Royals Yearbook 2019/2020

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CONTENTS

A N D O P E N C H A M P I O N S H I P S

T H E

B O T T O M

Y A C H T R A C E 2 0 1 9

H A N D I C A P F O R J O H N D U F F I N

Y A C H T R A C E 1 9 7 2

to the end of my term as

Coming

it has again been an

Commodore,

and challenging time. The

interesting

18 months saw continued

first

on the water culminating in

successes

2020 Musto Optimist Australian &

the

Championship, continuing

Open

to the Club’s Member

improvement

and a buoyant Club

facilities

membership.

this good trajectory we then had

From

weather the storm of the COVID-19

to

This imposed restrictions

pandemic.

our control and has dictated a

beyond

programme and most social

racing

but has now progressed to a

events,

close down of all activity both on

total

off the water.

and

we have used this time to

However,

the facilities at your Club.

improve

the guidance of our General

Under

Michael Neumann, we have

Manager

major improvements to

completed

old railed yard, removing most of

the

rails and upgrading the surface

the

new concrete. This major task has

with

completed by volunteer Club

been

led by Steve Standen. We

Members,

have a large accessible and

now

area to the west of the

useable

Doug Hem has

Clubhouse.

his boat finishing skills

demonstrated

R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0

R O M T H E

F

O M M O D O R E

C

J O H N D U F F I N

change to our operations.

tremendous

this was the termination of our

Initially

P A G E 0 3

strip back and revarnish the bar and

to

bench tops to a finish that is as

foyer

or better than the original. Ryan

good

and his yard staff have lifted

Blackstock

floating pontoons under the

the

hardstand crane for

western

and, with all sail training

refurbishment

cancelled, Ian Fox has inspected

being

replaced faulty mooring lines

and

the marina. Your

throughout

have been learning new

Committees

to run meetings on Zoom; this was

skills

when we run our AGM on

demonstrated

Zoom.

the financial side, I am pleased to

On

that in the past 12 months we

report

made good progress towards

have

our financial position. We

improving

been able to reduce our overdraft

have

$554,999.95 to $397,499.95. This

from

been a very good result on the part

has

our financial team of Treasurer

of

Norman and General Manager

Warwick

Neumann. Prompt actions

Michael

resulted in favourable outcomes

have

Parks Victoria and the Jobkeeper

with

have been able to pass some savings

We

to Members with reduced

on

fees however, with the

membership

restrictions in place, we have to

current

Members to continue to be patient

ask

support our Club with continued

and

until we can return to full

membership

operations.

operations continue to be ably led

Our

Michael Neumann. He is well

by

in the office by Gary

supported

(Finance), Jennifer Russ (HR

Cockinaras

Wisbey (Membership and

Melissa

Administrator), Camilla Bett

Sailing

and Communications) and

(Marketing

Rae (Sailing and Club

Allicia

Lead). The Yard operations

Development

under the able leadership of Ryan

are

Manager) has continued to run

(Training

very successful Sail Training

our

and our on water racing was

Programme

well run by David LeRoy (Race

again

Manager). Michael now leads a well co-

team managing our day to

ordinated

operations.

day

hosted the 2020 Musto Optimist

We

& Open Championship in

Australian

this year. This was a major event

January

the Club with an entry of 230

for

from several countries. With

dinghies

230 competitors plus coaches and

the

was a major exercise to organise the

It

and storage of boats and

measuring

with only 6 months

containers

time. It was well planned

preparation

that had to be unpacked and

containers

which meant the yard and

stored

needed to be cleared of

hardstand

to make space.

keelboats

started on time, but the regatta

Racing

with serious bushfires north of

coincided

This presented a new and

Melbourne.

dimension to the regatta.

challenging

only did our Race Director David

Not

have to check wind conditions

LeRoy

day, but also reports on smoke. The

each

not only reduced visibility but

smoke

a health risk to competitors, race

posed

and volunteers.

officials

R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0

(Waterfront Manager)

Blackstock

by Luke Poperinskas. Ian Fox

assisted

family, the Club was a very busy place.

programme.

by Allicia Rae and ran seamlessly.

out

entries arrived in shipping

International

and Finance Administration),

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visibility made it difficult for

Reduced

race management team to monitor

the

race fleet. Great care was taken

the

competitors across the

shepherding

channel before and after races,

shipping

the reduced visibility made it

but

to see the whole fleet all the

difficult

Some races were cancelled

time.

of smoke on medical advice.

because

these challenges, the event

Despite

to be an enormous success both

proved

and off the water.

on

regatta again demonstrated the

This

support provided by our

tremendous

with over 60 volunteers

volunteers,

day. Not only this event but most

every

our Club on water activities would

of

be possible without them. We also

not

support to the ships visiting

provided

in February and March. So

Williamstown

a big thank you to all our

again

volunteers.

late February/early March, the

In

Williamstown Seaport Festival

inaugural

held. This was a very busy event for

was

with our Club being open to the

Royals

on their way to visit the Tall Ships

public

Workshops Pier. Many Club Members

at

the opportunity to sail on the 70m

took

Barque James¨ Craig, although

historic

Club booked sailing day had to be

our

because of COVID-19.

cancelled

Club has decided to return to

Your

its own food and beverage

running

Pier 41 provided good service

operation.

the past few years, but we have

over

with our new management

decided

to return to running our

structure

will be put in place on the Club’s

This

after our current COVID-19

re-opening

have been eased. We

restrictions

Pete Evans who will be

welcome

membership continues to grow

Our

last year’s AGM after the changes

since

the Rules, and we have recorded an

to

of just over 16%.

increase

floating marina development has

Our

put on hold. The financial risk of

been

was considered too great,

proceeding

because it would require the

particularly

of suitable wave and surge

building

to the north. The cost of this

protection

wall imposed a substantial

wave

to the project construction

premium

recent years we have noticed a

In

increase in ferry and shipping

significant

causing surge issues to all marinas

traffic

Hobsons Bay, and particularly Royals.

in

State Government has recognised

The

issue and tasked Parks Victoria with

this

the problem. Parks have

investigating

a consultant to study this

engaged

and recommend a solution

problem

protects all waterfront stakeholders

that

Hobsons Bay. This report and

in

were due to be

recommendations

in late 2020, however this has

delivered

been delayed because of reduced

now

caused by the COVID-19

traffic

The Club will reconsider its

pandemic.

in relation to the floating

position

when the outcomes of this study

marina

R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0

managing this new operation.

cost.

are known.

bar and restaurant with our own staff.

P A G E 0 5

at the Cub has been well

Sailing

and it was great to have

attended

Melbourne-Geelong come on

Vicsail

as a sponsor of the Wednesday

board

Our offshore sailors were again

twilights.

in major ocean races. Bruce

active

with Bruce gaining a fourth in

Hobart

3. On the local scene, we had a

Division

of boats participating in ORCV

number

to Tasmania. Saltair , Soziree Bleu¾,

Races

Alieno entered the Westcoaster to

and

and AfrayÝed Knoozt raced to

Hobart,

COVID-19 restrictions have required

The

to cancel a number of functions the

us

would normally hold during the

Club

months, including Presentation

winter

The awarding of trophies

Night.

some rethinking on the part of

required

Sailing Committee as most racing

the

Christmas was postponed. Thus,

after

trophies, such as the Phoenix

some

will not be awarded this year

Trophy,

aggregate and series races will be

and

based on reduced completed

awarded

runs on the unstinting efforts

Royals

by our volunteers. Our

provided

and Committee Chairs

Committees

many hours to ensure

contribute

smooth operations. My sincere

our

to all committee members for

thanks

time and effort. Due to various

their

reasons we saw Tony Johnson-

personal

Patrick Clarke and Peter

Sneddon,

resigning from General

Roberts

after many years of great

Committee

My thanks to all of them

contribution.

their tireless efforts supporting the

for

Club.

have been able to fill these

We

with Tim Olding taking up

vacancies

chairperson position, Ian Barclay

Tony’s

House and Social Committee

chairing

Andrew King taking on an ordinary

and

These three members

position.

well placed to assist the Club with

are

term succession planning for

long

so well demonstrated during the

As

Championships, our volunteers

Optimist

always there to support our Club. My

are

thanks to all our volunteers.

sincere

my two years as Commodore and the

In

preceding it as a Flag Officer, I

years

appreciated the great support from

have

of the Club and a strong spirit

Members

cooperation and commitment to the

of

It has made my period as

Club.

rewarding and enjoyable. I

Commodore

had the privilege of working with

have

great people, some of whom are

some

Members of the Club. I thank

unsung

for this opportunity and I say a big

you

you for the support I have

thank

DUFFIN

JOHN

COMMODORE

R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0

in Chu¾tzçpah and Matt Fahey in

Taylor

Fas¨ter Fozrw×ar entered the Sydney

d

stability on the General Committee.

Devonport.

been given.

races.

P A G E 0 6

Cadet Worlds Chair Tim Olding

2020

Manager

Michael Neumann

General

& Club Development

Sailing

Lead

Webber

Bernie

King

Andrew

to all of our skippers

Congratulations

crews who participated in the 2019-

and

Sailing Season. What a strange year it

20

been. has

extreme weather wreaking

Despite

on the first half of the season, out-

havoc

bush fires and a pandemic in

of-control

second half, a considerable

the

of our racing program was

percentage

completed.

surprisingly

very impressive year from

Another

Schofield winning the 2020 Youth

Louis

Racing World Championship and

Match

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race -

2019

Sydney 38 Division winner; P A G E 0 7

R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0

R O M T H E R E A R

F

O M M O D O R E

C

A I L I N G

S

A N E R I C H A R D S

J

Sailinog Cozmmittee

Rear Commodore Sailing

Jane Richards

Keelboat Club Captain

Cath Beaufort

Off the Beach Club Captain

Ryan Grieve

Cruising

Ian Reichelt

SheSails

Liesl Petterd

Race Director

David LeRoy

Allicia Rae

Training & Development

Ian Fox

Measurer & Handicapper

John Duffin

Handicapper

Gary Fell

Club Equipment Auditors

Anonou¾al Aw×ar ds¨

Sailor of the Year

Louis Schofield

Youth Sailor of the Year

Clare Olding

Junior Sailor of the Year

Tim Ronchi

Cruising Sailor of the Year

Ian Reichelt

Club Member of the Year

Steve Standen

Crew Member of the Year

Wynn Schofield

Club Boat of the Year

Vertigo

Stanodozu¾t achievÖemenots¨ inoclu¾de:

Ver tigoz had a terrific year as overall

of the 2019 Launceston to

winner

taking out both IRC and AMS

Hobart

last year’s success taking out

followed

Club trophies. I would also like

four

commend: Rozzçinoanote II for her

to

up the ladder with Div 2

climb

win; As¨säilanot putting

Aggregate

on the S80 fleet her first year

pressure

Bill Hales Trophy; and Magic for

PHS

the Tripe & Onions Series.

winning

particular note was our hosting of

Of

2020 Musto Optimist Australian &

the

Championship in January 2020 in

Open

midst of extreme weather

the

and hazardous smoke from

conditions

bush fires. Indeed, at times the

the

Officer and competitors could not

Race

from one end of the course to the

see

Despite these testing conditions

other.

on advice from a dedicated

and

Officer, the Race Committee

Medical

able to get in a full program with

was

all races held as scheduled

nearly

in a very successful regatta of

resulting

competitors, coaches

230

families. The regatta also clearly

and

our capability to

demonstrated

run a major international

successfully

in the lead up to the 2020 Cadet

event

& Australian Championships

World

that these have since been

(noting

due to COVID-19). The Club

cancelled

demonstrated its capacity to

also

the logistics of a very large

handle

team did an amazing job

RYCV

this event.

executing

those of you who were not able to

For

it was wonderful to experience

attend,

atmosphere, the quality of our race

the

and to be so proud of the

management,

job organising the 2019 Lipton

stellar

Regatta. Under Patrick’s leadership

Cup

the hard work of our staff, we saw

and

jump in race entries as well as

another

increase in competitor satisfaction

an

all measures. Many thanks to all

across

success of this flagship “Top of the

the

regatta.

Bay”

events, to further our strategic

sailing

to enhance our reputation for

objective

include: Sail Melbourne where our

year

Director was invited by World

Race

as an accredited International

Sailing

Officer to formally mentor an

Race

delegate seeking

Australian

accreditation; Festival

International

Sails Passage Race and the

of

League Sailing event

Champions

by representatives from all

attended

Australia in Geelong.

over

Women’s teams achieved great

Our

in the Port Phillip Women’s

results

Series with Up-no-Goz 2nd

Championship

Galatea 3rd across IRC, AMS and

and

After sole possession of The

PHS.

Trophies Perpetual Teams

Kingston

R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0

Divisions with Clare Olding at the helm;

Pr ivÖate Equ¾ityÝ had a great regatta at

Club, our staff and volunteers.

Island winning Div 1 as the

Magnetic

boat in the fleet and Lau¾relle

smallest

thanks also go to Patrick Clarke,

My

Roberts and Allicia Rae for the

Peter

winning Div 3 Aggregate; Mainos¨tayÝ

out

the Wednesday Twilight Div 1

winning

partner clubs HBYC, PMYC, WSC,

our

and volunteers who helped with

RMYS

Club continues to provide worldclass

Our

race management for a range of

world-class international,

hosting

and state events. Highlights this

national

Trophy by RMYS since its inception in

and international contingent.

national

Allicia, Ryan, David and all the

Michael,

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RYCV took the crown this year,

2015,

Royals with the greatest

recognising

of female participation and

level

in the 2019/20 series. Our

inclusion

the 30th Australian

Unfortunately,

Keelboat Regatta scheduled

Women’s

the 2020 June long weekend was

for

due to COVID-19. This was a

cancelled

disappointment for our female

huge

and crews who had been in

skippers

over the past year to field the

training

ever team from Royals –

strongest

our overall 25% participation in

beating

event last year.

the

Cruising Division continues to grow

Our

the leadership of Ian Reichelt

under

the terrific camaraderie and

and

of the SS Rendezvous Team.

support

of the program over the last

Highlights

include the 2019 Football Grand

year

Cruise to Docklands; the annual

Final

Cove event in November, staying

Martha

for the winery trip; the Magical

over

Tour to Wilsons Promontory; the

Mystery

to Portarlington; and the White

Cruise

trip to Docklands. This is a

Night

growing area of sailing

pleasingly

at our Club.

participation

at this time of the year we

Usually,

be looking forward to Opening

would

and the kick off to the new season

Day

excitement. We would be hosting

with

new hands-on-safety day, preseason

our

briefing and Novice Skipper’s

In reality, the Sailing Committee is

race.

Government restrictions and

monitoring

is increasingly unlikely that we will be

it

any competitive sailing until

conducting

end of the year. In this new context,

the

Sailing Committee in collaboration

the

our partnering clubs, HBYC, PMYC,

with

and RMYS, has had to cancel the

WSC

Lipton Cup Regatta and the

2020

Cadet Worlds and

International

Championship. We will also

Australian

the 2020-21 sailing program

postpone

am very pleased to announce that our

I

was a finalist in three categories of

Club

annual Australian Sailing Victorian

the

2020; RYCV as Club of the Year, our

Awards

Manager Michael Neumann for

General

Professional of the Year and our

Sports

Secretary Ann Goodwin for the

past

Award. Whilst we did not win any

SheSails

it was a great achievement

categories,

the dedication and hard work of

reflecting

but not leastly, my thanks go to the

Finally,

of the Sailing Committee and

members

OTB Committee. Thanks also to our

the

team of Staff - Michael,

hardworking

Ian, David, Melissa, Camilla, Gary &

Allicia,

It has been a difficult six months

Jenny.

your resilience and continued

and

to the Club has been amazing.

dedication

importantly, I wish to thank all of our

Most

volunteers who contribute to

wonderful

on-shore and off-shore activities -

our

you we would not be able to have

without

a great time out there on the water. I

such

particularly like to thank

would

on-water stalwarts Dennis Spindley,

our

English and her “merry gang” and

Wanda

Ross Anderson for driving boats

also

the season.

throughout

R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0

team comprised of Up-no-Goz,

Balder das¨h, Du¾xÜelle and Galatea. Go

Girls!

until we are able to resume sailing.

our Club and Members.

