Decepti · n proves a point . for pser Sails

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Buying sails for your boat is top racing yachts in exception. We can show a big decision. To start with Australia. After considering many other yachts that have they're not cheap and to all the alternatives, John benefited from our services, coin an old cliche, they are chose Fraser Sails as his so if you're about to make a "the horsepower of a yacht" sailmakers. Bob Fraser and decision on sails for your and yet so many people buy his team worked on every yacht; don't be a creature of sails from habit without even aspect of the boat's habit. Give Bob Fraser a call ; considering the ·alternatives. performance - the results there is an alternative. John BleakleY., owner of speak for themselves. Deception, is one man who Deception ·was clearly the doesn't take decisions so top point scorer in the <:f,ra"e,-:., Sail" 6NEILD AVE ., lightly. John bought Southern Cross Cup RUSHCUTTERS BAY. Deception with one thing in selection trials. 0 PHONE:33-4836 or 33-4341. mind, to make her one of the Deception is not an OFFSHORE Number 51 December 1979/January 1980

Contents

The '79 Hobart: weather and winner 2

Biggies' Column 5 Victory at Henley 6 Southern Cross Cup Roundup 10 Cooking at Sea 28

The Saga of the Navigator's Apprentice 31

Protest 33

OFFSHORE SIGNALS 37

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OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 - 1 197980 picking the weather and the winner

by Tony Cable

Here it is over five weeks before the do the Race. "Ha, ha," they say, "that (out of 150 or so starters!) but now, Hobart and the Editor has pressured mug Cable has stupidly not predicted in addition, he wants me to rank the me again for an article on what the our extremely hot boat to win", or five in order of handicap placing. weather will be and who will win "Fancy him picking that clunker the Race. He's priceless! Being not 'Saucy Sue' to win". I thought that this unreasonable Ed itor even an ocean racer's seaboot he com­ might have fired me after last year missions these long-range predictions Not only do I have to labour under when I really went dud in pred icting as he would a 'cooking at sea' article such difficulties, but every year he the weather. I had thought that it might without regard to how much this makes the job harder and harder. Last have got a bit fresh here and there, but writer puts himself up for ridicule year he limited me to only five choices, it turned out to be a calm luxury cruise, from all those famous yachtsmen who and this year the number hasn't changed with the fearsome Bass Strait hav ing

2 - OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 no more ripples on it than your bath. The cook hasn't discovered yet that, you or you might trip over them on I was not too dismayed, however; even in the food locker, the top has come off bar-room floors. the weather bureau is occasionally the Bonox cind leaked into a bag of wrong, and I am confident that this sugar, and he won't find out for another Look at another nasty bunch on year I will be approximately 100 per two days, nor does he know that it 'Mirrabooka'; John Bennette is taking cent right. has also gone through the skipper's the likes of Mickleborough and Dudley wife's fruit cake. Burridge and Dole Munro, who last Weather-wise I can advise that you'd year retired from ocean racing - after better get the old spitfires and stays'I s The nav is a trifle seedy and a bit surly th is one he really will! out of mothballs; bring snorkels and as even more drips have found the wet suits and check that the hem is chart table, and ne knows now that he Next in evaluating the field be very not about to fall out of your oilskin won't win the ·Navigator's Prize be:ause severe in objectively deciding who tweeds. This year it's going to be so the ink has run in his logbook. will win. The older ·designs in an inter­ fresh on Boxing Day that even penguin national fleet will demolish the feathers will fly aboard - straight from You know, in visualising all this I 'Salacia 11 s' with their age allowances. the Pole. Some boats will not even thought that I should revive my idea Half-tonners will not win; their size is make Botany Bay, Kiama and Jervis of a 'Pull-up-to-a-Bumboat Service'. against them for a long trip. Also, Bay, let alone anywhere else, and With th is I would have boats stationed only go for top-form boats, ones that once again the fishing communities at five mile intervals east of Gabo have al ready been racing well. Like further south will, as a change from offering a sort of ocean racing fleet the Melbourne Cup, all the runners are tuna boats, see some partly exploded replenishment se·rvice. You could come triers and the horse with the best form ocean racers. I don't care what the alongside for warm showers and dry will take it. Bureau says; Hewey will not allow us to shoes, socks and underpants. There cross the Strait again without 40 bags would be piped-in soothing music It seems to me that picking the winner on the nose. After that we will get some (Moonlight Bay, etc) playing, and these days is rendered harder by the peace and quiet from the Tassie coast available will be a crew remotivation lack of survivability of the new boats. and give the spinnakers a go in some and counselling service to convince Designers, builders, riggers, etc., in I ightish northwest breezes which will those with saucer eyes that those big their quest for I ightness and so on have give the 1-tonners and such I ike (what's waves don't hurt all that much when sacrificed strength and reliability. The left of them) a chance to catch up a they hit you. Prices would not be new aluminium sections, fewer frames, bit. reasonable - rather hiked to what the carbon fibre (remember Kevlar sails?) market will bear at such times. and such things are all fine except that To give some further colour to what their whole purpose is lost when things this will be like, I can imagine it when So much for the weather. Who is going fall apart in the Strait. 'Bumblebee 4' 75 miles south of Gabo. Those miser­ to win? Last year I disregarded the lost her mast in the first few minutes at able for'ard hands up on the bow going Editor and chose nine to win rather sea the other day . 'Apollo IV' (one of chug , chug, chug up those big greenies, than his five, and No. 9 was 'Love And my predictions last year) barely got to pausing at the top and then seeing War' ... "well geared and strongly Botany Bay before her rudder went. I their I ife go before them ... they know crewed, she is a real danger." This fancy a couple of boats that have that, if the helmsman lets her drop, article being the fifth of the series, scarcely been launched, with the reserv­ they will be smashed down in the readers will know that I consider that ation that it used to be that a boat t rough just like Humpty Dumpty or, to pick the winner is dead easy as long should be worked up to get her going; alternatively, they will experience as you stick to a few essential guide­ now she seems to have to sail for an fighter pilot's 'red out' as she zooms lines. Firstly, be very circumspect initial period simply to find out which down, only to be revived by the seven ­ about the skippers and crews. Some of her new fancy equipment is going knot rush of cold water 5ft under the journalists and hot critics often ascribe to pack it in. next wave. (The only advantage of the fantastic abilities to some sailors who big waves is you have such a wonder­ by no means deserve them. You have Lastly, in a Southern Cross year the fu l view from the top - of even bigger to directly know the individuals before winner is highly likely to be an over­ waves coming at you from about a making a sound choice. It's going to seas boat, so look carefully through block away .) ' be a hard year, so beware of cream­ those entries. puffs who will ease up for those vital few hours and blow their chances. Now the first five on handicap: 1. 'Police Car', the Ed Dubois design Down below the cabin sole is messy This is not overlooking the fact that and Admiral's Cup team member. with bits of chicken, a slice or two of some boats have fine crews but do not 2. 'Blizzard', the 51ft UK Admiral's face-down bread and half a box of have prize-winning hulls. Take, for Cup team member. soggy, badly-stored cornflakes. One instance, the 60ft 'Banjo Patterson', 3. 'Marionette', the UK 45-footer. of the hands in his bunk is trying to the fleet's worst crew of desperates 4. 'Yeoman XXI', the UK Peterson take his mind off the pounding by from the Victorian waterfront; 93 46-footer. trying to think of those topless birds Hobarts amongst them, they will drive 5. 'Sweet Caroline', the newly launched on that cruiser at the start, but is very hard . Incidentally, if you don't Davidson 2-ton ner. diverted by the repulsive sight of the know them, stay well clear in Hobart cook in a purple singlet ripping greasy pubs. If they don't drink you to death Mr. Editor that should cause a little bit ch ickens apart. they are I ikely to jump off tables at of comment; if some of the boys are

OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 - 3 upset, at least I can say that should they Rowlings: 1. 'Sweet Caroline'; 2. be on 'Piccolo Ill', 'Smackwater Jack', 'Police Car'; 3. 'Ragamuffin'; 4. 'Rel­ 'Relentless', 'Ragamuffin' and 'Bumble­ entless'; 5. 'Bumblebee 4'. bee 4' they will at least achieve the top 10. Bray: 1. 'Police Car'; 2. 'Blizzard'; 3. 'Marionette'; 4. 'Sweet Caroline'; 5. And with that I would wish you, sir, 'Bumblebee 4'. the best of cruising in your I ittle two­ sticker on Sydney Harbour from Boxing Shipway: 1. 'Sweet Caroline'; 2. 'Bliz­ Day, and to all those other journalists zard'; 3. 'Marionette'; 4. 'Regardless'; who have to pick winners, jolly good 5. 'Diamond Cutter'. luck to you, too. Brooks: 1. 'Sweet Caroline'; 2. 'Bliz­ zard'; 3. 'Marionette'; 4. 'Regardless'; We invited a handful of yachting journ­ 5. 'Diamond Cutter'. alists and afficianados to accept Tony Cable's jolly good luck : Bob Ross Colfelt: 1. 'Marionette'; 2. 'Police needs no introduction; he is the Editor Car'; 3. 'Blizzard; 4. 'Sweet Caroline'; of Australian Sailing. Sandy Peacock 5. 'Bumblebee 4'. is a member of the CYCA Publications Committee and is Associate Editor of Australian Sailing. Peter Campbell is yachting correspondent for the Daily Telegraph . Bob Gordon is Editor of Modern Boating and Seacraft. Bill Rawlings is Editor of Sea Spray mag­ azine. Gordon Bray is a Member of the CYCA Publications Committee and is an ABC TV sporting announcer. Peter Shipway is the Marina Manager of the CYCA, is an ABC correspond­ ent, and an incredible storehouse of yachting trivia, and owns the dulcet tones you hear on the phone when you ring 326-1999 (that is, when you don't hear Hedley Watson) . John Brooks is Biggies, that peripatetic SAIL straphanger-c um-wordmonger who is THE always surrounded by half-naked ladies. David Colfelt has alriiady been des­ GOLDEN cribed by Mr. Cable as 'not an ocean racer's sea boot', FLEECE

