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Issue 37 - January 2016 - Classic Yacht Association of Australia Magazine

CONTENTS

CYAA REPRESENTATIVES 2

NEW MEMBERS 2

COMING EVENTS 2

SAYONARA and RAWHITI 3

CUP REGATTA 2015 4

AUSTRALIAN HISTORIC 6 VESSELS REGISTER

A MAN and HIS BOATS 8

AUSTRALIAN WOODEN 22 BOAT FESTIVAL

ST. HELENA CUP REGATTA 28 MANLY WYNNUM YC Q’LD

I BUILT A TUMLARE` FOR £350 32

CLASSIC YACHT FOR SALE 34

CYAA MEMBERSHIP 36 APPLICATION

Our aim is to promote the appreciation and participation of sailing classic yachts in Australia, and help preserve the historic and cultural significance of these unique vessels. Classic Yacht Association of Australia

CYAA REPRESENTATIVES NEW MEMBERS

ADMINISTRATION Janet Dean Vic Crew Dingo

CYAA Christopher Lawrence Vic Crew Snow Goose PO Box 335 Williamstown Geoff Thorn Vic Crew Martini Victoria 3016 Chris Havre Vic Boat owner Akuna admin@classic‑yacht.asn.au Charlie Boyes Vic Crew Martini QUEENSLAND Mal Botterill Vic Crew Avian Greg Doolan David Brodziak Vic Crew Ettrick Mobile 0418 12 12 02 [email protected] Peter Denniston Vic Boat owner Te Uira http://tradboatsqld.asn.au/ Chris Clapp Vic Crew Fair Winds

Robert Kalkman Vic Boat owner Enterprise MAGAZINE EDITORIAL Tim Boucaut Vic Boat owner Warringa Peter Costolloe Deb McKay Vic Crew Warringa Mobile 0419 171 011 [email protected] Dennis Horne Vic Crew Warringa Sam Cowell Vic Crew Warringa Roger Dundas Mobile 0419 342 144 Sam Daniel Vic Crew Mercedes 111 [email protected] Doug McLean Vic Crew Tandanya

Michael Daddo Vic Crew Mercedes 111 CYAA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Noel Sutcliffe Vic Crew Trim

President Martin Ryan Mercedes III COMING EVENTS Vice President Cameron Dorrough Bungoona Secretary Ian Rose Cyan 2016 Yanmar Wooden Boat Shop Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong. Treasurer David McKenzie Mercedes III 12ᵗh ‑ 14ᵗh March 2016 Royal Geelong Yacht Club Race Director Peter Costolloe Alwyn Roger Dundas Avian Passage racing from Portarlington to Geelong Cat 7 Doug Shields Sayonara Wooden Boat Shop of Sorrento sponsored dinner Damian Purcell Scimitar Bausele Official watch of the Festival Craig Brown Cyan Southern Trust Classic Yacht Regatta, Auckland 18ᵗh ‑ 20ᵗh March 2016 Classic Yacht Association of New Zealand

Queenscliffe Maritime Weekend 25ᵗh ‑ 26ᵗh March 2016 Friday 6.00 pm Fishy Tales at Queenscliffe Maritime Museum Sat 2:00pm Guineas Cup Challenge between Classic Yacht Association and Couta Boat Association. Classic and Wooden Boat Festival 15ᵗh,16ᵗh and 17ᵗh April 2016 COVER PHOTO: Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney Compliments of John Firth-Smith Sandringham Yacht Club Centenary Cup Regatta 16ᵗh April 2016 WINDWARD and WINDWARD II SYC invite Melbourne’s Classic Yacht Fleet to Sydney Harbour circa mid 1930’s compete for the Clubs Classic Yacht Trophy. Restoration status of Uira https://www.facebook.com/Uira.yacht

Page 2 Issue 37- June 2015 © CYAA Photo A.D. Blake Sayonaraa and Rawhiti race for the Sayonara Cup, Saturday 19th January, 1907. © A. D. Blake 2015

This magnificent painting has been donated by its creator A.D. (Tony) Blake to commemorate the bond between the Classic Yacht Associations of Australia and New Zealand

Sayonara Cup on Port Phillip 1907

The second race for the Sayonara Cup was sailed topsail. Both yachts have crew grasping onto in a hot strong northerly wind. The 21 mile course the spinnaker booms to prevent them from was from the Gellibrand Lightship, off the 'skying'. Sunlight is sparkling off the tops of Williamstown breakwater, to a mark off Half the waves on the left hand side and clouds cast Moon Bay, thence to a mark off Point Cook and shadows on the water in the background. back to the finish off the Gellibrand Lightship. At the Point Cook mark Rawhiti was 41 Rawhiti won the start by 20 seconds but, as the seconds behind Sayonara and shook out their painting depicts, Sayonara passing Rawhiti on the mainsail reef, but sagged away to leeward on run to Half Moon Bay. Both yachts have reefed the leg to the finish. Sayonara was impeded mainsails. Sayonara has a very small spinnaker and near the finish by the steamer Wodonga a topsail hoisted, as best they could, on the coming too close with a full load of sightseers windward side of the mainsail. Rawhiti has a and taking her wind, but she still finished 8 bigger spinnaker and a balloon staysail, but no minutes 7 seconds ahead of Rawhiti and thus won the Sayonara Cup.

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Cup Regatta 2015 on Port Phillip Notable Cup Regatta support was shown by CYAA members who successfully bid for these and the other Peter Costolloe items auctioned off at the Cocktail function and the after Cup Regatta Race Director and Handicapper. Cup Regatta BBQ. Thanks go to Mr. Auctioneer, Jeff Richardson for his smooth auctioneering processes to When CYAA President Damian Purcell and Mark Chew extract serious and competitive bidding for these items. in 2007 suggested “let’s conduct a Classic Yacht Regatta Congratulations go to those members who took home on Port Phillip” to support the CYAA and CYANZ the donated door prizes. relationship, little did they foresee the Cup Regatta be- coming the corner stone of Classic Yacht racing on Port Two additional trophies were the feature of Cup Regatta Phillip. 2015. A painting by Tony Blake of the CYANZ, a com- missioned marine artist, was donated to the CYAA. The Cup Regattas’ 2007 and 2008 are now history. Both with trophy deed of gift stipulates it’s to be a perpetual tro- unforgettable dinner functions at the Docklands based phy and awarded to the best performing Classic Yacht Melbourne Yacht Club Hotel, consensus thinking and aggregated during the Regatta and over the immediate talk among CYAA members at the time indicated a good past Summer and Winter Series. The painting of Sayo- idea had become a must do event. nara and Rawhiti racing in a 1907 Sayonara Cup race gives recognition to the preceding years of yacht racing With Cup Regatta 2015, the challenge was to sustain the between Australia and New Zealand. The Royal Mel- Cup Regatta support and goodwill. bourne Yacht Squadron re-activated the Uira trophy for Tumlaren racing. The trophy’s deed of gift stipulates the Looking over the evergrowing list of Cup Regatta spon- trophy is to be awarded to the first Tumlaren home in a sors and supporters, receiving comments from skippers pursuit race. Race 5 was the scene of this trophy race. and crews about Cup Regatta racing management and the support of the Cup Regatta social functions indicate Cup Regatta 2015 racing was eventful. From close to the answer would be an affirmative. But “we want cancelling races due to weather conditions to no wind more” was a call also heard. Well, your Executive has conditions, to dramatic mid race wind shifts and to no decided, you’ll get more. wind to strong winds and seas in one race. It was all happening on Port Phillip. The Cup Regatta on Port Phillip has become a “must be there” event for an ever growing list of notable sponsors In our invitational racing on Friday, the CYAA Guineas and supporters as shown below. Indicative of this sup- Trophy Team of Martin Ryan’s Mercedes III and Peter port was Lark Distilleries of Hobart supplying $1000 of McDonalds Pastime II squeaked home ahead of Jeff product for Trophies and Libby Lewis of Libby the Fine Richardson’s new Couta boat Georgia and Peter Sydes Jeweller of New Zealand for supplying her nautical Couta Boat Lincoln Rose. With the Inter-Association themed necklaces for auction. Challenge using the RYCV Elliott sail training dinghies,

