. For all the independent sailing we have done worldwide, this was indeed a ‘wow’ experience even though it required relinquishing the helm.

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SPONSOR PROFILE By Sally Metzer

Meet Sally van Ruth of Kaleidoscopic Travel In March this year Sally branched out and bought her own franchise of Kaleidoscopic Travel. The company started in 2015 and is a member of the Australian Federation of Tourism Association. No bricks and mortar but the key aspects of service she will offer you all are: a dedicated personal travel assistant, confidentiality, personal and professional trustworthiness, experience and knowledge, flexibility and convenience and a life-long travel relationship. “We handle a variety of holiday packages, including business and leisure, be it near or far, a quick getaway or that trip of a life time which may have been on our clients’ ‘bucket list’ for a long time,” she says. Sally chooses to work from her own home, an arrangement which suits this mother of two young boys, Harry 5 and Angus 3. Her husband Paul is a Biological Oceanographer at the Aquatic Sciences division of the South Australian Research and Development Institute. His work is focused on understanding the way that changes in meteorology and oceanography affect the marine food web and ecosystem productivity. This knowledge is then used to develop tools to help sustainably manage our valuable marine resources. Paul has spent extensive time at sea, in gulf waters and in the Great Australian Bight, and has a special appreciation for the enjoyment that comes from spending time on the water.

Sally says that the flexibility offered in new role as a private travel specialist is working well, not only for her clients but also for her family. ER company may be a proud new RSAYS sponsor, but

Sally van Ruth, owner/manager of Kaleidoscopic Travel, is not new to the Squadron. She has been ‘around the traps’ since she was a child, sailing with her father, well-known sailing identity William Strangways on his two yachts, Dynasty and Tradition. “We used to have leisurely family outings up the Port River and out along the coastline and I was always allowed to steer, which felt very special,” she remembers. “We would do some fishing and even catch one now and again!” William, who will be competing in his 46th Lincoln Race this coming summer, has always been involved in racing. Sally clearly remembers the build-up and preparation for weeks prior to the race. “Every year the preparation and anticipation was amazing”, she says. “My mother, brother and I would stand on the wharf as he sailed out, waving off Dad and the crew. We looked forward to his return, often with some snook that he and the crew had caught on their way home, if they hadn’t eaten it all themselves, that is!”

“It is a modern, mobile consultancy service. I meet clients where and when it suits them, at their office, home, or a nearby café. It is a very civilized way to discuss travel plans,” Sally says, adding that “there is no better time than now to start planning for 2018. As the ‘early bird’ season kicks off, my clients can save loads on tours, flights and most things travel. RSAYS members will receive an additional saving of $150 per couple on any international bookings and 15% off travel insurance.” So, if you’re thinking of taking a trip, Sally would be delighted to meet you and help you plan your next holiday adventure. Look out for her on Opening Day. Sally’s really keen to attend this year. “It will be just like in the good old days,” she says. And now that she is a Club Sponsor, she also plans to attend as many events as she can throughout the next 12 months, so there will be plenty of opportunities to speak to her about her special travel offers to Squadron members.

As she grew older, due to school and sport commitments, Sally didn’t frequent the Club as often but still remembers attending the annual Opening Days, bringing friends along each year and sleeping over on the boat. After finishing her schooling at Woodlands CEGGS, Sally worked in child-care. She developed ‘itchy feet’ and soon set off to see the world, working as a nanny for high-profile families in London and Dubai “I travelled extensively with my employers and their children. I also took the opportunity to explore during my spare time. I’d caught ‘the travel bug’ in a big way,” she laughs. That yearning for adventure and discovering new things has led to a career for Sally. She has been professionally involved in travel and tourism for 10 years now. During that time she’s travelled by land, sea, river and air, and has seen many continents and countries including the UK, Europe, Asia, USA, Canada, Russia, New Zealand and also widely within Australia. Page 40 SQ Spring 2017

Sally takes time to relax with her husband Paul and boys.

