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OPENING DAY of the 128th Season 1 September 2012

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“The first time I used Maui Jim’s, I could not believe the difference in clarity of the colours. For us, the difference in seeing the enhancement of the wind on the water can be the difference between winning and losing. Now I would not wear anything else.“ Code Flag K from Commodore Greg Clarke

One of the characteristics of Having utilised all the necessary and share the pride of a 127 year any successful entity, be it a skills and knowledge to the best organisation that will no doubt business, personal relationship of our ability we find ourselves experience similar moments of or sporting team is its ability at the anchorage, the sun truth again in the future. to have a robust discussion in is shining and we reminisce challenging times. This should how this sometimes torrid As your skipper I thank you for be in a way that all sides of the experience has made us better the mature skills you have shown argument can be aired without people (members) and our boat in recent times and look forward fear of criticism and every (Squadron) is healthier for it. to smooth sailing. party is desirous of reaching a mutually acceptable outcome. Life is full of challenges and rewards. The rewards we This journey, like crossing easily enjoy. However, it is the Moreton Bay in a strong challenges we learn most from southerly can unfortunately and are better individuals as create moments of anxiety a result our Squadron, having and concern; we often look to weathered the storm with flying others for guidance and support colours, is now back in calm and hope our boat has been seas. It is a place to enjoy the built of ‘the right stuff’ to carry camaraderie of fellow members us through.

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3 Code Flag K - Cdr Greg Clarke 6 General Manager - Paul C Hughes 8 Restoration Project - Mistress 12 Regatta & Sailing Report 16 Powerboat Cruising 18 Navigation Eventing 20 Sailing Cruising 22 Nationals & Worlds Report 24 Awards 30 Book Review 34 Calendar of Events - Jul|Aug|Sept|Oct 40 The Other Way Home - The Finale 44 Marina Berth Rentals - July 2012 46 Boat Care Basics - Anchors 50 Notice of Annual General Meeting

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OPENING DAY Race start - Brisbane to of the 128th Sailing Season Noumea - Blunderbuss & 1 September 2012 Too Impetuous in a close tussle Photo by: Alaine Neilson

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mainsheet is published by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Limited. Queensland Marine Post: PO Box 5021 Manly Qld 4179 Training Services Phone: (07) 3396 8666 Fax: (07) 3393 4100 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rqys.com.au Editor: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Printing: Fergies - (07) 3630 6500 Articles reflect the personal opinion of the author and/or contributor, and are not necessarily those of the Royal Yacht Squadron Limited (RQYS), nor does RQYS guarantee the accuracy of statements made by contributors or advertisers or accept any responsibility for statements they may express in this publication. The Editor reserves the right to change or alter contributors articles submitted to RQYS for publication. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved. Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. ACN 053 989 272.

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General Manager

PAUL C HUGHES

In this year, which marks the Queen’s Lahana (Peter Millard) – Diamond Jubilee (60 years reign) Offshore Yacht of the Year it is timely to consider the word Mister Magoo (Jason Ruckert) – ‘royal’. Royal can be described Sportsboat of the Year exceptionally well and will be back as ‘appropriate to or befitting a David Kemp – on board, firing on all cylinders sovereign, magnificent, stately, fine or Most Consistent Contributor before long. You can’t keep a good excellent’. As the Royal Queensland Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page – man down! Yacht Squadron, with our heritage and Best Performance in an Olympic Class The Sail Noumea race started from our bright future, we live up to our title Josh Torpy – RQ on 3 June. Nine competitors and we have much to be proud of. Keelboat Youth Crew of the Year started under spinnaker, in conditions Timothy Robba – RQ members and 470 world which threatened stormy making Keelboat Crew of the Year champions Mathew Belcher and for a colourful and exciting start. Malcolm Page, won the 2012 World Congratulations to all award Congratulations to the entrants and to Championship in , their recipients. Nearly all the speeches the race management in making this third regatta win in a row for Europe on this night acknowledged the dream a reality. 2012. The pair are proudly off to the untiring efforts of our volunteers, Coming up we have two world Olympics in London (27 July – 12 without which our Squadron would championships – the 2012 Laser August 2012). come to a standstill. Our volunteers Youths from 28 June to 4 July and the were honoured at the Air Vanuatu The full Australian Olympic Sailing Laser Radial Men’s from 11 to 17 July. Club Member of the Year and squad for London 2012 has been Queensland Youth Week will be hosted Volunteer Thank You night on 18 named and includes RQ member by Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron May. Congratulations to Lyn Woods Brendan Casey in the Finn class. from 5 to 8 July. This will be a busy who is the worthy winner of the We wish very good luck for our time for the Squadron and a chance to award for 2012. competitors in the quest for Gold! shine at what we do best. Earlier in the year we were treated At the Senior Presentation of Trophies The boardwalk refurbishment is due for to an inspiring and entertaining night on 1 June, Mat Belcher was completion in early August. Thank you night with Alan Bond. At the 21 Club named the Hardy Brothers ‘Yachtsman for your patience during the upheavals Dinner on Friday 30 March two RQYS of the Year’. This was a most the construction work has caused. members received recognition for enjoyable night and it was great to This upgrade will be a major benefit their significant contribution to the see so many members together in to the appearance and facility of the Squadron. Past Commodore Kevin good spirits. Major sailing awards Boardwalk Café and Bar. Miller accepted a Life Membership were presented to: Award for special services to the Finally, I wish to acknowledge the Brad Taylor – Squadron Champion for Squadron. Mike Burke accepted the efforts of our staff. Without exception, an Olympic Class and Most Consistent Commodore’s Lifetime Achievement our staff contribute over and above Skipper in a Senior Class Award for outstanding contribution the call of duty. Their dedication Noel Paterson – Longest Serving to the advancement of the Squadron. does not go unnoticed and is Member of a Season Points Winner Congratulations to both highly greatly appreciated. Looking at our deserving gentlemen. Mike is acheivements, the world-class events currently recuperating from a major and the passion of our members for operation but he has recovered the Squadron, I believe we can proudly claim excellence befitting the ‘Royal’ in our title. Raffle - in support of our youth sailors Emirates have again generously donated a return business class air fare for two people, to any one of their European destinations, as a prize to support our sailors in their endeavours to participate in international competition. Tickets are now on sale - for your chance to win this fabulous prize contact the Administration Office to purchase a ticket. Tickets $20 each - only 1,000 available

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she ain’t heavy, she’s my stepsister BY squadron member - matthew tesch

How to do justice to this mammoth project? Of 1,900 images over 11 months after her return to Brisbane, to her return to water in early March 2012, no less than 1,500 documented her 25 week overhaul (a nice euphemism for ‘complete and utter gutting and rebuilding’) in Ian Eastgate’s shed. So there’s definitely a book in the making but, for now, an abbreviated chronology, with key statistics summarised in the sidebox on page 11.

Work began immediately in May 2011. As I hacked and crowbarred my way through the preparatory stripping her waterline lowered a quarter-inch each week. More than half a tonne came off, mostly jagged bundles of mouldy timber panelling and dankly rippled plywood. Wardrobe and rope lockers had to be savaged out in situ, as did fo’c’sle and aft cabin bunks and some of the wheelhouse fixtures, plus WC and forepeak partitions. Rotten timber dug out, dried out, braced, filled and bogged; external holes left by removal of ironmongery filled, glued Ian Eastgate’s face was a study, as I answered his query how we’d get the and protected against weather until engine out of Mistress. “Easy: same way it went in – dad designed the dry. Float-switch bilge pumps failed, wheelhouse roof as a single piece; it unbolts from the posts.” as did the engine fuel lift-pump, but A gamut of expressions cavalcaded across the master shipwright’s face we managed occasional Bay outings, without so much as a tic, as wonder and comprehension dawned. Equally in between laborious scrapings invisibly, I had my fingers firmly crossed that a good and simple idea, not of years of UV film laminate from tested in half a century, wouldn’t end up tearing the old girl apart. wheelhouse windows; somehow I found time to sketch cabin “YOU’RE NOT RESTORING A BOAT, configurations and make a start hand-carving the new mahogany Ian Eastgate YOU’RE SAVING A LIFE” - nameboard for the transom. Let me be frank. Catharsis isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. This is a much harder Came the big day at last – piece to write than a year ago. The story of her prodigal return (‘Mistress 13 September 2011 – Mistress was Comes Home’ Autumn 2011) reportedly brought tears to the eyes of more ferried around into the river, lifted than one Mainsheet reader. Mine have been wet many times since, not out and transported by road to Ian’s least watching what my 15-tonne stepsister did to the bank balance, but shed for her ‘mid-life refit’. Made never more so than the day the first light blue enamel was applied to her that sound easy, didn’t I? Let’s upperworks, and her old self of 27 years ago began to reappear through the continue the bald recounting on a sawdust haze. broadly monthly basis.