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the three races of 20 minutes each in the difficult sea sausages and Karen Batson of Zephyr with her Boney conditions came down to a last man standing result. The restaurant team prepared all the BBQ fixings A magnif- Tony Blake team completed the last race on their lone- icent sight to behold. some to take home the Bud Nalder Trophy for the CY- ANZ team. With the pipes of David McKenzie of Mercedes III ren- dering the famous Scot folk song “The Skye Song” and its Twenty two Classic yachts made up the Cup Regatta lyrics “speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing” to 2015 fleet. Notable entrants for 2015 included Helen remind us that it’s our beloved Classic Yachts that bring Lovett’s Oenone, a Linton Hope design, launched in 1908 us together, Cup Regatta 2015 came to a conclusion with and Peter Sydes Couta Boat Lincoln Rose, both sailed up trophy disbursement announcements. from the Mornington Yacht Club. After serious burning of the midnight oil, Jeff Richardson had Georgia re-- The Col Bandy Trophy for the best performing Classic rigged after her return trip from Sydney. With barely a Yacht and the Stradbroke II Trophy for the best per- nod for a sleep Georgia departed Sorrento in the small forming Classic Yacht or Couta Boat overall was Tim Friday morning hours to make the 3pm Friday Guineas Boucaut’s Warringa. One point seperated Warringa and Trophy start line. Cup Regatta support at it’s finest. Loama while Bob Munro’s Tandanya with Stephen Lake Another Cup Regatta 2015 notable event was the CY- on the helm followed in third placing. ANZ team skippering and crewing Kingurra. The Tumlaren Dingo skippered by Jim Hutchinson and Shortened courses were the feature of first two days of crewed by Celia Dymond and Janet Dean, Commodore racing, that’s not to say racing was a dull affair. Far from of RMYS, took out the RMYS Uira trophy. Gordon Tait’s it. After a postponed start, Cup Regatta 2015 Race 1 Ettrick took out the Wooden Boat Shop Boat Hook tro- started and finished in light wind conditions at the phy for the best performing Tumlaren for Cup Regatta Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron A Mark. Tandanya 2015 took out the corrected time honours and line honours went to Kingurra. Race 2 started at the Royal Melbourne With her consistent corrected time results throughout Yacht Squadron. The fleet headed out to Pipeline 3 the year and in particular during Cup Regatta 2015 mark. Good wind was on hand throughout the race. Martin Ryans Mercedes III was awarded the honour of Dramatic scenes were seen from the race committee being the first Classic Yacht to be listed on the Tony boat, as Kingurra pipped Mercedes III for line honours. Blake Perpetual Trophy honour board. Victory calls from Kingurra were heard across Port Phil- lip. Mercedes III had the last laugh, she took out correct- The management of Cup Regatta 2015 racing and re- ed time honours. sults publication cannot be left without a mention. With no question the success of this Cup Regatta 2015 feature On Sunday morning the wind hit the 25 knot mark. was due to the race management provided to the CYAA Warringa with Tim Boucaut and his crew on their way by David Leroy, Race Director of the RYCV. His sup- from RMYS to RYCV reported no problems. Race 3 was port for CYAA Classic Yacht racing during the Regatta a depleted fleet. Kingurra took out both corrected time and throughout the year is the prime reason the CYAA and line honours. Loama was scored second on corrected has the respect of all the senior yacht clubs on Port time. Joe Tuck and the boys on Loama are always there Phillip. when the whips are cracking. Finally a special thanks to all those CYANZ members The fleet for Race 4 had a running start into a fast who visit us each Cup Regatta. Without their presence approaching black line on the water. Chaos and close our Cup Regatta would not be the year on year success. calls were seen from the race committee boat when the front hit. Out of this mess came Loama. With a brilliant From the handicapper a special thank you goes to start Loama came home with a first on corrected time. Shirley-Ann McCrystal from the CYANZ. Despite feel- Kingurra again took out line honours. ing under the weather on the Friday, Shirley-Anns’ assistance on the Race committee vessel Thorsen Pursuit start was the scene for Race 5 on the Monday throughout the Cup Regatta and her after race support morning. Sea conditions gave all starters and finishers a given to the handicapper was crucial to the Cup Regatta good going over. Helen Lovett’s, Oenone was first home. 2015 success. Hard luck stories due to shipping channel activity were the order of the day. Long live Cup Regatta 2016

To top off Cup Regatta 2015 racing, the excellent BBQ put on by the Tumlaren people was a sold out event. Photo’s of Cup Regatta 2015 race winners on corrected The BBQ team headed up by Roger Dundas and Mal time can be seen on Page 35. Botterill of Avian served up the Donati of Lygon Street Cup Regatta 2015 Photo’s Peter Costolloe

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The Australian Register of Historic Vessels Objectives and Outcomes cial vessels, Australian military craft - it is open to vessels that have operated on inland David Payne, Curator Historic Vessels waterways as well as sea going craft. Australian National Maritime Museum. ● Vessels with a known provenance and back- ground. The ARHV was launched at the museum and on the website in February 2007 www.anmm.gov.au/arhv ● Vessels that satisfy the assessment criteria along with visits to AWBF in Hobart, WAMM WA but are now owned, operated or displayed and Canberra ACT. outside of Australia It is one of only two national, museum based, histor- ● The ARHV does not include wrecks or repli- ic vessel registers worldwide. cas. A wreck is a vessel which is submerged, semi-submerged and abandoned. There are now just over 600 craft listed, and over 80 research and reference pages on builders, designers, OBJECTIVES: types, classes, events and sites. ● To build a regional and national picture for historic vessels. An active external collaborative program has been embraced involving boat owners and attendance at ● To present the vessel’s social stories and their major historic vessel gatherings. Festivals visited associated people that are a major part of Australia's maritime heritage include: Hobart, Sydney, Geelong, Goolwa, New- port, Lake Macquarie, Jervis Bay. ● To identify priority vessels of significance for further documentation and/or preservation. The ARHV is represented at every Australian Mari- ● time Museum's Council Conference. To assist ANMM and Australian collecting institutions in establishing collecting priori- ties for vessels. Many individual vessels have been visited through- out Australia. ● To promote best practice standards for pres- The Australian Register of Historic Vessels presents ervation and restoration of historic vessels, a wide range of vessels which are relevant to Aus- with best practice methods, materials and suppliers. tralia’s maritime heritage and social history. The Register captures and reveals their background with ● To provide a resource for the museum and information on their designers, builders and owners, boat-owning communities to share informa- along with their many fascinating and engaging tion and expertise about historic vessels in social stories. Australia. The diversity – a breakdown in numbers Representation on the Register is recognition of each Ownership vessel’s particular significance to Australia’s mari- 75% Private time history. 25% Institution or museum use 44% Recreational or pleasure craft ● All vessels built up to and including 1970 50% Commercial and service/support vessels which meet a set of assessment criteria for 1% Military vessels 5% Indigenous watercraft Australian heritage, along with a small Location number of vessels with special significance 44% NSW 11% Qld 10% Tas that have been built after 1970. 10% Victoria 10% SA 9% WA ● Vessels of all types and sizes - there is a 1% NT 1% ACT diverse range from canoes, Indigenous wa- 4% Outside of Australia tercraft, dinghies, skiffs, through to yachts Operational 65% and power craft, the wide variety of commer-

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Maritime Museum's of Australia Project Support Scheme MMAPSS New ARHV Website in 2016

● Outreach from the ANMM for historic ves- A new ARHV website is under production at the sels around Australia museum to give the ARHV much greater public reach. It will make the website, reference, pages and ● Advice and documentation on significance, vessels much more accessible to the public. interpretation and conservation for historic vessels The primary focus will be to bring out the stories the vessels and the reference pages can tell, but it will ● Preparation of Vessel Management Plans to still include the technical details. bring all three of those aspects together in one document The site will be launched with the first stage at the International Historic and Traditional Ships Panel CWBF in April 2016.