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BOOK REVIEWS Review by Bruce Macky employees contributed their own time for the story. They generously provided photos from their own collections, sat down with us for interviews, spent time on the phone with me, and took the time to write down their thoughts and feelings about John and Muir products”. So what has all this effort produced? In my opinion, it’s an exhaustive record of the background, life and business of John Muir, from the time first members of his family began to migrate to Tasmania through to the present. The Muir family is regarded as yachting royalty in Tasmania. John’s grandfather was a seaman and then a lighthouse keeper. John’s father Jock has been voted one of the 10 greatest Tasmanians, and one of the 10 greatest Tasmanian yachtsmen. He is still the only one to design, build and sail his own boat to take out two Sydney Hobart victories. The details of John’s childhood are fascinating. We read of him John growing up, messing about in boats and hanging around the Muir shipyard at Battery Point. He and his brothers won numerous sailing titles and took part in coastal deliveries. He sailed his first Hobart when only 15 years of age - unthinkable today. He tinkered with go-karts and then cars as he grew older. After qualifying as a fitter and turner in 1968, John started his own business next to his father’s shipyard. He serviced diesels in a workshop and constructed his first winch which was for a cray boat. Once he was out on his own, his customers discovered that John had been trained by German tradesmen, and his philosophy was ‘Only the best is good enough, and the next will be better!’

Blood, Sweat and the Sea By Mike Swinson with Georgie Pajak and Nicole Mays

OHN Muir is described as a man who ‘flattened fear, built an international

business and succeeded against the odds’. This founder and driving force of Muir, initially made winches and related equipment for the fishing industry. His company now provides winches and windlasses to some of the most expensive and luxurious sailboats and motor yachts in the world. John is said to have ‘winched the world from down under’. As Megayacht building David McQueen says of his winches in the foreward: “This remarkable equipment has come out of a little place called Tasmania, which half the world doesn’t even know exists; out of a place called Kingston, which people definitely don’t know of; and it is sold by these funny Tasmanians who are dogmatic, passionate, and brilliant at what they do. They are the ultimate product.” Produced by Hobart-based Forty South Publishing, Mike Swinson has created a book that is big and beautiful. Larger than A4 size and comprising of 416 pages with superb photographs, it has obviously been a huge production effort. As contributor and designer, Georgie Pajak says: “We cannot thank the contributors of photos, stories, anecdotes and technical information enough. Close to 100 shipyards, boat designers, builders, suppliers, customers, distributors, sales representatives and former and current

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The outstanding feature of this book is the detail, including John’s training as an apprentice diesel fitter and the jobs that he has done. It also goes into his private life, including meeting his wife Wendy. The book paints a picture of a man who is absolutely driven to build his business and to be the best. He is also a man who has always successfully competed in yacht races, has taken part in numerous Sydney-Hobarts and has spent much family time messing about in boats. The details of his travels are extensive, and it is fair to say that he has met anyone who is anyone in the world of super yachts. Having come across it by mistake, I was totally absorbed by this story of an international powerhouse, who I did not even know existed! I’m sure you’ll enjoy learning about John Muir and his very noteworthy achievements.

In 1962, Fred Neill won the national 505 championships in a Binks hull. David built the first fibreglass open cadets, which did well in the Stonehaven Cup, the national championship. A triumph was when Bryan Price and Chris Hough won the world 505 championship in New York. This brought the next event to BSYC, where the winner was David’s school and club close friend, Jim Hardy. David had also built the hulls of the competitors, who had brought their own sails. John Muirhead and David Judell commissioned the first van de Stadt plywood Black Soos, and Dick Fidock had the first super-dogger Kareelah, which did well in the 1964 Sydney-Hobart race. She passed to us in 1967, and was last heard of in Queensland. She was succeeded by Dick Fidock’s Cedalion. Binks-built yachts dominated Squadron racing at that time, and the choice expanded with Spencer designs and Pions, built in fibreglass. David was elected a member of RSAYS in 1965, and demonstrated his direct nautical ability by taking his vessel to and from Queensland. In 1966 David was awarded a Winston Churchill travelling scholarship to the USA, UK and Europe to study boat building, especially in new synthetic materials. This gave him an overview of the topic and brought valuable new contacts. By far the most important of these was to meet his American wife Pam, who has closely supported him ever since, together with their two daughters. David built the International 420 dinghy that won the world championship in 1971, which brought another world championship to BSYC and a fleet of hulls for contestants, all built by Binks. The winner was another local, Anders Wangel.

Casting Off Tradition: Setting sail with visionary boatbuilder David Binks by Trevor Gill Wakefield Press Adelaide, 2017 which has donated a copy to our library

T an early age David Binks knew what he wanted to do with his life. He wanted to build boats. So after leaving Saint Peter’s College, he became an apprentice shipwright at the yard of Pueter Clausen, where he acquired and applied the traditional skills that he needed to establish a remarkable and productive career.