P A G E 0 9

has been a very difficult and strange

It

and on behalf of the Sailing

year

I wish to acknowledge the

Committee

we have all had to face. My

challenges

go out to our Members and

thoughts

who have been impacted by

community

R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0

challenges of these times. Hold Fast.

the

will weather these storms and come

We

back better and stronger.

JANE RICHARDS

REAR COMMODORE SAILING

Club Results for 2019-20 Season

P A G E 1 0

Off-The-Beach (OTB) group of

The

have had an interesting, eventful

RYCV

unfortunately a shortened 2020

and

The season began with the

season.

day sail past and ‘novice

opening

race’. Our OTB section was

skippers’

represented with a great turn out

well

start to the season.

and

clubhouse renovations are mostly

OTB

with the front verandah

complete

over the winter period. There has

installed

a minor hold up with the final

been

however this should be a

approval,

forward process for the works to

straight

complete. A huge thankyou to Martin

be

and Guy Schofield for continuing

Speller

many sporting clubs, we are not

Like

to unacceptable behaviour.

immune

the OTB junior fleet and

Unfortunately,

support network experienced some

their

behaviour which resulted in

bullying

resignations and disciplinary action.

some

unacceptable behaviour naturally

The

a negative impact on the group. The

had

oversaw the issues

management

and appropriately and took

professionally

necessary action to put a stop to this

the

We hope this has been

behaviour.

for good and the kids can get

resolved

to enjoying their time on the water

back

O’Pen Skiffs (formerly Bics) were a

The

as an option to single handed

success

sailing. No one has made the

junior

to purchase one as yet,

commitment

R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0

OTB NEWS

B Y R Y A N G R I E V E

General Committee, Sub-

Club’s

Honorary Solicitor and

Committees,

and at the Club.

this work and pushing on.

P A G E 1 1

they had the fantastic effect of

however

kids to get out on the water, even

engaging

some that had moved on from Optis

for

were not yet ready to own a boat.

although

to the current lock down the boats

Due

remained on site and could be used

have

this coming season. Thanks to Allicia

again

arranging this through Tahe Outdoors

for

was once again well represented at

RYCV

Cadet Nationals hosted by Royal

the

Yacht Club over the Christmas

Geelong

break.

was a regatta with more elements than

It

and many difficult conditions.

expected

Cadets contended with races

The

due to extreme heat, wind and

cancelled

haze from the horrible Gippsland

smoke

fires.

Photo: Joel Mathews ‘losing it’ on Melville

earlier part of the season 2019 to Jan

The

has been very busy for the OTB

2020

this time 2 additional 14s arrived

During

the club making a total of 4 boats

at

14 fleet spent the entire winter

The

to get ready for the 2020 14

training

represented the Club in the

RYCV

regattas:

following

Sandy – Sandringham Yacht

Sail

Club·

Country – Albury Wodonga Yacht

Sail

Club

State Titles – Mordialloc

Sharpie

Club

Sailing

Cup Regatta – RYCV/PMYC

Lipton

Skiff Weekend – Flinders

Flinders

Club

Yacht

i14 World Titles – Perth Dinghy

2020

Club

Sailing

State ‘Foxy’ Tiles – Sandringham

·14

Club

Yacht

Traveller Series - McYC, SYC, BRYC,

14

RYCV, RGYC

R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0

Sydney.

International Cadet Nationals 2019/20

hosted by RGYC

Senior OTB and i14s

senior sailors.

being sailed regularly.

world championships in Perth.

Congratulations to these seven RYCV boats:

·

waters

P A G E 1 2

RYCV sailors competed at the 2020 i14

Four

Nationals.

Ginoger nou¾t sailed by Joel Mathews and

sailed by Jenny Danks and George

was

from Sydney

Richardson

Club aggregate series of the season

The

well patronized with large fleets of 14s,

was

the season we are seeing an

Across

in competing visiting boats

increase

Impulses and Tasars. While the

including

was shortened due to Covid-19 it

season

been a year of building foundations

has

overall a successful one.

and

obvious news is that due to the current

The

all activities since March have

pandemic,

had a few months during the

We

lighter restriction stages where a

early

number of dinghies managed to get

small

training in, however this was short

some

At the time of writing we are in the

lived.

severe stage four restrictions meaning

most

are unable to sail and entry to the club

we

limited. A winter training weekend for

is

Cadets due to be held in late August

the

also been cancelled.

has

OTB group were very excited with the

The

of holding the International Cadet

prospect

both of these events have

Unfortunately,

cancelled due to the current state of

been

restrictions and uncertainty have the

These

effect of preventing our future

knock-on

activities. In previous years our

focus is to engage more OTB boats and

primary

in the lead up to a new season

members

with the current situation we are very

although

in what we can achieve. With all

limited

possible. Preparation for the 2020/21 season

not

underway and will continue on the basis that

is

will be opening in some capacity, with or

we

an official opening day.

without

night for the OTB has also been

Presentation

off until restrictions have lightened and

held

can have a gathering to celebrate our

we

prior to the new season.

success

only does this have an effect on the

Not

of new members and boats sailing this

number

season, it will have a significant impact

coming

our volunteer base. Each year we train new

on

to assist with boat driving, mark

volunteers

rescue, VHF radio operators, RO’s, shore

laying,

canteen helpers and general

marshal,

We will continue this as soon as we

assistance.

thank the OTB committee, Allicia Rae and

I

Neumann for their ongoing support

Michael

fantastic work in boosting the overall OTB

and

experience.

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Marcel Bucek (RGYC)

Challenoger xÜ.cozm.au¾ sailed by Andrew

and Wynn Schofield

King

Loznog Eared sailed by David

Galozozt

(RGYC) and Calum Prestegde

Wright

Du¾tch Cozu¾r owned by Duncan Rae

age

29ers, Lasers and Finns regularly racing.

currently schooling from home,

children

scouting the local schools for interest is

actively

ceased.

Championships (a first for RYCV)

World

the National Championships.

alongside

are able.

the pandemic.

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planned

Youth Trophy is for the first placed junior member (based on skipper) sailing in

The

senior classes division.

the

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MUSTO OPTIMIST

2020

AND OPEN

AUSTRALIAN

than 230 of sailing’s future stars

More

on the Royal Yacht Club of

descended

(RYCV) in January for the 2020

Victoria

Optimist Australian and Open

Musto

which saw a range of

Championship,

conditions and some top racing

weather

Wright in second and American

Rocco

Walshe in third.

Samara

continues a strong family

It

for Joel, who will be one to watch

legacy

the youth circuit in the coming

on

years.

young stars battled it out for the

These

places in the Open Gold fleet,

podium

the event also saw competitive

while

in the Open Silver, Intermediate

racing

Green fleets that help accommodate

and

the wide range of skill levels across the

for

was firmly on display to the sailors

What

their families at this regatta was

and

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across all the fleets.

South Wales youngster Joel Beashel,

New

just 11 years of age, was good enough to

at

away with the overall victory,

come

off the exceptionally talented

holding

class.

Matty Goss who finished fourth,

Victorian

well as some overseas stars in Irishman

as

capability at running major events,

RYCV’s

.

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MUSTO OPTIMIST

2020

AND OPEN

AUSTRALIAN

has gone from strength to strength

which

season after a hugely successful and

this

Lipton Cup Regatta in

rejuvenated

2019, and ahead of the next

November

Cadet Worlds that will

International

at the Club in December 2020.

happen

Optimist Championships

The

not a walk in the park to organise

was

with a huge logistical effort

though,

undertaken by General Manager

being

Neumann and the wider RYCV

Michael

to ensure things ran off without a

team

said taking on the Optimist

Michael

on short notice was always going

regatta

be a challenge, however it was a really

to

step towards growing and

important

the off-the-beach component

enhancing

sailing at the Club.

of

lot of these sailors will go onto other

“A

and potentially in the years to come

sailing

will become Olympic sailors or, go

they

America’s Cup and other parts of the

onto

the Optimist class is a major division of

“So,

sailing in the world and it’s

off-the-beach

going to help us grow our Cub and

really

the off-the-beach sailing here.”

build

regatta kicked off with the teams

The

component, which saw the home

racing

team from Victoria clinch the overall

state

against other interstate and

victory

teams, with racing held close

international

the Club’s marina creating an ideal

to

Optimist Coach Grant

Australian

said teams racing was a great

Alderson

of the Optimist class as it taught

aspect

sailors new skills and provided them

the

a thorough understanding of racing

with

and tactics.

rules

kids love it, it’s good fun, teaches

“The

some good skills as far as rules,

them

stuff on the race course, so the

tactical

really enjoy it,” he said.

kids

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hitch.

world circuit,” Michael said.

spectator experience.

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MUSTO OPTIMIST

2020

AND OPEN

AUSTRALIAN

said beginning the regatta with

Grant

sailing was the best way to

team

greater camaraderie and

encourage

throughout the rest of the

friendship

home state team from Victoria came

The

with a comprehensive victory with

away

Matty Goss and Philip Cripsey

youngsters

Royal Brighton Yacht Club among

from

that day, the Club worked closely with

Later

Hobsons Bay City Council to host a

the

opening ceremony in

successful

Reserve adjacent to the

Commonwealth

and kick off the rest of the

Club

championships.

major part of the regatta had some

The

with weather conditions as

challenges

was plagued by smoke haze

Melbourne

the devastating bushfires across

from

Victoria, however to their credit

eastern

to run safe and successful racing

managed

in the Green fleet developed

Sailors

skills across the seven days of

fundamental

the Intermediate sailors continued

sailing,

improve and learn more about racing,

to

the Open sailors battled it out for the

while

to be crowned champion – all in

opportunity

waters off Williamstown with a

nearby

view of the Melbourne skyline as a

stunning

was also fantastic to have so many

It

competitors make the effort to

international

with a total of eight countries

compete,

at the event – providing the

represented

with an opportunity to showcase its

Club

handling of shipping containers and

stellar

event was well supported by major

The

rights partner Musto, the Hobsons

naming

City Council, the Victorian State

Bay

Parks Victoria, Aussie Boat

Government,

and Care Monkey, with media support

Sales

by Down Under Sail.

provided

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throughout the week.

backdrop.

with some sailors that are rivals in

event,

training fleets teaming up to

their

logistics to make it a hasslefree

international

experience for these visitors.

represent their states.

the top performers.

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the 11th September

Wednesday

a great spring day, northerly

dawned

10-15 knots and not a cloud to be

winds

a great day for those fortunate

seen,

to be retired, sick (snigger) or

enough

their own business allowing

own

to go sailing and compete in

flexitime

Wednesday afternoon racing. The

the

this year numbered approx. 25

entrants

from RYCV and HBYC of all

boats

and sizes racing a pursuit series

shapes

slowest off first), a relaxed arvo

(maybe

the water and maybe even a coupla

on

or a wine along the way. But for

frothies

boat it meant a lot more; they were

one

for a cup struck by their father in

racing

of their grandmother and

honour

“The Laura Gloria cup”, a pewter

mother

given to their father to carry

mug

in WW2 for a well-earned sip

around

and John being a little older

Cadets

with Pat and father Jack and

sailing

Gloria on the family’s H28 as

mother

this author once or twice with a

did

memory of not being allowed to

fond

the boat as the kettle hadn’t

tack

or the scones weren’t ready, how

boiled

is that? Jack Clarke was a classic

good

Member who was always there to

Club

out and go for a sail with us kids

help

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TROPHY

every now and then.

and John Clarke grew up at RYCV,

Pat

coming through International

Pat

tagging along.

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Laura Gloria Cup was first raced for

The

1987 and the boat Dozu¾ble BozgeyÝ was

in

winner owned by P.Brettagh. Since

the

the who’s who of RYCV have

then

for it with Peter Dusting

competed

up 10 wins (he wasn’t hiding

racking

his wife either, Jenny is one of the

from

and running second this year.

crew)

has been a great supporter of this

Peter

slot through winter and summer

time

as many as possible to join

encouraging

Another great winner is the mighty

in.

being an Austral 20 that is 24ft

length

(work that one out) and an

long

year, however, the cup belongs to

This

mighty Tanodeka one of the

the

class’ finest with new mast

bluebird

rigging, black sails, multiple

and

literally dripping with

spinnakers

(a puck) and a skipper and

technology

from the same gene pool who are

crew

of the nicest gents at the Club.

two

a retired school principal and Pat

John

environmental industry leader who

an

sat on the Club’s General

also

Committee.

win has meant a lot to them to

This

their family’s tradition at the

honour

by having their names added to

Club

family trophy to the point of Pat

the

go with almost a boast upon

letting

(that’s not true but they

presentation

so humble it’s sickening). The class

are

enjoying a great revival due to the

is

of racing and affordability

evenness

in the right conditions, can cause

and,

Norman) showed in the

Warwick

passage race this year having

Geelong

fastest corrected time out all

the

and obviously winning

competitors

division. For now, Pat and John

their

a few ales out of Dad’s mug as

enjoyed

probably did when they were kids

they

so did the rest of the bar, as it

and

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LAURA

TROPHY

in results against bigger boats as

havoc

(owned by club treasurer

RevÖel

owned and created to its

Tamesïs¨

state by Doug (Dr Frankenstein}

present

a small boat that

Hemm,

well above its weight and

punches

oversized carbon mast.

should be.

Well Done.

Get out there and go sailing.

Cowabunga.

Peter Roberts.

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Lipton Cup Regatta in November

The

was more inclusive and

2019

than ever with a major

competitive

to the Lipton Cup Trophy

change

Instead of single boats

implemented.

Div A – IRC being eligible, a new

from

format was introduced to include

team

from multiple divisions and

boats

teams were entered, some

7

clubs, while others

representing

forces with yachts from across

joined

bay. Sailors from RYCV, HBYC, RMYS

the

SYC all took part, but Team

and

(HBYC) made up of Ikozno,

Hobbos

Mozoznor aker and Manojimu¾p took out top

emphasis was also placed on class

An

this year with series for S80s,

racing

did not have their own class

Bluebirds

Division D included 10 of them in

series,

in all, 86 keelboats took part in the

All

which was an increase on

regatta,

Off the Beach fleet also saw a large

The

in numbers, with the fleet

increase

than doubling from the previous

more

up to over 140 boats. Once again

year,

was a push towards class racing

there

publicising the event through

and

classes, such as the International

Junior

and Optimists dominated,

Cadet

there were also solid turnouts

however

Lasers, Tasars, F18s, Impulses, 14ft

from

Skiffs, Musto Skiffs, Jolly Boats and

saw live music each

Shoreside

into the early

afternoon

with performances from Better

evening

the Wizards and John Braka.

than

from Chobani and

Sponsorship

meant there were roaming

Negociants

of yoghurt for breakfast and

samples

tastings in the afternoon. The St

wine

Ferry offered transport options for

Kilda

from Port Melbourne and St

sailors

2019 Lipton Cup Regatta proved a

The

success and the new format truly

great

racing for everyone. This

provided

not have been possible without

would

amazing volunteers and our partner

the

Port Melbourne Yacht Club,

clubs;

Bay Yacht Club, Royal

Hobsons

Yacht Squadron and

Melbourne

Sailing Club, as well as

Williamstown

catering partner Pier 41.

our

Unfortunately, the 2020 Lipton Cup

was cancelled due

Regatta

Covid restrictions, but we’re looking

to

to seeing everyone again in

forward

2021.