Supported by the International Congress of Mari- The next stage is to develop the area of significance time Museums. and show how many of the craft have particular importance through their stories relating to: IHTS recognises that the challenges faced by historic & traditional shipowners whether operational or ● social and historic events static are not unique to any one country or region – ● their technical features they are common worldwide. ● their education value ● their community associations IHTS is an international collaborative partnership formed to co-ordinate professional standards and A primary aim is to reach out to the public and make practices for historic & traditional ships in order to them much more aware, interested in and support- respond to increasing regulation. ive of the role historic vessels have played in Aus- tralia’s maritime heritage. It takes into account the national and regional variations and such things as different vessel types Greater public support will lead to further govern- and propulsion methods and uses; all affecting de- ment and commercial support. sign, construction and regulatory regimes.

IHTS concerns historic & traditional ships whether in commercial operation, or in a museum environ- ment where they may be operational, or presented as static exhibits afloat or ashore.

French explorers visiting Tasmania in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and other early European settlers to the island, made frequent references to bark canoes that were paddled around southern Tasmania and its offshore islands. The canoes were said to be strong enough to carry up to six men across stormy seas, and often included a hearth at one end, which carried fire from one place to another. As well as allowing travel across water, they were used in the search for swan and duck eggs and for hunting seals. Models of the canoes were made for Euro- Aboriginal bark canoe with a few spears in the peans by Aboriginal people at the time, and rare exam- D’entrecasteau Channel near Bruny Island ples survive in museum collections including the Drawn by Nicolas Matin Petit on the Baudin Expedition Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Hobart, the Pitt to Van Dieman’s Land circa 1803 Rivers Museum in Oxford and the British Museum in London.

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Windward mid 1920’s

A MAN AND HIS BOATS On Sydney waterways in the 1950s and 1960s John Firth-Smith there were a lot of old wooden yachts and launches that became available very cheaply as fibreglass vessels became the way to go. Like I was born in Melbourne but spent my early historic houses and buildings these sadly made years as a young boy on the harbour in Auck- way for development and change. There was land observing the A class Logan and Bailey little interest in heritage and particularly mari- yachts racing. time heritage at that time. A lot of boats ended I must have developed an eye for yachts there, up on the bottom of the harbour, succumbed to enjoying the Mullet boats and the small class chainsaws or simply disappeared when they (idle-a-long) regattas and sailing model yachts were unwanted or abandoned. from Birkenhead, New Zealand. My first boat Most vessels have a lifespan similar to a human (vessel) there was a metal cabin trunk with the life; some leave us too soon and only feature in lid removed. I had progressed by the 1950s, to old photos and memories while others seem to sailing on VJs and Flying Dutchman classes at go on into ripe old age. Materials used play a big the Avalon Sailing club on Pittwater and some- part in this survival with a few willing owners times was crew on the big ketch Southwind. wanting the best from the best builders and designers. All the best yachts of then and now,

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large and small, are incredible amalgams of out on a limb financially to pull these restora- many people’s talent and the pursuit of excel- tions off. Often boats can be on their last legs lence not only in building and maintenance but with owners at a loss where to place them. I also in trying to get the best out of their boats, relished in the opportunity to save these old whether they were racing or cruising. Some classics. I was not alone, people like Nick Mas- boats are thoroughbreds and often these are terman and other like minded souls saved vari- nurtured like horses into old age. ous wooden vessels of all kinds in Sydney, and Some yachts and boats were scrapped for lead this passion of ours evolved into the Sydney copper and bronze. I found scrap metal yards to Wooden Boat Festival. The Festival led by John be the place to find old bronze fittings and Wood and others was met with great enthusi- winches and I rummaged through the bins at asm and camaraderie before being taken over by Sims scrap yard in Artarmon, Sydney looking the Australian National Maritime Museum. for suitable unique bronze fittings. Workers During this time the Sydney Amateur Sailing there would empty forty-four gallon drums of Club (SASC) was a rare club that welcomed bronze onto the floor, for me to go through. enthusiastic, passionate vintage-yacht owners They were happy as long as I returned anything and this was the place where most people who I did not want to the drums. The cost was deter- owned old yachts who wanted to race them mined by the scrap weight value. Those were ended up. There were a number of people build- the days. ing new wooden small craft and a couple of shipyards that took on restoration jobs in those I remember the working Sydney slipways and days. Bill Gale was a passionate catalyst in en- the boatsheds having wooden masts and booms couraging this. of all sizes with fittings large and small hanging from the roof rafters. People changed to alloy spars and Dacron sails, replacing the Egyp- tian cotton sails with beautiful handwork by sailmakers. In the early 1960s I lived in a boatshed in Lavender Bay where Len Hef- fernan built the 18 footers Jantzen Girl and The Sun. Len had left but his discarded hull moulds were still there. Out on McMahons Point on the edge of Berry’s Bay, Bill Barnett was building beautiful yachts and in Laven- der Bay there were six or eight old classics owned by Griffin’s boatshed on McMahon’s Point, among them various schooners like Sea Gypsy, Sayonara and Kurrewa III. Today the working slipways of Sydney and boat building on the harbour are almost ex- tinct. Travel lifts and plastic boats have taken over and the bays are chock-a-block full of moorings. Apartment buildings stand where waterfront activity once flourished particu- larly west of the Harbour Bridge, the old working harbour. I have lived and witnessed a time of complete change in everything that happens on and around Sydney Harbour. I developed a passion for trying to save some of these things from oblivion and often went Afloat Magazine Sydney Wooden Boat Festival October 1994

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These old yachts are inspirational. I admired their hull proportions, lines and the unique presence they had, even though some had been neglected and their rigs changed and been left to rot on moorings. Some were one-offs and most came from an age when yacht owners commis- sioned designers, then builders (shipwrights) to build them a racing or cruising yacht. Australia usually followed the British ways of thinking about yachts seen in books by Dixon Kemp, and then later the Uffa Fox series of five books in the 1930s inspired local designers as well who also added their own ideas. The American influence was available through publications like the Rud- der magazine and books by Nat and L Frances Herreshoff. Some were built to specs like the 6, Janaway Pittwater 1975 8, 10 and 12 metre classes and others, Dragons, in top condition. Ward later worked with Ron 30 sq metre and Tumlaren. These yachts are easy Swanson to help develop the successful Carmen to identify in early photos because of their low class based on Janaway and the metacentric hull sail numbers, but this became more confusing as design. When I took on Windward II she was in time went on, with old numbers going on to very poor shape, many years of hard racing and newer yachts. Years ago I purchased an early sail later neglect was showing. She rarely went sail- number for Windward II from a Yachting Federa- ing and if so, with only storm jib and trysail. The tion Auction for the yacht – I have not used it for mast and rig were very tired. years but it is still my number. I have been using Windward II was designed by Norman E Dali- my allocated number from the SASC ‘A101’ more (Burnham-on-Crouch, UK), a 40 ft staysail since joining the club on my various yachts. schooner. Her rig was influenced by the early very successful John Alden Malabar fisherman staysail schooners in the USA. This was a very unusual rig to be seen in the UK or Australia. She was built in Hobart by Percy Coverdale in 1929 on Napoleon Street for Mr Edwin H Web- ster, with full length kauri planking on spotted gum ribs with teak hatches. She was christened Windward and painted with shamrock green topsides. She sailed to Sydney around 1930, and

Race start with 5 yachts L to R Norn, Thetis, Brand V, Windward E1 and Windward II

I acquired Windward II in 1982 and owned the yacht for the next twelve years. I swapped my previous boat, Janaway for her. Janaway, MH4, was a 30 ft 1930s Wally Ward raised flush deck double ended sloop with some unique features Windward II being built at Percy Coverdales Yard, Battery Point, Hobart

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Hardie raced Windward II very successfully with the unusual (fat) number 3 on her mainsail. He later became Commodore of the RSYS between 1947 and 1949. The Muston family raced Wind- ward also very successfully from the 1930s on- wards with a brief stop during the War. In the 1960s James March Hardie was often seen sailing Windward II in his later years with a smart blazer, white shirt, tie and cap, with his boatman in white overalls. The yacht was sailed with a trysail and spitfire jib. Legend has it that Hardie walked away from Windward II at the CYC in the 1970s and told a young apprentice shipwright he could have the yacht. It had pre- viously sunk at its mooring in Rushcutters Bay and was refloated and given a berth at the CYC where it continued to languish with another owner.