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First, out came the anchor and 90m of chain, fuel was drained and stored and the engine uncoupled. All remaining wiring and cables were ripped out, the awning chocked and wheelhouse roof unbolted. Within 36 hours, the roof was off, engine lifted out and taken away for overhaul, and six fuel and water tanks extracted by crane. The mystery of the continuously wet bilges was solved when the water tanks were being surprisingly easily manhandled: they were empty! (Best guess is that electrolytic arcing from the adjacent batteries, in her post-Yasi submergence, micro-pored the stainless steel, leaching their contents over coming months at the expense of both my pumping biceps and sanity.) Mistress was winched into the shed, her bulkheads stripped to the framing and patterns cut anew. Timber treatment begun afloat continued, with the fo’c’sle and chain locker sealed and undercoated, as were the aft cabin sides and bilges. Chain-and-pulley steering was removed, for hydraulic replacement, but the best thing we decided was sparing my equally tall brother and I further chiropractic bills in lowering by 2” the aft cabin floor. Engine room bilges received a thorough degreasing, the cockpit floor was cut open for inspection and treatment, and construction begun on new floorbeams, panels and bunks. After the first month’s ugliness, things got interesting. Above-water hull timbers had started to dry out and separate, even as their lower brethren were blasted back to bare bones inside a plastic-sheeted bicarb-soda spraying. Cooling-tubes were removed and the lower hull bogged and prepared for glassing. Visual and hydrodynamic contouring was accented on the stem and stern posts. The engine room was lined, sound-insulated and glossed, fitted with LED strip-lighting and the first roughed-in cabling. Repainted fuel tanks were reloaded, and new water tanks lifted inboard. Aft cabin windows were cut out, new structure and wall lining fitted. Forrard, the extended WC bulkhead was framed and lined, and the forward-facing pair of wheelhouse windows was re-opened. Next, the engine was returned, resplendent in sky-blue two- pac finish, new floor panels and custom-made tray in the engine room, and cooling pipes re-fitted outside. Upstairs, the steering position and galley benches were roughed-in and new-build steps to the wheelhouse hinged into place in the aft cabin. Portholes and frames were dismounted, within and without, the divorcing hull seams raked-out and filled. Aft, the new beech duckboard was well under way; ahead, a little cosmetic tweak turned her former County-Class cruiser stem into a pert clipper bow.

A highlight was the 55-year-old Ford Lees diesel engine being lifted back aboard, and the wheelhouse roof rebolted into position. Easy…just as I’d said 10 weeks previously.

www.rqys.com.au mainsheet 9 With Christmas 2011 looming, it was clear a corner had been rounded – despite the overwhelming white undercoat on the hull and on the stripped, primered and rudder, and thence emerged the first sou’easter for our transit back to filled wheelhouse exterior. All glimmering of the reborn, with the Manly, washing off six months of 18 porthole segments had been clock now ticking down to her return sawdust in green seas of spume and lovingly wire-brushed back to bare to water. seagrass. A fortnight later, Mistress metal, cabinet-making and joinery was blessed and rechristened was well in hand, the inverter and Six months on, progress now visible in a service on her 58th birthday, battery cabling installed, carpet rolls rather than promised, even if the receiving benediction in the delivered, and new, tailor-made sanding/undercoating cycle seemed traditional holy liquids of Bundaberg stainless steel awning posts fitted Sysiphean. ‘Needs must as the and Castlemaine Perkins. athwartships. In a final gesture to devil drives’ holds the saying, and marine gynaecology, the last of the he certainly had his foot on the gas: POSTSCRIPT awkward timbers in the exposed 38-hour weeks became 60s and Matt’s nervous twitching is starting cockpit sub-structure were finally 70s, and overlapping split-shifts to subside and we hope he’ll sealed and undercoated; up front, that made for exhausting 18-hour days. come good by Christmas; in the knuckle-scarring phase had long since Panels and partitions were primed meantime, Ian Eastgate is now moved on to lining the fo’c’sle sides. and placed, plumbing completed available and hungry for another for WC and tankage, and portholes project, and he may be contacted As the hangover eased into the remounted. Topside, new stainless on 0418 742 942. New Year, attention focused astern: steel davits were delivered and wheelhouse and aft cabin sides fitted, and awning beams and were stripped, filled, primed and bracing finalised. Colour began undercoated, as were various doors sprouting on all sides, beginning and hatches, and the hold lazarets with one primer, two undercoats were completed in gloss white; and two layers of antifouling on the wheelhouse upper insides and underwater hull over 48 intense Picture Captions window framing received similar hours. The upper hull dazzled in its Page 8 - left pair - Mistress after attention. Work began on the first coat of gloss white, transom in Cyclone Yasi and back in Horseshoe replacement wheelhouse bunks and navy blue, and capping, decks and Bay a year later. Top right - She ain’t heavy … Mistress relocated by crane to lockers; downstairs, the hot water cabin tops in shimmering light blue, the transporter for her return to water, system and new banks of batteries complemented by the sandstone 6 March 2012. were installed. The electrical lower superstructure. systems were well advanced, as was Page 9 - top to bottom - Second day cabinet work for the new fridge, and Time at last for details: new running ashore: the wheelhouse roof is gently lifted in the WC/shower, and light fittings, light boxes painted and equipped, off. The Ford Lees diesel sees daylight for the first time in half a century. Ian Eastgate switches and related gear had duckboard mounted and chained, nameboard affixed to transom, inspects the author’s 1:100 scale model of been acquired. In anticipation, the Mistress for reference. wheelhouse ceiling had been cabled interior colouring completed and and prepared for lining, as had the switchboard fitted and tested. Page 10 & 11 - left to right - Fo’c’sle, dash and instrument panel. Chrome strips on sponsons and bunks and forepeak were demolished and forward bulwarks completed the bare timbers treated. Aft corner views of More thrilling was marking-out the hull, the last windows and hatches the wheelhouse indicate the quantities waterline in week 20, the first coat were shipped aboard, grabrails of materials removed. From shambles to superlatives in two months: view aft in the of navy blue boot-topping – and the and zinc anodes bolted in position. engine room. The stunning transformation first appearance of colour amidst Finally, fuel was pumped aboard, the is captured by this pair of wheelhouse the surgery, with test applications engine successfully test-run, all gear views 10 months apart. on aft cabin walls. Concurrently, secured and Mistress made ready for the new keel copper was brightly her road trip back to the water. Page 11 - bottom right - Here’s 2,000 words to capture an amazing year: from red-primered, as were the prop and Tuesday 6 March 2012 blew a lively return-to-Brisbane to return-to-water.

10 mainsheet Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Winter MISTRESS BY THE NUMBERS A comprehensive, if necessarily somewhat incomplete, record Sadly, no details of the amount of acetone, resin, filler, was maintained which might broadly-brushstroke this massive epoxy, glue, etc are now possible but, cumulatively (by undertaking. Figures are indicative and conservative. weight or volume), we’re nudging triple digits. Overall, as best calculated, ‘same in as out’ – in other words, LABOUR a weight-for-weight exchange of displacement and • 2,250 hours, including around 330 hours by external contractors metacentric height, underlying a shared sense that • 700 unpaid hours supplemented by the skipper we got into over 95% of her internal structure with at DISEMBARKING least three protective coatings. (A boat, of course, has • est. 300kg of stabiliser booms, plates and wire cables removed three dimensions; it is axiomatic that two of those will be inaccessible by a normally-jointed adult, inevitably • 40 barrow-loads of timber and fittings to marina bins including the one you most need to reach with a brush.) • 2.5kg of screws, bolts, washers and assorted fastenings extracted • 440kg the biggest single trailer-load taken to the dump • over six cubic metres of skip loads collected over five months • one 44-gallon drum stamped down full with sundry wiring and cables • 25kg of old copper sheathing laboriously prised from the keel (and replaced anew) • all skin fittings removed and either filled or replaced BOARDING • 58 sheets marine ply (various thicknesses) • 13 sheets laminate (assorted colours) • three sheets pegboard • 26 sheets MDF (for cutting component patterns) • 42 linear metres Oregon pine framing • innumerable lengths silky oak and beech (variety of profiles) • 6,000 assorted fastenings PAINTING • 50+ litres timber preserver/sealer • 70+ litres primer and undercoat (inside and out) • 40 litres base/converter (newly-glassed underwater hull) • 25 litres antifouling and metal primer • 40+ litres gloss white enamel • 32+ litres satin/gloss colour enamels CONSUMABLES • 54 brushes • 65+ rollers • 80-100 dust/respirator masks • 80 litres turps • 40 litres metho • 245 two-litre containers • 25 boxes latex/rubber gloves • 50kg cotton rags • 16 litres Scotch whisky • 250 litres beer www.rqys.com.au mainsheet 11 Regattas &Rib Sailing Run

Winter events BY carl webster

Winter is On Sunday 3rd of June we started The Presentation night for the senior upon us, the 2012 Sail Noumea Ocean Race, yachting classes was well attended an 843nm race to New Caledonia. with over 150 people attending but in We had a closely matched fleet of with their partners and crews. Queensland 12 boats for this year’s race. It was It was a great night for all and great to see the fleet start off with a congratulations goes to Mat Belcher that doesn’t spinnaker start in 8 knots of breeze. for winning the ‘RQYS Yachtsman Their stories on return will tell you of the Year’ for the second year mean sailing this didn’t last long however with in a row. Mat was unfortunately the fleet ‘parking’ up for the night unavailable to attend the evening stops! in the Brisbane channel. The next due to some other big event morning the breeze had filled in happening in London! with the yachts all neck and neck for line honours as they left the channel doing around 8 knots boat speed back under spinnaker.