After compulsory National Service on HMAS Sydney and a short period as a schoolmaster, David built his first workshop at Somerton Park with his Clausen contemporary and sometime sharpie skipper Don King, who subsequently went out on his own. David had good friends through school and the Brighton and Seacliff Yacht Club (BSYC). They wanted to foster the 505 racing dinghies in the new material of fibreglass, together with sandwich hulls using balsa wood. Both were techniques new to Adelaide.

The Binks stable increased with trailer-sailers. But in early 1978 there was a devastating setback when the Somerton factory was burnt down, destroying irreplaceable moulds and records. Undeterred, David established an enhanced and larger building, incorporating methods he had seen in America. The New Zealander Bruce Farr designed popular cruiser-racers, which justified expansion to the Whitsundays. A new factory at Airlie Beach opened in 1988, at that time the largest in the country. Unfortunately, a prolonged airline pilot’s strike and a recession devastated tourism and with it yacht charters. This was another challenge to be overcome. David Binks has been heavily involved in Rotary, particularly the youth exchange programme, for which he has deservedly been acknowledged. I strongly commend this thorough account of the highly successful and productive life of a remarkable and modest man. David is well described by what used to be the criterion for membership, namely a British gentleman. He thoroughly deserved the award for the OAM.

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FLAG RAISING CEREMONY

Flag Raising Ceremony 8 October 2017

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A Significant, Historic Squadron Event

Commodore Bruce Roach and his wife Jill

Vice Commodore Peter Kelly and his wife Carol Wellman-Kelly

Rear Commodore Mal Denton

Kaleidoscopic Travel

International Communication Systems

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BERTHS FOR SALE & RENT Berths for Sale - September 2017

Length (metres)

Price From Berth Type Price To 8.2 Hard Stands $3,000.00 $7,000.00 Best Deal - HS10 or HS12 (Tarmac) $3,000.00 10 Marina $38,000.00 $80,000.00 Best Deal - I25 (Double) $38,000.00 11 Marina $35,000.00 $55,000.00 Best Deal - D17(Single) $35,000.00 12 Marina $35,000.00 $67,000.00 Best Deal - C06 (Double) $35,000.00 Neg 13 Marina $30,000.00 $95,000.00 Best Deal - E11 (Single) or E04 (Double) $30,000.00 Neg 14 Marina $79,000.00 $120,000.00 Best Deal - A06 (Single) $79,000.00 Neg 15 Marina $20,000.00 $145,000.00 Best Deal - F08 (Single) $20,000.00 Neg 16 Marina $55,000.00 $105,000.00 Best Deal -G05 (Single) $55,000.00 Reduced. All offers considered 18 Marina $110,000.00 $175,000.00 Best Deal - SI14 (Double) $110,000.00 All offers considered 20 Marina $130,000.00 Best Deal - H01 (Cat) $130,000 Neg 22 Marina $160,000.00 $240,000.00 Best Deal - SI11 (Single Super) $160,000.00 Reduced. All offers considered 25 Marina $120,000.00 Best Deal - SI07 (Single Super) $120,000.00 27 Marina $370,000.00 Best Deal - I27 (T-Head) $370,000.00 30 Marina $320,000.00 $375,000.00 Best Deal - SI06 (Single Super) $320,000.00 For further information please contact the General Manager Email general.manager@rsays.com.au or Phone 8341 8600 Price & availability are subject to change without notice. All Berth Sales are subject to Terms and Conditions

Berths for Rent - September 2017 Length (metres)