Windward II at launching Hobart 1929 then was acquired by James March Hardie who sold Morna, later named Kurrewa 4 to buy her. Now in Sydney, Hardie discovered there was an existing Windward because the yacht was on the harbour all its life until the mid 1960’s. He add- ed a Roman two to her name, a now WindwardII. Hardie had owned a number of yachts over the years including Sirocco that he had sold on to Errol Flynn who lost the yacht in the Pacific on his way to Hollywood to become a film star. So the other Wind- James March Hardie on the helm of Windward in ward was already sail- early 1930’s ing on Sydney When I set about restoring the yacht, the deck Harbour with Ed- was replaced traditionally without ply, copying wards (RPEYC), with the unusual original patterns tapering and sail number E1. She notching into themselves at the ends along with was a 40 ft gaff jack- the deck beams that were rotted out at the shelf yard top sail, centre- and clamp dovetails all with completely wasted board cutter designed gal steel screws and deck spikes. The work was by J W Pickering and carried out by Les Wells of All Craft Boats, built by the renowned Drummoyne, Sydney. Les had worked in the J Hayes & Sons in Halvorsens yard building classic launches for 1922-23 in Careening years before setting up his own business. Cove, Sydney for Mr A T Muston and the yacht remained in the Mr. A.T. Munston family until the mid Windward II original deck beam with Lloyds Register 1950’s. number engraved and bevelled notch for mast partners

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Windward II with a wishbone rig in a stiff breeze 1930’s

New sails were made by Michael Lee; new fit- tings were cast from my patterns. Most of the fittings on the yacht had been made of galva- nised steel and were badly worn and rusted. Some of these were built up with bog and then cast in various bronzes. It all came together and we went sailing. I lived in Lavender Bay at that time and the yacht was in front of the waterfront house. It was easy access to maintain and we were able to use the New bronze fittings for under mast step to chain plates on Windward II yacht day and night. They were great days there. People came from everywhere, family joined the SASC and we raced every season and old crew members of Windward II, some from then on. I talked to old crew members from with stories including photos, letters and al- pre-War days and was always told by the old bums of early days racing or cruising on the salts to let the yacht sail ‘full and by’ and not to harbour. Everybody was excited about the yacht pinch up to windward too much till she stalls, being saved to do some serious sailing again. but rather go for speed .We won the Awanui One story came from an old crew member, trophy in the metre division along with being a Charlie Hird, who told me of Windward II’s new gold medal winner with the SASC in the 1993– Bermudan cutter mast made by Fred Hoyle of 94 season and also a division of the Australia Drummoyne in the mid-1930s. Apparently the Day Regatta on 26 January 1994. Windward II mast came down on the first sail out of Rushcut- always loved a big breeze, chewing it off with a ters Bay when a runner got caught in a marker bone in her teeth. We took the sailing seriously pile that marked a sand bar off Darling Point. and had a lot of fun on glorious Sydney Har- Charlie also mentioned Windward II lost her bour. It was sailing by the seat of your pants in bow sometime in the 1930s. Some of these things those days, no digital gauges; the wind speed repeat themselves. was the tell tales on the shrouds and the tiller was an accurate rudder angle indicator. It was Bill Gale from the SASC left a note on the deck great days of meeting up with old foes (yachts) one day suggesting we race with the club. I

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and the good people sailing them. A strong camaraderie built up among the owners and crews during these glorious days. Not always rosy, once we broke the old mast leading the way to the finish in one race; frantically within a week we were racing again with a new (old) mast from a Choy Lee ketch, a bit shorter. It was deck stepped sitting on top of the old stump in a deck fitting and as we did not want to miss a race it was painted white, but the crew and I quickly faked a wood grain on it and cut about a foot off the bottom of the mainsail – these changes did not affect her performance; she still sailed like a witch. Weekend racing with the Amateurs was always a re- warding end to the week and we went rain, hail or shine. We par- ticipated in all sorts of activities on the Harbour on Australia Day and other occasions, often dress- ing up and marking the occasion John Firth-Smith sailing Windward 1990 with a festive spirit.

Balmain Regatta 1990

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Windward II about to leave Lavender Bay and Archina being prepared for 50th Sydney to Hobart

With the fiftieth Sydney to Hobart coming up, The yachts I have had were always slipped and my interest in the first race was sparked by taken care of by the wonderful Geoff Tyres at researching the nine yachts that raced in 1945. In the old J Hayes & Sons boatshed in Careening 1994 I found Archina, a 52 ft ketch built by J Cove. A young Sean Langman did the rigging Hayes & Sons in Careening Cove in Sydney for working on his own at his new company sale. She was in Tin Can Bay in Queensland Noakes Rigging and Micheal Lee made me the basically being use as a houseboat. I purchased sails upstairs in his loft. That was a great centre Archina and we sailed her to Sydney. With the of skilled people who I always went to. We had intention of racing Archina in the 1995 Sydney to a great race to be in the race and it was a great Hobart race, I sold Windward II and she set sail sailing race as well! for Brisbane. When I got back to Sydney from the Hobart A lot of work was required to bring Archina up Race I recognised that Archina was far too big for to standard for the 50th Sydney to Hobart. This my usual small crew to race regularly on week- required stripping out all the internal non-origi- ends around the buoys with the SASC, so Archi- nal clutter and junk and a gigantic diesel engine na was sold. For the first time in a long time I (installing a new, smaller one) and removing the didn’t have a yacht. Our house in Lavender Bay added doghouse that spoiled her lines. Then it had also been sold; it was an end of an era for me came to getting her ready and seaworthy for the and my family. race. This was a huge undertaking but we did it Years passed, and a yacht on Pittwater that I had with a very dedicated small group of enthusias- been aware of for a long time, Windward, was tic people and little money under pressure 24/7. now for sale. In 2004 I surveyed and checked her It was completed in six months before the race out and decided to buy the yacht and made an start. offer that was accepted. She was rigged as a yawl that had been cruising the east coast of

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had gained from restoring the other yachts over the years would go into getting Windward into top condition. All the non-original interior and exterior pushpit, pull- pit, and lifelines that were not of any use to anybody went to the tip. I kept all the original interior joinery that had been mutilated and any- thing else that was part of the original yacht for pat- terns. I sold the complete al- loy yawl rig and sails and Windward as found in Pittwater under yawl rig 2004 some cruising gear to a sug- ar cane farmer in North Queensland who was Australia in the late 1970s with the lone skipper building a steel yacht, and with this money Keith Farleigh and his dog Minnie. Keith had wanted to return the yacht to its original gaff died years before and the yacht was languishing topsail rig as it was when launched. It was an on a mooring at Church Point. exciting time. The original interior had been mutilated by David Payne at the Maritime Museum had an sound system speakers mounted making holes found original sail plan from the designer J W in the beautiful panelling, radio gear, radar, Pickering from 1924 on file, along with extensive galley, head, ice boxes, all of it years old, along with scuba gear, sodden books, photos and oth- er things sloshing around in the bilge of salt water and diesel fuel from a leaking tank: a