Photos by Taylor Fielding

12 mainsheet Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Winter EMERGENCIES CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE G R E A T Circle For the producers of TV’s Biggest Loser, safety was paramount when We have three members competing contestants sailed from to Hobart. They in the London 2012 Olympics which chose super tough Great Circle Life Rafts for both the is great to see with Mat Belcher and pre-sail safety training and their passage across Malcolm Page competing in the the notorious Bass Strait. 470 Men’s class, and Brendan Casey competing in the Finn. RQYS also has Peter Conde attending as the High Performance Manager for YA. We wish all four the best for their competition. July brings on the next busy section for the sailing. We have the Laser Radial Men’s and Youth World Championships, as well as the ever popular Queensland Youth Week, giving the dinghy classes a great opportunity to compete at the club. Then in August we have the 6th Annual Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race. This is looking to be a big race this year with 14 boats already entered and lots of talk around the marina of boats entering! Please do not hesitate to drop in and see us in the Sailing office and see the large range of events we have happening coming up! Masterfully engineered & exceptional value for guaranteeyear money conditions apply * ISO & NSCV certified Yachting G R E A T compliant Circle Explore Great Circle www.greatcircleliferafts.com.au 1300 306 381

www.rqys.com.au mainsheet 13 Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron 2012/2013 Sailing Season Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Sailing | sailing.rqys.com.au OPENING DAY OF 128TH SAILING SEASON - 1 SEPTEMBER 2012 Spring Series 1 September - 15 December 2012 Summer Series 10 January - 16 March 2013

invitation to members to enter the 2012 / 2013 Sailing Season NOTICE OF RACE

RULES FEES DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY The following Rules will apply: Dinghies: Competitors participate in the 1.1 The Racing Rules of Sailing. Season Entry $185.00 series entirely at their own risk. See 1.2 The prescriptions and Special Casual Entry $20.00 RRS Rule 4, Decision to Race. The Regulations of Yachting Keelboats: organising authority will not accept Australia Inc. Season Entry $290.00 any liability for material damage or 1.3 Relevant Class rules (including Casual Entry $20.00 personal injury or death sustained in IRC Rules if applicable). conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the series. 1.4 RQYS Club Participation Rules SCHEDULE & SAILING and Code of Conduct. INSTRUCTIONS INSURANCE The racing schedule & Sailing ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY Instructions will be available at Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability 2.1 Entry is open to dinghies and sailing.rqys.com.au prior to insurance with a minimum cover of 1 September 2012. yachts owned by members of $5 million. the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. COURSES FURTHER INFORMATION 2.2 Classes and Divisions will be Courses to be sailed will be For further information please determined based on the described in the RQYS Course contact RQYS Sailing Manager number of entries received. Booklet which will be available prior 2.3 Entry will be via the to 1 September 2012. Carl Webster – 3396 8666. online entry portal at www.rqys.com.au

dress your boat & join the opening day sail past Dressing Ship: This consists of stringing the International On powerboats with no mast, the Burgee may be flown Code Flags (no other flags are considered acceptable) from a staff on the bow rail or over the wheelhouse. from the bow to the masthead, (and second masthead if there are two masts) and then to the stern railings. The Salute: Salutes are made by ‘dipping’ the Ensign, that is lowering it slowly to a position about one-third In general, the order, reading from the bow, should be: from the lower end of the hoist. The Ensign should not (p denotes numeral), E, Q, p3, G, p8, Z, p4, W, p6, P, p1, be lowered so far that it cannot fly. The ship making the I, T Y, B, X, 1st, H, 3rd, D, F, 2nd, U, A, O, M, R, p2, J, p0, Salute keeps her Ensign at the ‘dip’ until the ship (the N, p9, K, p7, V, p5, L, C, S. Squadron) being saluted starts to re-hoist hers, then the ship making the salute re-hoists hers. Burgees should The Ensign is flown in the aft part of the ship and ‘most never be dipped when saluting. prominently displayed’. It is usually flown from its own staff at the stern. Crew members stand respectfully along the deck to watch the Salute. The Squadron Burgee should be flown at the main masthead. The Burgee can be flown together with flags from other clubs but should be flown in seniority order – Opening Day Sailpast Instructions will be published in in Queensland the Squadron Burgee would be above all the Squadron’s weekly eNews - ‘In the Wind’ prior to other yacht clubs. Opening Day

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let’s go cruising! BY mick atkinson

Cruising in company is a fantastic way to meet like minded people whilE exploring our waterways. The Power Boat Cruising Group regularly travels to many beautiful destinations around Moreton Bay and beyond. Cruise events are organised for most months throughout the year and are fun for BEAUTIFUL PUMICESTONE PASSAGE the whole family. We have over 70 members with power boats ranging The perfect holiday break for most waited for low water. This gave us in size from 20 foot to over 50 foot of us would be spending some time approximately 7m of height under and cruising speeds of 6 to 26 knots with friends at a beautiful location the bridge and no problems for so it’s not the speed or size that with fantastic weather. Well, during even the tallest flybridge cruisers. the Easter break, the Power Boat matters, it’s the company. Our first stop was Pacific Harbour Cruising Group did exactly that Marina where we enjoyed a BBQ For more information on joining the as they travelled under the Bribie fish dinner and a party on the dock. group, please contact: Bridge and explored the beautiful The following morning, we were Pumicestone Passage. Chairman - pleasantly surprised to discover Mick Atkinson Ph - 0408 366 355 Of course the first challenge is a Farmer’s Market right next to Email - [email protected] getting the taller boats under the the marina. After a quick browse or Secretary: bridge. With this in mind, we through the market, Cruise Captain Dawn Threlfall Ph - 0434 048 005 watched the start of the Brisbane Ian Threlfall led the convoy of 13 Email – [email protected] to Gladstone Yacht Race while we boats further north to another great

16 mainsheet Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Winter anchorage, Mission Point. This After anchoring and rafting their area is only accessible by boat and vessels, the group made their way ashore is camping facilities and a ashore and enjoyed a delicious sandy beach. seafood lunch at the newly re- opened Gutter Bar. The afternoon This was a great spot to put out low tide dried a sandbar to the west Upcoming Events some crab pots and relax for a of our boats and this was the perfect couple of days. On the Sunday spot to enjoy a few sundowners and night the group all went ashore a game of quoits. We enjoyed a Cruise Mooloolaba for a BBQ dinner and laughed at peaceful night with dinner aboard jokes by the campfire. We all had the boats. July 20 to 23 - Enjoy a short a great time. coastal run to Mooloolaba for a Early the following morning, several of the boats which were rafted 4 day event. together started to drag anchor Brisbane to Keppel Start due to a sudden rain squall. We August 3 - Come and watch DAYS GUTTER separated and re-anchored the boats without incident but it is a the spectacle of the start of the Days Gutter at the southern end of good reminder that although it Squadron’s signature ocean Moreton Island is another beautiful may be a calm night when you go yacht race. area with a very well protected deep to sleep, unexpected things can Opening Day Sail Past water anchorage surrounded by happen during the night so always sandbars. set your GPS Anchor Watch and September 1 - Dress your check the position of the boats boat with the colourful code In March of this year the Power Boat around you if the weather conditions Cruising Group took advantage of a flags and participate in the suddenly change. 2.3m high tide and carefully guided Squadron’s Opening Day & a convoy of 13 power boats through Blessing of the Fleet. the shallow entrance into the Gutter.

www.rqys.com.au mainsheet 17 Navigation Eventing

rqys win in syc navigation event BY jen conde

OUR ALL GIRL TEAM DOES IT AGAIN!

It was a beautiful sunrise the day of the SYC Commodore’s Open Trophy. As I sat drinking tea with my no1 support crew ‘Pete’ in the quiet dawn light, I imagined the fun The countdown was on and as mark, we met a fleet of boats the Girls were going to have later Sweet Thing accelerated to speed, travelling in the channel en route in the day. Six boats from RQYS we realised someone had knocked to the Little Ship Club for the were joining boats from Southport the trim tab, probably me, and presentation event. As we turned Yacht Club on day 2 of their annual our nose was sticking up in the the corner, we just managed to slip ‘Commodore’s Open’ Navigation air …great start!! Jenny A quickly in front of them and complete the Event from Canaipa to Little adjusted the trim and we settled in last leg to the finish line without Ship Club at One Mile on North to our nominated cruising speed incident. Stradbroke Island. of 20 knots. Immediately, the girls were focused on the task at I can highly recommend In our boat Sweet Thing was an hand, wholly concentrating on our participation in an event like this, all girl crew of Jenny Atkinson and respective roles and all was quiet especially in a boat full of highly myself as co-skippers, Dawn Threlfall except for essential information such competent women who are out and Jill Ferguson as Navigators. as Jill calling more or less speed and for a good time. No wonder This was our second log event. Dawn and I discussing how to avoid Mick couldn’t get a word in during Our mentor, Power Boat Committee the next obstacle. our practice runs, the jokes flew member Mick Atkinson, had yet constantly and there was plenty of A Powerboat Navigation event is again prepared us well, coaching laughter. not just about staying on course and supplying the now obligatory and maintaining speed. It is like an pink shirts. Mick’s quiet disposition Southport Yacht Club provided orienteering course on water; you and constant encouragement free sausages, wine, beer and are competing against the clock allowed us all to get to know our champagne for the presentation and and avoiding any obstacles that roles in the boat and perform them after a few hours, it was a very merry appear in your path, while trying to as best we could without any fuss. crowd to receive the news that the stay on a predetermined course. Girls had won the event. It was a As we cruised to the start line at our There were plenty of obstacles, close result with second and third allotted time, Jill turned on the tack besides the usual crab pots and tying on 8 points and Sweet Thing tracker, Dawn opened the packet of fishing boats. Four times we found coming in with only 7 points to win snakes, our secret weapon for best ourselves in another boat’s wash as and improve on our first navigation performance and jokes were flying they had nominated to travel at a event second place. in the excitement. We circled a slower speed and we caught up to competitor boat on the start line. It them. Each time we negotiated an Jenny Atkinson, Jill Ferguson, Dawn turned out to be Mick and Ed Boast, overtaking manouevre that passed Threlfall and Jen Conde accepted plotting their course at a very late through wash and sometimes their win - a photo opportunity stage, obviously not nearly serious around tight corners while making with 4 Flag Oficers from Southport enough about winning. sure we didn’t travel out of the Yacht Club …and shared a few more course boundaries. At the last jokes.