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associations as well as clubs.

rating systems.

Sabres.

The team format was very

honours.

and will continue into the

successful

future.

Kilda to join the festivities.

and a mixed fleet for “Sydney”

Etchells

including 32s and 38s. Although

boats,

stiff competition.

previous years.

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TO

year we decided to take Vertigo

This

to compete in the Launceston to

south

Yacht race. It had been

Hobart

to us by other Royals

recommended

as a great tactical race

Members

by the very friendly Derwent

hosted

Squadron and Tamar Yacht

Sailing

We also decided to make it a

Club.

of Tasmania as I had

circumnavigation

cruised the west coast and a visit

never

Port Davey and the Gordon River was

to

on my bucket list. It ended up a

always

trip with some racing success and

great

fantastic cruising experiences.

some

of the great things about sailing in

One

day and age is the availability of

this

of passages. We use

planning

as it integrates with our

PredictWind

chart plotter so that we have the

B&G

weather and routing options

latest

on the plotter. It means that it is

stored

to possible to calculate the best

now

time to dodge the worst of the

departure

but, as we learned, winds can

weather,

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BOTTOM

long-range forecasts and costeffective

excellent

routing tools that help with

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HOBART

TO

up to 40% stronger than forecast just

be

they say on the BOM website. A good

like

was opening for December 20th

window

some risk of 25 to 30 knot SW winds

with

the later part of the passage. As it

in

out we ended up with 30 to 40

turned

on the beam for about 8 hours.

knots

the worst of the weather was

Fortunately,

daylight hours and, as we had the wind

in

slightly ahead of the beam, we were

only

to coast through the worst of it with

able

#5 jib and the delivery main lashed to

a

boom. Vertigo handled the rough

the

very well. She would happily sail

weather

6.5 knots on a TWA of 60 deg under J5

at

which makes steering very easy and

alone

a lot of stress off the helmsman and

takes

boat. After several hours of 35 to 40

the

the seas grew to around 3 or 4m

knots

we shipped a bit of water as some 4-

and

green walls slapped us on the

meter

Some of those on deck ended up

beam.

to the end of their tethers which

washed

excellent validation of our practise of

is

shore team met us at Beauty Point

Our

help dry out the boat and put her in

to

configuration and we said

racing

to our delivery crew of Simon

goodbye

Simon Harvey and Gabby

Olding,

It was Gabby’s first offshore

Olding.

and she treated the

experience

of being washed around the

experience

on the end of a tether as part of

cockpit

fun. the

Launceston to Hobart Race is a 285 Nm

The

(Cat3 plus life-raft) race which starts

coastal

the very tidal Tamar River, heads East to

in

Island, through Banks Strait and then

Swan

to pass between Maria Island and the

South

before rounding Tasman Island and

mainland

the bulk of the Sydney to Hobart Fleet

joining

the march across Storm Bay and up the

on

It is a very coastal race with lots of

Derwent.

points, tidal gates and shore-based

turning

features to negotiate.. Local

weather

is a key component, so we

knowledge

Hobart sailors Greg Rowlands, a past

enlisted

member, and Stu Addison alongside

Royals

regulars of Clare Olding, Richard

Vertigo

Richard Tate (R1&R2), Ian McGrath and

Gates,

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always being clipped on when at sea.

Paulina Hryniewiecka.

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TO

a typically Tasmanian start, there was

In

no wind at the gun but within a

almost

space of time we were short tacking

short

way down the river in 20 knots and up

our

three knots of inflowing current. By the

to

we cleared the heads we had a reef

time

a J3 set up for 70 miles of upwind

and

to our first corner at Swan Island.

work

had chosen the Mumm 36, Heatwave

We

the boat we had to beat on the water if

as

on the first split they headed inshore

but

we stood out to sea for an extra

while

On the first cross they had jumped

mile.

of us by 200 m and we had learnt

ahead

first lesson for the race. Work the

our

and sail high and fast in flat water.

shore

spent the next 12 hours tacking along

We

shoreline with Heatwave never out of

the

first crucial gate on the racetrack is

The

Strait. The tide through this gate

Banks

Swan and Clark Islands runs at

between

to 3 knots. If we got to the island by

up

we would be swept south. If we

midnight,

late, we would be fighting the tide

were

the two 50 footers raced off down

while

East coast. The gate shut at 2 am and

the

and Vertigo rounded Swan

Heatwave

together just in time for the last of

island

managed to get ahead of Heatwave

We

tacking first to head south but by

by

we had paid a big price by getting

dawn

close to Eddystone Point. The wind

too

to nothing and we started

Idropped

circle work as the tide took us

doing

the rocks in dense fog. We

towards

the main to give a spinnaker a

dropped

of filling and managed to get

chance

of the Point, but Heatwave had

south

a mile further offshore and was now

been

miles ahead.

4

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were to stand a chance of winning.

we

exited the river just ahead of them

We

site.

the ebb tide to carry us south.

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HOBART

TO

2 was spent reaching and running

Day

the east coast. As we got near

down

the breeze went more on the

Bicheno,

with regular shifts. We started using

nose

shifts to our advantage and managed

the

get back within sight of our rival. By

to

we were off the Freycinet

nightfall

Heatwave was inshore in less

Peninsula,

and we snuck past them on a

pressure

port tack lift.

big

then on, the breeze started to lift

From

we were able to set a spinnaker and

until

down the passage between Maria

run

and the mainland with Heatwave a

Island

get around Tasman and passed it in

to

fashion at 10:00 am. Storm

spectacular

provided a few challenges as the

Bay

went light and the enemy closed

breeze

within 50 metres. We headed left, as

to

locals, Greg and Stu, promised us the

the

would build from that side while

breeze

headed right. They were right

Heatwave

the money and we picked up a 20

on

sea breeze and had a mad kite run

knot

Storm Bay and into the Derwent, with

up

keeping the boat under complete

Clare

as she chased every wave she

control

find. As we crossed the line,

could

was only 1 minute behind us

Heatwave

a nearly 300-mile match race.

after

corrected time we managed to pick

On

1st place on IRC and AMS and were

up

the overall winner of the race

declared

the series that included the race to

and

Tamar Heads plus the King of the

the

A great race with a great crew.

Derwent.

I mentioned I have always wanted to

As

the west coast but always felt a

cruise

intimidated by its remoteness and

little

savage weather it can experience. I

the

sought out the advice of one our

therefore

experienced cruisers, Ian Reichelt,

most

for our voyage and it proved a very

book

guide to getting in and out of the

useful

harbours. It reinforced the key rule of

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mile behind.

We had to gybe a few times

The Retu¾r no Tr ip

has spent plenty of time in the area.

who

lent me his Cruising the West Coast

He

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HOBART

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sailing of “be prepared”. Because

offshore

studied the coast we were going to

we

and read up on the anchorages

cruise

how to enter them we felt much

and

confident in taking the western

more

home.

route

other important element to study is

The

weather. We watched the long-range

the

for several days prior to leaving

forecast

and did not fully commit to going

Hobart

until the morning of the King of the

west

The forecast had been

Derwent.

a good sign the forecast is accurate and

is

I was listening during those

proves

window existed to get to Port Davey

A

to a front crossing the region which

prior

bring 40 to 50 knots of wind. It

would

we had to do the King of the

meant

attend the presentation then

Derwent,

straight off so we would get to Port

head

with some time to spare. Our crew

Davey

of Clare, Paulina and Mary

consisted

trip turned out to include a lot of

The

on a very flat ocean which

motoring

we could hug the coast and

meant

the rugged scenery with great

admire

of Mewstone Rock, Maatsuyker

views

and Southwest Cape. As we

Island

Port Davey and approached the

entered

Islands we set a course to stay

Breaksea

of Nares Rocks. It turns out the rocks

clear

not exactly where the charts say they

are

Fortunately, the swell revealed their

are.

location and Clare spotted them with

true

local cruising boat was tracking our

a

on AIS. They were about to call us

course

entrance to Bathurst Channel is quite

The

you enter Port Davey and head

dramatic,

to the north or south end of the

either

with no apparent safe harbour

Breakseas

sight. Even on a calm day there is

in

a heavy swell that breaks on the

normally

narrow entrance to Bathurst Channel

the

itself.

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plenty of time to spare.

It also turned out

for the 2 days prior which,

consistent

to weather guru Robin Hewitt,

according

up just before we changed course.

excellent ORCV training sessions.

As you round the end of the

rocky shores.

you enter a different world of flat,

island

water between high hills and

sheltered

O’Brien plus myself.

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HOBART

TO

was only early afternoon, so we decided

It

meander up the Bathurst Channel to

to

in the views before heading back to

take

Cove near the entrance to

Wombat

up. We decided to rig a stern line

anchor

the shore as the forecast was for strong

to

following morning was January 4th

The

we woke to an orange sky with the

and

of smoke on the air. The front had

smell

yet arrived, and the northerly

not

was bringing smoke from the

airstream

fires all the way down to SW

mainland

local cruising boat owned by

A

and Sue stopped by and we asked

Bob

where the best place to hole up for

them

coming gale would be. They told us to

the

them up to Claytons Corner in

follow

Harbour and they would show

Bathurst

it was blowing 35 knots. The deep

there

at Claytons is very limited so we

water

to be precise in placing the anchor. It

had

out that Vertigoz loves to sail around

turns

anchor, and we could not get her to

her

on a short line.

lay

boat we followed up was a converted

The

boat called George’s Bay. They

cray

for us to raft up with them on the

offered

of a very substantial anchor and

end

heavy chain which suited us just

some

fine.

rest of the day was one of those

The

“hospitality of strangers”

classic

We were invited aboard into

experiences.

heated cabin where we spent the

their

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By the time we got

us where to anchor.

winds in the morning.

Tassie.

day baking bread, drinking wine and

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HOBART

TO

stories as the gale passed over

swapping

They even lent us their tender so we

us.

explore the local area and head up

could

creek to Melaleuca airport where

the

is a WiFi hotspot that allowed us to

there

the latest forecast.

download

lounging in their cabin we heard

While

being hailed on their radio by Tas

Vertigo

Radio. Upon returning their call

Maritime

was asked, quite bizarrely, as we were in

I

Tasmanian wilderness, “Do you want

the

from the shops?” It turns out my

anything

Jo had rung them to give me a call

wife,

she was heading up to meet us at

as

I felt duty bound to order a few

Strahan.

of wine given the effort that had

bottles

wind started dropping by evening, so

The

scheduled an early departure the next

we

to make our 100 mile trip to

morning

in Macquarie Harbour. This

Strahan

to be a long trip with the winds

proved

the northwest and a lumpy sea and

from

SW swell. By the time we got to

large

Sorell it was dark, but the wind had

Cape

out and the sea flattened once

dropped

were in the shelter of the Cape. We

we

through Hells Gate without too

motored

worry. It is well lit, and the sea was

much

but I’m not sure we would have been

flat,

relaxed if the conditions had been less

as

next morning, we met the rest of our

The

and headed up Macquarie harbour

family

spend the night at Sir John Falls on the

to

River. The landing is 20 miles

Gordon

river is very deep for most of the way

The

has been fully surveyed, so most

and

charting system have full

electronic

contours all the way. There are a

depth

narrow passages that required careful

few

to avoid grounding, but these

navigation

negotiated without drama. The

were

was sunny and still the whole

weather

up the river and we were rewarded

way

stunning scenery and reflections. We

with

able to tie up to the seaplane float

were

wander through the rainforest up to

and

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BOTTOM

been made.

upriver, way past where the tour boats go.

benign.

the falls which were suitably scenic.

P A G E 3 1

LAUNCESTON

HOBART

TO

next morning, we retraced our path

The

to Strahan to spend the night and

pack

but Paulina had to depart for

everyone,

engagements. The weather was

other

out just as we hoped, and the

panning

for the next 2 days was for light

forecast

winds and sun followed by easterlies in

SE

Strait. We exited Hells Gates at 8:00

Bass

and motor sailed until the SE breeze

am

in and we were able to set a kite

kicked

a pleasant afternoon running up the

for

coast of Tassie.

NW

we came across a large ship

mid-morning

on our bow and apparently heading

right

for us. After hailing them to check

straight

intentions, we were informed they

their

not manoeuvre as they were

could

Not sure why a large vessel

“drifting”.

be adrift in the middle of Bass

would

but I didn’t think an offer of a tow

Strait,

late afternoon we were approaching

By

Heads and the smell of bushfires was

the

out. We entered the heads around

miles

and headed for Queenscliff for a

dusk

of fun. We had set the boat up with

lots

jacks which made reefing very

lazy

and an autohelm that can

straightforward

a boat properly under sail takes a

control

Tassie trip was complete. It was a

Our

combination of passage making,

great

and cruising that could not have

racing

more enjoyable. Many thanks to the

been

crew of Jo and Natty all those who

shore

Vertigo on the various legs and a

joined

thanks to Paulina for joining me

special

the final two-handed leg.

for

wait for us all to get back to

Can’t

so we can do it again.

sailing

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THE

BOTTOM

evening we were entering Bass Strait,

By

wind clocked east as forecast and we

the

two-sail reached across the Strait.

Around

along with very limited visibility.

apparent

did not sight land until we were five

We

rest. This was my first twohanded

well-earned

offshore experience and it was

would be of much use to them.

lot of strain off the crew.

P A G E 3 2

LAUNCESTON

HOBART

TO

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ROUND

THE

BOTTOM

P A G E 3 3

pleased to say it was a great success

I’m

year, even with Port Phillip putting

this

some interesting wet and lumpy

on

for a few days.

conditions

to all who took the

Congratulations

out to come along and partake in

time

Kopans and Meltemi Ian and

Hans

We were joined by Gaye and

Maralyn.

Jennings on Queenscliff’s newest

Clint

vessel, a Schonning 55

launched

Wildfire on her very

catamaran,

outing after fitting a new 88-foot

first

David and Sue Buck from Hobsons

11

ElyÝsïu¾m Mitch and Sallyanne Davis

Bay,

Hobsons Bay and Biribi 5, a

from

40 Catamaran, Brian

Phantom

from RYBC also joined the

Drummond

Our Geelong Group was made

cruise.

partner, Alw×ayÝs¨ Su¾nodayÝ, a Phantom

A total of 12 Boats all

Catamaran.

on the same row in Martha

moored

boat received a welcome boat

Each

from PRO OCEAN on arrival. This

pack

the facilities had been expanded

year

a new restaurant Martha’s had

and

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MARTHA

WEEKEND

lots of fun, food and companionship.

had a good assortment of boats

We

four from RYCV. NanocyÝ Janoe

with

Hem, Danocinog WavÖe Peter Harris

Doug

Fiona Williams, Whimmaw×ayÝ

and

mast. EvÖelyÝno Grace Barry and

winged

from Wyndham Harbour, Ganonoett

Dot

up of ElixÜer Chris and Anthea Williams,

Magic ozf Geeloznog Chris Hassell and

Cove.