Ptck of the pundits (Some of whom are really 'punnets' more than 'pundits'). GREAT CIRCL: STARTS AT PORTSEA SUNDAY 13TH JANUARY8 0 CIRCUMNAVIGATES TASMANIA -ENDS AT FLINDERS Ross: 1. 'Relentless'; 2. 'Deception'; Preceded by a series o f four races o n Port Ph illip Bay in January on Saturday 5th (80 miles). Monday 7th (2 4 M iles ). 3. 'Regardless'; 4. 'Blizzard'; 5. 'Sweet Tuesday 8th (2 4 Miles) and Friday 11 th (30 Miles). Caroline'. Single entri es acceptable - additio nal aggregate trophy VALUABLE TRADITIO NAL TROPHIES RETAIN ED Peacock: 1. 'Sweet ·caroline'; 2. 'De­ HIGHLIGHT Th e Golden Fleece Great Circle Ya cht Ra ce has joined the Fa stnet. Parmeli a and Sydney -Hobart blue ception'; 3. 'Blizzard'; 4. 'Bumble­ water classics as the fourth leg ,n th is new seri es. bee 4'; 5. 'Hercules'. MAKE TH E GREAT CIRCLE YOUR CHALLENG E ENTR Y FORM S ARE A VAILABLE FRO M THE RA CE DIRECTOR Campbell: 1. 'Sweet Caroline'; 2. 77 BEA C H ROAD. SA NOR/NG H AM . 3 19 1. TE L. /03/ 598-1022 'Ragamuffin'; 3. 'Relentless'; 4. 'Police I P 1e;;;'s;;; m~ nAppl ~ 10-;.,orEn tr;i;r~r-:-e - - - I Car'; 5. 'Diamond Cutter'. Golden Fleece Great Circle Yacht Race (and th e preceding seri es) I

NAME . Gordon: 1. 'Police Car'; 2. 'Sweet Caroline'; 3. 'Siska'; 4. 'Relentless'; ADDRESS . . 5. 'Smackwater Jack'. I 1_ ·· ~---~;_· __ _ _,

4 - OFFSHORE, December 1979.January 1980 bee 4', which got in early, siphoned from the Burns Philp International off several of Sydney's best crew­ Maxi Race and, in turn, the competition men by itself. for Sydney-Hobart line honours. Nevertheless there are more maxis Marshall Phillips was also well pre­ appearing this year than ever before, pared for the Xmas rush and as a result and at least four of them are highly has one of the strongest crews in the competitive. country for his new superboat 'Sweet Caroline', amongst them Norman 'The Foreman' Hyett, Hughie Treharne and The flow-on of boats from the Par­ John Stanley. Otherwise, t9p crew­ mel ia Race and the entry of two new men, especially helmsmen, are spread Sydney maxis promises lots of action thinly across a wide range of first class amongst the big boats, not the least boats, and this has been evident in of which will be the clash between the inconsistent results amongst most 'Condor of Bermuda', 'Siska', 'Bum­ of the boats competing for places in blebee 4' and the new 'Helsa!'. It has the NSW Southern Cross Cup team. been said of 'Helsa!' that she will only The team, when it was announced, go in one direction, but if she gets her came as something of a shock to many conditions she may go sofast in that people. Indeed, NSW selectors are direction that the others might never usually such a conservative bunch that catch up. Only 'Condor' and 'Siska' of the main surprise stems from their this group have met before with 'Con­ apparent gamble in selecting a team dor' coming out on top, while the comprised of three 1-tonners. Analysis 'Bumblebee 4' crew have offered to of the point scores however suggests give 'Siska' another 10 minute start BIGGLES' that they have been far more prag­ this year, such is their confidence. matic in their reasoning than they have been given credit for in this case. However, · both 'Condor' and 'Siska' COLUMN are fast, seasoned performers with There can be no doubt that 'Relentless' thousands of miles of recent race and 'Deception' not only had the practice, something which the 'Bee' The fin al entry of 156 boats for th is points on the board but were sailing and 'Helsa!' are noticeably lacking and year's Syd ney -Hobart Race is well and consistently better than any others that could have significant impact on truly a record and, one hopes, so too and that their selection was almost the result of the scramble for Sydney­ will be the number of fin ishers at compulsory. Furthermore, none of Hobart Iine honours. By virtue of her Hobart. Less impressive is the number the Sydney big boats, at least until the record 'Condor of Bermuda' will be of overse as entries after earl ier publicity end of November, was performing well the boat to beat to Hobart whatever suggested numerous entries from con­ enough to suggest that it could defeat the result of the round-the-buoys ti nental Europe and the USA. These did or even match the powerful British maxi race. not materialise, and the absence of trio. a full US team in particular leaves the But what a pity that 'Kialoa', 'Passage' Southern Cross Cup competition as That being the case, it seems logical and 'Ondine' are not here for the series. something of a Commonwealth Games. to go the whole hog, make up the team Just imagine 10 or so of the world's with three small boats and hope that biggest racing yachts as a division of The presence of 'Regardless', joined they can build up enough points in December's racing carnival. Having had with two local boats to make up a t he short races to cover the possibility some experience at planning itineraries re presentative team, adds a touch of that the Sydney-Hobart turns into a for maxi yachts, I appreciate that it Irish colour to an otherwise Iimited benefit for the leading group of boats all must be worked out a long time in affa ir. However, the Porns can usually as it did last year. advance, years in most cases, and it be counted on to support the Southern would not be an easy task to get all Cross Cup to the best of their ability, So the third boat turned out to be the maxi owners to agree to such an event; and t hi s year they have excelled them­ devastating 'Diamond Cutter', a but what a series it would have been. se lves. 'Blizzard', 'Marionette' and 'squeaky clean' new boat with a first, It's going to be pretty spectacular 'Yeoman XXI' must be the st rongest fifth, second result in her first three anyway. bi g boat team ever sent to Australia races, and it seems to me to be a logical by any country, and without them choice rather than the 'gamble' that After the Fastnet disaster it was in ­ the Southern Cross Cup would have club gossip suggests. A gamble would evitable that screening of offshore been pretty dull . have been the selection of the 2-tonner crews would be the next area of safety 'Sweet Caroline', and the NSW team to come under the microscope for Maki ng up for a disappointing overseas may well regret that she was not long ocean races. The CYCA's special entry to some extent is a surprising launched a month or two earlier. regulation 133 covering crew experience number of new and competitive local is designed to make sure that any yachts, so many , in fact, that it has not None of t he American maxis will be in boat competing in our races has its been easy to match the boats with town this summer, which will take share of competent, experienced crew- equally competitive crews. 'Bumble- away some of the international flavour (continued on page 39) OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 - 5

VICTORY AT HENLEY an all-girl CYCA crew does well onshore in the Alice

by Gill Carter

Standing (or rather hiding) amongst ers); and myself as skipper, "for having scheduled for 8 a.m. on Thursday, and the various trophies in the Cru ising thought of this ridiculous idea" t he less said about our farewell party Yacht Club's impressive collection is a (Brownie, quote unquote), at the Club the previous night, the small and unassuming cup , but one better. Thank you to everyone who 'which represents dedication and team ­ Okay, now to the serious business of contributed to the cause by signing the work from a unique crew - the crew raising funds, building a boat and train­ boat and various parts of the crew's of 'Sandfly', who won the inaugural ing, Geoff Lee donated the electrical anatomies. Australia's Cup at Henley -on -Todd in conduit for the frame, and with a few 1977, In 1978 the cup remained with design hints from Ben Lexcen, Brownie The first leg of the journey was Sydney­ the CYCA through a proxy crew from constructed 'Sandfly 11', cleverly artic­ Melbourne on the Businessmen's Al ice Springs, running in the yacht ulated at the centre for speed in round ­ Special, and our presence did not go 'Contageous', And so, in 1979 the ing the mark, Most of the team were unnoticed in a sea of grey pin stripe. CYCA received an invitation from the disgustingly unfit, so we decided to One finds it difficult to ignore six Henley -on -Todd Yacht Club to send a simulate conditions on the Todd as outrageous females demanding cham­ team to Alice and defend its honour, closely as possible and chose Bal moral pagne and breakfasting on a large box Beach as our training venue, Members of chocolates (our farewell present I ran into Tony Cable at the bar one of the Beach Club soon became blase from Clem Masters and Dessie). Our night, obviously wrestling with the at the sight of six lunatics hurtling companion in 21 D was not impressed difficult problerg of organising a crew, up and down the beach each Saturday when Denise misjudged the seating and and suggested to him that the Club morning, clutching a structure resembl ­ landed in his lap, so demolishing his may care to consider entering an all ­ ing an Edwardian hoop skirt, Our copy of The Australian and his ego. girl turnout (just by way of some ­ 'mark' was an unsavoury garbage And every airline should be con­ thing different), 'Cabes' thought this a basket outside Mischa's, and I still gratulated on the way they manage to brilliant idea (anything to pass the cannot understand why the proprietors disguise balsa-wood and dishwater as buck), so together we - set -to on a of this establishment did not seize breakfast. bottle of Bundie, chose the team and the opportunity to charge their break­ elected Alan Brown as Team Manager, fast patrons a surcharge for the floor­ On arrival in Melbourne we decided Brownie, to begin with, was very show, to try and counteract the effects of dubious about the proposition, but breakfast with a few bottles of Bodega eventually came to grips with his Our training sessions did not pass (low budget trip). Brownie seemed responsibilities, without incident, Nicky Bethwaite, helpless as his crew disappeared in as tactician at the stern of the boat, every direction 'to phone Budgie', 'to suffered a severe case of whiplash at phone Mum', 'to have a nervous one The team, we decided, must not only one particular rounding of the mark, before the next flight'. Brownie appear­ include birds with considerable sailing ended up face down in the sand and ed to be acting rather strangely by experience but those who could also caused all sorts of ballast problems, now, furrowed brow amidst a collection cope with the apres-sail activities (by Other members of the crew scored of empty bottles, counting them, this time the team of '77 had rallied nasty lacerations from a playful dog counting the crew kitty and making with all manner of advice and were who thought six pairs of flying ankles furious notations in a I ittle black t hreatening keel -hauling if I did not too good to miss, It is further sus­ book. Finally, he managed a com­ ret urn with the cup) , Although the pected that the camera man from plete head count of his charges as the line-up would not necessarily be con­ Channel 10 suffered a mild coronary flight for Alice announced its departure, sidered for Admiral's Cup selection, it through running and filming at the and with the sternness of a headmaster, was formidable enough to give the same time, marched us on to the plane for the Americans a run for their money; second leg . icky Bethwaite (tactician); Tonia After three weeks of Dencorub and Hatfield (navigator); Denise Matthews perseverence, Brownie considered us (foredeck); Barbara Mackman and 'passable' as the official CYCA team Which was no less eventful. It is either Herbie Hennessy (winchers and grind- for Al ice Springs, Our departure was to the credit or detriment of T AA that OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 - 7 effect as airline coffee.