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MYORA CUP & GOODWILL CUP BY ED BOAST

Myora Cup Results

Divison I - Traditional Charles Kirby - Nocturn Navigator - Gerald Brown

Division I - GPS Terry Cranitch - Elandra

Division II - Traditional P/Cdr Steve Morris - Alibi Navigator - Nick Morris

Division II - GPS Chris Land - North Light

Put the Weekend of 3rd November 2012 aside for the Goodwill Cup

The “Goodwill” is the most prestigious of the season’s navigation events when RQ The Goodwill is a team event. So polish your GPS screen, swing competes with SYC for the We need as many past champions, your compass, calibrate your Goodwill Trophy. would-be champions and occasional log and enter to help make this Nav eventers to be starters if the year’s ‘Goodwill’ another one to The event will be run on Saturday Squadron is to retain the Trophy. remember. 3rd November around lunchtime. There will be a Traditional Log and Compass division and a Season Results (Myora Cup 2012 - results listed above) Contemporary GPS division. After the event, Commodore’s Drinks and Division I (Traditional) a Sausage Sizzle will be held ashore. Goodwill Cup 2011 - Dennis Lambart Kulpunya - Navigator Charles Lambart Squadron Champion - Charles Kirby Nocturn There will be an opportunity for pre- Division I (GPS) results post-mortem where skippers Goodwill Cup 2011 - Scott Anderson Dolphin and navigators will be invited to Squadron Champion - Terry Cranitch Elandra comment on the course. There will also be an inter-club quiz to add to Division II (Traditional) the camaraderie. Goodwill Cup 2011 - P/Cdr Graham Sneesby True North - Navigator - Graham Early

Squadron Champion - P/Cdr Steve Morris Alibi On Sunday 4th it’s ashore for a Moreton Bay cooked breakfast Division II (GPS) with the traditional porridge (milk Goodwill Cup 2011 - Jenny Atkinson Sweet Thing supplied BYO additions) followed by SYC Commodore’s Invitation - Jenny Atkinson Sweet Thing results and the presentations. Squadron Champion - Jenny Atkinson Sweet Thing RQYS Sailing Cruising Group

another year of cruising in good company BY karl & anita guilfoyle - zest

The RQYS Sailing Cruising Group had and Zest had an excellent overnight Fred & Marie Genesis joined us on an active year during 2011 - 2012, sail to Wide Bay whilst the other yachts their trip south after cruising the coast including local cruises and extended sheltered in the Mooloolah River. for several months. At pretty Pearl cruises by several members. Bay several sailors wore floral shirts to celebrate a special 59th birthday. The year’s program started with our annual “Christmas in July” function at RQYS Canaipa. Mike & Jane Curlew planned a festive event, with the traditional gift swapping extravaganza (aka “annual riot”). Over 50 people attended and enjoyed a roast dinner under the marquee. Thanks again for excellent catering, Kevin. In August Scott & Rachel Heemskirk arranged a ‘whale watching’ cruise to Yellow Patch on the northern end of Moreton Island. Prior to the After a pleasant time watching playful Famous cruising sailor James Cook cruise, Jeremy Firth & Penny St Leger Humpback whales in Platypus Bay, we was astute when he named Pearl Bay, Rosinante presented details of their sailed overnight to Lady Musgrave as it is certainly ‘a pearler’ of a place high latitude circumnavigation of Island. In the lagoon we had a range for scenery. During our stay a Dugong the world. Rob & Deb SWonderful of conditions from “smooth as glass” swam between our anchored boats in returned in August from their sailing to a brief storm which tested our the calm anchorage. cruise ‘up north’, and briefed us on anchors. their experiences. Before a group of Cruisers sailed north, Karl & Anita Zest arranged a ‘sea safety training’ day at Manly. This included MOB exercises on Stylopora and Zest, and flare demonstrations supervised by an accredited RYA trainer. In September Curlew, Heemskirk, Oasis, Waterloo Sunset and Zest sailed Heemskirk ventured out to the Swain north for a six week cruise. Heemskirk reefs, to rendezvous with Stylopora. The other four yachts sailed north to Great Keppel Island, where we enjoyed spectacular smoky sunsets at several beaches.

At Island Head Creek many Humpback whales entertained us before we anchored inside and then relaxed Further north, Port Clinton provided for several days, secure when a a calm anchorage and very colourful spectacular storm front passed sunsets, but the swarms of midges overhead. were a challenge.

20 mainsheet Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Winter In February Mike & Jane Curlew arranged a ‘Valentine’s Day’ cruise to the Sandhills. Once again the Sailing Cruising Group confirmed that a On our return journey we stayed beach is not required for ‘sundowners’; overnight at Rosslyn Harbour, any sandbar is suitable until the tide Bundaberg, Pancake Creek, and floods in. Garry’s Anchorage in the Sandy Straits. This sheltered location also provides Karl & Anita Zest arranged a cruise access for peaceful bushwalking to the delightful Myora anchorage in ashore on Fraser Island. March. Sailing Cruisers met on the sandbank at the Myora Light and told At Mooloolaba a ‘severe weather stories about their favourite lights. The November’s cruise was a ‘Movember’ warning’ was issued and a spectacular Sun is certainly one of our favourites. storm front rolled over. The sky and event at the Sandhills, arranged by weather radar confirmed that the best Mike & Jane Curlew. Pete & Bev Spirit Scott & Rachel Heemskirk led our place to be was in a river. One RQYS of Tommie won the awards for Mr and Easter cruise to several anchorages yacht which was offshore had a very Mrs Movember, but their moustaches along the western side of Moreton exciting trip, eventually arriving with a appeared to be fakes. Island. A ‘Rocky Horror Show’ theme shredded mainsail. prompted great hilarity and outrageous The December Christmas party in outfits not usually worn by sailors. RQYS ‘Flags’ restaurant allowed sailors to share tales of their cruises. Prior to our May cruise, Craig & Kerry Pete & Bev Spirit of Tommie talked Scarlett presented fascinating details of their trip across the Atlantic and useful lessons from their recent Ocean on a large catamaran. Fred circumnavigation of Australia. & Marie Genesis regaled us with In May, Geoff & Di Stylopora arranged stories from their adventures along a very active cruise to the Sandhills. the Queensland coast. Geoff & Events included a mariner’s quiz, a Di Stylopora and Scott & Rachel ‘scavenger hunt’ ashore, and ‘sand Heemskirk described their time surfing’ on the slopes. As we entered the calm waters of offshore at the Swain reefs, with charts Moreton Bay we were welcomed and excellent photographs to explain home by Humpback whales breaching. the details. Curlew, Heemskirk and Zest met for a final ‘sundowner’ and overnight Graham & Karen Capricorn Dancer anchorage at the Sandhills before planned an Australia Day cruise at heading back to Manly. Many people RQYS Canaipa, but a forecast strong would sail half way around the world to wind warning caused the event to visit such a wonderful place, which is in be cancelled. Despite this, several our own backyard! brave sailors travelled to Canaipa and enjoyed the secure anchorage. A joint ‘3 Islands Cruise’ with the RQYS Powerboat Cruising Group in June concluded our 2011 - 2012 cruising program. To celebrate the year, we joined in the presentation night with the Navigation Eventers and the Powerboat Cruising Group in June. This “black tie” event was more formal than our usual ‘sundowners’ on a beach or sandbar somewhere but was enjoyed by all who attended. If you enjoy sailing in good company, please join us for a cruise sometime. www.rqys.com.au mainsheet 21 1 Etchells Nationals and Worlds Report By Matthew Chew

The Etchells Nationals were Rapscallion arrived under sail, after held out of RPAYC in February. cruising down the coast with a RQYS Brisbane fleet had 2 teams perfect Sydney sea breeze. The Gen competing, Rapscallion helmed by XY team choose to holiday, and we David Healey and Gen XY helmed organised a tow boat. Three other by myself. Queensland teams arrived for the The event was a lead up to Worlds, led by Vaughan Prentice, the World Championships and David Rose and Craig Coulsen. stacked full of the world’s best The Worlds was held over seven teams. We were given some very days, with racing outside of Sydney trying conditions including tightly Heads. It was an awesome setting. packed start lines, large offshore The fleet were challenged by more race courses and a few afternoon tough racing conditions, including thunderstorms. Over the five days very strong currents. we never raced in more than eight On Gen XY we had a mixed bag of knots. It was very testing, stressful results. Our best races were a 2nd conditions. and 4th, and the worst were a 35th My Gen XY team had a great and 41st. I desperately wanted a top regatta, despite our least favourite 10 result, finishing 13th was close. light air. A bit of inconsistency on I gained a lot of experience and our score card with two high scoring can’t wait to race again! races ultimately cost us a place on the podium, but we were happy 1 AUS 925 with our 6th place result. 2 AUS 947 Graeme Taylor 3 AUS 1383 John Bertrand 1 CLARK, David - Fifteen 4 AUS 876 David Clark 2 SMITH, Jud - Roulette 5 AUS 1377 Jud Smith 3 PLANTE, Julian - Two Speed 6 AUS 1306 Cameron Miles 4 BERTRAND, John - Triad 7 AUS 1215 Noel Drennan 5 BRUN, Vince - Menace 8 AUS 1325 Peter McNeill 6 CHEW, Matthew - Gen XY 9 AUS 1387 Mark Bulka 7 RAZMILOVIC, Ante - Swedish Blue 10 uSA 1227 Vincent Brun 8 MCGAIN, Douglas - Ciao 13 AUS 864 Matthew Chew 9 THORNBURROW, Mark - Racer X 27 AUS 1347 Vaughan Prentice 10 SAVAGE, John - Southern Light 37 AUS 1392 David Rose 40 HEALEY, David - Rapscallion 49 AUS 1144 David Healey 67 AUS 892 Craig Coulsen Etchells World Championships There was a week between the A huge thank you to my team for Nationals and the Worlds, in which their time and efforts, Paul Wyatt, the Etchells fleet moved camp from Adrian Finglas and Darren Jones - Pittwater to Royal Sydney Yacht pictured right. Squadron on the harbour.

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Included with Mainsheet this month is a brochure which explains how, by making a bequest in your Will, you are helping to ensure the Squadron will continue its standard of excellence in providing world-class facilities for future generations of sailors.