P A G E 3 4

added with a coffee shop and

been

deli. new

annual BBQ at the barbecue event

Our

was attended by 48 people. Peter

area

and Fiona won the large hamper

Harris

Rob and Uni won the Aus Climate

and

to RACV Marine for providing

Thanks

food again this year and also

the

to Mark from Luxfords marine

welcome

the inflatable paddle board won by

for

two, we took 16 visitors to JIMMY

Day

DISTILLERY for a tasting of five

RUM

rums and antipasto platters. Many

new

for a great day under cover and

thanks

the transport provided by Alicia

for

Peninsula Winery Tours. Many

from

to the welcoming staff at

thanks

Cove Marina and the local Yacht

Martha

guys for assisting us with

Squadron

rides to events. Many thanks to

local

Tagg and Sharyn for their

Laurie

efforts to help keep us on task.

huge

day three, most boats sailed home

On

their home Clubs.

to

on this year’s event, next year

Based

be even better.

should

from Ian Reichelt and Maralyn

Thanks

to all helpers who made this

Bengert

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MARTHA

WEEKEND

from Peter Higgins.

Dehumidifier

again Peter.

Thanks

Ellens.

Harm

event a success.

SS Rendezvous Cruise Group RYCV

P A G E 3 5

Classic Yacht Association on

the

5th. The beginning of the

November

Cup Regatta revolves around

Classic

close ties between the CYAA and

the

members. The bond of

CYANZ

between the members of

friendship

Associations is represented by the

both

Tasman trophy. This trophy

Tran

the visiting Association

records

who accrues the least points

member

on the results of the boats each

based

CYANZ member sails on during

visiting

the CYAA Cup Regatta or the

either

Auckland Classic Yacht Regatta.

CYANZ

feature of this Cup Regatta was the

A

of all keel boat clubs on

representation

there were six Cup Regatta

entries

from previous Sydney to

entrants

events. Two of these were also

Hobart

Southern Cross team members

past

the 2019 Cup Regatta fleet

across

significant. To give all entrants at

was

100 minutes of race time, a race

least

with three divisions with

format

legs for the faster yachts was

extended

used.

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CUP

CLASSIC

REGATTA

COSTOLLOE CYAA (VIC)

PETER

HANDICAPPER

the thirteenth consecutive year,

For

conducted the Cup Regatta for

RYCV

Phillip and Corio Bay (Baranonoe

Port

Royal Geelong YC). Within the 25

from

New South Wales, Mercedes¨ III

from

Bozambillee. The waterline length

and

P A G E 3 6

12 courses were designed to ensure

The

skippers and crew could watch the

all

of all the other classic

performance

racing. One division was specific

yachts

the Tumlaren class. For this class,

to

results for both corrected times

podium

one design performance were a

and

Classics from RYCV featured in

feature.

Cup Regatta trophy chase. For the

the

Cup Regatta, the Tony Blake trophy

2019

the best performing Classic over the

for

months of preceding series races and

12

Cup Regatta racing went to the

2019

Sydney to Hobart entrant, the S&S

1977

Martinoi. Martinoi also took the line

30

Gun for Race 4.

honours

original Tony Blake painting hangs

The

the RYCV Classic Yacht wall. It was

on

by Tony Blake to recognise the

donated

relationship between members of

close

Classic Yacht Associations. The

both

records the significant moment

painting

best performing Classic on corrected

The

over the five extended course races

time

down to a tie break. On countback

came

award went to the best performed

the

Snoozw× Gozozsë, helmed by George

Tumlaren,

For the RYCV, they had to settle for

Low.

placing for Fair Winods¨ II helmed

second

Mark Chew. The Classic Yacht

by

trophy sponsored by the

handicapper

Ferdi Darley and International Paints

RYCV,

awarded to the Tumlaren ZephyÝr . Her

was

racing performance in spite of

consistent

throughout the preceding year,

adversities

all types of Port Phillip conditions, was

in

by the handicapper to be a

deemed

recipient of his trophy. The Col

worthy

Trophy for the best corrected time

Bandy

over the traditional CYYA

performance

to Hobarter, Serifa, helmed by

Sydney

Mactavish.

Michael

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CUP

CLASSIC

REGATTA

went to the Sandringham boat

courses

Mar closely followed by the RYCV ex

anoa

1907 Sayonara Cup Race between

of

SayÝoznoar and a off Black Rock.

Raw×hiti

Mercedes III and Fair Winds II share the finish line

with the 1910 classic Oenone.

Division 2 Tumlarens after starting race 4.

P A G E 3 7

trophy by the visiting

d’Élegance

members. The Race 5

CYANZ

of the ex Sydney to

performance

entry Ru¾theano was a notable

Hobart

of Race 5. In the 18 knot

feature

conditions the close to

southerly

up the pursuit start fleet to take

tore

line honors. If Race 5 was the

out

no question, the success of the

With

Cup Regatta can be traced back

2019

the support provided by the RYCV

to

Director David LeRoy. With a first

Race

use of divisions and extended leg

time

it was David LeRoy that

courses,

the Classics through event

shepherded

preparation and then

document

it all together with a no hiccup

brought

on the three days of Cup

production

racing and result

Regatta

All this no hiccup

management.

was in spite of the weather

production

thrown up by Port Phillip.

conditions

production of the Race 5 group

The

times from three corrected time

start

listings was an icing on the

division

feat of race management.

cake

the Cup Regatta BBQ and

After

ceremony, many calls

presentation

skippers and crews were made to

from

on their complements to the

pass

Race Director. Another call of

RYCV

came from the CYAA on water

thanks

Regatta photography to James

Cup

Although weather conditions

Davis.

suitable from a photographer

weren’t

of view, James was also ready to

point

the RYCV caterers, the Classics had

To

but compliments regarding

nothing

way all the requested Cup Regatta

the

were handled, From preparing

specials

special cup Regatta menu to

a

the CYAA promotion material,

handling

41 performed to a level that saw

Pier

one adverse comment from any

not

person. So, thanks to the Pier 41

CYAA

Kate and Gretta, for their

managers,

special thanks from the handicapper

A

to the RYCV manager, Michael

goes

and his sailing

Newman,

Melissa Wisbey and

administrators,

Rae. Their support for the 2019

Allicia

Regatta at critical times had a

Cup

impact towards making the

significant

Cup Regatta be the most

2019

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CLASSIC

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glamour end of the fleet saw

The

Acrozs¨pire awarded the Concours

III

marker, Ru¾theano, came alive.

scratch

was no way to stop her as she

There

go where the photographer pointed.

Cup instead of the Cup

Melbourne

immediate swabs of Ru¾theano

Regatta,

would have been called.

support of the 2019 Cup Regatta,

ever.

successful

P A G E 3 8

pleased and proud to let you all know

I'm

I successfully finished my first Rolex

that

Hobart Yacht Race last night after

Sydney

days, 5 hours and 44 minutes at sea; my

3

ocean race ever. Even more

longest

we managed to win the Sydney

satisfying;

we claimed victory by a mere

Ultimately,

minutes and 16 seconds after 3.5 days of

2

start was spectacular. The fleet of

The

boats set off from four start lines on

157

Harbour in a building 10-15 knot

Sydney

to nor-easterly breeze under clear

north

skies. The harbour was awash with

blue

boats, helicopters hovered

spectator

and the nervous tension on

overhead

docks before heading out was

the

It is without doubt one of

electrifying.

most unique sailing experiences in

the

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SYDNEY HOBART YACHT RACE 2019

LOUIS

SCHOFIELD

Division after a titanic struggle with

38

throughout the whole race.

Cinoqu¾anote

racing.

the world and I loved every moment.

P A G E 3 9

race started in a fresh northerly with

The

weak southerly change forecast to

a

the fleet overnight. It was apparent

reach

on that navigating the transitions

early

or changing pressures between

(holes

systems) would be the key to

weather

in the race. As we made our way

success

down the coast and past

further

Bay, the stronger breezes

Bateman's

earlier in the day subsided and the

from

broach an hour out from the

spectacular

where we seriously thought about

Heads

as we were unsure about

withdrawing

rudder damage. I'm glad we

potential

Two saw many changes and

Day

movement throughout the

significant

The majority of yachts were

fleet.

their way through light and

battling

winds and it became a game of

variable

and ladders as the respective

snakes

worked to connect gusts of

navigators

and keep their boats moving south.

wind

our own battle within the Sydney 38

In

the key question was whether

Division,

basically follow to the East of the

to

line as many of the fleet elected

rhumb

do; take an inshore approach and

to

for coastal advantage; or head

hope

following Cozmanoche, and look

offshore,

a faster approach angle later in the

for

an offshore strategy early in the

adopted

which saw them in the lead

race,

much of Day 2, but

throughout

cost them on the approach to

ultimately

Rock, needing to cover more

Tasman

to return to the rhumb line, and in

miles

behind early in the race but

fell

to stage a late comeback,

managed

TSA Manoagemenot and closing

passing

margin significantly on the front

the

a third of the way across Bass

About

the breeze returned about the

Strait

with gusts around 30 knots

downwind

steep seas overnight. It also didn't

and

receive from our instruments in

we

when to change over.

deciding

the race. Over the whole

throughout

we were inseparable; the lead

course

back and forth many times. It

changing

like an arm wrestle that lasted for 3

was

days. Neither boat prepared to give

1/2

inch; every mistake punished by a

an

change. It felt like the world's

lead

match race at times and we

longest

that ultimately, the boat and crew

knew

blinked first would end up on the

that

end of the fight. The intensity

losing

Storm Bay and up the Derwent

crossing

in dinghies, who would have

competing

that a 630 mile ocean race

thought

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runners in the last few hours.

time that our instruments failed,

same

it extremely difficult to steer

making

slowed dramatically. Before that,

fleet

we had our own dramas with a

however,

with making the best sail selection,

help

we rely significantly on the data

where

the battle between

Ultimately

and ourselves raged on

Cinoqu¾anote

decided to push on.

only to take it up to a new level.

served

spent most of my sailing life

Having

race. TSA Manoagemenot (Sydney 38)

could be so captivating.

less pressure. Mille Sabozr ds¨ (Sydney 38(

P A G E 4 0

great and informative day was had by

A

at the Safety Demonstration Day last

all

The weather held off while a

weekend.

of members and visitors listened to

crowd

and watched

presentations

that covered all aspects

demonstrations

to Andrew King, Joel Matthews

Thanks

Wynn Schofield for demonstrating

and

different lifejackets inflate. The

how

was courtesy of EJ Milde &

demonstration

and AXIS PFDs and we appreciated

Co

guys braving the water!

the

from Maritime Safety Victoria provided

Ed

great demo on flares! And, at just the

a

Grant O’Connor then took to the

Officer

to deliver an important talk about

shore

fired up the sausage sizzle

Volunteers

all proceeds going towards the

with

Cadet Class 2020 World

International

hosted by RYCV in

Championship

from Maritime Safety Victoria also

John

the crowd with an informative

provided

on EPIRBs and PLBs which

presentation

crucial to boat safety.

are

Offshore Products gave a great

West

on life rafts. Harry’s presentation

demo

certainly a hit with the kids and

was

alike!

adults

also had a visit from Coast Guard St

We

who dropped in and showed

Kilda

from these practical

Aside

friendly staff and

demonstrations,

were on hand from ORCV and

volunteers

Swimming & Life Saving

Williamstown

Inc providing information and tips

Club

keeping you safe all summer long.

on

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of boating and water safety.

moment, MFB fire boat Prozmetheu¾s¨

right

a grand entrance. MFB Station

made

December 2020.

marine safety.

everyone through the boat.

P A G E 4 1

as racing yachts have gone from

just

displacement boats to

traditional

craft that can rise on foils to

high-tech

speeds of 45 knots, so too has

reach

evolved from a paper

handicapping

record-keeping exercise to an

based

used to be the domain of math

It

lovers of numbers, statistics and

types;

records. And brave souls. Verbal keel-

by disgruntled boat owners

hauling

boat size or cost with

equating

expectations imbued the

performance

with another layer of ‘colour’ to

job

the pencil and ink in the

complement

book.

handicapper’s

John Duffin. “The

Commodore,

only does what you tell it …

computer

the grumbling part hasn’t

so

changed.”

is reflecting on the enormous

John

he has seen, and been a part

changes

in his 30 years as club handicapper

of,

handing over to Gary Fell at the

before

used to be an exercise book filled

“It

numbers, calculations, boat

with

and accumulated

measurements

of boat designs and

knowledge

says John. “Today it is

performance,”

You can adjust handicaps

software.

a key stroke, although you still

with

to input accurate data from race

have

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“Actually, that part hasn’t changed,”

H E L O V E O F

T

E A S U R E M E N T N O

M

one of Australia’s longestserving

muses

handicappers, RYCV

A N D I C A P F O R

H

O H N D U F F I N

J

B Y B R A D C O L L I S

end of July.

automated computer function.

results and race conditions.”

P A G E 4 2

looking back he feels as if the

When

30 years have flown quickly

past

of the constant changes to

because

design and handicapping

yacht

until the next design comes

only

The boats out there today doing

along.

with good crews were not on the

well

five years ago. That’s the pace of

water

that a handicapper has to keep

change

with.” up

joined Royals in 1980 and became

John

in 1990. The role also

handicapper

regular meetings with other

required

around Port Philip to

handicappers

is based on either

Handicapping

or measurement, with the

performance

system undergoing considerable

latter

over the years.

change

John replaced Kevin Wolfe as

When

handicapper in, club racing was

RYCV

on performance handicaps and

based

IOR system for measurement

the

IRC system. This was adopted by

current

Australia as the preferred

Yachting

rating system. John has

measurement

Royals measurer for all these

been

systems, and now also ORCi

rating

determines stability.

which

recalls: “Jon Klestadt was Club

“He

and we would meet regularly

Captain

handicaps which were calculated

on

recorded weekly by hand in the

and

club had a handicapper, and there

Each

also a lot of phone discussions to

were

up with agreed handicaps for

come

that raced inter-club. Goggs

boats

from Sandringham was chair of

Manning

Victoria Performance Handicap

Yachting

and developer of the VYC

Committee

System.”

Handicap

Goggs retired as chair of the VYC

When

committee in the mid-1990s,

handicap

1999 the Channel ratings were

In

and replaced with

discontinued

AMS (Australian Measurement

the

combining handicappers’

System)

of performance and physical

analysis

measurements.

remains the most popular

AMS

rating in Victoria, South

measurement

and Tasmania and can boast

Australia

most measurement certificates in

the

an aside to this, IRC and ORCi

As

boats to be measured and

required

by an accredited measurer, but

weighed

deficiencies were shown up by

serious

fatal 1998 Sydney Hobart after which

the

certificates were questioned,

some

relating to stability. Yachting

particularly

worldwide tightened up boat

authorities

All boats had to demonstrate

measuring.

for major ocean races (Category

stability

a stability test. He remains a

including

for AMS, ORC and ORCi.

measurer

meantime continued to use the

RYCV

based performance system and

Victorian

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“Boat designs have a natural

systems:

If a designer comes up with a new

life.

a new boat, and it does well

design,

a good crew, it raises the bar. But

with

John Duffin took over.

prompting Victoria to design

IRC2000,

run its own measurement system –

and

ensure the integrity of inter-club racing.

Australia.

IOR was replaced with IMS, then

ratings.

and in the late 1990s the

Channel

0 and1) as recorded by the measurer.

was appointed an ORCi measurer,

John

measured boats for ORC certificate,

and

handicap book.