Although stil I suffering from Thursday night, we managed to assemble for roll -call on Friday in a local cafe. The waitress, like most people, was grate­ ful Henley-on-Todd only came once a year. Norm Best and Jim McClennan from T AA, recruited reserves for the Australia's Cup, joined us witli appre­ hension. To any waitress, nine hungry people for breakfast is not a pretty sight. The ordering was not made easier by six indecisive females: 'One egg, bacon, tomato, no sausage'; 'one egg and sausage, no bacon'; 'one sausage and tomato, bacon no egg' ; 'nine rounds of toast, PLEASE'; 'don't be rude, Denise'; 'six coffees, four black, two white, no, three white'; 'uh, the egg, bacon, tomato and no sausage . .. could you make that egg, bacon, tomato and no sausage?'. You get the picture. Our breakfasts in Al ice began to take on the appear­ ance of Last Suppers and it's to our they do not carry Iarge supplies of stuff 'heavies' talk about before a big credit that we ate and drank so much rum, Coke, beer or vodka aboard race. The idea of the CYCA crew and still managed to run with any speed their domestic flights, but what they running topless had been discarded as at all. had, we consumed. Lying through their an unfair advantage. And don't let Brownie was fast running out of d is­ teeth, the flight crew 'would be anyone tell you Brownie is getting old. cipline and patience, but managed to delighted to entertain us on the flight His performance on the dance floor get us to Radio Alice in time for our deck', and although we scored the (both step-wise and otherwise) was a interview at 10 a.m. He then excused First Officer with 8/10 for looks, the credit to his generation. himself for the rest of the d<1y with Captain rated 10/10 for personality mutterings of, 'Got to help down on and endurance in the face of great Around midnight it seemed like a good the Todd - get away from you lot'. It adversity. He was a charming man by idea (as it always does), to continue proved to be a mistake to leave us to the name of David Spring-Brown, roistering at the disco. Unfortunately our own devices. We narrowly avoided whose father built 'Southerly'. Immedi­ no one had explained to us the regul­ arrest by the local Force for 'parking ately the 'bond of sailing' was estab­ ations for dress in Alice Springs. Future in a No Parking area' and 'loitering lished, and it was only with consider­ crews take note: you shall be refused Tonia Hatfield carried away the Miss Henley able force that we were evicted from admittance to the Riverside Hotel title in her stunning leopard bikini. The the flight deck after 20 minutes to disco if wearing jeans. Never mind contest was sponsored by Kodak, who kindly make way for 10 eager school kids. the Gucci shirt and matching shoes, sent us this photograph. 'You can't come in, sweetheart'. Before touchdown in Alice, the crew Caprice, perhaps, but the Riverside radioed ahead for an advance forecast in Alice? So, to the feminine strains of conditions on the Todd and assured of, 'Up yours, mate,' etc., we took our the passengers there would be a favour­ custom elsewhere, as good drunks do. able set (or sets) running on Saturday. This was not our only encounter with the management of the Riverside. As Friday was to be a heavy training day before the big race on Saturday, Having had one false start with our we voted to give Al ice a nudge on the accommodation in Alice, due to a mis­ Thursday night. It was to be either understanding regarding the sex of the the Riverside Hotel or the Stuart Arms. crew, Barbara, Tonia, Denise and I The Riverside was closer with a good rented a large and comfortable cara­ restaurant, an excellent guitarist and van at Carmichael's Caravan Park, about a disco which was open until 3 a.m. 1 km out of town, while Brownie, Our rivals, the Americans from Pine Herbie and Nicky shared an equally Gap, joined us for dinner and over comfortable caravan in the backyard huge amounts of Todd River Red we of Rotarian, for Davis. As much as a discussed running tactics, boat design, Team Manager will give his all, six local weather conditions - the usual females en masse has much the same 8 - OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 with intent', the latter charge I can 'Subhuman', a float manned by mani ­ Oxford Tubs scored a win in their only guess being prompted by our short acal doctors and nurses, hurling flour heat, but were beaten in the final by shorts and 'We Get It Up And Keep It bombs aft. a local team. Denise, as maiden in Up' T-shirts. distress in the Sand Rescue Com­ The Rotary Club did a fantastic job petition, was nearly rescued by Brownie The Todd training run was postponed organising the day's events, which in­ and No rm, but a slight stuff-up at the for a while and as a substitute we cluded the Oxford Tubs, Sand Rescue reel end gave the opposing team a win. decorated the pool at the Malanka Competition, the Greasy Pole, Sand Tonia Hatfield, however, gave a stunn­ Lodge. At four in the afternoon with Shovelling, Keel -Hauling and numerous ing performance in a leopard print the sun slowly setting, Brownie appear­ preliminary heats for the Australia's bikini to take out the title, ~iainst ed threatening violent action, so with Cup. As the defending champions, we considerable oppos1t1on, of 'Miss the threat of our beer budget being were exempt from these run -offs and Henley-on-Todd'. cut, we managed four laps of the course. Thirsty and brainwashed, we As the day wore on and the sun got once again headed for the Riverside hotter, it was decided to put Plan B for a cleansing ale, only to be thrown into action, diversionary but legiti­ out of the Public Bar (one of the team mate tactics to win the Australia's was wearing thongs) . Alice has class. Cup. Half the team had already ex ­ The drovers and stockmen of the pended themselves in previous events Stuart Arms raised no objection to so we voted that Jim, Norm and our dress, so we spent a congenial two Brownie, together with Denise, Tonia hours and more of the crew kitty and myself should run against America's organising a book on the Race with Cup in the final. Barbara and Herbie the locals. wandered off to talk to the American team (diversionary) . Barbara and Herbie Saturday - Race Day. We again graced had drinks with the American team our favourite waitress with our (sneaky). The Americans did not presence, she in the meantime having realise that Barbara and He rbie were applied for a transfer to Darwin. not running in the final, so matched Brownie then frog-matched us to the them drink for drink (stupid). When the time came to run that 200 yards Malanka to put the finishing touches Due to the absence of their own local facili­ to the boat. Once assembled, 'spec­ ties, the crew had to attend briefings with of hot, dry sand we were fairly con­ tacular' would not even do the boat the team manager wherever they could. fident of a win. We covered the course justice. In reverence to one of our in 35 seconds, a record time for the sponsors, the sails carried the logo of day and beat the Yanks by three yards. Heath's Conga, a variation of their conserved our energies for the final. pa 'rticipation in the Round The World Barbara and Herbie gave a memorable The events which followed are more Race with Heath's Condor. There was performance in the Oxford Tubs, and detail . The Australia's Cup overflowed a nasty confrontation between the after a rather slow start finished with Australian beer. The local Pol ice mast and an orange tree on the way second (out of two). The ladies Four force assisted with the recovery of the to the start of the parade, but a branch (Nicky Barbara, Herbie and Denise) Cup, but curiously every time it went gives way to a broomstick and we set in 'Sand fly 11' finished second overall missing it was full of beer, and when the off down the main street with the Al ice (out of 10). Jim McClennan and Norm Police returned it, empty? We cele- Springs Under 11 Brass Band fore and Best, representing the CYCA in the (continued on page39) SOUTHERN CROSS CUP 1979 ENGLAND 'BLIZZARD' A true t horoughbred from t he board of German SAIL NO: K733 Frers, 'Blizzard' was built in aluminium by LO.A: 51' L .W.L: 46' Palme r Johnson and launched in a snow storm, Beam: 14' hence the name. A member of Britain's un­ Draft: 8' 9" Designer: German Frers successful Admiral's Cup team, she won the Builder: Palmer Johnson, U.S.A. f irst inshore race of that series in shattering Crew: Skipper, E. Juer; Nav­ style and only a navigation error in another igator, P. Bruce; D. Carne, R. Deaver, B. Saffrey -Cooper, C. race robbed her of a further victory. She has· Freer, J. English, R . Wills, G. al ready won the prest igious Cowes-D inard Simmons, J. Manser, L. Varney, Race in July this year, and this powerful G. Chew, I. Shaw ~~3 al l-round boat co uld we ll be headed for further victories in eastern Australian waters. Her owner has completed in four Fastnets and two Berm ud a races.

'MARIONETTE' 'Marionette' is the latest Holland des ign for SAIL NO: K270 owner Chris Dunning, w ho competed in the L.0.A: 45' 6" 1975 Sydney-Hobart Race aboa rd 'Meltemi' on L.W.L: 36' 9" Beam: 12' 6" charter to the British team. The present boat Draft: 8' was bui lt in Kevlar and ba lsa w ith an alum­ Designer: Ron Holland Builder: Fal Marine, U.K. inium load bearing frame, by Fal Marine, in ~rew: Skipper, C. Dunning; Nav­ Falmouth, just in time for the British igator, A. Higham; H. Cudmore Admiral's Cup trials. Showing good speed P. Wardrop, P. Kurts, K. Row'. lings, J. Newnham, A. Melrose, at times she, howeve r, missed se lect ion and B . Bradley, D. Budge, I. Suther­ was named team reserve. Dunning and the land, D. Black majority of his seasoned crew represented Britain in t he 1977 victorious Admiral's Cup team aboard t he previous Holland designed 'Marionette' and will be a hard boat to beat with her highly experienced crew, which includes the two-times Hobart winner, Peter Ku rts.

'YEOMAN XXI' A nother in the long list of Robin A isher's SAIL NO: K711 'Yeomans' which, li ke 'Marionette', na rrowly L.O.A: 46' L.W.L : 36' missed selection in the British Admiral's Cup Beam : 14' 3" team. She is the latest desig n by Doug Peterson Draft: 7' .and built by Martland Marine. Unfortunately Designer: Doug Peterson Builder: Martland Marine, U .K. her owner will not.be travelling to Australia, Crew: Skipper, J. Wooderson; but she w ill be under the command of John Navigator, L. Greenway; M. Rel­ ling, A. Stag, C. Blundell, R. Wooderson, who has two Admiral's Cup Walker, M. Newton, G. Watch­ victories under his belt - in 1975 on 'Battle­ orn, J. Hollamby, J. Brumwell, cry' and 1977 aboard 'Yeoman XX'. H; Agnew JI

OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 - 11 IRELAND 'PATRICE Ill' On charter to the Irish, this powerful alum­ SAIL NO: 360 inium sloop is a deve lopment of the twice L.O.A: 47' Sydney-Hobart winner, 'Love And War'. L.W.L : 36' Beam: 13'4" 'Patrice 111' has performed with great dis­ Draft: 7' 7" tinction since her launching, winning the Designer: Sparkman & Stephens Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's prestigious Builder: Halvorsen, Morson and Gow land Blue Water Championship in 1974-75. An Crew: Skipper, R. Kirby; Nav­ un lucky omission from Australia's Admiral's igator, G. Hootim; P. Green, F . Sticovitch, J. Nelson, D. Cup team in 1975 she is at best to windward Johnson, D. Lawson, R. Zem­ in fresh conditions, and her veteran sailing anek, A. Black, W. Russell, D. master, Peter Green, is sure to be able to le nd McWilliams, D. Cummins great support to the Irish . This wil I be 'Pat­ ri ce I I l's' second Southern Cross Cup, as she represented New South Wales in 1975 when the team finished a close second to New Zealand.