Funds that come to the Squadron from a bequest will be invested in the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Foundation which will be managed by a Board of Trustees and spent on major projects.

If after reading the brochure you require further information please contact our General Manager Paul Hughes.

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special members acknowledged for their service to the squadron

Club Member of the Year Lyn Woods Lyn first began volunteering in December 2006 and has been a regular volunteer ever since, in the last season she volunteered 74 days in the year. Oustide of these days she regularly visited the Squadron on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of most weeks to finalise rosters. Lyn has been our onshore support performing such duties as: * Assistant Volunteer Coordinator * Roster manipulator extraordinaire * Radio Operator of the highest quality

Congratulations, Lyn!

Commodore’s Lifetime Achievement Award Michael Burke

This award was ceated by Commodore Greg Clarke in acknowledgement of long standing service to the Squadron. Michael was deservedly chosen as the inaugural winner of this award.

Mike has dedicated his whole life to This significant contribution to sailing and water related activities. sailing has come about through When his love of the water turned Mike’s dedication, passion and to sailing, membership at the Royal lifelong commitment to the sport Queensland Yacht Squadron began of sailing, boating and the Royal in July 1975. He has given 37 years Queensland Yacht Squadron. of dedicated service to the sailing and boating industry to date. Congratulations, Mike!

From competing at Club, State and National level, to being the Etchells Fleet Captain, a committeeman, the Sailing & Sailing School Manager, a Board member at YQ and more recently the Squadron’s Corporate & Marketing Manager, Mike has always had the Squadron at heart.

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Life membership

Life Member Award Past commodore kevin miller

Life Membership is something Kevin was the ‘motivator’ behind the which is granted to people who development proposals to construct have served the Squadron in special the Motel and the Yachting and meritorious ways, above and Queensland buildings, all part of beyond what can be expected. income producing streams for the future. A great deal of this work has Kevin Miller is one such person. been done in Kevin’s own time and He has supported the Squadron at his own expense. in many ways since becoming a member in 1970. But more recently Kevin has contributed greatly to the his efforts have had an even greater Squadron and will surely do so for a impact on the Squadron’s viability. long time to come. His focus has been centered on creating income streams to Congratulations, Kevin! ensure the long term future of the Squadron is secure. He worked tirelessly to get the necessary approvals to construct Marina 2.

Dear David,

In December 2011 & January 2012 we were looking to purchase a boat.

We discussed a list of our requirements/wishes and budget with John Moore of David Bray Yachts, Manly, Queensland. We were pleasantly surprised at the manner in which the process progressed and was dealt with by Mr. John Moore.

He was forthright, honest & trustworthy throughout our dealings with him. Unlike other so called professionals. He was exacting in the boats we were shown to meet our requirements & budget with no time wasting.

Eventually, sadly we did not buy through him. However his personnel & professional conduct throughout was exemplary and we would have no hesitation in recommending him or your company in the future to anyone interested in buying or selling a boat.

Please pass on to him our many thanks. Sincerely, M & J With the increase in boat sales we URGENTLY require more boats for our listings

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28 mainsheet Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Winter Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron ourselves working hard early on in well as being a great friend and member Mathew Belcher and both races,’ Belcher said. mentor. This was Victor’s 15th World Malcolm Page are clearly Australia’s Title win in the 470 class. It is not world champion sailors with a With their Kiwi rivals gaining surprising his middle name is ‘medal significant lead in the 470 dinghy ground, the battle for Olympic maker’. But in the end, it is the boys’ class in the London Olympics warm- Gold will certainly be an event not hard work and sheer determination up regatta in England. For the first to be missed. which has earned them great results. time ever in the Olympic 470 Men’s ‘We’re sailing well, we are in a good Class, the unbeatable duo won At the recent RQYS Senior position and are getting a good Presentations, Mathew and three understanding of the conditions in a row. Malcolm were awarded the ‘John as we continue the lead-in to the H Robinson Memorial Trophy’ for Mat (29) and Malcolm (40) started Games,’ Belcher said. Best Performance in an Olympic the third regatta in Barcelona in Both sailors have an impressive Class. Mathew also picked up amazing form with six first places sailing record. Mathew was 470 the prestigious Hardy Brothers from six races, and ended up World Champion in 2010 and has ‘Yachtsman of the Year’ award. winning eight of the 12 standard won Queensland Male Sailor of the The Squadron is mighty proud of races. They had such a points Year four times. Malcolm was a Gold both Mat and Malcolm for their advantage that they secured Medallist in in 2008 and achievements and we applaud the Gold Medal before the final Australian 470 Class Champion eight them for their dedication to sailing. medal race. times, as well as four times Gold 470 We wish them the best of luck for the World title in the Games. But with relentless rain in the ‘Sail World Championship winner. for Gold’ regattas in Weymouth and This is Mathew’s first, and Malcolm’s Portland England they pair found third Olympics. They have high the conditions difficult. praise for their coach, Victor. He is ‘We probably didn’t have the best the mastermind of the campaign grasp of the conditions and found and development as a team, as www.rqys.com.au mainsheet 29 Book Review

The Devil in the White City The Housekeepter & The Professor Author: Erik Larson Author: Yoko Ogama Review: Anne Douglass Review: Nancy Macleod

Two things happened in 1893 in America. One was the Like origami, there is something distinctly Japanese building of the Chicago World Fair and the other was the about this book. I think it’s to do with the gentle pace start of the career of one of the world’s most notorious of the story and the feeling of restraint in its main serial killers, H. H. Holmes. These two stories have been characters. There’s a mathematician ‘the Professor’ who woven into a narrative that reads like a novel but is built has only 80 minutes of memory resulting from a car around fact, and this is what gives this book its punch. accident years ago, his housekeeper, a single mother Architect Daniel Burnham and Landscaper Frederick who everyday reintroduces herself to this eccentric man Olmstead designed and built “The White City” that was and her 10 year old son nicknamed Root (as in square to become the wonder of the age. Not only did they root). Over time, their friendship deepens and the have to overcome a myriad of seemingly insurmountable three form a close relationship – a family of sorts. The obstacles, and continually invent new building techniques Professor’s house becomes a place filled with warmth, to combat these, they had to do it during the great crash affection and respect as they share meals, a love of and the subsequent depression. baseball and a passion for mathematics which takes Many firsts burst on to the scene here - the zipper, the Root onto his own teaching career path. Kodak camera, the dishwasher, Juicy Fruit and shredded wheat (not likely to catch on). The most amazing of these Not all of our book group are keen on numbers - however was the Ferris Wheel. How courageous to build there’s a lot of reference to mathematics - but you something that looked so fragile and what a giant leap of didn’t need to be a math’s whizz to appreciate this faith for the organisers to take a chance on it. book. Mathematics provides a metaphor for the special interconnection between the Professor, the Between them, these two men laid the groundwork for housekeeper and Root, in the same way as numbers modern American architecture and changed the face of can work together in different ways to uncover new town planning and landscaping in that country forever. discoveries and outcomes. Most members agreed it Running through all this is the story of serial killer Holmes was an easy, thoughtful and short read. – so much more chilling than a thriller because it is true. Holmes bought a hotel close to the fair and took in young women as paying guests. Little did they know they would end up paying with their lives. Larson researched everything himself from firsthand sources and has written a dynamic history of these two events which is as astounding as it is entertaining. In this case truth is really stranger than fiction. Most of our members gave it the thumbs up.

The Lieutenant Author: Kate Grenville Review: Julie Butler It tells the story of his interaction with the indigenous people at Sydney Cove in the first years of settlement. The young girl Tagaran teaches him her language and through their relationship changes his view of the world. When a settler is fatally speared the Lieutenant The Author, whilst doing research for her previous novel is ordered to take part in a punitive expedition and so The Secret River, was inspired to write this book after he is faced with a life-changing choice between carrying reading surviving journals written by a Marine Lieutenant out his duty as a soldier and loyalty to the indigenous who came out to Australia with the First Fleet. William people he has grown to respect. Dawes, an astronomer, also practised his skills in language and kept lists of words and a verbatim record Grenville is a skillful novelist and through her evocative of conversations he had with a young aboriginal girl. prose brings this unusual Australian story to life. The Kate Grenville was so intrigued by the deep, respectful first instance of a genuine attempt to begin a dialogue friendship which developed between the two across the and so communicate directly with the aborigines. cultural divide that she knew it would be her next novel. A well-written and moving story.

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seaKerry and m I hadist planned - o to takew nerScarlett our ray Seawind munro 1160 catamaran out of the charter fleet eventually, and cruise the Pacific but a combination of events made us bring our plans forward. Firstly there was the GFC – the Global Financial Crisis which, when combined with the rise in the value of the Australian Dollar, made it hard going for the bareboat industry in the Whitsundays where Scarlett was based. Secondly Kerry had a bit of a health scare, which turned out OK, but made us rethink our priorities none the less. Finally we heard about a proposed Around Australia Rally which had a scheduled departure time in May 2011 – so it seemed that the stars had aligned, and we began to plan to join the rally to circumnavigate Australia. The rally, unfortunately was postponed indefinitely but as we had already put considerable effort into getting the boat ready, and arranging the necessary leave from work (long service leave, and accumulated annual leave – all taken at half pay to extend it further) – we decided to pack up our kids Stephen (11) and Lachlan (9) along with our 2 year old dog Rhett (a cavoodle) and do the trip on our own. Our original departure date was May the first – but being “Mayday” we thought it may be a bad omen. As it turned out the last minute arrangements meant that even when we finally did leave to go the short distance to Tangalooma on Thursday the 5th of May we still had lots of items which hadn’t found a “home” yet. The sailing instructions were simple, but effective: “Pass Australia to Port” and we headed north following familiar coastlines until we were past the Whitsundays and into new territory. The cruise up the Queensland Coast was wonderful, but in some ways we were still settling into the life aboard, and as we’d seen much of the coast before we probably didn’t appreciate it as much as we would have if this had been our first time sailing the islands inside the Great Barrier Reef, but it also served as a wonderful shake-down and we used the time to arrange our routines for home schooling, evening watches, safety procedures and the like. Our first taste of something different really occurred after we rounded Cape York and headed out across the Gulf of Carpentaria. This was nearly three days of sailing out of the sight of land, and the unusual wave patterns for which the Gulf is famous) kept us on our toes. Fortunately the winds were kind to us, and we safely made it to Gove where we stayed for a few days before heading off through the “Hole in the Wall” and over the top of Australia toward Darwin.