Windward Original Gaff rig 1924 pages of hand written instructions on materials Windward inspection and removal of mizzen mast for the builder Hayes, including stressing that no apprentices were to work on building the mess. I could see through this that the hull yacht. This included all dimensions of sails and seemed in very good shape including the centre- spars so it was all there to work from. Mean- board and its case and that she had a relatively while the hull was stripped out and painted, new Mercedes diesel engine. I did stop to think totally restored where needed. The full length ‘why am I doing this’, but managed to do it Kauri pine planking was in good shape as were anyway: passion usually wins. The knowledge I the spotted gum ribs. The deck was sound but

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Dealing with a leak 1980’s it was still a big problem had a ply overlay and Dynel over the original Windward II, new teak hatches, skylights and laid deck in order to go cruising. This had interior from old photos made from Australian probably protected the hull and kept the dam- red cedar with framing of Queensland white aging rain out and strengthened it. It was in beech. The new mast and spars were made by good shape and was left intact. Simon Ian Smith who among other things had built an Sadubin at Sydney Harbour Wooden Boats, 18 footer replica Britannia that he races success- and his team did the work. I gave him my fully on the harbour. This was a labour of love drawings of details of what I wanted and the by all the craftsmen, with new sails were made restoration included using some of my old from the original sail plan by Col Anderson in patterns for bronze fittings that I had used on Melbourne.

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Windward II Staysail Rig off Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron 1930’s The surviving Muston family have been very documented their various yachts, the Muston interested, supportive and wonderful in show- family and crew, and the history of sailing and ing me old photos and passing on history from yachting on Sydney Harbour on Viking, Wind- family albums to go with Windward, visiting the ward and their skiffs all named Desdemona. yacht during and after its restoration. Albums

Munston and crew sailing Windward 1930’s

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Windward II passing Pinchgut 1930’s Windward II passing Pinchgut mid 1930’s

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plan for. The original foremast was where there is now a bronze and glass vent and the skylight was moved to make way for the new main mast position. I still have the original foremast chain plates. I had the timber to make the two schoon- er masts and booms but ended up using some of it for new booms and bowsprit for Archina . Meanwhile Windward went from her gaff jack- yard topsail cutter rig to a lofty Ber- mudan rig very early on: this was very successful and probably en- couraged Hardie to adopt the Ber- mudan rig on Windward II. Both yachts were again racing after the War up until about 1960. I have recently been in touch with the fam- ily who owned Windward in the ear- ly 1960s. The yacht was raced with the CYC by them, Peter and Ruth Photo John Jeremy Hill and with their young family Windward. New gaff rig, as original. Australia Day Regatta 2012 they also went cruising. They sold I have always kept extensive logs of my owner- the yacht on to Keith Farleigh in 1965. There was ship of yachts with records of their time in my a lapse of many years but both these yachts are hands, and accumulated and saved other mem- still with us thanks to being well built by notable orabilia about sailing on Sydney Harbour over builders with the best timbers and by being well the many decades. maintained and loved by their owners over the Windward and Windward II were very competi- tive in the early 1930s right up to the War years, with both winning many trophies. They went through many rig changes to remain competi- tive against each other and other yachts includ- ing the 8 and 10 metre yachts. Windward II went from a staysail schooner to a wishbone schoon- er, (probably due to Uffa Fox’s influence) and later a Bermudan cutter. This caused some prob- lems with the integrity of the hull. The new mast was placed half way between the two original schooner masts. Where it was now stepped was a narrow area where the stem meets the keel timbers. The pressure of the compressing mast always meant it leaked badly in this garboard area. I cast up some bronze extensions from my patterns that went under the mast step up to the chain plates and bronze knees to try and solve this problem and it worked. But I always hoped to return the rig to the original Dalimore de- Windward (E1) Cutter Rig 1930 signed schooner rig that I had an original sail

Page 20 Issue 37- June 2015 © CYAA years. Each boat is different in character, basi- As time moves on, my old faithful crew have cally the same length with Windward showing dissipated, departed or disappeared to the American influences and Windward II very Brit- four corners of the globe or the heavens and ish. Windward is very fast when reaching and have left me with a beautiful yacht that I can- running with the centreboard up and Windward not sail competitively anymore, particularly II thrives in heavy weather, two very different on my own. I have happily moved to living the but beautiful ladies. They have both had a good country, so I am off now on another tack so to life and are in top condition. I hope it will con- speak. tinue for them with future owners maintaining Windward is now available for inspection and their history and splendour. They have both open to offers; she is looking for a new custo- outlived their original owners and other custo- dian. I have been very fortunate to own some dians and may they find the right people to look wonderful yachts throughout my life includ- after them and sail them in the future. ing Windward and Windward II; I have been in Windward II has a life now in Melbourne on the right place at the right time to acquire Port Philip Bay, I think maybe it is time for them. Over the years, I have accumulated a lot Windward to join her old rival there so they can of archival material on Windward and Wind- sail together and meet up again. At this point I ward II. There are old photos, plans, articles would like to thank all the other like minded and passages in books and memories, and this enthusiastic people who have kept these old includes other famous yachts and vessels as yachts alive and all the good people who have well. helped me along the way, helping to save some Get in touch with me if you would like to of this rich maritime heritage of Australia for know more, or have information to share. the future. [email protected]

Non credited images Compliments of John Firth-Smith

Bottles of Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron port with Windward II label Peter and Ruth Hill Custodians of Windward 1960

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Bringing It To The People: Maritime Heritage for a Popular Audience

Talk by Paul Cullen, General Manager of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival at the Maritime Heritage Conference, Hobart December 2015.

At the Australian Wood- en Boat Festival, we’re pretty enthusiastic about our maritime heritage, as you might expect. It’s one of the primary reasons the festival was founded 21 years ago. You might say it’s in our DNA. The fes- tival seeks to celebrate and pass on that heritage to the broadest possible audience by making it ac- cessible, interesting and fun. Now, ‘fun’ is not a word you often hear tossed around in the sober circles of empirical research, but I would like to With permission AWBF convince you that it’s important in engaging a pop- 1. Why do we keep stuff? ular audience and that the support of the popular audience is vital to the preservation of the heritage Ask yourself, what makes humans the most that we all value. dominant species on the planet? We’re not the strongest or the fastest or the most reproduc- When I thought about how and why we devote so tive. We’re not the longest-lived or the most much effort to preserving our maritime culture, four tolerant of extreme conditions. But we have questions occurred to me. By offering plausible an- developed the knack of passing on culture. swers to these four questions I hope to explain how That is to say, the use of tools, of language, we see the future. learning and record keeping. This has allowed us to develop agriculture, society, technology, The questions are: maps, buildings and ships. These in turn have 1. Why do we keep stuff? allowed us to explore and modify our environ- ment to suit us. We collect tools and pass them 2. What do we keep, and for how long? on, so that we don’t have to invent them again 3. How do we use our collections? with every generation. We are keenly aware that when a thing is gone, it’s gone. There’s no 4. How do we measure success? bringing back the thylacine or un-burning the Great Library at Alexandria (and that one prob- ably put back western philosophy by 1000 years).