'REGARDLESS' ' Regardless' is a remarkab le Ron Holland SAIL NO: IR22746 design which won two races of the recen t L.O.A: 40' 4" L.W.L : 30' Admiral's Cup series while representing Ire­ Beam: 12' 3" land, a 30 mi le inshore race and the Channel Draft: 7' Race. She also won the Irish Admiral's Cu p Designer: Ron Holland Builder: Kiwi Yachts, U.S.A. trials and was second in her class in the Crew: Skipper, K. Rohan; Nav­ Morgan Cup. Built by the famous Kiw i Yachts igator, W. Smith; R. Pattison, of G RP balsa sandwi ch P. Holland, M . Maeder, P. Mul­ in the United States lins, P. Rothschild, K. Bushe, with aluminium space frames, she is a dev­ N. Clayton PHOTO elopment of t he highly successfu l 'I mp'. Her UNAVAILABLE crew is amongst the best in the fleet, multi­ national and includes go ld medal list Rodney Pattison; she must stand a great chance of being one of the outstanding boats of the series.

'SA TIN SHEETS' Like 'Patrice 111 ', th is Doug Peterson designed SAIL NO: M182 2-tonner is on charter to the Irish. Laun ched LO.A: 41' L.W.L: 33' 8" as 'Sunburst' just in time for the 1977 Aust­ Beam: 12' 5" ralian Admiral's Cup trials, she narrowly Draft: 6' 10" missed selection but was a member of the Designer: Doug Paterson Builder: Haulmaster, Victoria South Australian Southern Cross team in 1977. Crew: Skipper, A. Strachan; Nav­ Then purchased by her present owner, Andrew igator, I. Potter; P. Duffield, J. Strachan, and renamed, she has performed · Stanton, X, Goluzd, P. Milburn, D. Ross, B. Harrison, D. Sher­ consistent ly in most races out of Sydney wood w ith a seco nd in the 1978 Lord Howe Island Race and a second in t he 1979 Sydney­ Noumea Race in gale condition s, her best efforts. She has an experienced crew who thrive on long races and Irish stew!

12- OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 NEW SOUTH WALES 'DECEPTION' 'Deception' was a ce rtain selection after some SAi L NO: 3200 great performance s during the New South Wales L.O.A: 37' L.W.L: 32' trials culmi nating with a win in the 110 mi le Beam: 12' 3" Ron Robertson Memorial Race . With a young Draft: 6' 9" ------Designer : Doug Peterson and experienced crew under new owner, John Builder: A. Hankin & Co, N.S.W. Bleak ley , she has proved a great all -rounder . Crew: Skipper, J.H. Bleakley; She won last year's prestigious Blue Water Navigator, L. May; G. Richard­ son, R. Fraser, S. Kulmar, R. Championship and finished eighth overall and Jacobs, M. Woods first in her division in t he 1978 Sydney- Hobart Race . She finished third in this year's Montagu Island Race and has continued her good form throughout. Certain to be one of the top boats of the series.

'DIAMOND CUTTER' The success story of t he N.S.W. trial s, 'Dia­ SAi L N 0: 2776 mond Cutter' was designed by Laurie David­ L.O.A: 37' son and built in Auckland . This ¾ rig sloop L.W.L: 29' 8" Beam: 12' only arrived in Sydney for the final three Draft: 7' se lection races in wh ich she finished first, Designer: Laurie Davidson fifth and second . The potential is there and Builder: Chris Robertson, New Zealand with a competitive rating of 27.2 feet her crew Crew: Skipper, A. Sweeney; Nav­ obviously have a champion boat on their igator, A. Shaw; I. Broad, C. hands. Owner Alan Swee ney has already won a Hay, C. Rodgers, R. Venables, J. Walsh, W. Wardle, J. Williams major race out of Sydney. the 1978 Sydney­ Brisba ne Race in hi s Peterson 1-tonner of the same name. If this experienced crew have come to grips w ith t he twitchy rig by t he time the series starts , t hen she cou ld be one of the stars of the Southern Cross Cup.

Bui lt alongside her sistership 'Deception', 'RELENTLESS' • Re lentless' bega n her ocean racing career SAi L NO: 2304 L.O.A: 37' with a second in the 1978 Sydney-Brisbane L.W.L: 29' 8" Race . This seaso n, re-rigged and re-crewed, she Beam : 12' 3" has performed w it h great consistency w inning Draft: 6' 9" Designer: Doug Peterson the Gasco igne Cup and finishing second in the Builder_: A. Hankin & Co, N.S.W. Montagu Island Race. Her close due ls with Crew: Skipper, P. Hankin; Nav­ 'Deception' have brought t he best out in both igator, G. Halls; J. Hearne, M. F !etcher. P. Messenger, F . Arrow­ boats, and they w ill go into the Cup tuned to smith, L. Minehan. F. Johnston perfection and sure to give outstanding performances in al I weathers. She has an experienced crew under owner Peter Hankin, w ho has competed in seven Sydney-Hobart Races.

OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 - 13 NEW ZEALAND (NORTH)

'ANTICIPATION' This big Lexcen designed sloop competed in SAIL NO: 2222 the 1975 Sydney-Hobart without distinction, L.O.A: 49' 8" finishing 56th overa ll. Her pe rforma nces since L.W.L: 42' Beam: 13' then ha ve improved considerably w ith a second Draft: 8' 3" overa l I in the 1976 Dunh ii I and then some Designer: Ben Lexcen (nee Bob long distance race performances - I ine honours Miller) Builder: McMullen & Wing victorie s in the 1977 and 1979 Auckland-Suva Limited Races and the coveted line and handicap Crew : Skipper, D. Brown; Nav­ honours in the 1978 Auckland-Noumea Race. igator, B. Mitchinson; M . McCor­ mick, M. Rogers, D. Kendall, D. Christie, G. Davidson, P. To complete her recent good efforts she was Stewart, G. Hendry, J. Vitali seco nd in A division in t he 1978 Pan-Am Clipper Cup in Hawaii . Rating 39.2 feet she . could score valuable points in a big boat race.

Another Bruce Farr design launched in August 'CH IC K CHACK' SAIL NO: 3033 1976, 'Ch ick Chack' gained a place in the team L.O.A: 36' with co nsistent performances. Since launch­ L.W.L: 32' ing she has won some of New Zealand's most Bei.m : 12' Draft: 6' prestigious races, the Balokovic Cup in 1976, Designer: Bruce Farr the Cuvier-Poor Knights Race in 1978 and the Builder: Glass Yachts Limited Crew: Skipper, M. Dykes; Nav­ White Island Race in 1979. Like all Farr igator, S. Barter; C. Booth, M. designs of that era she prefers strong winds Alison, D. Bullock, M. Wallis, and a bit of a seaway. Her sistership, 'Piccolo', M. Nieper has already won the Hobart and the hard driving Kiwis will be out to equal this feat.

Designed by owner Paul Whiting, this well 'SMACKWATER JACK' SAIL NO: 3455 performed¾ rig sloop will spearhead New L.O.A· 38' 10" Zealand's (North) defence of the Southern L.W.L : 29' 11" Beam: 12' 8" Cross Cup. Laun ched in May 1977, she easily Draft: 7' won the New Zealand One Ton Cup trials of Designer: Paul Whiting that year and then went into the world series Builder: Eade & Whiting Crew: Skipper, P. Whiting; Nav• held in Auckland as red hot favourite but was igator, M . Farrand; J. Sugden, beset with problems and she proved the dis­ G. Davis, M. Quilter, M. Insley, S. Trevurza appointment of the series. However she is still performing well and now rating 28.2 feet. She will try to emulate 'Smir-Noff -Agen' and 'Jenny H' performances in the 1977 Southern Cross Cup when they completely dominated proceedings.

14- OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 NEW ZEALAND (SOUTH)

'GRANNY APPLE' 'Granny Apple' will be leading t he New Zealand SAIL NO: 3806 (South) challenge for the Cup after winning L.O.A: 37' 2" the trials in fine sty le w it h three firsts and a L.W.L: 28' 8" Beam: 12' 6 " third. She is a sistership to the most rece nt Draft: 6' 2" Bruce Farr centreboard 2-tonners but w ith a Designer: Bruce Farr fixed keel. Built in timber and rating 29.7, Builder: G. Wall Crew: Skipper, G. Stagg ; Nav· she has the majority of the crew that have igato r, B. Jaspers; M . Span • sailed 'Whispers' in previous Hobart races. hanke, R. O'Shea, A. Stewart, K . Rose, P. Spackman, G. Wag ­ Skipper Geoff Stagg has competed in three staff previous Hobarts, two Whangarei-Noumea Races and three Auck land-Suvas. So long distance racing wHI suit this boat and top crew.

' KOAMARU' A veteran S&S design launched in November SAIL NO: 2090 1974, 'Koamaru' wil l reve l in t he fresh L.O.A: 41' L. W.L : 30' 3" windward conditions like all S&S boats of that Beam: 12' 1" era. She carries an experienced crew who sa iled Draft: 6' 6" very steadily throughout t he trials, and her Designer: Sparkman & Stephens Builder: P. Jorgenson & Sons, skipper Brian Mill ar has competed in t he 19 65 , New Zealand 1966 and 1969 Hobart Races as we ll as t hree Crew: Skipper, B. Millar; Nav· Auckland-Suva Races and one Whanga rei­ igator, N. Le Page; M. Muir, R. Herbison, K. Pearson, K. Noumea. She will lend valuable suppo rt to Weir, G. Goddard, B. Coleman two other lightweight team members. PHOTO UNAVAILABLE

Th is¾ rig Bruce Farr design was launched in 'MARDI GRAS' SAIL NO: 2929 August 1975 and is a stock Farr 1104 t hat is L.0.A: 36' sti ll performing well out of Wellington, New L.W.L: 29' 6" Beam: 11' Zealand. Under charter to the Farmyard Draft: 6' 2" Synd icate she finished second in the New Designer: Bruce Farr Zeala nd So ut hern Team se lection trials and Build er: Glass Yachts, New Zealand previously second in t he 1977 New Zealand Crew: Skipper, D. Hogg; Nav• One Ton Cup. The skipper knows the way to igator, I. Maskell ; G. McKenzie, Hobart having competed in 1973 aboard 'Rene­ C. Crawford, R. Lysaght, B. Morris, P. McDonald, J. gade' and in 1975 and 1977 on 'Thunder­ McDowell cloud'. She has an experienced crew w ho will make things tough for t he more modern desig ns.

OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980-15 QUEEN S LAND 'CHRISTINA' One of the most successfu l boats of her era SAIL NO: 11 L.O.A : 36' 7" under her former name 'Mr Christian', at t hat L.W.L : 30' time skippered b/ Peter Kurts, she was un ­ Beam : 9' 8" .lucky not to win the 1966 Hobart Race w hen Draft: 6' 3" D esigner: Ron Swanson she f in ished fourth after looking t he likely Builder: Ron Swanson , New winner at Tasman Island. A veteran 1965 South Wales Crew: Skipper, P. Woodruff; Ron Swanson desig n, her record out of Bri s­ Navigator, H. Lang; R. McCart, bane has been very impressive . She ha s won N. Gray, D . Richards, R. Perrins, the 310 mi le Brisbane-Gladstone Race tw ice R. Cannon in 1966 and 1970, and her rece nt form in northern races has sti ll been good w it h a t hird in division 1 in t he 1979 Gladstone Race and a fourth in t he SCO R ser ies held in Aug ust. A lt houg h 14 yea rs o ld and st rugg ling against the modern designs, she no doubt will be sai led w it h great enthusiasm and w ill give a good account if t here is plenty of windward work.