Pen

Berth Type

Berth No

$ Per Week

Notes

8.2

Single

HARDSTANDS

VARIOUS

$23.96

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Double

MARINA

!24

$82.50

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Single

MARINA

C13

$93.50

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Double

MARINA

A05

$102.00

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Double

MARINA

B02

$102.00

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Double

MARINA

B08

$102.00

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Double

MARINA

C06

$102.00

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Single

MARINA

C12

$102.00

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Double

MARINA

D08

$102.00

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Single

MARINA

D12

$102.00

Single

MARINA

E02

$110.50

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Single

MARINA

E03

$110.50

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATLEY

Single

MARINA

E07

$110.50

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Double

MARINA

A06

$119.00

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Double

MARINA

I01 & I01A

$119.00

SUITABLE FOR CAT BERTH

Single

MARINA

F04

$123.75

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Single

MARINA

F07

$127.50

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Single

MARINA

F10

$127.50

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Single

MARINA

G01

$136.00

AVAILABLE AFTER 30 DAYS NOTICE

Single

MARINA

SI08

$250.00

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Single

MARINA SI09 $354.54 AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY For further information please contact Kathy Bernhardt Email marina.services@rsays.com.au or Phone 8341 8600 Price & availability are subject to change without notice. All berth rentals are subject to terms & conditions

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EVENTS CALENDAR November 2017 Wed 1 Sat 4

Racing Squadron House & Social

Tue 7 Management Wed 8

Racing

Fri 10

Racing

Sat 11

Racing

Sun 12

Management

Tue 14

Management

Wed 15

Racing Cruising

Sat 18

Racing Cruising

Sun 19

Juniors Racing

Wed 22

Racing

Fri 24

Racing

Sat 25

Racing

Tue 28 Wed 29

Squadron Management Racing

December 2017 External

Sat 2

Sun 3

Racing External Juniors Racing

December 2017 (Continued) Twilight Series 1 - Set Course RSAYS Opening Day Melbourne Cup Function RSAYS Ltd Board Meeting; Juniors Committee Meeting; House & Social Committee Meeting Twilight Series 1 - Set Course Friday Afternoon Sternchasers Offshore Series - Haystack Island; SA Champion of Offshore Racing - Haystack Island Club Series - Fixed Mark; Tri Series Squadron Quarterly Summer Editiion - Deadline for articles RSAYS Inc Committee Meeting; Racing Committee Meeting Twilight Series 1 - Set Course Pt Vincent Cruise AMS Club Championship Series Div 1 & Div 2 Inshore Series Great Southern Regatta State IRC & AMS Div 1 & Div 2 Pt Vincent Cruise Junior Sail Training 5; Club Championships 3 & 4 State IRC & AMS Div 1 State IRC & AMS Div 2 Great Southern Regatta Twilight Series 1 Combined with CYCSA - CYCSA Host Friday Afternoon Sternchasers Offshore Series - Jubilee Cup; SA Champion of Offshore Racing - Jubilee Cup State IRC & AMS Div 1 - Jubilee Cup Club Series Tri Series Welcome to New Members Cruising Committee Meeting Twilight Series 1 (Ladies Helm)

Tue 5 Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8

Sat 9

Sun 10 Tue 12 Wed 13 Sat 16

Sun 17 Tue 19 Mon 25

Sun 31

RSAYS Ltd Board Meeting; Management Juniors Committee Meeting; House & Social Committee Meeting Racing Twilight Series 1 Management Quarterly Meeting of Members Racing Friday Afternoon Sternchasers External Wedding - Marina Lawn and Dining Room House & Christmas Party & Pacer Cup Social Etchells State Titles; Etchells World Qualifiers Club Series Racing Tri Series TG Flint Memorial AMS Club Championship Series Div 1 Racing Etchells State Titles; Etchells World Qualifiers RSAYS Inc Committee Meeting; Management Racing Committee Meeting Racing Twilight Series 1 (Series 1 Presentations) External Wedding - Dining Room Inshore Series Racing AMS Club Championship Series Div 1 & Div 2 State IRC & AMS Div 2 External Wedding - Dining Room Women’s Series; Racing Women’s Keelboat Invitational Management Cruising Committee Meeting External Christmas Day Boxing Day Lunch; Sydney to Hobart Start; Squadron Keith Flint Sprint Cruising Brown’s Beach NYE Party NYE Drinks on the Quarterdeck (Members Squadron organised event)

LUNCHEON

MELBOURNE CUP

Wedding - Dining Room Inshore Series AMS Club Championship Series Div 1 & Div 2 State IRC & AMS Div 2 Game Fishing Club on Quaterdeck Junior Sail Training 6; Fun Races 5 & 6 Women’s Series

Quins Rigging Services

LUNCHEON 3 course menu with a welcome glass of sparkling, fashion on the field and the race on the big screen. DATE:

Tuesday 7th November

TIME:

12.00pm start

BOOK:

$55.00 per person at www.stickytickets.com.au/57967

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