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We save and re-examine things later with better educate and introduce enquiring minds to new information or technology or context. The Ro- threads of knowledge. And that’s how we pass setta Stone was just a curiously marked rock on culture. until someone came to it with an understanding of what those inscriptions meant. We try to 2. What do we keep, and for how long? recognise the quality or importance of things, we try to understand what is valuable and what Physical storage, as we know, gets more chal- is not and if we’re wise, we agree that we don’t lenging as the collection grows. Not only do we always know what we’re looking at. need space to store things, but we must also control the environment, prevent decay, and In the National Museum in Dublin, Ireland, catalogue items so that we can find them again. there is a fabulous collection of Celtic gold and We choose what things we will display and how Neolithic treasures, dug up in farmers’ fields all we make them available to the public. In New over the country. The museum provides a serv- York, the famous 5th Avenue Public Library ice for people who have found unusual things. already has reference stacks extending down Bring your coin or your piece of metal to the nine levels below ground and these were built Museum and the experts will try to identify it before the First World War. Recently, the library for you. They keep a sort of trophy collection of announced a 55,000 sq. ft. extension to house 2.5 rare artefacts that have been handed in over the million volumes in its research library. Many years. One of them is a tiny Cretan bull, cast in museums struggle to display even 5% of their bronze, probably around the 5th century BC. collection. At the Hermitage Museum in Saint When a farmer from County Kerry in the west Petersburg and at the Melbourne Science Muse- of Ireland brought it in and said he had found it um, tours of their cavernous storage facilities in his potatoes, there was high excitement have become attractions in their own right. among the experts. While it was well document- ed that Phoenician traders had reached the Other museums and libraries have begun the south coast of Great Britain by that date, this lengthy task of digitising their collections. The was the first, and unique piece of evidence to Australian Register of Heritage Vessels and the suggest that they had reached Ireland. Within Maritime Museum of Tasmania’s e-Hive project weeks, a group of fresh-faced young archaeolo- are examples. The Hermitage Museum, with a gists turned up in a muddy barnyard in West vast collection of more than 3 million pieces, Kerry and banged on the farmer’s door. makes the greater part of it available on-line, with thematic courses of study and guided tours ‘We’ve come to dig up your field’, they said. and virtual renderings of important galleries. ‘And why would you be wanting to do that?’ This is an exciting new age for curators, opening ‘Because that little bull you found could be very up physical collections to the digital world by important. We here to see if there’s anything means of the Internet. more.’ ‘If there is, you won’t be finding it in my field.’ An equally important resource is what the scien- ‘What do you mean? You said you found it in tists call ‘wetware’ or the human brain, still the your potatoes.’ most astonishing information storage and re- ‘I did. I found it in the bag of Cyprus potatoes I trieval system on the planet. bought at LIDL last month.’ As a young man living in England, I liked to Great collections attract donations and support, tinker with motorcycles. When I had my latest sponsors and benefactors. They enthuse and acquisition dismantled into 780 separate parts in

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the living room, I would take a list of the most It’s attractive both to the expert and to the obscure gaskets, o-rings and spacers up to Lon- novice. We don’t manage these exchanges; don, to the largest BSA dealer in the city. Taking we just make it possible for them to take my place at the counter, I pulled out my grease place. stained list and began: ‘OK, I’ve got this 1964 C15, and you know that oil line thingy, it’s got a But in the cold light of day, museums will sort of cover that’s fallen off…’ The grey-haired still need physical storage for millions of fellow behind the counter said ‘You want a irreplaceable artifacts. To find it and main- 41/8344, my lad, and we’ve three in stock. Here, tain it and staff it, you’re going to need give us a look at your list.’ In moments, I under- money. At the Australian Wooden Boat Fes- stood that this man had memorised the entire tival, we remind ourselves constantly that BSA parts catalogue over dozens of models and the public purse is, in the end, controlled by going back decades. All this in the days before public sentiment, and if we do not have desktop computers or Google searches. popular support, the politicians are unlikely to return our calls. At the Australian Wooden Boat Festival, we have people standing next to historic boats, who 3. How do we use our collections? are living experts on the voyages of Matthew Flinders or the aerodynamic properties of When we choose to preserve a book or an curved sails, or the navigational methods of the artifact or a photograph, we’ve already ac- Polynesian explorers or the traditional sea shan- knowledged that it is important. But what ties of the Breton Coast. It’s truly remarkable to do we do with it? One particular use is, of overhear some of these conversations and real- course, research. The collected knowledge ize that the festival makes it possible for these should be available to serious students of living encyclopedias to pass on rare knowledge the matter at hand. There are people in this and interest to another generation. We see this as room far more expert than me on the subject an important role for our large, free public event. of cataloguing and research, so I won’t pre- sume to teach you how to suck eggs.

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I’m in the public event business and I’m always bribe them with ice creams to follow me around fascinated by the different ways that museums yet another one). At the National Gallery of and libraries go about engaging with their audi- Victoria one afternoon, I was admiring the huge ence. Tiepolo painting The Banquet of Cleopatra, then decided to take the lift up to one of the other When I first visited the British Museum in the galleries. Next to the lift was a small glass case 1970s, I was very excited about my first look at with a single object in it, a clay jar. I leaned one of the world’s great collections of antiqui- down to look at the description and learned that ties. My enthusiasm ran out about two hours this little jar was 6,000 years old and came from later, in the funereal atmosphere of Gallery No. Mesopotamia. I was charmed by the fact that the 116a, where I was looking at a dusty collection NGV had decided to put it there just to keep me of around 600 Greek amphorae, each one of amused while I waited for the lift. Back at the which looked pretty much like all the others, to British Museum in 1972, it would have been lost my untutored eye. Things have changed a great with the other 600 jars in the back gallery. deal at the BM since then, but there are still plenty of museums around the world that are At the National Prehistoric Museum in South simply collections, poorly explained and poorly Western France, they open their brilliant exhibit displayed. It might amuse you to put together with a life-like waxwork of a Neanderthal child the world’s largest collection of Hawaiian nose sitting at his father’s feet. It’s a simple trick, but flutes, but unless you explain what they are and it makes you immediately interested in this little why the public should be interested in them, boy’s story. What was it like to live in his time? they won’t be clamoring to get in the door. What tools did he have, what did he have to eat, what did he play with? The beautiful galleries I have seen brilliant displays in museums all that extend beyond this display answer these over the world (I’m a bit of a museum tragic, questions in plenty of detail, but you approach and when my children were young I had to them with curiosity and interest because you want to know. Photography Rob Rob Oates, Ballantyne Photo ©

Mallana and Yukon YUKON is a converted 1930 Danish Fishing Trawler. Available for charter

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Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2015 Julie Burgess 64’ Blue Gum ketch 1936 Available for charter At the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, the 4. How do we measure success? endless rooms full of wonderful art were stun- ning, but my feet were wearing out after just a Our sponsors and benefactors and volunteers tiny part of the collection. I was delighted to find and government funding agencies are all keen a quiet, comfortable lounge where a dozen com- to know that what they have contributed to, is puter stations allowed you to explore the collec- successful. If they have come along to the Aus- tion in digital form, and enhanced what you tralian Wooden Boat Festival and experienced saw, with excellent background and context. the festival atmosphere and soaked up the sun- shine and enjoyed the boats, then they will be I visited the splendid Maritime Museum in Fre- well disposed towards supporting the event. mantle recently and enjoyed all of the exhibits. But it’s a long time between drinks and there are The one that captured my interest best was the many other distractions and calls upon their Naval Defence gallery, not just because there attention. We need something more concrete was an enormous submarine, HMAS Ovens, than a four-day buzz to keep support in place sitting in dry dock outside the window, but and provide a measurable return on investment because a lively video of a real training exercise for our stakeholders. aboard a submarine put you into the story im- mediately, bringing the whole exhibit to life. The traditional measure for museums and li- braries has always been attendance. How many The lesson I take away from these experiences is people have come through your door? Was that that we all love a story. Humans are hard-wired more or less than last year? We believe that you to listen to stories, because that’s how we have need to know more than that about your cus- passed on knowledge since the days of the sha- tomers. We’d like to know why they came, mans and the Druids. If you want to engage where they came from, what made them take your audience, tell them a story. By all means, the decision to travel, how many people they illustrate it with objects and images and sound. brought with them and, if they came from out- But it’s not the collection that will capture their side the area, what else did they do while they imagination; it’s the story that the collection were here in Hobart? Were there parts of the tells.