P A G E 4 3

around 2004 David LeRoy

and

a computer based system

developed

around Port Philip until about

clubs

when a new computer based

2008

handicap system was

performance

called Topyacht.

introduced

performance handicaps, based

manage

the YV calculation system, and to

on

manage regatta programs and

also

entries.

calculates performance based

TopYacht

in a way that allows boats of

handicaps

designs and ages to compete

different

on an equitable basis –

together

boat configuration and the

provided

of the crew remain unchanged

majority

has been adopted by most

TopYacht

clubs and is today used for all

Australian

regattas. Its beauty is that it has

major

performance handicapping

made

automated, with software

largely

handicaps after each race.

recalculating

says he would actually like to see

John

have two racing numbers: One for

boats

handicap based on performance in

its

race. In this way the performance

each

would likely change after

handicap

race. And two, a rating based only

each

measurements. The rating would not

on

unless the boat’s configuration

change

a well sailed boat can win on

“Thus

/ORCi week after week and its

AMS/IRC

is the first to admit that no system

John

perfect; that the performance

is

system can be subtly

handicaps

such as owners not reporting

abused,

changes to

performance-improving

or sails: “I’ve also seen good

equipment

put under a crew that sails

boats

to get a generous handicap,

appalling

then the crew changed to people

and

know what they are doing.”

who

he says with a shrug, “this remains

“But,”

most popular system because it

the

cost anything, provides owners

doesn’t

skippers with a week-on-week

and

benchmark, and it helps to

performance

sailing. It gets people out on

promote

me it’s a friendly system that

For

people to enter races and

encourages

the end of the day, that’s what it’s all

“At

about.”

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PAT (Performance And Times).

named

was subsequently adopted by most

PAT

was developed by Melbournebased

TopYacht

IT expert Rod McCubbin to

Royals adopted TopYacht in 2014.

water competing against each other,

the

matter what class of boat they sail.

no

have a go”.

between races.

changed (new sails etc).

‘rating’ will not change,” he says.

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objective of this Royal Yacht Club of

The

project was to create a visual

Victoria

of the history and culture of

interpretation

Club with a series of posters to be

the

on the clubhouse walls. The

displayed

highlights how Club sailing and

Timeline

project commenced on 22nd April

The

after receiving a Community Grant

2019

Hobsons Bay City Council and the

from

Wall was officially opened by the

History

of Hobsons Bay, Cr Jonathon

Mayor

on Saturday 5th October 2019.

Marsden,

working theme for the project was

The

the past, celebrate the present,

“Honor

project leader, I envisaged people

As

into the clubhouse entrance foyer

coming

viewing the history Timeline

and

on the foyer wall. With the

displayed

project I wanted to create a

Timeline

place where the Timeline would

meeting

a topic of conversation for the

become

public, Club Members and school

general

who come into the clubhouse. I

children

their first impressions to be a

wanted

of how Club activities have

discovery

over time.

changed

Royal Yacht Club of Victoria has a

IThe

history’ with their older sailors and

‘living

stories. The future for the Club

their

is with the cadet sailors of

development

present day. The proposed 2020

the

Cadets championships to be

World

by the Royals coincided with sixty

hosted

since the International Cadet class

years

introduced to the Royals in 1957. The

was

living memory is with the older

Club’s

who were the cadet sailors in

members

1950’s. the

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ANN GOODWIN

“The RozyÝal Yacht Clu¾b ozf Victozr ia

acknoozw×ledges¨ the Bozozno Wu¾r r u¾nog peozple

w×hozsë lanod anod w×ater s¨ ozu¾r clu¾b enojozyÝs¨.

We payÝ r es¨pect toz their Elder s¨ pas¨t,

pr esënot anod emer ginog.”

social activities have changed since 1853.

the future.” (Steve Piscitelli,

embrace

2014.)

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the planning phase of the project I

During

and met with, shared stories

consulted

photos with local residents from

and

working as volunteers with

Williamstown

such as the Williamstown

organisations

Society. I spoke with local

Historical

who have been involved with the

families

Yacht Club of Victoria for two or

Royal

generations, and they have assisted

more

finding archival photos for Timeline

with

I was able build on the

display.

work done in previous years

foundation

earlier Club historians and Club

by

committees.

Archives

is no detailed written history of the

There

Yacht Club of Victoria available in

Royal

form. Two yacht clubs that were

book

in Victoria (1859 & 1876) have a

formed

history in book form –the

documented

Yacht Club of Geelong (‘The Wind is

Royal

1988) and the Royal Melbourne

Free’,

Squadron (‘History of 100 years at

Yacht

Club of Victoria’ written during the

Yacht

by Capt. H. R. Watson which has

1940’s

published in the Port of

excerpts

Quarterly, October 1953 and

Melbourne

excerpts in Royals Newsletters in

edited

and 2003 (Ron Joosten, Editor 2003).

1993

brief history of the RYCV was published

A

a booklet in 2003 (Kathy McLean).

as

historians over the years have

Club

documents, news cuttings and

gathered

articles from various yachting

published

and newsletters (The Anchor,

magazines

1911; The Winner, 1914). Unfortunately, Club

paintings, photos, models

memorabilia,

trophies were lost in the clubhouse

and

in 1970, although items saved

fire

minute books and the yacht

included

the Club celebration of 150 years

During

2003, various photos and trophies

in

by past members were displayed

donated

the clubhouse walls, but the display

on

lacks a chronological sequence. A

now

Archives sub-committee formed in

Club

began to store and catalogue the

2012

flow of donated items as an

continued

priority. Unfortunately, the

immediate

disbanded before a volunteer

committee

2016 with some of the former members

in

to support the chairperson who

returning

identified the lack of a written

quickly

history.

Club

land on which the yacht Club now

The

(at the intersection of Nelson

occupies

and Thompson Street) was part of a

Place

Wurrung village that predates

Boon

Colonisation in 1835. This land on

British

Place was adjacent to a significant

Nelson

for the Yalukit Willam Clan of the

site

Wurrung language group. An

Boon

she-oak’ tree growing there, had

‘ancient

a meeting place and ‘message

become

for both the Boon Wurrung people

tree’

the William’s Town residents up to

and

when this tree was struck down by

1857

Williamstown Municipal Council.

the

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be found to write the Club history.

could

Archives subcommittee was revived

The

1976). There is an unpublished

RMYS’,

of the ‘History of the Royal

manuscript

The Yacht Clu¾b Coznonoectiozno toz Fir s¨t

Natioznos¨ Peozple anod Williams¨tozw×no

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Verdon, a member of the

George

Municipal Council and it’s

Williamstown

Mayor in 1856, had been active during

first

early years of sailing on Port Philip.

the

Verdon, a ship chandler in

George

and Sandridge, was a

Williamstown

member of the Port Philip

foundation

Club which formed in May 1853.

Yacht

interested in sailing races had

Gentlemen

at various hotels around Melbourne

met

the Albion Hotel in

including

The Port Philip Yacht Club

Williamstown.

reformed as the Victoria Yacht Club

was

1856 with George Verdon as chair for

in

at Williamstown when he was

Master

Vice Commodore for the

appointed

there was a revival of the Victoria

When

Club membership in 1872, only

Yacht

of the club members were

seven

of Williamstown. By 1873 the

residents

Yacht Club was anxious to

Victoria

a club meeting place for sailors

establish

Williamstown. After some delays, a boat

in

was built in 1876 at the rear of the

shed

Police headquarters on reclaimed

Water

on the beach frontage of Nelson

land

Timeline displays influenced my

Three

to create a series of panels to

decision

significant events in the Club’s

highlight

history.

I could start on the Royals

Before

concept, I needed to visit other

Timeline

clubs to see how they had

yacht

their club history using the

presented

format. I went to the Hobsons

Timeline

Yacht Club, Williamstown. Their club

Bay

from 1888 to 2013 was portrayed

history

a Horizontal Sweep Timeline which

on

along one wall, for almost 10

extended

in length. Each photo displayed

metres

went to view the Immigration Museum

I

Timeline display ‘Key

Melbourne

in Victoria’s Immigration

Moments

which used a collage of photos,

History’

cutting and cartoons, with

newspaper

text descriptions on panels placed

short

in Sydney and found their club

Club

portrayed in great detail on a

history

consisting of panels with a

Timeline

layout placed horizontally

vertical

by decade along the entire

decade

of more than 12 metres.

wall

the planning phase of the project I

During

and met with local residents

consulted

Williamstown working as volunteers

from

various community organisations.

with

contact was made with the

When

Historical Society, I received

Williamstown

support for the concept of the

generous

project.

Timeline

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had an informative story with it.

Foundation meeting.

the

Charles Ferguson was Harbour

Captain

Victoria Yacht Club in 1856.

decade by decade horizontally.

visited the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht

I

Place, Williamstown.

Gather inog sü¾ppozr t fr ozm the cozmmu¾noityÝ

anod ozr ganoisätioznos¨ ino Williams¨tozw×no

Pr eliminoar yÝ Resëar ch ozno Timelinoe w×alls¨.

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found sharing information about early

I

and meeting with the

Williamstown,

Historical Society volunteers

Williamstown

Long and Maurice Boyd, established

Janet

connection with the Williamstown

a

Association (Pirates Tavern) and

Maritime

Seaworks Maritime Precinct. Geoff

the

at Seaworks shared images of the

Dougall

and yachting history of

shipping

(Note 2. Appendix Letters

Williamstown.

continue my search for information on

To

history in the Williamstown

yachting

I went to the Hobsons Bay

community,

Council library in Williamstown which

City

a Heritage section. An exchange of

has

with Pamela Kadow, Heritage

emails

community engagement

Curator,

followed. A visit was made to the

librarian

visitor information centre adjacent

HBCC

the Commonwealth Reserve,

to

It became apparent that

Williamstown.

was limited interest in the history of

there

clubs in Williamstown and that

yacht

was viewed as an exclusive sport.

yachting

assistance from local families

Seeking

have been involved with the Royal

who

Club of Victoria for two or more

Yacht

was more productive as they

generations

with finding archival photos for

assisted

With greater publicity in Club

display.

I received generous support

newsletters

Royal Yacht Club of Victoria

from

some of whom volunteered on

Members,

Archives subcommittee and

the

for the Timeline were canvassed

Ideas

Members on the RYCV General

with

and House & Social

committee

More recent highlights

subcommittee.

the Club's history were discussed at

from

annual ‘Club 21’ luncheon supported

the

individuals making referrals to other

by

Members who could assist.

Club

was decided to seek funding from

It

Bay City Council for the project

Hobsons

there was no provision in the RYCV

as

operating budget to create a

annual

display in the clubhouse

Timeline

An application for funds from

entrance.

HBCC Community Grants program

the

the project objective to meet the

required

Bay 2030 Community Vision

Hobsons

2- ‘Community Wellbeing and

Priority

As project leader, I

inter-connection’.

with Community Development

liaised

Cathy Miles, and Arts & Culture

Officer-

Burton. Their advice was

Officer-Toni

and the project was awarded a

invaluable,

HBCC Community Grant as

$5,000

assistance towards the total

financial

cost. The Grant money was

budgeted

on the wall panels, graphic design

spent

scanning old photos, printing

artwork,

and painting the clubhouse foyer

posters

wall.

April 2019 when the HBCC

During

Grants officers were

Community

with the Royals Timeline

communicating

leader, another community

project

titled ‘Message Tree’ was also

project

in with the General Manager of the

linking

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of support)

attended working bees.

Royal Yacht Club of Victoria.

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‘Message Tree’ project from GetUp

This

West and the Spotswood RSL, was

Out

with the Williamstown

liaising

Society and the Williamstown

Historical

of the yacht club land on

boundary

Place dating back to 1857. The

Nelson

coordinator for the

nominated

Tree’ project was Greg Thorpe,

‘Message

Yalukit Marnang descendent of the

a

Wurrung people. Greg informed

Boon

one of the Boon Wurrung

every

connection to the land and

people’s

information was collected and

Timeline

from various sources

collated

found in the RYCV Archives

Items

and elsewhere were minute

collection

from 1880’s onwards; booklets with

books

Rules & Regulations from 1872;

Sailing

1893, scrapbooks) and Cliff Gibson

from the past were found on the

Photos

website history link (David Wallace,

RYCV

and in past copies of Royals

images)

magazines and Yearbooks.

newsletters,

documents and news

Photographs,

were donated by life members.

cuttings

life members and past

Current

assisted at working bees to

commodores

photos that would highlight the

identify

history.

Club’s

items of historical information

Other

found through searches on the

were

The TROVE website yielded

internet.

reports of yacht club

newspaper

Australian National Maritime

for

Public Record Office Victoria,

Museum,

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about the First Peoples’

Police

to a special place on the

connection

contributions from members’

personal

Arthur Peck (newscuttings),

collections:

Newlands (1907 ‘Rudder Cup’

Edgar

book), H.R. Watson (logbooks

souvenir

(scrapbooks, photos).

sea waters in Williamstown.

in Victoria since 1853.

activities

were made on the websites

Searches

the State Library of Victoria –

and

(out of copyright).

illustrations

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project has been a resounding

The

The Timeline History Wall has

success.

a topic of conversation whenever

become

members notice the change in

club

of the clubhouse entrance

appearance

foyer.

reception staff report positive

The

from members and visitors

comments

they approach the enquiry desk. As

as

leader I have received

project

accolades from sailing

complimentary

friends and Club Members for

buddies,

success of the project and the

the

of the club history in a

compilation

is fantastic. Great initiative and job

It

done.”

well

Members of all ages have been

Club

sailors in photos on the wall

recognising

expanding on stories told. It has been

and

collaborative effort from a small group

a

volunteers who shared the objective of

of

a display of photos and stories

creating

Timeline posters were erected in the

The

foyer for permanent display on

clubhouse

4th October 2019 in readiness for

Friday

sailing season Opening day on the

the

History Wall was officially unveiled

The

the Mayor of Hobsons Bay City

by

Cr Jonathon Marsden on

Council,

5th October 2019, Opening

Saturday

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The RozyÝals¨ Timelinoe His¨tozr yÝ Wall is¨

r evÖealed

the Archives collection. “Great job.

from

impressive and interesting reading.”

Looks

David Barnett.

Saturday.

form. Brad Collis writes “Hi Ann,

visual

seen the Timeline for the first time.

just

Day for the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria.

Mayor Cr Jonathon Marsden, Ann Goodwin, Commodore John Duffin

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guests at the unveiling ceremony

Official

two past Club Commodores

included

1970), RYCV Honorary Life members

(1974,

representatives from Williamstown

and

Society, Williamstown Maritime

Historical

and the Seaworks Maritime

Association

An email sent by Geoff Dougall

Precinct.

the Seaworks Maritime Museum

from

“Could you please pass onto the

states

and Committee my

Commodore

on …the official opening of

congratulations

History Wall which is a great

the

achievement.” October

talks were arranged for invited

Heritage

of friends and members of the

groups

Probus Club and the Willin

Seaholme

choir from Williamstown. A ‘Club

Wimmin

Day’ held during the Lipton Cup (a

Open

regatta dating back to 1909)

sailing

18 visitors who had come into

encouraged

clubhouse through the front

the

entrance, to join the Royal Yacht Club of

Timeline History Wall has boosted the

The

of club members and given

‘well-being’

a renewed ‘sense of pride’ in their

them

‘Consequently, members have

clubhouse.

more engaged in the appearance

become

their clubhouse and with the history of

of

interconnection’ has been

Community

The entrance foyer

enhanced.

has created a more

refurbishment

area. This has encouraged a

welcoming

number of the local community

greater

into the clubhouse, to use the

coming

facilities eg. Community groups such

club

U3A and Rotary are using club meeting

as

were formed by the Royal

Relationships

Club of Victoria with other

Yacht

projects in the local

community

area. The Timeline History

Williamstown

project discovered an overlap with

Wall

Thorpe and his ‘Message Tree’

Greg

focusing on the interaction

project

Boon Wurrung First Nations

between

and the British settlers in

people

dating back to 1857. The

Williamstown

made with the Hobsons Bay

connections

Council, the Williamstown Maritime

City

and the Seaworks Maritime

Association

has developed further with the

Precinct

Williamstown Maritime Festival

inaugural

held in February 2020 on the

being

early history of the Williamstown

The

has been acknowledged and

foreshore

with the creation of the Royals

celebrated

The future looks promising, with

Timeline.

maritime precinct for Williamstown

a

planned and the Royal Yacht Club

being

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The His¨tozr yÝ Wall has¨ benoefits¨ fozr the

Williams¨tozw×no cozmmu¾noityÝ anod Clu¾b

Member s¨

subsequent weeks and months,

Over

viewing sessions and

Timeline

Williamstown waterfront.