32 mainsheet Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Winter Sailing in the north and west of the dolphin feeding (much like Tin of the Archipelago of the Recherche Australia is all about managing Can Bay), and the Abrolhos Islands and our target was St Frances currents – as well as the normal wind where the Batavia was wrecked, Island near Ceduna, some 467nm and waves. This we found to our but other than that the scenery is away. Again by waiting for the gaps dismay as we entered Van Diemen’s pretty sparse and the winds are all between the high pressure systems Gulf with the current pushing us in the wrong direction for much we had a lovely crossing – so flat we out at four and a half knots! We’d of the year. had to motor on the middle day! read the guide to time the current From there we cruised the SA After Fremantle we headed off on – but accidentally based it on the and Victorian coasts, stopping in our second most favourite part of local tide, rather than the tide times for a few weeks to catch the trip: The Southern Ocean and for Darwin (on which the current up with relatives before heading the GAB (Great Australian Bight). tables were based) so we were out through Port Philip Heads “Really” you ask? – Yep, we loved it! completely out! (The “Rip”) and down as far as After a bit of blowy weather as we Launceston on the Tamar River, on After Darwin we headed off for rounded Cape Lewin (Cape Blewin’) the north coast of Tasmania via King the Kimberlies – which has to we had a lovely time in Albany, and Island on the way down, and Deal be experienced to truly feel the from there on it was island after island on the way back. magic and beauty of this wonderful island, and one beautiful anchorage cruising paradise. We’d done some after another. There’s the whitest After a few days in the Gippsland homework, but nothing prepared us beach in Australia – even whiter Lakes we continued around Gabo for the awesome beauty of this area. than the legendary Whitehaven Island toward Eden, and by then

in the Whitsundays. There are were on the homeward stretch back After 40 magical days of whales and gorgeous anchorages with warm into familiar waters of New South waterfalls, beaches and boab trees, water to swim in – and lovely bolt- Wales, and finally back home to gorges and ‘gators we returned to holes with crystal clear water and RQYS at Manly where we arrived “civilisation” in Broome vowing to warm sandy beaches even when nearly a year after we left – on do it again and spend more time to there are 30-35kt winds coming Saturday the 21st of April, 2012 after see it “properly”! from the east impeding progress for completing 9,073 nautical miles of From there we battled down the a few days while the high pressure wonderful coastline in 353 days. Western Australian coast which was systems pass. For those who are interested our probably the most hard work of our Our actual crossing of the GAB was blog is still available on line at web. entire trip. There are some beautiful only three days and three hours mac.com/craigandkerry – (at least things to see, such as Serrurier as we had minimised the actual till the 30th of July when we will have Island with hundreds of turtles crossing by day-hopping out as far to move it as the hosting server is laying eggs, or Monkey Mia with as Daw Island on the eastern group ceasing function at that time!)

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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 30 31 1 28 June - 4 July 2012 Laser Radial World Championship

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WAGS 5 - 8 July Qld Youth Week

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WAGS Sail Cruising Group 11-17 July Christmas in July at RQYS 2012 Laser Radial Men’s Canaipa World Championship uly

j 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 WAGS Trivia Night in the Power Cruising Group Canaipa Cup RQ Bar Coastal run to Mooloolaba

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 WAGS Frostbite Series

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 1 2 3 4 5 WAGS Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WAGS

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WAGS Trivia Night in the New Members’ Welcome Frostbite Series RQ Bar

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 WAGS 50 Year Member Lunch august 27 28 29 30 31 WAGS

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S S 2012 Beneteau Cup & Challenge Yacht French -40 Regatta 13 20 27 6 Music 1 Opening 8 XXXX Gold 2012 Qld IRC State Championships Sailing Season 22 15 rinks with AY AY D FRID FRID 42 Year Warrior Lunch Warrior 42 Year 19 26 12 5 Sundowners - the Girls 21 28 29 30 7 14 AY AY AR OF E OF AR URSD URSD H H T T Trivia Night in the Trivia RQ Bar 25 11 4 18 Trivia Night in the Night in Trivia RQ Bar 27 6 13 20 D AY AY WEDNESD WEDNESD

WAGS WAGS WAGS 3 WAGS 31 17 24 10 WAGS WAGS WAGS WAGS WAGS 5 19 26 12 AY AY CALEN TUESD TUESD 2 30 16 23 9 4 18 25 11

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SAILING RESULTS

The 2011- 2012 sailing year ended in April and both our juniors and our seniors celebrated in style at their respective presentation dinners. Congratulations to all who particpated in the past season and we look forward to the next which is due to get underway on September 1st.

JUNIOR CLASSES SENIOR CLASSES KEELBOATS

Optimist Laser Radial Division 1 Kye Evans: Daniel Smith: John Moore: Squadron Champion Squadron Champion | Season Points Ocean Pointscore Natasha White: (Scratch) Matthew Percy: Season Points Robert Smith: Goodwill Cup Line Honours - IRC Season Points (Handicap) John Leman: Laser 4.7 Myora Cup IRC - Squadron Annie Eastgate: Laser Standard Championship - PBH Squadron Champion | Season Points Brad Taylor: Dave Waller: (Scratch & Handicap) Squadron Champion | Season Points Season Points - PBH (Scratch) Round the Cans - PBH Sabre Tony Baisden: Tony Kinsman: Ena Eastgate: Season Points (Handicap) Squadron Champion | Season Points Squadron Champion - IRC (Scratch & Handicap) Sailboards Season Points - IRC Clayton McDonald: Round the Cans - IRC Squadron Champion | Season Points Short Round the Bay - IRC (Scratch) Long Round the Bay - IRC David Sterling: P/Cdr Tony Love: Season Points (Handicap) Short Round the Bay - PBH Long Round the Bay - PBH Southern Allboats Mick Patrick: Division 2 Season Points (Handicap) Andrew Knights: Contender Squadron Champion - IRC & PBH Season Points - IRC Phillip Evans: Short Round the Bay - IRC Squadron Champion | Season Points Long Round the Bay - IRC (Scratch) Rea Reynolds: Richard Kingsmill: Season Points - PBH Season Points (Handicap) Short Round the Bay - PBH Hobie 16 Long Round the Bay - PBH Peter Bates: Roger Vinton: Squadron Champion | Season Points Round the Cans - PBH (Scratch & Handicap) Pieter Dalebout: Myora Cup Etchells Mattew Chew: Squadron Champion Noel Paterson: Season Points (Scratch) Al Harrison: Season Points (Handicap)

36 mainsheet Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Winter Major Awards

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38 mainsheet Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Winter Melges 32 Welcome Aboard

The following applications for membership were recently approved We extend a warm welcome to all our new members and rqys teamlook ta forwardke out to seeing you at the Squadron soon! Full nsw state championshJuniorip School Racing Crew Ronald Andrew Kate Rankin Pattric Bannister Nicholas Sheppard Brian Donovan Rodney Biggs Robert Richards Angharad Beach Joshua Sloman Bronwyn James Michelle Catelan Anthony Rudkin Jonathan Bester Nicholas Wait Hedley Priday Warwick Clarke Alisen Rudkin Alexander Brown Alexandra Watson Ian Purssey Jan Clarke Gregory Smith Michael Cardillo Lucy Woodrow David Stark Andrew Crowden Andrew Thompson Theodore Castrisos Sybella Wyatt Jason Whitaker Janet Crowden Virginia Thompson William Deeb Malcolm Davison Scott Turnham Oscar Kawamata Kristine Edwards Ashleigh Waghorn Matthew Leman Jeffrey Graham Maryanne Whiston Thomas Marshall Associate Social Carol Griffiths Rex Whiston Benjamin Millar Julia Davison Rhona Dunn Kenneth Hedge Henry Woolfe Marquise Moore Sherry Scholer Byron Freeborn Richard Herbertt Maddison Moore Rachel Sloman Malcolm Greenwell Roger Hill Serge Pankevich Lianne Wheeler Robert Sloman Owen Hobbs Ashton Simkus Graham Holley John Stewart Stuart Hutton Hamish Thorne Michael James Simon Walker Malcolm Keag Harry Walker Delia Keag Nicholas Walker Alevtina Khasina

www.rqys.com.au mainsheet 39 The Other Way Home... 5 years on

story: Grant Somerville - Part 4 - The Finale... photos: Stuart Markwell & Jane Kinsman

From the pontoon at St John Falls The afternoon was spent preparing we ventured ashore exploring the the roast, the whole reason for us dense moist undergrowth covering being there! A fillet of beef was the steep sided river banks. marinated in oil, garlic, turmeric A small hut and loo nestled behind and thyme and accompanied by a secluded sandy beach had offered roast potatoes, pumpkin, beans shelter to previous adventurers and and sweet potato and a mushroom its visitor’s book revealed an entry onion and bacon sauce. Patriot’s from club member Ian Wright who dining cabin was prepared in had sailed the river in Jenny VII banquet mode under party lights earlier in the month. We walked and the ten of us celebrated life well gingerly around the large black into the evening. The nightcap of snake which was sunning itself on plum pudding and special Rustard a sheet of corrugated iron as we was a fitting end to another day returned to the river to witness of adventure. the float plane docking at the After rain and wind overnight the pontoon…. bl..dy tourists! The morning was cool and moist as drone of the aircraft had disturbed we prepared to return to Strahan. our solitude. Someone said that it was Monday The fascination of the remoteness 17th, but it didn’t really matter. continued to be overwhelming as Motoring back down the Gordon the bloats (a small blow up boat) through each successive squall and travelled deeper into the wilderness along each reach we continued to Let the real over the rapids that marked the marvel at the beauty of this part of junction with the Franklin River. the world and quietly planned for celebrations The rushing waters were too strong our own return some time in the for a 2hp enabling only one dinghy future. We crossed the bar with begin! Patriot and to traverse into another world of the one and a half metres below the Blunderbuss had even steeper banked Franklin gorge. keel, cracked the heady for a tight The overcast sky and mist laden motor sail on 315 degrees across made it up the forest added to the wonderment of Macquarie Harbour to Strahan. this unique environment. The short chop made for a wet ride Gordon River. Back at the pontoon a quick dip in with white breaking crests and the the river reminded us that swimming contrast of the bright tea coloured in waters of 13 degrees is best left water running along the deck and to fur covered animals although over the white cockpit cushions was the experience was invigorating. stunningly different.