Page 26 Issue 37- June 2015 © CYAA program they liked better than others, did they We are not ashamed to pursue a bit of fame, find anything a problem, would they like to see because we see that as an investment in the different events or exhibitions next time around? future of the event. We were proud to win a Hobart City Council award for excellence in To do this we need to ask them quite a lot of volunteer management and went on to win the questions and give them a good reason why they Tasmanian Tourism Industry Award for Best should answer. In our case, a post-festival on- Major Event or Festival in 2015. We are current- line survey, driven by the chance to win a really ly a finalist in the Australian Tourism Awards in impressive prize, gave us invaluable detailed the same category. information for analysis and reporting. We had that data examined and carefully charted to get This could be dismissed by academics as vain reliable answers from an independent market puffery, not seemly for respectable stewardship research company. The results were terrific: 95% of maritime heritage. But I put it to you that our of all attendees were delighted with what they offer included: found at the festival and 40% of our visitors came from interstate and overseas, pouring around ● getting up close to 550 wooden boats of $60 million dollars into the Tasmanian economy. every conceivable design and history

We traced the number of times the MyState Aus- ● listening to world-class speakers at the tralian Wooden Boat Festival was mentioned in International Wooden Boat Symposium the print and broadcast media. Again, we used an independent media monitoring company to ● visiting the Shipwright’s Village to see do this, providing us with a detailed post-Festi- antique skills still practised today val report with clippings of every mention. The result, compared the equivalent advertising rate ● or taking a harbour cruise on a tradition- that would have to be paid for the same expo- al square-rigged ship. sure, returning a staggering $6 million dollars worth of media exposure for the 2015 festival. These engage our audience in a living, breathing The media commentary was overwhelmingly maritime heritage they can value and be proud positive, recognising the event as the largest of. We do chase a popular audience and we give wooden boat festival in the Southern Hemi- them what they want to see. Because when sphere. That was music to the ears of our princi- those 200,000 visitors go home, we believe that pal corporate sponsors and government funding we have planted seeds, in a very large field that agencies. will grow in unexpected ways to contribute to the preservation of a wonderful maritime legacy. For the first time, AWBF actively embraced so- cial media (though I’ll admit that a few of us old Tasmanians are an island people and we have guys had to be shown which bit to hug). Our always looked to the sea for our trade and our Facebook following went from 400 to 4,000 in the work and our connections to the wider world. space of a few months and our final message at That tradition is alive and well here and we will the closing of the 2015 festival reached 17,000 continue to do our best to see that it is celebrated readers. Our tribe of newsletter subscribers has and honoured. also passed the 4,000 mark and international coverage of the event in the UK, France and the United States was excellent.

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Classic Yachts at The St Helena Cup 2015 The Cup was hand crafted in England in 1890 in sterling silver. It carried the title, The President’s The 39th St Helena Cup Regatta Cup. It was used as the trophy for a rifle marks- conducted by Wynnum Manly Yacht Club manship competition held on St Helena Island. Mick Patterson’s grandfather Edwin In 1967 Australia won the Admiral’s Cup with Cloherty won it during his tenure as a Warden Mercedes111, Caprice of Huon and Balandra on the Island. St Helena was a notorious prison from 1865 until 1932. The Trophy inscribed Apart from the great in- with his name was held by his family as treas- jection of enthusiasm ured heirloom. At the time. Edwin resided in this provided to yacht staff quarters on St Helena Island and his racing in Australia it al- daughter Helena (named from her place of so generated interest in birth) was the first white child born on the Is- the team racing. land. Helena (Mick Patterson’s aunt) held the trophy after Edwin’s death and bequeathed it to In 1970, at the WMYC, Mick. long standing members Stan Davey, Mick Pat- The winning team in 1976 was WMYC Number terson and Rod Flor- 3 Team consisting of Karunda, Bill Haslet, Irre- ence, began planning a pressible Stan Davey and Mark Twain David teams event for More- Morewood. The yachts concerned were within ton Bay. Having com- 10 years of their respective launches and were pleted preparations in active racers in the competitive racing fleet of 1976 Mick Patterson the day. kindly donated a reas- sured family silver cup The 2015 event five Classic Yachts entered in as the trophy for the wining team. It was named both Teams event, a fleet of 72 and four entrants the St Helena Cup. in the Cruising Division, a fleet of 12 Over the last several years Peter Kerr in Pagan has co-ordinated the entry of the B.O.T.Y. Team

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(B….old timber yachts) entered as representing the CYAA. This years B.O.T.Y. members were all locally built timber yachts. Karunda 30 ft. Launched 1966, Skirmish 32 ft. Launched 1969, Pagan 37 ft. Launched 1962. (148 years on the water).

In addition, the teams event included the Spirit of Koomooloo, 48 ft launched 1969 and Super Mollie a long keel Col- in Archer design.

Pagan

Was built in Brisbane by R.Clem Mas- ters at the Deagon slipway. She is moored there still as current owner Peter Kerr owns the slip and builds and restores B.O.T.Y. Pagan sailed to Hobart in 2015 for the Wooden Boat Festival.

Skirmish

Was designed and built by Bluey Williams in 1969. He had collaborated with Allan Payne in the design of Tequila launched in 1966. They refined the design after tank test- ing and Skirmish was drawn. She has been extensively cruised on the Qld coast and is a regular feature of local classic’s events.

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Karunda Was a member of the WM YC team that won the renamed Nacooma) Canipa, and Karunda. Karun- first regatta in 1976. She won again in 1990. In da has her original open cockpit design (not self 1964 Brisbane boat builder Stan Davey pro- draining) and has been used extensively in duced a set of drawings based on a 1928 G.J. Moreton Bay and down to the Gold Coast. She Alden design, the Rochester Town Class. as continues to sail regularly in Classic events un- published in a 1938 Rudder magazine. The orig- der current second owner. Her builder and first inal was a low freeboard 28ft center‐‐‐boarder. owner Bill Haslet is a foundation member of Stan stretched the forefoot to 30 ft, added some WMYC and in fact the first meeting of the club freeboard and a shallow long keel. 3 yachts were was held in his back yard in the boat shed where built from the plans Stan’s own Gloriana II later Karunda was underway.

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Other Classics at St Helena Spirit of Koomooloo Is a regular participant at The St Helena Cup. She has been a member of winning teams rep- Cyrene is a Randall 30 sloop launched in circa resenting RQYS in the past. She is a S&S 48 1960 in Sydney. launched in 1969. The St Helena Cup event is the largest teams event conducted in Queensland annually. Its origins are tied to the Admiral’s Cup and it is very pleasing for all the sailors to see the clas- sics participating. !

Sailing images courtesy of Vic Pic Pro who retain copyright of these images.

Super Mollie Is a Dutch built Colin Archer design. She is a Lyla long keel classic and was sailed from Europe to her new home in southeast Qld.

The Cruising fleet entrants Jubilee Class The 1935 Jubilee Class has a 7 member Fleet based in southern Moreton Bay. Three raced in the cruising division this year and Lyla was placed second overall.

Nereid and Stella

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By C. Harrison

SEACRAFT NOVEMBER 1948

against the weather and can be fitted to accommodate four with the help of folding pipe berths. The “Tum’s” cruising abilities are really surprising for her size and streamlined appearance. The Tumlare was designed by one of the world’s best navel architects–the Swede, Knud Reimers– and has achieved great popularity in Europe and in Britain. It measures 27’ 3” overall. 22’ on the water, 6’3” at the beam. Draft is 4’2”, displacement 1.77 tons. Having made up my mind as to the type of boat I wanted, I set out–a cheerful optimist– to do the rounds of builders’ yards, getting quotes for the job. I got quotes all right–but not the kind I expected. Prices ranged from £750 for the hull, without spars, rigging, or sails, or £900 for the finished article. Remembering that the pre-war figure was around £300, I was thoroughly disheartened. However, acting on the impulse of a true lover, I decided to get that boat or bust. I went round timber yards and ship chandleries, getting quotes for the materials. These quotes made the picture look a lot It is a well-known yachtsmans’ axiom that all ladies brighter, and , having some knowledge of the use of are beautiful, the only difference being that some are tools, I decided to build my “lady” in the backyard. more beautiful than others. As it is with ladies, so it is with yachts–which makes it awfully hard to decide The complete job took about 20 months of spare-time which particular type of yacht attracts one most. labour, and I enjoyed every minute of it, despite the numerous little difficulties that crop up so often in After a number of minor flirtations, I finally fell in this type of work. The present article will give the love with the Tumlare. I’ll admit that it was the sheer prospective boatbuilder some idea of the time and loveliness of the craft that first captivated me–but cost factors involved. there were also several considerations of a more concrete nature, which help me make a decision. I built my “Tum” single-handed, enlisting the help of a friend only for riveting, which one obviously cannot do by oneself.