Victoria as social members.

of Victoria will be part of this future.

the Club.

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was the Sargent in charge of the

Jack

Victorian Police Boating Squad

then

and got involved in maintaining

Club

boats. One job was helping to make

Club

new work boat off the old hull of an ex

a

tender. It needed too much work to

pilot

a viable rebuild. So, the idea of using

be

old wooden hull as a male mould and

the

it with more freeboard and

modifying

smooth sides was born.

rounded

wooden clinker sides of the old boat

The

filled and faired by Doug Hem; Colin

were

built a fibreglass hull from this

Johnson

The workboat layout had some

form.

innovations based on Jack’s

design

and practical knowledge. The

experience

is a tiller but not where it is

steering

positioned. Its operation looks

normally

the boat was named Jack

launching,

Jack also refurbished the brass

Stewart.

that we use each year on

cannon

Day to start the sailing season;

Opening

was in charge of the firing using black

he

and wads.

powder

lived in Geelong for many years

Jack

his Corio Vertue out of RGYC.

sailing

also raced on a number of Royals

Jack

including several ocean races with

boats,

likes of Past Commodore Peter

the

Russell King and then owner

Bedggood,

was a wealth of knowledge from his

Jack

on the water and knew exactly

time

the Port Philip navigation marks

where

located, in particular where

were

Reef started and stopped. He

Gellibrand

take Apozlloz II in alarmingly close to

would

mentored many of our now older Club

He

and one of his students was

Members,

Dorian (Spike) who went on to

Peter

significant sailing achievements

achieve

the Volvo Round the World

including

race.

Club Coxwain, he drove Thozrsëno to

As

our now Race Director David

assist

and David (Daffy) Wallace in race

LeRoy

for many years. Jack passed away

starts

2000 but his name lives on in our

in

refurbished workboat.

now

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workboat Jack Stewart was relaunched

Our

after a major refit including new

engine. It is named in honour of a longtime

Member.

they were based next door to us.

before

sailed on a number of boats at the

Jack

Beecher on Apollo II. He then sailed

Joe

Commodore John Duffin on Apozlloz II.

with

rocks well inside the Gellibrand light,

the

to John Duffin’s consternation.

much

but is effective and quick,

complicated

clear of the towline when in use. On

and

P A G E 5 2

Jack Stewart has been re-engined

The

a new Volvo D1 -30, plus new

with

and prop. The Club

gearbox

the valued support in

acknowledges

Peter Bedggood - Bow fenders

PC

solutions - Hull fenders

Marine

preparation, bulge pumps and

Hull

work.

finishing

have cost significantly more and

would

just goes to show how much pride

it

involved has for the Club and

everyone

vessels.

our

done to the Royals who

Well

in the 2019 Noakes Sydney

participated

(Bruce Taylor) – Line

Chu¾tzçpah

21st, IRC, 20th Overall & 5th

Honours

Div 2, 18th on ORCi Overall and 6th

in

Div 2 · in

Jaffa (Terry Posma) – Line Honours

again there was an annual

Once

of Royals boats and Members

migration

the warmer climate of the

to

for Hamilton Island Race

Whitsundays

Week. This year our boat numbers may

been down but the Members up

have

appeared to be similar to last year.

there

Magnetic Island Race Week. Vice

at

Doug Shields and Cathy

Commodore

their capable crew together

complement

Jim Conway, Steve Standen, Mal

with

Perkins had a good complement of

David

crew including Commodore John

Royals

and his EnoesëayÝ crew including

Duffin

Sadler, Gary MacLeod, Bonnie Schulz,

Geoff

Ian Barclay. Vanoilla II had a very

and

week in the lead up series at

successful

Beach Race Week winning Cruising

Airlie

A with Past Commodore Andrew

Division

setting new standards in

Munroe

round the Whitsunday islands

navigating

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refurbishing from;

Engineering - Engine &

Mariner

gear installation

running

Greg and Di Snowball raced

Dr eamcatcher III and then went on to race

Hem The Antifoul Doctor –

Doug

painting

Ryan, Max, Luke and David LeRoy -

this team of Members,

Without

and staff the refurbishment

contractors

Chisholm, Ian Staley, and Joel Mathews

from out of the junior ranks. On Vanoilla II

Coast!

Gold

·

and asymmetrical spinnaker trim.

58th, ORCi, 45th & 11th in Div 3,

Corinthian 10th

Car r er a S (Gerry Cantwell) – Retired

Photo Credit: Salty Dingo

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Nankervis in his Buizen 48 Karm

Ray

raced in Division 2 with John Raff

again

his crew. This was again

complimenting

winning Division 2 at Airlie Beach

after

Week last week. Past Commodore

Race

Taylor raced on David Curry’s yacht

Bruce

PoznoyÝoz in the IRC race Division with Blake

providing sails advice. David

Anderson

was again sailing master on one of

Allen

on Noz Limit, a Reichel Pugh 63

time

in IRC Division 1. Danny Trainer

racing

on an Adams 10, which guaranteed

sailed

fast and wet ride. Ideal weather and

a

Whitsunday Islands scenery

idyllic

for spectacular racing and

provided

sailing. Regular sightings of whales also

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the most competitive race boats.

This

added to the interest.

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done to Tim Campbell in Private

Well

who won Cruising Division 1 of the

Equity

Magnetic Island Race Week, with

Sealink

Royals and Hobsons Bay crew. Tim

his

PrivÖate Equ¾ityÝ, the smallest boat

steered

Division 1, to second place in the final

in

to clinch victory by two points

race

boats from Queensland, New South

over

Pr ivÖate Equ¾ityÝ placed 4-4-(11)-1-(11)-2 to

two local boats with the minor

beat

being decided on a countback

placings

on Dreamcatcher III a 10th in

Snowball

series.

their

Past Commodore John Duffin

Immediate

Past Commodore Andrew Munroe

and

on Vanoilla II and achieved a

sailed

4th in this division.

creditable

Division 3, Charm OffenosïvÖe, skippered

In

James Permazel, again sailed with a

by

Rae, Gavin Gourlay, and Luke

Duncan

Smith.

Division 3, Charm OffenosïvÖe, skippered

In

James Permazel, again sailed with a

by

Rae, Gavin Gourlay, and Luke

Duncan

Smith.

International 14ft Skiff Presentation

The

was held at Royal Melbourne Yacht

Night

on Saturday 31 August. RYCV

Squadron

had a successful evening with 5

sailors

21 years and under, inducted

members,

the class, each receiving their pocket

into

an I14 commemorative towel. The

and

welcomes Oscar Kirkpatick, Joel

class

largest contribution to the class over

the

past 12 months, for his efforts in

the

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crew, including Mick Grimshaw,

Royals

Grills, Paul Sandles, Cath Beaufort,

Jane

Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

between four boats.

Division 2 Brian Yarnel on Mika

In

an 8th, and Greg and Di

achieved

Matthews, Maddie Scambary-Speller,

Schofield and Michael Johnson.

Wynn

King also received a trophy for

Andrew

building the fleet at RYCV.

Well done to all.

L-R: Oscar Kirkpatrick, Joel Matthews, Maddie Scambary-Speller,

Photo

King, Rosie King, Wynn Schofield, Michael Johnson

Andrew

crew, including Mick Grimshaw,

Royals

Grills, Paul Sandles, Cath Beaufort,

Jane

P A G E 5 5

to the House and Social

Thanks

who organise the

Committee

Night Raffle, we got new chairs

Friday

our Bar! The money raised from the

in

of raffle tickets was used to

sale

10 new chairs which were a

purchase

and comfortable addition to

welcome

Bar. the

Night - 4 September was Peter

’Club

presentation on “The Effects of

Hardy’s

Hardy’s presentation was filled with

Peter

He spoke about –

information.

time in the Arctic that included

His

loss of the permafrost in the area,

the

indigenous people endangered by

the

poisons found in seal meat. The

the

as Part of Earthwatch to

Pacific

the level of pollutants in the

monitor

showed pictures of the island of

Peter

in the ocean, 5 miles wide, 6 stories

plastic

estimated to grow by 13 billion

deep,

bottles per year. These plastics

plastic

amplified up

feeders,

the food chain and ultimately

through

explained POPs (persistent organic

Peter

that adhere to microplastics

pollutants)

defects, cancer, mutations, and other

lead study found Bream caught in

School

Maribyrnong River contained high

the

of plastic and pollutants, injurious

levels

health. to

with his students found plastics

Studies

Williamstown Beach, possibly a result

on

discharge from Werribee Sewerage

of

Fish caught in the area have been

Farm.

to contain POPs at significant

found

levels.

is a member of Hobsons Bay Yacht

Peter

and is an active sailor. He is happy

Club

pass on his knowledge and experiences

to

anyone interested in hearing more on

to

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down into microplastics.

break

are eaten by fish and filter

Microplastics

eaten by people.

are a major threat to life (DDT,

and

PCBs, etc). The POPs cause birth

dioxins,

health effects.

Plastics on our Oceans.”

this subject.

view was “the Arctic is lost”.

scientific

time on the Sea Dragozno in the

His

sea.

P A G E 5 6

Friday 6th to Sunday 8th

From

a crew of 8, largely made of

September,

of girls from RYCV, participated in the

up

Townsville Yacht Club Gals regatta

third

6 races being completed over the

with

days. The regatta had increased

two

this year with 12 boats and

numbers

90 competitors including crews

around

Townsville, Newcastle, Mooloolaba

from

Victoria having 3 crews from

and

equal fourth for the regatta, and

finished

achieved 3 podium finishes in

also

races. Cath was also

individual

on for WIN and 7 News

interviewed

that the tide is turning for the

noting

of women’s sailing with

participation

now taking more lead roles in

females

The crew would like to thank

boats.

was fitting that Tanodeka won the Laura

It

Trophy, a cup struck by their father

Gloria

honour of their grandmother and

in

See feature article for more

mother.

were excited to take delivery of 12 new

We

just in time for the summer sailing

Optis

Special thanks to Whitworths

season.

& Leisure in conjunction with the

Marine

Sailing - Victoria boat loan

Australian

for their support.

scheme

AGM was held on 21st September

Our

We are pleased to report that all

2019.

special resolutions were passed

four

unanimously.

these were;

Broadly,

Relatively minor updates, corrections

1.

changes to the Rules

and

Streamlining the application for social

2.

and clarification of member

membership

rights

voting

Updating and renewing the

3.

of our membership

classifications

categories

Increasing the number of social

4.

resolutions will enable us to

These

to expand our Club and grow

continue

membership base ensuring a

our

future for RYCV.

sustainable

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Brighton, Sandringham and Royals.

crew from RYCV skippered by Cath

The

and sailing Charm OffenosïvÖe

Beaufort

Permezel for generously lending us

James

Charm and look forward to

OffenosïvÖe

returning next year to TYC Gals.

details.

members from 15% to 49%.

P A G E 5 7

great and informative day was had by

A

at the Safety Demonstration Day on

all

September. The weather held off

22nd

a crowd of members and visitors

while

to presentations and watched

listened

that covered all aspects

demonstrations

Spring Sail Regatta held in Geelong

The

21 – 24 September, and what an

from

weekend it was! We had

adventurous

RYCV boats racing in the series;

three

Su¾per söznoic with Carla and Mats Maertens,

with Maddie Speller and Lasse

ManoxÜmano

and Bridgew×ick Farm with Zac

Maertens

and Ashton Rawston who also took

Sayle

in the two-day coaching.

part

started off with a bang with

Saturday

gusting up to 30ish knots and so

squalls

was kept on land until it calmed

everyone

Eventually, we did head out and

down.

to squish in a starting sequence

managed

another squall hit, this time

before

the fleet capsized with a few sails

of

tangled kites and dings in boats

ripped,

Zac and Ashton managed to

although

upright!

stay

bought more promising

Sunday

a smooth 10-15 knots where

conditions,

race committee was able to squeeze

the

4 races, all trapezoid courses. Overall,

in

12th and Bridgew×ick Farm in 17th

in

with a total of 20 boats.ll

position,

in all, it was a great series that tested

All

boats and our racing skills. Thanks to

our

Geelong Yacht Club for hosting the

Royal

and the great volunteers and

regatta

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of boating and water safety.

bringing the hail and 40+ knot gusts. Most

Su¾per söznoic had a really awesome series

placing 5th overall, followed by ManoxÜmano

rescue boats!

Maddie Speller, Junior Club Captain

P A G E 5 8

Day for the 167th sailing season

Opening

Royals on the 5th October was a fun

at

of Williamstown, Cr Jonathon

Mayor

opened our Royals Timeline

Marsden,

spans our history from 1900 – 2020

which

has made a huge impact on our entry

and

to Ann Goodwin and the

Congratulations

Committee on a wonderful and

Archives

display. Thanks also to

informative

Bay City Council who provided a

Hobsons

opening ceremony followed and

The

John Duffin welcome

Commodore

before Rev. Marg Goddard

everyone

the fleet. Rear Commodore

blessed

Jane Richards fired the

Sailing

signifying the opening of the

cannon

season and the Burgee was broken

sailing

by our junior club captains, Maddie

out

Rats of Tobruk piped us onto water

The

members and crew went to their

and

to prepare for the Sail Past while

boats

guests were kindly entertained

our

Macanou¾doz with Michael

aboard

at the helm.

Neumann

year, the Novice Skippers’ Race had a

This

field of 12 entries. Congratulations

strong

the sailing, “After Dark” played

Following

the deck, entertaining members and

on

Club was sad to advise the passing of

The

Leigh Norgate. Leigh had been a

member

of the Royal Yacht Club of

member

since 1956 and was an Honorary

Victoria

was a very well-known and active

Leigh

of the Club and was a

member

all at the Club. A memorial service

by

Leigh was held at the Club on 17th

for

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filled, festive day for all.

hall.

Oscar Kirkpatrick on Vertigoz who came

to

followed by Ava Schofield on Galatea

first

grant to support the project.

and Guy Thomas on Kozozkabu¾r r a.

families into the evening. Altogether,

their

was a great opening day enjoyed my

it

many.

Scambary-Speller and Tim Ronchi.

Life Member of the Club.

to the Archives subcommittee.

contributor

He will be greatly missed

October.

P A G E 5 9

with our good friends at the Sun

Along

we were excited to hold a movie

Theatre,

featuring the inspirational film

night

It was a sell out!