'AMON-RE' A production UFO 34 desig n by Holman & SAIL NO: 117 Pye lau nched in Ju ly 1978, her list of victories L.O.A: 34' 6" on the Sun sh ine Coast mark her as one of t he L.W.L : 26' Beam : 11' most successfu l boat s to come out of Quee ns­ Draft: 6' land. 'A mon-Re' was first in the 1978 and Designer: Holman and Pye Builder: AYC Constructions, 1979 Matthew Fl inders Ocean Race, won t he Western Australia 1979 Go ld Co ast Ocean Race , was QC YC Club Crew: Skipper, D . Smith; Nav­ Champ ion for t he 1978-79 season. Her best igator, T . Halton; S. Carter, R. Jones, J. Allen, K. Adams pe rformance in top company was a f ine eighth in t he gruell ing 1979 Noumea Race w here, for a boat designed five years ago, she put up a great performance in the tough w indward co nd it ions. She wi ll be a va luable member of t he Quee nsland team.

'GOONDOOLOO' T his stee l sloop/cutter was launched in March SAIL NO: 474 1979 and t hen took eighth place in t he Ca irns­ L.O.A : 35' L.W.L : 30' Liza rd Island race. S~e has an experienced Beam : 11 ' owner w ho has compet ed in the 1972 Brisbane Draft: 6' to Gladstone Race as navigator and t hen as Designer: Joe Adams B uild11r: Steelcraft Engineering, owner/sk ippe r in t hat race in 1979 . Queensland Crew: T o be nominated

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0 FFSHOR E, December 1979-January 1980 - 17 SOUTH AUSTRALIA A veteran Cole 43 whose owner has sailed in 'BORN FREE' SAIL NO: SA 66 six previous Sydney-Hobart Races, 'Born L.O.A: 43' Free's' most recent long race was the inaugural L.W.L : 32' 3" Beam: 10' 11" Great Circle Race earlier this year. Although Draft: 6' 6" she is outdated, he r sist~sh ips have performed Designer: Peter Cole with great distinction in previous Sydney­ Builder: Bruce Fairlie, Gosford, N.S.W. Hobart Races; 'Taurus', in fact, finished Crew : Skipper/Navigator, J. fourth, fifth and sixth in Hobarts in the early Howell; C. Howell, M. Butter­ 70s. Like all boats of this class, strong wi nd ­ field, K. Edmonds, P. Ewens, H. Davis, R. Francis, B. Wether­ ward co nd itions suit best. all, W. Preston

'DYNAMITE 2' This will be 'Dynami te 2's' second appearance SAIL NO: SA303 L.O.A : 42' for South Australia in the Southern Cross L.W.L : 35' Cup, her first having been 1977. She rounded Beam: 13' 6" Draft: 6' 1O" off her campaign that year with a fine eight h Designer: Brue e Farr amongst the Southern Cross Boats in a torrid Builder: Kiwi Yachts, South Aust­ Hobart Race. Her crew is one of the best So uth ralia Crew: Skipper, P. Smith; Nav­ Australia can muster, and they are sure to get igator, D. Fidock; F. Neil, B. the best out of this Bru ce Farr designed 2- Swart, J. Bradley, R. Kambit, tonner. Al ready th is season her form has been D. Rothsine, C. Wall-Smith, P. PHOTO Strangways, B. Williams UNAVA ILABLE outstanding with a first in the Prem ier Cup and in t he winter point score in local waters and a fine fourth in the Great Circle Race.

'HECATE' A stock Duncanson 35, 'Hecate' was designed SAIL NO: 74 L .O.A : 35' by Al len Blackburne, whose most famous L.W.L: 28' boat is the 1977 Admiral's Cup representative, Beam: 10' 7" 'Runaway' ('Nyamba'). Launched in August Draft: 6' Designer: Allen Blackburne 1976, her best race performance was a fine Builder: John Duncanson, South second in the 1978 Port Lincoln Race, and Australia Crew: Skipper, W. Tedmanson; although a I ittle outdated by modern stand ­ Navigator, I. McPhail; H. Ted­ ards, she no doubt will give a cred itable manson, C. Vorbach, B. Scholz, performance especia ll y if cond itions are mod­ T . Deslandes erate to fresh.

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'CHARLESTON' 'Charleston' cl inched her se lection in the SAIL NO: A3 LO.A: 37' Tasmanian team w ith a fine win in the Maria L.W.L: 28' Island Race in November. Battling against Beam: 11' S't time to be ready for se lection, this latest¾ rig Draft: 6' Designer: Ron Holland sloop from the board of Ron Ho ll and was Builder: Bruce Keir, Victoria built by Bruce Keir in Melbou rn e for owner Crew: Skipper, C. Davies; Nav­ igator, C. Corkhill; I. Ross, C. Charles Dav ies, who has competed in four Purtell, G . Wells, I. Mcindoe, previous Sydney-Hobarts. By t he ti me she A. Edwards reaches Syd ney she shou ld be near full PHOTO potential and w ill lead Tasma ni a's powerful UNAVAILABLE quest for the coveted trophy.

This 1-ton design from the Scott Kaufman 'THE STING' SAIL NO: MS stab le was lau nched in De ce mber 1976 and L.O.A: 36' 8" was runner-up to 'Picco lo ' in the 1977 Aust­ L.W.L: 29' 6" / ralian One Ton Cup . She was a member of the Beam: 11' 8" Draft: 6' 2" Tasmani an So uthern Cross team in 1977 and Designer: Scott Kaufman sin ce then has raced w it h great success out of Builder: Gary Smed ley, Tasmania her home port, Devonport, in Northern Crew: Skipper, A. Rundle; Nav­ igator, A. Gifford; R. Matthews, /118 Tasman ia cu lmi nat ing w ith a wi n in NORC M. Davies, B. Polson, D. Turn­ se ries last year She ea rn ed her place in t his bull, T. White year's team with co nsi stent, if not bril liant, pe rformances.

20 - OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 Stretch yourvvings · Australia. - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 'CONGER E' The former 'Bumblebee 3' makes a welcome SAIL NO: 22011 re-appearance to Australian waters after the L .O.A : 52' 9" L.W.L : 44' 3" long haul from the States. One of the most Beam: 14' 10" successful boats to represent Austral ia over­ Draft: 8' 5" Designer: German Frers seas, this powerful Frers design was originally Builder: Palmer Johnson, USA shipped to Australia in late 1974. She then Crew: T o be nominated finished second in 1974 Hobart Race and won selection in the 1975 Admiral's Cup team . Prior to t hat series she won t he prestig ious Cowes-Dinard and then won many more races in the Northern Hem isphere. She f in ished a close second behind 'Running Tide' in t he 1976 Bermuda Race and was t hen so ld to t he prese nt owner who has continued to race with much success. This fine looking alumini um sloop is sure to be a force to be reckoned w it h.

Launched late in 1970, this big powerful 'SORCER Y' SAIL NO: 4785 sloop has raced in most waters of t he world, L.O.A : 61 ' but this wil l be her first appearance in Aust· L.W.L: 47' Beam : 14' ral ia. In her early days of racing she was one Draft: 8' 6" of the fastest boats aroun d, both on co rrected Designer: Cuthbert & Cass ian time and elapsed time. Her list of victories is Builder: Cuthbert & Cassian , Canada nearly endless, and amongst her best ach ieve­ Crew: Skipper, J. Wood ; Nav­ ments are A napolis to Newport 197 1 (first igator, R. Conrady; J. Hutch· ove rall ), San dy Nook to Hampton 1971 (f irst inson, F. Sampson, J, Rosa, F. Harris, I. Hobbs, L. Dale, overall ), St. Petersburg to Venice 1971 (first C. Sorbie, A. Abbott, M. Peter· overall ), Trans-Atlantic Race 1972 (second son, S. Bobko, J. James, E. Flanders, J. Braze in class), Channel and Fastnet Races 1973 (li ne honours), La Rochelle Race 1973 (l ine hon­ ours), Los Angeles to.Tahit i 1974 (fi rst ove rall) Hawaiian Race Week 1976 (first in class ) and Los A ngeles to Tahiti 1978 (f irst ove rall) . The list goes on; she cou ld we ll add to it in our waters.

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0 FFSH ORE, December 1979.January 1980 - 23 VICTORIA 'MOONSHADOW' Outstandi ng in the Victorian trial s, she was a SAIL NO: B51 near certai n ?election. A rushed lau nching for L .O.A : 41' 6" L.W.L: 32' last year's Hobart Race saw her ret ire with Beam: 12' 10" minor prob lems due to lat e completion of Draft: 7' 6" Designer: Ron Holland co nstruction. However once back in Mel­ Builder: Plastic Boat Company, bourne, the Holl and design f in ished t hird in Victoria the 1979 0 RCA ser ies on Port Ph ii ip Bay and Crew: Skipper, J. Taylor; Nav­ igator, R. Lange; J. Coates, L. t hen in the rugged Syd ney-Noumea Race also Abbott, P. Graham, R. Ander­ finished t hird. A large r deve lopment of t he son, J. Mccready, L. Perrin successful USA boat ' I mp ', she has st ead ily .­ PHOTO improved since laun ching to now be a t hreat UNAVAILABLE in al l we athers. Ski ppe r John Tay lor has sa iled to Hobart six times previously and also crewed on 'Dame Patt ie' in t he 1967 America 's Cup.

'SUNBURST' The latest 2-to n des ign from Doug Pete rson , SAIL NO : SM 19 L.O.A : 40' she was lau nched just in t ime for t he 1979 L .W.L : 32' Admiral's Cup t rials in Me lbourne but neve r Beam: 12' 10" reached her full potential. Sin ce then, however, Draft: 7' 3" Designer: Doug Peterson she has improved a great dea l and , I ike 'Moon­ Build er: Noel Wilde, Victoria shadow'. was an automatic se lect ion for t he Crew: Skipper, R. Young; Nav­ igator, G . Marshall ; E. Silber­ Vict ori an team after some imp ress ive pe r­ eisen , B. Whiteside, R. Simp­ forma nces. Skipper Ron Young has previously son, R. Sill, P. Taylor, A. Sharp, owned ' Koomooloo ' and the former 'Sun­ J. Augustine, D. Carlton burst ' (n ow 'Sat in Sheets').