Firstly, the Tumlaren class is a one design The complete log of the job shows that it took 1,600 organisation–and I consider one-design racing the man-hours. This time would have been cut by at least finest type of sailing competition. a third if two or three men were to work together, and to have the use of a mechanical saw, either bands Secondly, despite its excellent turn of speed, the or circular. Working alone, with no one to pass me “Tum” has proved itself a safe, sea-kindly craft, well things, I am convinced I spent a good 250 hours able to stand up to the sudden squalls and choppy climbing into the boat for something and another 250 seas of Port Phillip, where I do most of my sailing climbing out of it for something I should have taken in. Thirdly, although it requires a crew of four when racing, its modern all in-board rig can be easily A mechanical saw would be a tremendous time and handled by one man and is hard to beat for a single labor-saver in cutting planks and floors. I cut them handed cruising. The cabin gives ample protection all by hand–but I will never do it again.

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To help the prospective amateur builder, I have The all-inclusive cost of £350 brings the class well itemised below the costs of major materials; by within reach of most yachtsmen, who will find their comparing these costs with the quotes he is able to efforts more than repaid by the ownership of a obtain in his own district, the amateur will be able first-class racer, comfortable, attractive and modern to figure fairly closely what the finished article in every detail. should cost in his particular case. The amateur builder would be well advised to get a MAIN COST ITEMS professional man to check the set up of frames and £ s. d moulds once he has them in position. Success or Keel (Lead) ...... 38 0 0 failure of the entire enterprise depends on these being Timbers (Blue Gum) ...... 7 0 0 perfectly true; outside of that, there is nothing on the Planks, floors, keel, stem, stern, and ribbons...... 52 0 0 construction of a “Tum” that could baffle a Copper Nails ...... 6 10 0 reasonably handy and knowledgeable man. Bondwood Deck ...... 12 0 0 Timber for cabin and rudder...... 8 0 0 ...... A suggestion made by the St. Kilda club’s Priming Paint 4 0 0 professional builder Jack Tezerris was of great help Copper Bars (¾” and ½”) ...... 5 15 0 to me, and should benefit other prospective builders. Brass Nuts ...... 1 16 0 ...... Tezerris advised me to screw all the planks to the Timber for Moulds 5 0 0 moulds and then put in the timbers. This proved an Deck Screws (1” Brass). Brass...... 1 10 0 admirably easy way for an amateur to make sure of Screws No. 12 (1¾“) Canvas...... 2 2 0 getting a true shape. for Deck ...... 8 0 0 Rigging Wire ...... 6 15 0 Timber for cabin ...... I completed and launched Dondu, as I christened my 2 2 0 Tumlare, towards the close of the 1947-48 sailing Copper Nails (4”) ...... 10 0 Priming ...... 4 10 0 season; she performed splendidly during the few Calking cotton ...... 12 0 weeks’ trials we were able to give her, but her real Chain Plates (stainless steel) ...... 3 10 0 racing test will come in the season which begins this Bolts for chain plate (s. Steel)...... 15 0 month. Paint ...... 9 0 0 Rudder pins ...... 1 16 0 Victoria has the largest fleet of “Tums” in the Mast fittings, bands, etc...... 2 0 0 Commonwealth, but there are also several in South Blocks and sheaves. Rigging...... 5 0 0 Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and New screws (s. Steel) Mast and...... 3 0 0 south Wales, with several more building in the above boom ...... 8 0 0 named States, so that there is every prospect of Sail track ...... 5 0 0 interstate class racing for “Tums” in the near future. Sails (main, jib, trisail, storm jib) ...... 55 0 0 Spinnaker ...... 9 0 0 Bollards ...... 1 15 0 Fairleads ...... 7 0 Ports ...... 1 5 0 Shackles, thimbles, eyebolts ...... 4 0 0 Cotton rope ...... 3 5 0 150 coir rope and 1½ “ rope...... 3 10 0 Pump ...... 3 12 0 Shackles, stainless steel ...... 3 0 0 Anchor ...... 4 0 0

This list totals close to £300. There was another £50–odd, spent mostley in amounts too small to warrant itemising here. Included in that £50 was £3 I paid to hire a keel mould, which is easily available in Victoria, where the Tumlaren Class is sponsored by the Royal Yacht Club of St. Kilda. Amateur builders in other States will probably find it necessary to construct their own mould– in which case it would pay them to group together and share the cost of moulding keels for several boats at a time.

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To sustain Windwards’ status as one of the iconic Australian Classic Yachts, Mr John Firth-Smith of Hill End N.S.W has declared Windward is ready for a new custodian. Parties that understand and support the mission of Mr John Firth -Smith to keep Windward in a race ready and fully com- pliant to Yachting Australia Safety Category 5N status are requested to contact him and discuss their Expression of Interest. Pertinent Windward details

Windward is a 40 foot centreboard jack yard top sail gaff Windward 1924 rigged cutter. Designed by J. W. Pickering of Balmain and built to the order of Mr A.T. Muston in 1923 by J. Hayes and Sons at Careening Cove, she remained in the Munston family until the mid 1950’s. Whilst under the care of Mr John Firth Smith, Windward was put through a two year restoration -- keeping all of the original hull,trunk cabin, coamings and fittings but being strengthened where necessary with new knees and mast step.

Windward is in a very sound condition after a fully profession- ally restoration that saw her rig returned to to the original jack yard topsail cutter rig with new sails spars and rigging. There are two topsails one larger along with a large jib (balooner ). Windward 1961 In 1980 a new Mercedes-Benz OM 636 40 hp engine was installed. The engine service records show a well maintained auxiliary engine with very low engine hours. The drive gear box is set up to support either a fixed three blade propeller or a Hydrolyn three blade feathering propeller. A new SS fuel tank has been recently installed.

There are many spare parts including winches, blocks ,navi- gation lights, anchors ,chain ,life jackets ,flares etc ---- along with a large History file. Windwards’ tender, a traditional clinker 2 m dingy with oars plus a complete vessel boat cover is part of the inventory.

The vessel is on a privately owned marina berth in Sydney -- the berth could be included in negotiations if there is a Sydney Windward 2014 buyer interested in both.

For further details, photos and discussions contact John Firth- Smith at [email protected] or at PO Box 1028 Mudg- ee, NSW 2850

Windward Lavender Bay June 2010 Photo John Jeremy

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CUP REGATTA 2015 IMAGES

Warringa, S58, Designed and built by J J Savage of Williamstown circa 1950’s

Winner of the Col Bandy and Stradbroke II trophies for Cup Regatta 2015. Shown here as she was up with the fleet leaders during the Race 4 running

Tandanya Designed by Abeking and Rasmussen Built 1935 Mercedes III Designed by Ted Kaufman / Bob Miller (Ben Lexcen) Builder Cec Quilkley 1966 Race 1 1st Corrected Time Race 2 1st Corrected Time

Tumlarens 1st overall Ettrick Uira Trophy Winner Dingo

Kingurra Designed by Peter Joubert

Race 3 1st Corrected Time Tony Blake on the helm

Loama Couta Boat Race 4 1st Corrected Time Oenone Linton Hope Design 1907 Race 5 Pursuit 1st Home

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Windward II Sayonara Cup Regatta 2015 Cup Regatta 2015

Circumnavigated Winner Tasmania 2013 Sayonara Cup 1907

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