40 mainsheet Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Winter The Roast Hunter Island

Blunderbuss at Hell’s Gate

The following morning after topping yards, a house and a slipway and And so it came to pass so as not to up with fuel food water and booze barge. The sparkling turquoise disappoint the authorities at 1655hrs and farewelling Ros Boyd who water was a welcomed change we picked up a mooring in Grassy was bussing it back to Hobart, we from the weak black tea colour Harbour on the eastern shores of departed Strahan in company with of the anchorages further south. King Island. Grassy is the port for Blunderbuss under an overcast sky Our closest port was Stanley some the island with about 20 fishing boat into 10 knots of south westerly. 45 miles to the south east. moorings and a substantial wharf. The exit through the narrow Hell’s Thursday 20 January was a stunner The town was built to support the Gates was as exciting as ever with as we woke to millpond conditions now defunct open cut scheelite three knots of current and a boiling and witnessed a glorious sunrise mine. As well as houses for the surface squeezing into a large ocean and spectacular reflections from miners the company also built the swell under passing rain squalls. the ocean. Blunderbuss had left harbour wall. The afternoon was Time was taken to celebrate with a under the cover of darkness to spent in celebratory relaxation traditional Rustard. The coastline return home a little earlier. The and the preparation of the Stripy was low and flat with mountains in Kinsman family had been great Trumpeter which was purchased the far distance to the east and only company during the voyage from from the Cray fisherman in Strahan. two lighthouses at Sandy Cape and Hobart. After a swim (still bracing) The fillets were dipped in beaten Bluff Hill Point before reaching the and an explore along the beach eggs then rolled in a mix of flour, Hunter Group. Our passage had we weighed anchor heading north mixed herbs, thyme, rosemary and been faster than we had hoped around Hunter Island and west of fresh ginger, lightly fried and served for as we passed Cape Grim and Three Hummock Island By mid- with available vegetables. Excellent! entered into an area of fast running morning we had passed the rookery The evening was completed with currents and hazards before dawn. of Albatross Island with thousands another lively game of Scrabble. One of the obstacles was a large of Mutton birds nesting and with During the night the breeze shifted fishing vessel with extremely bright an angle of 145 degrees and 15 to the north and strengthened then deck lights necessitating a jibe to knots of breeze we enjoyed a very further backed into the south west. avoid a close quarters situation. comfortable passage westward. We spent the day ashore using This provided a period of tense The Black Pyramid was away on our a hire car to explore the island’s navigational challenge. port hand looking more like a large beautiful green country side dotted We had rounded the most north dog with big ears crouching on the with masses of beef and dairy west tip of Tasmania and came ocean. We observed a large colony cattle and hay bales. Ivan, being to anchor on the eastern shore of of seals as we passed Reid Rocks a former cattleman, reckoned that Hunter Island in Cave Bay. A quiet and the sea state became quite the rural industries all looked pretty day was spent under a clearing sky confused as the ocean floor here well managed. We shopped in the with a very pleasant view ashore rises quickly from 50 to less than commercial centre of Currie, visited ranging from a headland to the 15 metres. At 1500hrs we were the famous King Island dairy and north along a white sandy beach to overflown by a Customs aircraft returned to dine in unique surrounds some interesting rock formations in the pilot enquiring on Ch16 of our of the Grassy Club. Greeted by a the south. Remnants of past grazing registration, last and next ports. musty smell and VFL football team activities were evidenced by stock photos of the 40’s and 50’s the club’s www.rqys.com.au mainsheet 41 dining room was packed with locals enjoying such treats as tempura gummy shark, char grilled octopus, Bass Strait squid or King Island lamb followed by rhubarb and cinnamon cake with local cream and ice cream. While driving back to the boat numerous wallabies crossed our path and around the harbour wall many fairy penguins appeared to take interest in the car lights. These inquisitive busy little birds nest in burrows in the rocks under the box thorn looking after their young at night and go fishing during the day. The breeze still over 20 knots had backed further to the south which made for a joggly night as the harbour opened to the south. By dawn we had 25 knots from the north east, just about the direction that we wanted to go so the decision was made to stay another day. We farewelled Lovely’s sister Rosie who was going to spend a few days catching up with friends on the island then take a flight home to Hobart. It was great to have such a passionate lover of nature on board, we all thoroughly enjoyed her company. The rest of the day was spent just mucking around. The following morning we woke to a strange sound which turned out to be the island’s weekly supply ship the Searoad Mersey from Devonport berthing. She is about a 350ft dark green container ship with two rear doors for roll on roll Lighthouse at King Island off access. We marvelled as she turned almost in her own length in gusty conditions passing quite close to us while reversing into her berth. Much activity commenced with double stacked containers unloaded and others reloaded. Stu observed fishermen on the wall catching Couta and could not help himself. He set off in the bloat in misty conditions and returned a little later with sufficient for the evening meal. Lovely as normal was into filleting and skinning with a vengeance. After devouring the catch … which you could hardly consider as a delicacy, we set off at 1930hrs and motored into a large left over sea covered by a gloomy sea fog. By the early hours of the morning the breeze and sea had built behind us allowing a main only downhill ride. By dawn we were able to identify the large orange light that we had been watching as the Yolaa oil and gas platform. The sky cleared to bright sunshine with a brisk 20-30 knots and Albatross and Mutton birds gracefully flew scarcely flapping their wings as they changed direction between the crests and troughs. At 1615hrs we anchored in West Cove Erith Island in the Kent Group. The viscous gusts coupled with the steep narrow channel brought back memories of the similar passage five years earlier. A quick swim and run ashore was followed by an invitation to drinks to a nearby crew aboard the X43 ‘Sextant’ from the CYCA. After sharing tales of the sea as we were about to ferry Dennis and his crew back to their yacht we were hit by a gust which up ended bloat and motor. Having had a similar experience in the past we were well skilled in flushing out the 2hp and were able to return our friends safely. Roast King Island beef and veges were followed by a little party to celebrate our return to a special place in the middle of Bass Strait. The view under a late Grassy Harbour - King Island moon rise and a myriad of stars over Murray Pass to Deal Island and its lighthouse is one to behold. The breeze had abated during the night and we woke to a gentle swell and the slap of water under the stern. These islands provide magnificent viewing with their rugged beauty covered by a green softness. After a muesli and frittata breakfast we wandered into East Cove and out into the strait steering 035 degrees for Gabo Island. The ocean was calm with the horizon a long way away, a complete contrast to 36 hours before with closing sea fog then blustery conditions. Motoring against a two knot current, it was a

42 mainsheet Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Winter few hours before the 279 meter Deal Island sank into the haze above the horizon. We continued to motor into the night disturbing the mirror surface of a long inconsistent swell with our bow wave. Dusk had bought an eerie vista of cloud to the horizon blending with the oily sheen of the sea surface looking like the top of an opened can of silva frost. Looking astern we left a trail of phosphoresce as did the dolphins that came to inspect us. About 2am on Australia Day 26 January the breeze finally filled in at about 10 knots allowing us to shut down the donk and sail close hauled on a flat sea. It was time to think of the fortunes of our country and especially relevant for me as I was reading Peter Fitzsimons’ Kokoda. It’s unbelievable what those poor bastards had to endure. As we approached the Australian mainland commercial traffic became more prevalent and the AIS did a marvellous job alerting of a closing ship and providing name, course, speed, closest point of approach, destination and dimensions etc. The odd seal was spotted lying on its Lovely relaxing with a Rustard back asleep only to wake with a start, take a look at us and then dive from sight. By 1430hrs Gabo Island was abeam and the wind continued to build to over 20knots providing a fast passage to anchorage at Eden. With sausages cooked on the BBQ and a few beverages we continued to celebrate our day. The following morning we fuelled from a tanker then secured alongside the main wharf. After a little shopping and a shower we were collected by Tim and Dianne, friends of Lovely’s, who live at Merimbula. A delightful evening was spent in their home with some close friends and the next day we were delivered back to the boat ready to resume our voyage. Departure was at 1030hrs and we headed off into a moderating 15 knot south east breeze. I woke just after 3am. On deck a light south westerly felt refreshing under a sky of moon and stars. It’s a special day when you turn 60 and to be at sea with some special mates makes it even better. Birthday greetings were Celebrating my 60th Birthday coupled with Ive’s famous Rustard drink just to kick the day off properly. How good is this! We were having a great short tack into the beach followed by a long tack north. sail and passed through Sydney Heads at 1400hrs to be Consequently within the space of an hour the boat has met by Lovely’s son Jamesy on his paddle board. Being a possibly tacked three or four times. This is not good for Saturday there were many boats on the harbour and after a unbroken sleep as with each tack, presuming you were swim at Little Manly beach we made our way to the CYC to asleep, you were woken and rolled to the other side of be met by Stu’s sister Pauline and Ivan’s brother Peter. your bunk necessitating the tacking also of your pillow. I must admit that the rest of the day/night is a bit of a blur. Now and then a few disparaging remarks were made by After a route march to get there (Lovely knew the way) those below about the steering ability of those on deck. we had a wonderful birthday meal at the Centennial Park On the bright side we were sailing north, the sky was clear Hotel and somehow returned to the boat before sunrise. and the air and sea were warm. Thanks fellas, the 29th was a great day and if being 60 is Fuel was taken at Coffs Harbour and finally at 1400hrs this good then I’m glad I’ve made it. Wednesday 2nd February 2011 we entered the Southport The following day we shared breakfast with Lovely’s son Seaway and later anchored at Currigee to wait the tide. Nick his wife Sonya and their children Archie and Georgia. Apart for a little delay at Jacobs Well the passage to Farewells complete, we were soon clearing the heads and Manly was uneventful and it was great to be back in back on the wind headed for home. The breeze was to Moreton Bay. be a dead muzzler for the next few days and so we slotted Thanks to my crew mates Stu and Ive and especially to into our loose watch system. However tacking up the our skipper Lovely for a wonderful experience. And well north coast of New South Wales presents its challenges done to my readers for sticking it out to the end of the for sleeping. Amid the banging and crashing, to stay out yarn and of course to Lynne for her skill at squeezing all of the southerly current, the watch on deck insisted on a the words and pictures in the Mainsheet. www.rqys.com.au mainsheet 43 Marina Berth Rental