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26 - OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 WESTERN AUSTRALIA 'SISKA' This gi ant maxi designed by owner Rally SAIL NO : R311 L.O.A: 75' Tasker began her ocean racing career this year L.W.L: 65' with a line honours/handicap win in the Great Beam : 19' Circle Race. She was then shipped to Eng land Draft: 11 ' Designer: Rolly Tasker to compete in Cowes Wee k , where she won a Builder: Rolly Tasker Sails, short So lent race in blustery conditions and Western Australia then finished a creditable third behind Crew: Skipper, R. Tasker; Nav­ igator, S. Tasker; M. Balinski, 'Condor' and 'Kialoa' in the rugged Fastnet. P. Hay, R. Lynn, H. Clayton, Fram there it was on to the Parmel ia Race , R. Kyle, G . McGary, J. T-aylor, where she gained fastest time in both legs and G. Cassiday, L. Davidson, D . Liggins, W. Watson shattering the course record en route. At best in fresh running conditions, she is easi ly the biggest boat amongst t he Southern Cross fleet.

'POLICE CAR' 'Police Car' has done everything right since SAIL NO : R333 her lau nch ing in February of this year. She L.O.A: 42' L.W.L: 34' dominated the Australian Admiral's Cup Trials Beam: 13' in Me lbo urne to be an automatic selection Draft: 7' 3" for the team; th is Dubois 2-tonner showed Designer: Ed Dubois Builder: Steve Ward, Western bl istering speed when reach ing and running Australia in fresh conditions and even dispelled any Crew : Skipper, P. Cantwell; Nav­ igator, J. Baxter; C. Packer, doubts about her light weather performance G. Jones, J. Mooney, J. Black­ during that series. She finished fourth in t he man, F. Warner. A. Crewe, PHOTO World Two Ton Cup in Poole before the E. Dubois UNAVA ILABLE Admiral's Cup and then spearheaded Aust­ ralia's great Admiral's Cup victory, being seco nd top individual point scoring boat behi nd 'Eclipse' (UK). and top Austral ian boat. Sailed by a young and adventurous crew, she is a certainty to be one of the top performers of the Southern Cross.

'FARRAWA' A big Farr des ign which rep resented Western SAIL NO: RF21 Australia two years ago, 'Farrawa' is sure to L.O.A: 42' 3" L.W.L: 32' 4" lend va luable suppo rt to 'S iska' and 'Pol ice Beam: 13' 6" Car '. She finished 10th amongst the Southern Draft: 6 ' 1 O" Cross boats in the gruel ling 1977 Hobart Design11r: Bruce Farr Builder: Kiwi Marine, South Aust­ Race, being beaten by two places by her ralia sister ship 'Dynam ite 2'. Her experienced Crew: Skipper, B. Campbell; owner and crew will be looking for extended Navigator, J. Walsh; A. Hood, I. Campbell, W. Seabrook, D. periods of reachi ng and ru nning. Millar, D. Lynn , G. Fornaro

0 FFSHOR E, December 1979-January 1980 - 27 OKING ATS A new cooking-at-sea feature galley cuisine doesn't necessarily have to be mundane

by Knocker White

With the start of the summer season Recently a few American yachts have now underway, preparations are taking arrived for the Southern Cross Series. place for the Sydney-Hobart Race. Now depending on whether or not This seems an appropriate time to make they suffered food poi son i ng on the a few cooking suggestions for the way, some boats may need a cook or enterprising chef in his or her every­ two. To make the Americans feel at day routine. home, every cook on one of these To prepare stuffing, saute onion and boats should know how to prepare bacon in butter, then combine remain­ Outlined further below are some quaint simple American-style dishes. ing ingredients. Pack into chicken, ideas that could possibly be knocked place chicken into the duck, then up in a 40 knot gale or in the privacy Here are a few selections. Texas corn insert duck into turkey (it won't hurt) . of your own kitchen at home. A fritters with mountain dew sauce, Using metal skewers, lace up turkey typical breakfast at sea could be usually served at breakfast or as an with twine. Bake in a moderate oven entree to a main course of southern poached eggs served on a bed of braised for five hours. Serves 12 the first day fried chicken, with red-eye gravy. spinach leaves topped with a creamy and 12 th'e next. cheese sauce; that would be a special Another main course that seems a favourite is Denver Jack Rabbit and on an American yacht. To round off a perfect day, what about a moonlight dinner for 12, Coyote Stew with Arizona strawberries. For lunch this Festive Turkey would tender slices of pork in apple cider surely beat tomato sandwiches hands and orange juice. And their eyes would certainly light down. It could be prepared the day up with the mention of Dallas choco­ before between sleeps, and served Pork Fillets in Cider late brownie bars for desert with bour­ cold . The inspiration for this dish 3 kg pork fillet bon and black coffee. came to me one day while I was lunch­ 6 tblspns brown sugar ing with an old friend of mine, Lucy 6 tblspns dry mustard Of course, you may want to serve up Lovegrove, at a take-away food bar 6 tblspns oil some good old Aussie tucker on tin in Marrickville. 500 ml apple cider plates to impress our overseas friends. 250 ml orange juice Soup of the day, when available, a Festive Turkey 2 cloves crushed garlic delightful broth of mulga roots followed 1 boned chicken ( 1.5 kg) 24 stuffed olives (sliced) by an old favourite of mine, Emu 1 boned duck (2-3 kg) ½ cup cornflour wings with Wollondilly mushrooms, 1 boned turkey (6 kg) ysually a simple dish to prepare and 250 g sausage mince then finish off with Billy tea and Cut pork into slices and pound flat. 60 g bacon Corio whisky. Combine sugar and mustard and coat 250 g fresh breadcrumbs both sides of the pork. Brown pork in 30 g butter I think that shou ld get them in the pan and transfer to casserole dish . Add 1 grated onion right frame of mind. After al l, wh o can cornflour to pan and stir; add cider 1 cup chopped parsley say they won't get baked mutton bird and orange juice, simmer for two 180 g pistachio nuts and rock hopper gravy in Hobart? minutes. Remove from heat, add garlic 1 egg and olives, pour over pork. Cook 1 tblspn mixed herbs Happy Hour Specials 35-40 minutes. Serve with grilled Salt and pepper to taste. I've always found during happy hours pineapple. 28 - OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 198Ci that you tend to get the same things sky or coast, while cooks only have to install a mock-up of a yacht's galley all the t ime . I mean, you do get sick come up t o hang out wet teatowels on the dance floor. This would be of smoked oysters on Jatz biscuits. on the windward liferails. equipped with· hydraulic rams pro­ On one yacht I know they have been grammed to simulate various sea con­ serving toasted muffins and champagne; If cooks as a class had been rather ditions. their happy hour starts pt breakfast. more intellectually inclined, they wouldn't have let the navs get away There would be ot her parallels between For the following item it's necessary with stealing the march by being the the two courses; for instance, while to have a quiet word in the helmsman's first to form themselves into such a the navs are up there at _Bondi taking ear . .. 'We don't want oil spil I ing out special group. Cooking at sea is indeed dawn sights, the trainee cooks would of the deep fryer ... if you are off the a lot harder than navigating, and to be under them out at sea practising wind there should be no problems'. learn how to do so takes infinitely breakfasts ("Very good devilled kid­ more time and study. It seems that you neys, Fats; YO\J get 8.9 out of 10 with Deep-fry camembert cheese coated can learn coastal navigation in about 0.2 points lost for every kidney you with breadcrumbs unt il the cheese 15 hours of lectures, while 15 hours lost out of the pan when that big wave starts to ooze out; serve immediately of cooking lectures wouldn·'t even hit"). with hot crusty bread. get you th rough sauce, beef and pastry cooking. Back at the bar I could just imagine Knocker holding court talking about Now you can get on course again ; for For example, in the Festive Turkey the latest dishes rather than the latest the jet-setting tipplers on board serve recipe . It would take you a minimum calculators. The Cooks' Club could cheese balls rolled in caviar. Simply of two hours of practical demonstr­ aga in every advantage presently en­ mix cream cheese and blue vein cheese ations alone to learn how to bone joyed by the Navs' Club. I can even see together and shape into balls. You poultry. You know, if the cooks really a 'Cook's Prize' in the Hobart Race ; can use red or black caviar depending got organised, they could establish it's a natural, a Hitachi microwave on your bank account. for themselves a 'CYCA Cooking oven for the best recipe book. The Club' with someone like .Knocker winning entry should have no gravy becoming as famous a leader as is - on it, and in judging, the committee Gordon Marshall to the navs. They should completely disregard how many could run a 15-hour Introduction to times the cook stopped the boat tacking Sea Cooking series (c .f. Coastal Navig­ so that he could keep on the right leg We asked an old sea cook, Tony Cable, ation) following which you could in the galley. to comment on our cooking con­ graduate to Advanced Cooking at Sea, tributor's elegant 'Festive Turkey~ 19 hours (c.f. Celestial Navigation) . I could quite easily see that the CYCA With customary sharpness of focus, he For the latter they would have to do cooking classes could soon become rambled on as follows: away with Gordon's blackboard and internationally known so that our

Dear Editor, Following your receipt of the cooking article from 'Knocker', you asked me to comment on the proposal to have a regular cooking at sea column from this contributor. Well firstly, I know th is Knocker cove ; he is on the crew of 'Mary Muffin', a rather rag -tag desperate bunch led by a skipper who seems steady enough if not a trifle bemused by the mob he has on his boat. Now I don't know how much they gourmandise aboard, but at the bar their consumption is positively gargantuan.