"Maiden".

big thank you to everyone who

A

our screening. With your

attended

support, we will be able to

generous

avenues for women and girls in

develop

at our Club. A special thanks to our

sailing

at the Sun Theatre, we had

friends


The

Peter Elliott. Peter was a

Member

of the Royal Yacht Club of

Member

since 1991. He will be greatly

Victoria

Cup was another successful

Melbourne

enjoyable day at Royals. This event is

and

the longest held Club social

probably

and it has been going for 20 years.

event

numbers were down to seventy

The

year due to various events clashing;

this

Mount Martha cruise, racing to

the

and a big 0 birthday celebration

Stanley

Queensland among other things. It was

in

well supported by the faithful

nonetheless

$660 was paid out to the

regulars.

in the ten sweeps and a profit of

winners

was put towards the Cadet Worlds

$103

Royals in 2020.

at

Top: Christal Chen, Patricia McCaull with Pricilla, Eila Yardell and Danny

Trainor

Immediate Past Commodore John Duffin, Carol Gurney, Jenny

Bottom:

Dusting, Mike Rainer and Carol Neumann

on the Field’ was ably compared

‘Fashions

Danny (Mr Bojangles) Trainor who

by

the gathering and judged the

entertained

with the secret assistance of

categories

Beaufort. Eila Yardell was judged the

Cath

of the Ladies’ Fashion and Patricia

winner

and her friend Pricilla won the

McCaull

Female Jockey. PC Bob McGregor

best

judged the best dressed gentleman

was

Mia won the children’s group.

and

go to Immediate Past

Thanks

John Duffin for his welcome

Commodore

the guests and to his wife Carol for

to

the winner of the Phantom

picking

Thanks also to Peter and Jenny

Sweep.

for selling the Phantom Sweep!

Dusting

Country for Andrew King started on

Sail

morning, 1 November, with what

Friday

thought would be ample time to arrive

he

Albury-Wodonga Yacht Club and be on

at

water for first warning at 1.30pm on

the

However, by 12.30pm, 3 boats,

Saturday.

“Ubertrailer” and 2 broken down

the

were stuck on the freeway at

vehicles

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a great night!

missed by all that knew him at the Club.

Kilmore.

P A G E 6 0

Amanda Rawstron, also on

Fortunately,

to Sail Country was driving by and

route

to the rescue by hooking up her car

came

continued towing the trailer to

and

7 hours. Things were not looking

about

While in Benalla, Steve Mattey from

good.

electrical lent us one of his vans and

SCM

journey continued to Wodonga with

the

further catastrophes. They arrived at

no

Hume to be greeted by very windy

Lake

gusty conditions and a hot 35

and

While out on the water, gusts of

degrees.

knots were being recorded and the

38

shifts were playing havoc with

wind

I14’s, waiting for the AP to come

The

found a place to ‘drag race’ on the

down,

water with kites up and a top speed of

flat

knots was clocked by Stewart Vickery

19.9

James Patterson on Argo, just not

and

to crack the 20 knot barrier.

able

Saturday night the RYCV crews (Joel

On

Otis Myles-Malone, Wynn

Mathews,

(Allicia Rae) relaxed on the

everything”

at the front of the club with beers

lawn

two brought cooler and lighter

Day

with two races sailed before

conditions

and lighting strikes

thunderstorms

all sailing to an end. It was a

brought

weekend for the RYCV 14ft

successful

skiffs!

King and Wynn Schofield came

Andrew

in their class and 2nd in the mixed

1st

96.5 and below. Joel Matthews

yardstick

Otis Myles-Malone came 3rd in the

and

division. Sail Country showed us

same

this event is a much loved and

why

regatta. Warm weather and

enduring

sailing conditions with a

challenging

atmosphere and fantastic views

friendly

Lake Hume. Next year we hope to

across

more RYCV competitors participating

see

this event.

in

Palliser Trophy was sailed in wet

The

in a North to North Easterly

conditions

Most boats enjoyed a quick trip

breeze.

to Mornington. The race was won

south

Cozr ozmanodel sailed by David Burton.

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Schofield, Andrew King, Ashton Rawstron,

Kirkpatrick, Amanda Rawstron,

Oscar

Rawstron and “fixer and organizer of

Leigh

and a BBQ.

Benalla.

leaving Williamstown at 10.30am,

After

had managed to travel 200 km in

they

setting the course.

Mornington Yacht Club’s JavÖelino.

by

in the Palliser Trophy went to

Honours

P A G E 6 1

the thirteenth consecutive year RYCV

For

the Cup Regatta for the

conducted

Yacht Association. The beginning

Classic

the Classic Cup Regatta revolve around

of

close ties between the CYAA and

the

members.

CYANZ

bond of friendship between the

The

of both Associations is

members

member who accrues the

Association

points based on the results of the

least

each visiting CYANZ member sails

boats

during either the CYAA Cup Regatta or

on

CYANZ Auckland Classic Yacht

the

Regatta.

Cove Weekend Cruise was a great

Martha

this year, even with Port Phillip

success

on some interesting wet and

putting

conditions for a few days.

lumpy

to all who took the time

Congratulations

to come along and partake in lots of

out


The

Commodore James Shields. PC

Past

Shields was a member for over 69

James

and is the father of our current

years

Doug Shields. A service was

Commodore,

for James at the Club on Tuesday 26

held

Club was also sad to advise the

The

of Ronald Layton. Ronald was

passing

member for over 35 years across his

a

lifetime.

Lipton Cup was sailed in near ideal

The

on5 course areas over 2 days of

conditions

had a large increase to the number of

We

particularly in the Off The Beach

entries,

Williamstown and Port

divisions.

yacht clubs supported the

Melbourne

with race committees and

event

of the OTB component.

management

first ORCV Coastal Sprint to Western

The

and return was held on 23rd

Port

Congratulations to Justin

November.

Alieno, for placing 1st on AMS and

Brenan,

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by the Tran Tasman trophy.

represented

trophy records the visiting

This

November at 1pm followed by the wake.

sailing.

2nd on IRC and PHS.

fun, food and companionship.

P A G E 6 2

Commodore's Trophy HBYC Walter

RYCV

Passage to Portarlington was held

Paton

23rd November. The first three places

on

filled by Hobsons Bay yachts.

were

to our Waterfront

Congratulations

Ryan Blackstock, who finished

Manager,

annual skiff weekend at Flinders was

The

on the 23rd and 24th of November.

held

Yacht Club makes a great

Flinders

for the event with stunning

backdrop

of Western Port, Phillip Island and

views

Strait. This year, 15 14ft skiffs turned

Bass

including 3 boats from Royals. All

up

were able to camp at the

competitors

started off with light and

Saturday

breezes, with the forecast

variable

20+ knots from the South West

predicting

in the afternoon. As the breeze

later

shifted and strengthened, the fleet

slowly

now racing in 20-25 knots making it

was

the upcoming 14 Worlds in Perth. The

for

recorded boat speed was 25 knots.

top

afternoon racing was followed

Saturday

an association dinner at the Club.

up

brought light and sunny

Sunday

and many tired bodies from

conditions

day before. The lighter 10 knot breeze

the

warm weather were most welcome

and

4 races to be run over the course

allowing

the day. During Sunday morning Lipton

of

winners were presented with their

cup

14’s occupied the top 3 spots

trophies.

Cup Presentation - 1st place Mark Krstic & James

Lipton

“Sticky Fingers”

Lanati

Elwood Huon Trophy was held on

The

30th November. It was run in a

Saturday

south easterly breeze which built as

light

race progressed.

the

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in first place on Le Cas¨cadeu¾r .

yacht club for the weekend.

to the following entrants.

Congratulations

Magic Bullet - Leo Cantwell

1.

Drambuie - Craig Black

2.

Rozinante II- Andrew Middleton

3.

for the young RYCV boats.

challenging

increase in breeze was good practice

The

from the week before.

P A G E 6 3

Club was sad to advise the passing

The

Munro. Bob was a member of RYCV

Bob

more than 72 years. A private service

for

held for Bob.

was

was a fun and festive occasion at the

It

Christmas Lunch on Friday

Commodore's

December. It was lovely to see so

6th

members and VIPs. Guest speaker

many

Thorpe's talk was very informative

Greg

the history of the RYCV site and

about

skies and fair winds enticed a fleet

Sunny

19 boats from the Tripe & Onion and

of

& Mushroom Series to enjoy a

Steak

day on the water. Then 80

competitive

Crew and Skippers attended and

plus

enjoyed the famous T&O

thoroughly

Prawn and Steak BBQ lunch

Christmas

was followed by a selection of

which

cakes. Much merriment was

delectable

by all. had

was a fun and busy day at Royals on

It

December and there was a huge

15th

for Santa by Seaplane! Lots and

welcome

of children turned out to wait for

lots

and his elves, and they weren't

Santa

disappointed!

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DECEMBER

was enjoyed by all.

P A G E 6 4

children were entertained by the face

The

and jumping castle while parents

painter

families relaxed on the lawn. A great

and

was had by all. Thank you to the

day

and Social Committee and

House

who made this day such a

volunteers

Club was a buzz from 2nd - 9th

The

as we hosted over 230 sailors

January

8 countries. On the final day of

from

it was Joel Beashel (NSW) who

racing

the competition to take out

leapfrogged

2020 Musto Optimist Australian

the

and well done to all our

Congratulations

who sailed in races across

members

of the Bay

Cock

2 IRC

Division

1 AMS

Division

– Soziree Bleu¾, D Lithgow

18

2 AMS

Division

– Cozcozozno, M Jackson

4

– Magic Bu¾llet, L Cantwell

10

– Mercedes¨ III, M Ryan

15

1 PHS

Division

– Soiree Bleu, D Lithgow

18

2 PHS

Division

– Magic Bu¾llet, L Cantwell

12

– Cozcozozno, M Jackson

18

- Mercedes¨ III, M Ryan

32

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JANUARY

success.

Championship at just 11 years of age.

Christmas and New Year.

4 – Mer cedes¨ III, M Ryan

33 – Du¾xÜelle, M Mactavish

P A G E 6 5

to Devonport

Melbourne

1 IRC

Division

AMS

– AfrayÝed Knoozt, B Early

5

PHS

– AfrayÝed Knoozt, B Early

4

to Hobart

Sydney

IRC

Fas¨ter Fozr w×ar d retired

to Hobart

Launceston

IRC

AMS

- Vertigoz, T Olding

1

Geelong Yacht Club hosted the

Royal

Cadet Nationals. Several of our

Australian

sailors participated in the regatta to

junior

out their season.

round

– Thrill Seaker (Emma & Carla

20th

Maertens)

– Snoiper (Ollie Grieve & Rosie

49th

King)

– Goztcha (Tim Ronchi & Eliza

51st

Layton)

– Joznoathano L (Ava Schofield & Isla

55th

Wilson)

and Rosie also won 1st place on

Ollie

PHS.

Impulse Nationals were held at

The

Yacht Club. Paul Lindemann was

Altona

in his first nationals in the

competing

and put in an impressive

class

to come 32nd in an

performance

fleet of Impulse sailors.

experienced

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1 – Afr ayÝed Knoozt, B Early

One Design Results:

– Su¾persöznoic (Mats Maertens &

21st

Layton)

Arjay

to Hobart

Melbourne

Across line, Douglas Lithgow’s Soziree

2nd

Bleu¾

& Alieno retired

Saltair

– Bridgew×ick Farm (Zac Sayle &

37th

Rawstron)

Ashton

– Kinog Geozrge (Leo Church &

53rd

Scott)

Archie

– Gozat – Louis Schofield

24

– Chu¾tzçpah

50

Jaffa ORCi – 42, ORCi Div 3 – 14, Corintian

PHS 13

1 - Ver tigoz, T Olding

P A G E 6 6

of our OTB members sailed on

.Several

over the break. Will Sheers

keelboats

ORCi divisions. He backed that up

and

the J24 Nationals on Checkmate,

with

Melbourne was once again a great

Sail

Sailors came from all over the

regatta.

to compete in invited classes, World

world

Australian

Championships,

in the Finns (and 6th in the recent

8th

Also, a big shout out to the

Nationals).

volunteers who ran the race areas

RYCV

the Paras (2.4m & Liberty classes) and

for

Magical Mystery Tour to Wilsons

The

abandoned in January due to

Promontory

visibility outside the heads and heavy

no

Instead, they split up and cruised

weather.

Port Philip after a dinner and

inside

at QCYC.

barbecues

Awinya Cup was held on Saturday

The

January. The final results were;

18th

3. Rozu¾gh Cu¾t - Duncan Rae

sailors had a fantastic time at

RYCV

of Sails over the Australia Day

Festival

and scored some great results

weekend

boot! to

lots of close quarters sailing (if that’s

with

you call a 200 boat raft up traveling

what

team of RYCV volunteers also headed to

A

with Race Director, David Le Roy

Geelong

run the first event of the National

to

League Oceania’s 2019-2020

Sailing

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threw a little bit of everything at us,

Huey

a particularly bonkers passage race

with

the Sydney to Hobart on

completed

White coming 11th in both their IRC

Nozisë

at 5 knots!).

where they took out the title!

Season.

C lick here to view all results

and Olympic qualifiers.

championships

to David Ellis who came

Congratulations

the men’s and women’s RS:X.

Lu¾cyÝ Ino The SkyÝ - Calum Brenan

1.

Rozzçinoanote II - Andrew Middleton

2.

P A G E 6 7

Lord Forster Trophy was donated to

The

by the grandson of Lord Forster,

Royals

was Governor-General from 1920 to

who

and Club Commodore from 1921 to

1925

trophy was contested on 1 February

The

congratulations to the following

and

3. Rozu¾gh Cu¾t - Rae Duncan

to Ru¾theano and her top

Congratulations

skipper and crew for her first overall

flight

time win in the CYAA Summer

corrected

Race 6.

Series

winners on corrected time were

Division

Ferdi Darley Division 3, Sirozccoz,

Ru¾theano,

a great sight to see Acrozs¨pire IV just

Such

across the slight seas. She was a

creaming

of power as she worked on

picture

down Kinogu¾rra. It was a turn the

chasing

Johns and his crew on Frances, Our

Peter

Cup Winner of the 50's and old

Sayonara

of Acrozs¨pire IV. Having her

nemesis

back to racing at short notice

brought

ongratulations to Cozcozozno who

C

AMS Cruising with Spinnaker Division

won

at the Petersville Regatta in

2

Well done to Leo Cantwell on

Blairgowrie.

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FEBRUARY

1925.

entrants;

Lu¾cyÝ Ino The SkyÝ - Calum Brenan

1.

FlyÝinog Circu¾s¨ - Eric Marsh

2.

Charlie Salter Division two and Mamu¾ka

Rer e, Cam Smith Division 1.

Magic Bu¾llet on coming second in the

same divÖisïozno. Magic Bu¾llet alsöz came

sëcoznod ino PHS. MIchael Pozinotozno ozno

Vites¨së came third in Division 3 Cruising

with Spinnaker in AMS. Well done to all!

the clock to the 40's moment.

back

to the special effort put in by

Thanks

was a special Race 6 sight.

P A G E 6 8

much consideration, we were

After

to announce the

excited

OptiMist - Martin Ryan

•

OptiMum - Martin Ryan

•

OptiCal - Martin Ryan

•

Rocket - Laura Firth and family

•

Splash - Laura Firth and family

•

OptiMates - Donna and Stephen Hendy

•

Victoria - Jo Sasse

•

done to all and thank you to

Well

who submitted

everyone

names.

part of the Port Phillip Women's

As

Series, the 2020

Championship

the water with the perfect

hitting

of a 14kts SE, flat sea and

conditions

sunshine. Well done to all Royals

bright

participated.

who

23rd of February was the I14

Sunday

Prix Heat 7 at RYCV.

