The Navy Vol_37_Part1 (Feb-Mar-Apr, May-June-July 1975)

TROJAN-JOkCEWinners of Hie..The record voyage of theclipper ship Patriarch fromGraveeend to Sydney in 09 daysA Good Design Awardby the Industrial DesignCouncil of AustraliaThe 1973 Major HooverMarketing AwardA Prince Philip Prizefor Australian Designe Sunday.JoyceFold-a-Bed.JoyceHospital Bed& Equipment.Commercial Furniture, Garages,Pre-fab Buidings,Swimming Pools.Branch of Joyce of Australia.6 - 8 Forsyth St., O'Connor, W.A. Phone 37 4400THE NAVY February/March/April, 1975Financial TimesClipper RaceGeneral Conditions andSpecial RegulationsThe final revised version of theGeneral Conditions and SpecialRegulations for the Financial TimesClipper Race are now beingpublished. In addition to the GeneralConditions and Special Regulations,On 31 August, 1975, modern ocean racing yachts will setout on the Financial Times Clipper Race from London toSydney and back. Over the two legs ot this 30,000 milecourse they will be competing not only against each other,but also attempting to beat the record set up by the clippership PATRIARCH nearly 100 years ago PATRIARCH madethe outward passage round the Cape of Good Hope in 69days, and returned by way ot Cape Horn in 69 days.the Race Committee will be issuingadvisory notes for the guidance ofcompetitors.The Special Regulations call forpowerful, high-frequency radioequipment with which the yachtswill normally be able to communicateover very long distances duringmost of the race. Power supplies fortheir radio gear have also beenspecified and two completely independentsystems are required, eitherof which must be capable of drivingthe transmitter directly on fullpower.Fobruary/Marct\/April, 1975 THE NAVY Page Twenty-one