The second point I wish to make is that if you elect to publish a regular cooking article, you will have to be careful that it doesn't serve to encour­ age the development of a certain elitism among sea cooks and , like navigators, give them ideas above their station. Cooks and navigators, as you know, are the only people in ocean racing who scarcely need ever go on deck. Navs might sometimes venture into the cockpit to take a quick squint at the OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 - 29 cooks would become famous as the on a downhill run; wheh the new looked great, and enormous - about Cordon Bl eu chefs of th e international watch were roused they cou ldn 't see the size of a sma ll emu, and it did racing circuit. The sort of subjects their way around below because of take the 12 of us two meals to get that they would be st udying in the the cloud of down. One chap thought through the lot. Today I can still course would include such topics as: that the skipper's satin pillow had picture the cook's rather wild eyes as Cooking with Wine on a Dry Ship exploded . he confronted the task of slicing Ulcer Diets for Nervous Owners through three birds in one. Breakfast for Mixed Australian We decided to start preparing the meal and U.S. Crews (steak and eggs and straight after our lunch of steak and Incidentally, Editor, in mentioning waffles and maple syrup) caramel sauce with sweet potatoes and 'emu' it occurred to me that as a Yank Lightweight Recipes for Light­ sweet curried watermelon . We immedi ­ you wouldn't know that it is rather weight Boats ately encountered a serious practical unwise to eat bak!)d emu as the oils Wun Tun Soup for One Tonners difficulty of how to insert the chicken come out of you just like garlic, the What to do if your Galley Inclines into the duck into the turkey. The difference being that you smell I ike too Much recipe didn't fully emphasise the en ­ dead kangaroo. Emu oil is one of the What to do in the Galley during gineering problems this would involve. most penetrating of oils, so much so roundups, Chinese gybes and the How we actually solved it was to rig that it will even seep out of a beer death rolls. up a spare brace on a handy billy, bottle. thread the birds along the brace much Anyhow, to get back to the recipe, to I ike a necklace, and then, with the aid In summary, why not run Knocker's be fair to Knocker in reviewing his of stoppers, force one bird into the cooking series and gauge reactions? article I thought the best idea would other with t he aid of four men work­ Maybe if it starts up a major idea­ be to give t he Festive Turkey a test ing our cross-linked coffee grinders . logical battle between the cooks and run . This we did on 'Gretel' on the We confirm that it certainly did take navs in the Club, we might get even last Montagu Race. To -start with, it five hours or more to cook; talk about more I ife in the place. caused us enormous problems on the an energy crisis, we went through one Yours sincerely, Friday of the start, i.e. to find the three gas bottle and thought we might have Tony Cable fresh birds in the one shop . The duck, to ca ll in to Ulladullah for another. in actual fact, we could only find 'undressed', and it caused quite a When the birds eventually did come sensation when plucked in the cockpit out of the oven they (or it) really

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s the ketch 'Weatherly' headed out of Home Port on her new course , the compass card settled also , just 2° A the first leg of the passage to Port Nearly , Bill away from what was needed . A slight adjustment fixed Weatherly handed the wheel to young Frank Eager and that, and Frank then steered by a mark on the horizon settled himself close by , where he could observe both the head , checking the compass now and again to make sure channel and the compass card. all was well. Meanwhile Bob Cheerful, the mate, attended to the Bill reached below to the chart table and brought up the sails, with a tweak here and an easing there, to have them chart of Home Port. "Will you take the wheel, Bob," he drawing properly. With a close pilotage such as was asked , "while I show Frank what we are up to?" involved here , it was Bob's job to set the sails according Bob made the final adjustment to the staysail sheet, to the course followed, as the helmsman could not change and came aft. "When you've shown him the chart, skipper," course without fear of running aground, the banks he chuckled, " point him at the galley stove , for I fancy bordering the channel having but a few feet of water over a brew". them. "That I will ," replied Bill , "but first things first. Look The sun not having risen enough to warm the land ahead , Frank, and tell me what you see". significantly, the land breeze was still holding so that the ketch was able to reach and run for the open sea and was Frank went to the windward rail and looked at the Bay saved the rigours of short tacking in a narrow channel, ahead of them. It was dotted with small prawn trawlers which would have been her lot later in the day - unless seemingly moving aimlessly about, but probably following Bill started the engine, which he was always loath to do. well determined lines. Buoys of various shapes and Frank remarked also, as they gathered way down the colours were also dotted about, while directly ahead and distant about a mile lay a small sandy islet with two white channel, that the tide was running out, and commented marks upon it, one above the other. He mentioned the upon this. islet and the marks. "Yes," said Bill , "I planned it deliberately so , for the channels here are clearly marked and the chances of runn­ ing aground are unlikely. In a harbour with which I was "That's right ," was the reply, "those marks are, in fact, less familiar, it would be preferable to move on the flood , the leading beacons for this channel, and if we stray so that an accidental grounding would soon be overcome from the track, they will appear to separate. If we deviate by the rising tide . Here, however, I wanted the extra knot of ebb to assist the land breeze , which will probably disappear by three bells (9.30 a.m.). By that time , we should have cleared the harbour and be a couple of miles to sea waiting for the sea breeze . Now then, young fellow," continued Bill , as a red buoy slid past on their starboard side, "come to starboard a little, and steer 010° on the compass. Ease the sheets a bit, Bob! " Frank turned the wheel slowly to starboard, watching the compass as he did so . The lubber line was indicating 350° on the card , so that an alteration of 20° was clearly required. As the card started to swing, Bill spoke again. "Keep one eye on the ship's head and the other on the compass, because the ship's head will react before the compass card," he said. Frank looked up, and saw immedi­ ately that the ship's head was indeed moving quickly, while the compass had just started to swing. He put the wheel back amidships, then checked the swing with a couple of spokes to port, so that as the yacht settled on to OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 - 31 to starboard, the lower one will move to the left and the "Frank will tell you while I light the stove ," said the upper one to the right. The reverse is also the case. We old salt with a wink at Bob, and disappeared below. must alter course before we reach the islet, and follow Frank looked hard at the chart, and noted that the the next channel. To help us turn at the right place , a course in the new channel was shown as 348° true. "With buoy has been placed close to where the two courses compass least, the compass course must be 340° ," he said intersect". to Bob. Frank looked at the chart to identify the area they were "That's right, young 'un, but always double check passing through. "Ah! I understand," he exclaimed, "the that, because an error applied the wrong way is twice the lines drawn through the leading beacons are solid where we error. In this case we would be 16° off course h?d you should follow them, and dashed v.:here-we should not". said 356°, and that doesn't take long to put us ashore" . "That's quick of you," the skipper congratulated him, Frank nodded, silently agreeing, and set about tighten­ "but here's another exercise . Why are we steering 010° on ing the sheets as the ketch came on to the new heading. the compass when the course printed on the chart for That done, he dropped below to help Bill with the coffee , this channel is 018°?" which soon appeared with some fresh bread rolls. They "I guess that's the error of the compass - I've read had time only to make the victuals disappear before about that, but I don't understand it". the movement beneath their feet indicated that the open sea was close. Bill pointed at the compass rose printed on the chart, and Frank read aloud, "Magnetic Variation 7°E, increasing "We'll stream the log now," ordered the skipper, and 10' annually." He made some mental calculations, and showed Frank how the distance indicator was already continued, "That makes it 8°E this year". secured to the taffrail, with the line coiled beside it. The rotator was attached, lowered into the water, and the line "Right again," said Bill, and 8°E means that the com­ paid out quickly to avoid turns coming in before it was pass needle will lie 8 ° to the left, so that O10° compass all paid out. As the strain came on, the balance wheel equals 018° true. There is a simple rule which says, 'Error started to spin, and the instrument was 'on'. Bill had not East, Compass Least', meaning that the error must be finished yet however. He showed Frank how to set the added to the compass course to find the true course. For clock hands to zero, so that the log would register from westerly errors, which we do not have in this part of the time the Fairway Buoy was passed. the world, the reverse applies once again". "In more modern craft, with bottom logs and similar "Doesn't the metal in the ship affect the compass, gear, I would have the log going from the wharf," Bill too?" asked the lad. told Frank, "so that I could check its operation on the "Only the iron and steel in the hull, such as the engine, harbour passage, and also for its assistance should the and electrical circuits and instruments. That error, which weather come in thick. A towed log, which I prefer for its is called deviation, can be reduced to a small quantity by a accuracy, has the disadvantage of restricting manoeuvr­ skilful compass adjuster. In a timber craft like this, it is ability. It would be impossible for me to start the engine usually reduced to less than 1° and then we ignore it, and use it to go astern without bringing the log in, or it but in steel hulls, or those strange conglomerations of would be wrapped around the propeller. I stay with the concrete and steel mesh, the job is more difficult, and towed log, though, because it is reliable, accurate, sometimes a little deviation is left which has to be allowed and easily set to rights if it loses accuracy. Now then, lads, in the same manner as the variation". harden up the sheets. We'll take a leg to sea before tacking "Coming to the buoy, Bill," interrupted Bob at that north". point. "What's the next course?" To be continued - Hedley Watson

32 - OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 by Steve Old

This issue we shall have a look at her starboard quarter coll ides with another definition which appears to be 'B ', she is quite with in her rights, fairly straightforward in its interpret­ because she is assuming a proper course ation but, in fact, it is not. Several to start, and therefore not subject to different circumstances can arise which Rule 35. on the surface appear to contradict the definition, while actually they are by surfing, even though the waves are well within the bounds of it. several · degrees below the course to the next mark. Definition . Proper Course A proper course is any course which a yacht might sail after the starting signal, in the absence of the other yacht or yachts affected, to finish as quickly as possible. The course sailed before luffing or bearing away is, presumably, but not necessarily, that yacht's proper course. There is no proper course before the starting signal. Diagram 1. Let us begin the discussion with the last sentence. "There is no proper The other two rules which mention course before the starting signal". If a proper course are Rules 38.2 and 39, yacht is a few seconds late at the but before we get into these let's have Diagram 3. starting signal and consequently several a look at some situations which seem yachts behind the I ine, her proper to contradict the definition. course limitations begin with the The reference to "other yacht or yachts signal, not when she crosses the I ine. affected" means that a helmsman is While we are on the subject of starting, not sailing his proper course if, for one of the three rules that include example, he bears away solely to gain a proper course limitations is Rule 35(b), tactical advantage over a boat or boats the altering course rule, which reads, behind or overlapping him. "When one yacht is required to keep clear of another, the right-of-way yacht Proper course also refers to the course shal I not so alter course as to prevent the boat makes good, and not the the other yacht from keeping clear; or direction in which she is pointing. so as to obstruct her while she is keep ­ ing clear, except when assuming a Another Rule which mentions proper proper course to start or when round­ course is Rule 38.2, which covers the ing a mark. Therefore, unless the yacht usual 'mast abeam' situation. This is subject to the conditions of Rule Diagram 2. Rule, however seems to be ignored a 35(bxi) she is exempt from Rule 35. lot if you consider the situation in Diagram 4. In Diagrams 2 and 3 both situations fall Let's assume that 'A' has been luffing within the part of the definition "to 'B' overtakes 'A' to leeward from 'B', and 'B' has been fulfilling her finish as quickly as possible". In Dia· position B1. At B2, 'B' is slightly obligation to keep clear. When the gram 2 the yacht is sailing · quicker ahead of 'A' and to leeward, and 'B' starting signal is made, 'A' is entitled by sailing around the calm spot. In cannot sail above her proper course to bear sharply away and in doing so Diagram 3 the yacht is sa iling .Jaster because the helmsman of 'A' was OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980- 33 '

Diagram 4.

forward of the main mast of 'B' when the overlap began. If, however, 'A' was the overtaking boat, and 'B' was sail · ing above her proper course, when 'A' established 'mast-abeam', 'B' would have to bear away to her proper course, even though she would have to gybe to do so.