Grand

light 5 knots was present in the

A

which had built to 10-15 knots

morning,

midday in the South; there was a

by

of excitement in the air as this was

touch

better than the variable 5 knots

far

but, with varying wind

predicted

all around the bay, all was not

directions

it seemed.

as

was scheduled for 2pm and as the

Racing

moseyed out to the race course it

14’s

clear the morning Northerly and

became

Southerly were having a

afternoon

of their own with

competition

smack bang in the centre

Williamstown

a small delay it seemed the

After

had taken control and racing

Southerly

underway in a comfortable 10-12

got

with boats easily 2 wiring upwind. A

knots

hand shift right before the start

left

a few boats out; Lindsay Irwin and

caught

Cunningham were OCS and both

Scott

back, Anthony Anderson had a great

went

off pin end but couldn’t capitilise

jump

the breeze shifted back moments

after

this would be the story of the day

later;

the breeze shifting between South

with

South East laying a minefield of holes

and

the competitors.

for

Krstic managed to navigate the

Mark

the best rounding the

upwind

mark in first with Lindsay Irwin 2nd

top

Chris Vaughan 3rd. The downwind

and

proved to be the most challenging

legs

entertaining as the breeze dropped

and

swung around catching boats out

and

sitting in no breeze or in some

either

tipping in to windward. Mark and

cases

stretched out on the rest of the

Lindsay

but the fight for 3rd place was

field

between Scott Cunningham,

tight

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of our new Optis!

names

Sharkbait - Finley Orr

•

Goldsmith Perpetual Trophy -

Jennifer

Skippers' Race saw 17 entrants

Lady

Anthony Anderson and Chris Vaughan all

of it all.

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places on the upwind and

trading

legs, with Scott finally taking

downwind

StickyÝ Finogers¨ - Mark Krstic & James

1st

Lanati

Roznos¨tano Irw×ino Sails¨ – Lindsay Irwin

2nd

Andrew Perry

&

Is¨ this¨ gozino’ ino ozr w×hat? – Scott

3rd

& Dave Parker

Cunningham

Louis Schofield! RYCV

Congratulations

Louis Schofield and his team

Member

the 2020 Harken Youth International

won

hosted by Royal New Zealand

Regatta,

Squadron. Louis and his team then

Yacht

Australia in the World Youth

represented

Racing Championships where they

Match

crowned Harken 2020 Youth Match

were

WORLD CHAMPIONS after

Racing

American Jack Parkin three-nil

defeating

Sailing Day was a busy and

Discover

day on 1st March! As part of the

successful

Seaport Festival, we had

Williamstown

100 people come and try sailing as

over

as hundreds more who visited the

well

and enjoyed the live music and food

Club

The fantastic weather enabled

specials.

to enjoy our Club and the

everyone

you to all the boat owners who

Thank

their time and took enthusiastic

gave

out sailing. The feedback was

guests

and the day generated a

fantastic,

of new Members. A big thank you

number

all our volunteers around the Club who

to

our visitors feel welcome. We can't

made

these events without your support.

run

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advantage at the finish.

the

places were:

Final

wonderful atmosphere.

in the final.

Image: Andrew Delves:

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Sunday 1st March, a fleet of eight

On

competed in the annual Val Hodge

boats

hosted by RYCV, with this also being

race

third race of the 19/20 PPWCS series.

the

year the day had a different format

This

2 races being held.

with

had a beautiful day of blue sky, with

We

being reasonably mild at

conditions

10 knots, although there were

around

gusts which challenged our

some

to Aurelie Chabrol and

Congratulations

crew on RemedyÝ for taking out the

her

Hodge trophy with results being

Val

on the combined score from the

based

races. Aurelie said her crew of 4 girls

two

one male are trying out different roles

and

the boat and went for a conservative

on

to the race choosing not to put

approach

kite up given the challenging

a

This paid off with consistent

conditions.

of a third and a second being

results

in each race.

achieved

for the day winning IRC, followed

results

Galatea and Up ‘no Goz. Well done to all

by

was plenty of other activity at the

There

end of the bay with the Classics

top

Discover Sailing Days and tall ships

racing,

on the water as part of the

out

Seaport Festival all of which

Williamstown

to the atmosphere of the day.

added

Sandringham Yacht Club the

At

Cadets and the I14s had

International

& Molly Grimes) – 24th OD & 16th

Speller

PHS

Goztcha (Tim Ronchi & Eliza Layton) – 25th

Kirkpatrick) – 14th

year, the 14 state were renamed The

This

Fox 14 state titles to commemorate

Mark

of 14’s as well as being a 39-year

supporter

of Sandringham Yacht Club.

member

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state championships.

their

are the results for our competitors.

Below

Cadets

Anoacoznoda (Elliot Hughes from RGYC &

Maertens) – 3rd OD & 23rd PHS

Lasse

Thrill (Emma & Carla Maertens) –

Seaker

11th OD & 4th PHS

Su¾per söznoic (Mats Maertens & Arjary

crews.

- 12th OD & 17th PHS

Layton)

Bridgew×ick Far (Zac Sayle & Ashton

m

- 21st OD & 7th PHS

Rawstron)

(James Allpress & Ellie Fazakerley)

Stealth

– 22nd OD & 1st PHS

Need fozr Speed (Maddie Scambary-

OD & 22nd PHS

Pepsëa (Leo Church & Leo Loftus) – 26th

OD & 27th PHS

Snoiper (Ollie Grieve & Rosie King) – 30th

in second was Katie Holroyd on

Coming

Seriozu¾s¨ and Jane Richards on

Yahozoz

OD & 30th PHS

14ft skiffs

Loznog Ear ed Galozozt (David Wright &

Galatea. Ser iozu¾s¨ Yahozoz also won AMS,

with Up ‘no Goz second and Galatea third.

Ser iozu¾s¨ Yahozoz continued their good

Prestedge) – 11th

Callum

Rozno Jer (Andrew King & Wynn

emyÝ

Schofield) – 12th

Du¾tch Cozu¾r age (Duncan Rae & Oscar

winners and participants.

untimely passing of 14 sailor Mark Fox.

the

Fox or “Foxy” was a long-term

Mark

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year the states had 18 boats

This

and the regatta was also

competing

with the B14 and Musto Skiffs. The

shared

day of sailing started with a constant

first

knots sometimes going as high as 18

10-15

This was perfect sailing conditions

knots.

14’s and a number of spectators boats

for

up to watch some of the action.

showed

were not disappointed as the

They

large swell played havoc with

persistent

proved to be much more

Sunday

with 20-25 knots all day and

challenging

three scheduled races where brought

the

to two. This didn’t prevent a number

back

boats dropping out of contention due

of

the challenging conditions.

to

started off with around 25 knots

Monday

the boats were held on shore with

and

AP flags flying for about an hour. The

the

finally dropped below 20 knots and

wind

year's 14 states were one of the

This

with boats coming from as far as

largest

and is a testament to the strength of

NSW

class in Victoria with more growth

the

2020 Melbourne to King Island Yacht

The

lived up to its reputation as one of

Race

most popular races on the ORCV

the

Congratulations to Vertigo who

calendar.

3rd on AMS. A great effort! Well

came

to all Royals who participated.

done

the final race of the Tripe & Onions

As

was abandoned due to COVID-19,

Series

were pleased to announce the

we

winners.

following

and well done to

Congratulations

who participated!

everyone

1. Shozre Thinog – Robin Warlond

Division

2. Magic – Richard English

Division

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boats a number of which ‘cartwheeled’

all

the races. Two races where run

during

before a 25 knot sea breeze came up.

to abate throughout the day.

continued

allowed the race committee to get 3

This

races in.

expected mainly from RYCV.

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H E C L U B A N D

T

O V I D - 1 9

C

pandemic as we swiftly

COVID-19

to changing Government

adapted

restrictions. We were forced to cancel

sailing, including major

all

regattas and the Lipton

international

restaurant and bar shut, and most

The

members started working from

staff

Michael and his team

However,

used this time to improve

efficiently

facilities at your Club. Our

the

Architect, Charlie Salter,

Honorary

a number of

recommended

to our clubhouse, OTB

improvements

and overall site, and our

area

Manager, Michael Neumann,

General

Member Steve Standen

Club

volunteered his time and,

generously

with his team, completed major

along

to the old railed yard,

improvements

most of the rails and

removing

the surface with new

upgrading

This was a major task and

concrete.

now have a large accessible and

we

area to the west of the

useable

This space is ideal for boat

Clubhouse.

Hem once again demonstrated

Doug

boat finishing skills to strip back

his

revarnish the bar and foyer bench

and

to a finish that is as good or

tops

also used the lockdown to paint

We

dining room, repolish the floor and

the

the lighting. The overall finish

update

fresh and inviting and the dimming

is

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with most businesses and venues,

As

was greatly affected by the

Royals

storage or large events.

Cup, and all sail training programs.

home.

than the original. In the end,

better

put over 10 coats on the bar

Doug

and it is positively sparkling!

lights create a great ambiance.

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co-ordinated this work.

painting did not stop in the dining

The

We are so pleased with our newly

room.

blue front door, and committee

painted

doors. They really smarten the

room

centrepiece of our soft renovations

The

Magic Mayo who is suspended from

is

ceiling in the dining room. Magic

the

has a long and significant history

Mayo

Royals having been a part of the Club

at

1976. In 1987, Ryan Grieve and Lars

since

won the Invitation race World

Larson

in Pwllheli, Wales, on

Championships

Mayo. They then met Princess

Magic

who presented them with the

Anne

the team were just as busy.

Outside,

Blackstock and his yard staff lifted

Ryan

floating pontoons under the

the

hardstand crane for

western

and, with all sail training

refurbishment

cancelled, Ian Fox has inspected

being

replaced faulty mooring lines

and

the marina.

throughout

the generous support of our

With

we have a number of new

Members,

hardwood picnic tables on

permanent,

lawn. These tables have greatly

our

our outdoor dining options

enhanced

have created 96 additional seats.

and

you to everyone who sponsored a

Thank

table.

food and beverage team also

Our

hard cleaning the kitchen and

worked

a fresh, new seasonal menu.

developing

new food and beverage offering

This

ready to go as soon as the

was

allowed us to do

restrictions

were pleased to be able to offer

We

25% off their membership for

Members

2020/2021 year. This discount was

the

received and appreciated by

well

and we had very few

Members

despite the challenging

Resignations

In fact, our Member continued to

year.

with over 70 Members joining

grow

would like to thank all our Members

We

staff for their continued support

and

this very challenging year. It was

during

through their dedication,

only

and patience that we

commitment

able to emerge as a strong and

were

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trophy.

since the end of March.

positive Club.

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is strange – one never knows where it

Life

take you.

will

describe how I became friends with

To

Calvert it is necessary to go back to

Hedley

the Australian pre-packed meat market

of

a range of

with

trays, we were looking for other

food

to exploit.

markets

noted that South Africa had

We

used this material for a range

successfully

apple trays and these were used in their

of

export field. At this time, apple

growing

was changing to the use of

Shipping

and with apples the freight

containers,

was based on the number of apple

cost

that could be packed

cases

a standard container. The Victorian

into

Centre at Scoresby realised that

Research

cost of freight for apples could be

the

if the volume shipped in each

reduced

could be increased and this

container

tightening the pack.

meant

cost of experimentation for the pulp

he

manufacturer was prohibitive,

tray

the wide range of trays for the

considering

sizes of apples, whereas for us it

various

simple. We simply cut the various

was

fruit, nailed them on a board, took a

sized

resultant modified pack became

The

as the “Scoresby Pack” and

known

in an increase in the number of

resulted

per forty-foot container of about

cases

series of export trials were needed, and

A

brought me into contact with

these

Calvert, who ran Waterloo Packers

Hedley

the Huon Valley, and exported about

in

cases of apples each year. He

900,000

became a good friend.

subsequently

he was a very successful

Although

Hedley was at this time the

businessman,

ocean racing yacht skipper in

leading

and owned a famous yacht

Tasmania,

“Huon Lass.” He announced

called

he would enter the new Melbourne

that

Hobart ocean race instead of the usual

to

to Hobart race.

Sydney

Hobsons Bay Yacht Club, but without

at

navigator who had arranged to fly to

their

on Christmas evening, so that

Melbourne

could spend that day with his family.

he

had a couple of pleasant evenings

We

Hedley and his crew, and invited

with

to spend Christmas Day with my

them

This was declined, on the grounds

family.

they did not want to disturb our

that

As it turned out, Christmas

celebrations.

was cold and miserable, and

morning

early I had a depressed Hedley on the

very

asking if the invitation was still

phone

Taxis were quickly arranged and

open.

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Charles Treleaven

INAUGRAL MELBOURNE

TO HOBART YACHT RACE - 1972.

twenty per cent.

plastics days in the early 1970’s.

my

Plastics had pioneered the

Lumacell

for expanded polystyrene sheet,

markets

while we had captured a major share

and

in Australia used purple paper -

packers

trays. pulp

four days before Christmas 1972,

About

and his crew arrived in “Huon Lass”

Hedley

plaster-cast, and vacuum formed samples.

we had seven extra for lunch that day.

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stayed until about four, and then

They

to Queenscliff, where the race

sailed

was about 7pm Christmas night when I

It

another phone call from Hedley,

received

that the Navigator had missed the

saying

he was expected to fly on, and the

plane

he would arrive at Tullamarine

earliest

be the next morning, barely over

would

hour before the race was due to start

an

Queenscliff. Hedley was depressed,

at

he felt he would have to cancel

because

being without his right-hand

racing,

I told him I would see what I could

man.

to help. It seemed impossible,

do

being Christmas Day, with

especially

and everybody closed or

everything

rang a colleague at the Aero Club for

I

He gave me the name and

advice.

of an aviator who ran a small hire

number

business, though he did not really

plane

much hope that this man could

have

me. help

luck would have it, not only did he

As

the phone, but said that he would

answer

the Hobart plane the next morning

meet

fly the person to a small airfield near

and

He gave detailed instructions

Queenscliff.

to how to find him and his plane at

as

far so good, but our friend was still not

So

Queenscliff. It so happens that because

in

had made radio friends with the

I

Keeper at Point Lonsdale.

Lighthouse

ventured, I found his home

Nothing

and again good fortune indeed

number,

smiled. He was home and full of

asked him if he knew of a reliable local

I

driver, and he gave me a name and a

taxi

Again, I was lucky and booked

number.

to meet a light aircraft at Barwon

him

airfield, and to take a passenger

Heads

to the pier at Queenscliff.

quickly

these arrangements were relayed to

All

who in turn contacted the

Hedley,

in Hobart and gave him all the

navigator

instructions. I doubt that any of

necessary

slept that night – there was so much

us

could go wrong.

that

few weeks later, I received a very

A

picnic set from Hedley and the

generous

boys, with a note of thanks addressed to

“Maker of

the

Miracles”.

was no miracle - I was just lucky to

This

friends and to know people who

have

R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 2 0

(NOW KNOWN AS THE ‘WEST COASTER’)

Charles Treleaven

INAUGRAL MELBOURNE

TO HOBART YACHT RACE - 1972.

would start the next morning.

Christmas cheer.

relaxed.

next morning it all worked like clockwork,

The

and the navigator was aboard the

Lass” in time for the race to start.

“Huon

Surely it could only happen in

PHEW!

Australia.

Tullamarine Airport.

could help.

of the frequency of sailing at the Heads,

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