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When you spend as much time walking around marinas as I do, you find yourself looking at a lot of anchors! An interesting observation is the ever increasing popularity of the ‘new breed’ of anchor designs - I’m referring to the spade and roll-bar styles. Once choosing an anchor was simple, you were either a CQR man or a Danforth man – or if you were serious, you probably had both at your disposal for varying seabed situations. South Pacific II with her traditional So how do you choose an anchor? Dreadnought style anchors Are you looking for a light, simple to use and stow anchor for day A well designed chain grab for the trips, or something more substantial snubber that gives you a worry free sleep – probably both! It seems just about every boating publication or internet site has Anchor Rode published an anchor test over As mentioned, a good anchor is the years, and most results are only part of the equation. Your controversial and notoriously rode, which is the chain or chain/ subjective. There are so many rope combination, is equally as variables when testing, including important. Some old timers say if wind shifts, swell, currents, seabed you have enough rode out then it conditions and whether your shouldn’t matter what anchor you rode is all chain or a rope/chain use! Many experienced cruisers combination. Having said that, some argue a chain and rope combination of these tests are a good starting is best for storm conditions. The Snubbers point when updating your anchor theory is the stretch in a good nylon One down side to having all chain gear, and there are some consistently rope can help shock absorb some is the lack of stretch if it does come strong performers amongst the new of the extreme pressure that might tight, especially on a shorter scope. designs. break an anchor out of the seabed. It is generally recommended you use a ‘snubber’ which is a simple bridle However, with so many designs to However, all chain rode has the of nylon rope attached to a chain choose from, it doesn’t hurt to seek added advantage of extra weight. link and fastened on cleats. This acts professional advice before upgrading. The weight not only helps keep the as a shock absorber and also takes When we upgrade a client’s ground angle of the anchors shank flat, but the weight off the winch gypsy. The tackle we look at a variety of criteria the sag in the chain acts as the shock other benefit is the elimination of including how and where they use absorber. For me, the heavier gauge noise made by the chain grinding their boat, anchorages used regularly, chain you can carry, the better. So and clunking when the boat swings. stowage limitations, and of course just like the anchor, rode selection There are many ‘chain grab’ fittings the boat’s weight, windage and isn’t always straight forward, and a available but recently I came across a rode type are critical. This helps us lot of the time, the decision will often beautifully designed one that is easily recommend the ideal anchor style come down to a compromise of how attached or removed from taut chain. and rode combination. It is important much weight you want to carry in They come in custom sizes designed to get it right because tests show the bow. One good tip I have learnt to spread the load evenly over the that a 10 metre yacht, in storm force is always carry a quality set of bolt chain link to avoid weakening or winds (48 -63 knots), can experience cutters capable of cutting your chain stretching the link. loadings in excess of 3,000kg on their in an emergency. anchor equipment!

46 mainsheet Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Winter Two anchors are important on larger vessels The popular roll-bar style anchor

Anchor Scope The most commonly used For me, one of the main criteria for of alloy on the end of the painter, anchor styles successful anchoring is how much we came through the experience Danforth - These have two flat flukes scope you use. Scope is the ratio relatively unscathed. Dawn revealed that pivot at the head of the shank of rode to the depth of water. Most some 20 boats had unfortunately and are designed to bury the anchor agree a minimum safe scope ratio been beached. Most of these boats when under tension. They have is 5:1. To calculate this, simply were victims of anchors dragging. excellent holding in firm sand, gravel measure the depth of water and What made matters worst, were or mud bottoms. However they are multiply by 5. For example, if you boats moving around in the dark not good in rocky or grassy bottoms are in approximately 6 metres of trying to reset their anchors and where they cannot penetrate. water, you need 6 x 5 = 30 metres of inadvertently fouling their props I find them excellent when weight rode. Obviously in tight anchorages, on other boats anchor rode, and of is an issue and as a back up second and day trips you may use as little as course the whole thing snowballed. anchor as they store flat. 3:1, but be on the alert as anchors do As the wind really started to howl Claw or Bruce Anchors - These drag easily with such short rode. In that afternoon, I can clearly recall my single fluke anchors allow the boat to storm conditions it is recommended father’s preparations, and the lessons swing in a full circle generally without you significantly increase scope to I learnt in seamanship and anchoring breaking loose. They tend to reset 10:1 or more! It’s really a matter of have stuck with me. With both his themselves easily and hold well in common sense, and as the old timers boats at risk, the old man wasn’t most bottom conditions. This style say; chain is of little use sitting in the taking any chances and decided we of anchor is very popular especially locker, get it out, and then when it needed to reset our anchor gear amongst the experienced cruising really starts to blow during the night, - this time using maximum chain fraternity which says a lot. They have just pull another blanket over! length, on both anchors! As you can been around since 1972 and first This reminds me of a situation I image, at 74 feet South Pacific II has designed to secure oil rigs to the experienced in the early 1980’s some pretty serious anchor gear. ocean floor. when an ‘east coast low’ formed off We had over 120 metres of chain out Plough Anchors or CQR Cape Moreton. We were anchored on each anchor, and I can tell you, at – The old behind the Tangalooma Wrecks with the height of the blow, the chain was faithful ploughs were first developed our family boats, a 74ft cruiser and stretched horizontally! Of course we in 1933. They work by digging into 32ft game boat moored alongside. had the engines idling in neutral all the bottom when tension is applied. What started as a calm but drizzly night just incase something let go, They are a good all-rounder offering morning, quickly deteriorated, and and some heavy lines to the wrecks, holding power in many different by early afternoon we had a solid 35 but having that massive amount of bottom conditions, except really soft knots of SSW with gusts increasing chain out made all the difference. bottoms. Ploughs come in fixed to over 45 knots, and even more We did not move – even with the or pivoting shank styles. The fixed frightening, a fast falling barometer! added weight of our gameboat shanks are known as Delta style, By night fall, our wind gauge needle alongside! while the pivoting shanks are called was hard against the maximum CQR style. reading of 60 knots! Apart from For me, the lesson was learnt well, losing our tender when the tow eye the bigger ‘scope’, the better, tore out, leaving a plate size chunk especially when she really blows! www.rqys.com.au mainsheet 47 Peter Jenyns Peter Jenyns operates Professional Boat Care which specialises in boat detailing and maintenance programs. If you The Claw or Bruce style anchor have any questions feel free to call him on 0409 930 888 or visit his website The Spade – The spade style anchor professionalboatcare.com.au for more was developed in 1999 by a French boat maintenance articles. inventor and was a revolution by pioneering the use of a concave blade. This design uses a wedge shaped ballast chamber to ensure the weight is over the tip for instant penetration. This design has been refined by one manufacturer to include a hollow shank for better weight distribution, the addition of large side wing plates to help avoid breakout during tide or wind changes and a flat pivot surface on the underside to aid in recovery. They have also considered its appearance by producing it in polished stainless and it is a beautiful looking addition to any boat – form and function! This Spade style anchor is a fine example of form and function Roll-Bar style – These anchors are designed with a roll-bar that helps Conclusion them self-right to penetrate the When looking to upgrade consistent high performers, and the bottom with their sharp fluke tips. your anchor the choice is wide best were the ones that self-oriented Like the spade style, it’s the concave and everyone has an opinion. themselves with an optimum blade area, not the weight, which As mentioned earlier, ask a penetrating angle. With the provides the ultimate holding power. professional if you are unsure of what development of these new designs There is one roll-bar manufacturer will best suit your circumstances. we are getting closer to the ultimate who uses a convex blade to create In general, the new spade and roll- anchor, but I don’t believe we are a vacuum effect with good results bar designs are a revolution and a at a point where serious cruisers also. Again, roll-bar style anchors are walk around the marina will quickly will give up carrying a selection of very popular amongst the cruising confirm their popularity. Certainly anchors for the varying seabead fraternity and test results are positive. in all the independent tests I have conditions they encounter. read, these new designs were the Euan Manly Advert. 14/9/05 9:01 PM Page 1

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