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36 - OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 surprised at the first press conference wish your letter to be passed to the OFFSHORE for the 1979 Hitachi Sydney-Hobart Editor of 'Offshore'? Race to have to buy not only my own Yours faithfully, beer, but beer for the CYCA's press Hedley Watson, SIGNALS officer, Peter Campbell, in the 15 Sailing Secretary minutes before the press conference began. 1st November, 1979

Th is is a dangerous trend, and one I The Chairman, hope will be reversed. Sailing Committee, APOLOGY Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, I might also point out the extra­ New Beach Road, In the last issue of 'Offshore' ordinary juxtaposition of the Biggies' DARLING POINT, NSW, 2027 (October-November 1979) re­ comments with a photo that appeared marks were made about a some few pages later in your magazine Dear Sir, CYCA Member in a spirit of of a particularly bleary-eyed chap back­ I write th is letter to place on record good-natured jest which that my anger and disgust at the manner Member feels might be mis­ handedly pouring his favourite Barossa in which active yacht owners are treated interpreted by readers not Pearl into an obviously often-emptied by the Club. familiar with the personalities glass. It would seem to me that your involved. In John Harris' com­ B iggles is a fly-by-night. ments about Legal Agreements Regards, I refer particularly to the disqual ific­ between skippers and crew, on - Bill Rawlings, ation of 'Meltemi' and 'Satin Sheets' page 38 he made a tongue-in­ Editor, Australian Sea Spray from the L.O.P.S. race on 20th October cheek remark about E.C. ('Boy') 1979 for not submitting a declaration Messenger who, as all Club within the allotted time. readers of 'Offshore' will know, is one of our very long-standing, Having chaired meetings that estab­ well-loved Members whose 27th November, 1979 integrity, seamanship and ability lished most of the Club's regulations, is held in the highest regard, I am aware of the administrative prob­ Mr. Hedley Watson, particularly by the author of the lem and I appreciate that a staff mem­ light-hearted comment and by Sailing Secretary, ber attempted to contact me on Sun­ the Editor, who allowed the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, day, 21st October giving me time to words to appear in print un­ New Beach Road, rectify the omission. Unfortunately I amended. In case any reader DARLING POINT, NSW, 2027. was out sailing and therefore did not may have misinterpreted the receive the message. remarks, may we now set the Dear Mr. Watson, record straight and express our re: 'Meltemi' Upon finishing the race, my navigator sincere apology to Boy Mess­ had given me the declaration which I enger for any doubts he or any Thank you for your letter of 23rd duly signed and gave back to him for reader had about those com­ November 1979 and I request that my ments. his signature and placing in the box at David Co/felt, Editor. letter of 1st November be passed to the Club. We each thought that the John Harris, author. the Editor of 'Offshore' together with other had lodged the form and thus a copy of your letter of 23rd Nov­ the omission occurred. Nothing sinister ember 1979 advising the decision of or dishonest, but possibly carelessness the Sailing Committee. on the part of yachtsmen who had just Yours sincerely, completed a long ocean race. LETTERS 8. C. Psaltis A copy of the declaration was lodged The Editor, 23rd November 1979 first opportunity I had to visit the Offshore. Club and the Club staff should have Mr. B.C. Psaltis, advised your committee of the circum­ Dear David, 10th Floor, stances. In reference to the diatribe of your 307 Pitt Street, amateur journalist-correspondent, SYDNEY, NSW, 2000. This episode is only another example Biggies, in the October-November issue of the seriously deteriorating reput­ about the extraordinary drinking Dear Mr. Psaltis, ation of what was once the ocean capacity of professional journalists, re: 'Meltemi' racing authority in Australia. A Club I feel his attitude must be nipped on that evolved promoted and administered the vine, so to slur. The Sailing Committee has considered ocean racing efficiently and with a your letter dated 1st November, and regard for the persons who made it all Anyone connected with the media has directed me to inform you that the possible, tl,e boat owners. knows that the extent of coverage of a Rules permit no other action than particular event is in direct proportion that which has been taken. I do not wish to receive a letter explain­ to the quantity of free beer poured ing why 'Meltemi' and 'Satin Sheets' into reporters. On this score, I was Would you please let me know if you were disqualified. I would be pleased OFFSHORE, December 1979.January 1980- 37 to be advised that this disqualification of Wednesdays off, so when I heard of tie the lashings, he considered it the was an error and that points will be an eight metre yacht, 'Carina', for sale, Captain's job to pinch them as he went allotted for our placing. Should the we formed a syndicate of seven and along saying, 'Gotcha, gotcha' to each! disqualification stand, I request that bought her. this letter be printed in the next issue When he knew fhat the dreaded illness of 'Offshore' as I would I ike the matter 'Carina' under Warren's hand became was catching up with him, we sold brought to the attention and debated the yacht to beat in the harbour races, 'Carina' so that he could buy 'Erica J', by concerned members. and many of the present members of and continued to give pleasure to Yours faithfully, our Club were blooded (and bloodied) many new and old members of our 8 . C. Psaltis with the exciting races with our sister Club by racing that yacht only with in clubs, the 'Edward' and Middle the harbour. Harbour. There aren't many like him that give This wonderful way of life continued of themselves to help others, and his until Warren one day got overcon­ rough humour and off-colour jokes fident in the sober state of his crew, told during many get-togethers with and they failed to tell him of the iro'h important people or battlers (they mooring buoy in one leg of a race, were all the same to Warren) will long which we hit doing eight knots. We be remembered by those who truly really gave Warren the works that time knew him and loved him. (verbally), and two of the syndicate - Jack Landis told him what they thought and left - then there were five. Warren Naylor Evans Fred Jeffress bought Orpheus Island The Cruising Yacht Club and yachting then, and we decided to deliver him lost one of its colourful characters by sea while Win (his wife) drove up. with the death of Warren Evans on Saturday, 10th November. Much time and money was .spent putt­ ing 'Carina' in first class order, new Warren first came to the CYCA about spar, sails, and Bob Satchell did a 15 years ago when he owned the eight­ navigation course. I did a radio course metre yacht 'Carina'. He joined the for my licence, Les McClean and Fred Club in 1966. checked every screw and sheet and, as events proved, they did a good job. In his younger days Warren served as a Sergeant Gunner with the 2nd AIF Contrary to weather reports in July in New Guinea. After discharge in Vale Warren Evans of that year, we hit a cyclone eight 1945 he obtained a degree in Econo­ hours out of Sydney and went through Last Tuesday I said farewell to a sailor mics at the Sydney University and the eye of the cyclone while travelling and a friend; a man who became not a then entered private business. for three days and nights to do 350 legend in his time, but a sportsman miles. Yet we only ended up 250 who learnt the art of sailing late in In 1971 he purchased the well known I ife and then gave many members of miles up the coast at Coffs Harbour, eight-metre, 'Erica J', a yacht that he the CYCA an insight into the joys of where we were all very much weakened cherished and from which he was from sea-sickness. competitive sailing on our Sydney almost inseparable until ill health harbour. early this year prevented him sailing Warren, Les and Bob saved the yacht again. I first became associated with Warren, and our lives with their knowledge of who was a B.Ec, in 1964 in a land seamanship with five warps 100 yards While over the years Warren competed venture deal, and part of the action out the stern of the yacht and all in many short ocean races and in the was to take prospective investors out taking turns two hours each at the harbour winter series, the races he of the office to close the deal on a tiller for the whole of the terrifying enjoyed most were the Wednesday yacht. ordeal. Damage to 'Carina' was I imited derbys with the Royal Prince Edward to a bent boom and loss of mainsail. and RANSA Clubs, where his sailing The RNSA welcomed us as new mem­ A professional crew brought her back ability was well respected by all com­ bers, and Sid Sharpe took . Warren to Sydney (we flew on to Fred's island) petitors and the handicapper. under his wing and organised for us to for more adventurous Wednesdays. use a 30 ft Navy yacht called 'Sch­ Warren made many friends with his walbe'. Business from that time on Any girl who knows what a Gotcha is open invitation to locals and visitors became a Wednesday must, until the must have sailed with Warren at some alike to come and enjoy the pleasures Navy boys broke her mast sailing on a time, for with his irrepressible sense of of sailing on ' Erica J'. The familiar Saturday. humour he had the girls who sailed sight of 'Erica J' sa iling down the with us (there were some on odd harbour on a Sunday morning, loaded Warren and I, by this time, had decided occasions) help roll the mainsail on down with happy people, with Warren .that we could not stop a good thing the boom, and when they bent to at the tiller, protecting his fair skin 38- OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 with a huge brimmed hat, will live long in the memory of many. To those that were closer to him, NOTHING BUT Warren will always be remembered as a true friend and a good com pan ion. A fitting tribute was paid to him on BOAT Sunday, 18th November when a number of yachts loaded with friends sailed in line down the harbour to the Heads, BOOKS ASK FOR FREE CATALOGUE Sailing• Navigation• Fishing• where Father Ford from the Seaman's BOAT BOOKS !For mer ly The T I B B ·1d · Mission performed the ceremony of Spec ,ahs, L,/Jrary ,n N .S.W.I Cruising a es• oat UI mg ' SYDNEY 35 Hume St.. Crows & Design• Canoeing •Nautical 11 casting the ashes on the ocean, one of Ne>1 . 2065 Ph 439 33. HistoryeAdmiralty Charts etc . MELBOURNE 25-27 Alma Rd . Warren's last requests . St. K rJ na. v ,c. 3 182 Over 700 Titles in stock. 44 Ph 10 31 53 0 6. Mail Orders & Hard-To-Get BRISBANE 109 Albert St . Warren is survived by his wife, Jean, 4000 Ph 1071 229 64 2'7. and their five children, to whom we express our sincere sympathy in their sad loss. - Alan Brown Marine electrical

David J. Palmer (license No. 14157) Marine and general electrician Biggies ' Twenty-one years of marine elec­ trical experience from trawlers . to (continued from page 5) Henley game fishing boats to yachts (in­ men on board . Difficult as it is to frame (continued from page 9) cluding 'Pacha', 'Koomooloo', 'Willi rules which define ocean racing com­ Willi', 'Coolibah', 'Chubasco', ' Leda ' , brated with the Americans through the 'Margaret Rintoul', etc.) petence and experience (the two do not motors * generators * starters night and on into Sunday. We also necessarily go together), the screen­ alarm systems * all electrics received some indication of our im­ ing of crews for ocean racing must Palmer Engineering & pression on the town when the local meet with the approval of everyone in Electrics, sports commentator dedicated a record the sport. After all, if we accept the 164 Quarry Road, to the team: 'Some Girls Do, Some stringent rules which strive to prevent Ryde, 2112. Phone 80 3851 Girls Don't'. No one got much sleep boats going to sea which might fall (all hours) before our flight home in the early apart when the going gets tough, it hours of Monday morning. We gave makes sense to try and ensure that deep and meaningful promises to the Marine Radio crews do not fall /ilpart either, even if Americans that we would return, but it does mean yet another 'regulation to APPROVED MARINE perhaps it's best to quit while you're save us from ourselves. Experience has RADIOTELEPHONES ahead. shown that, against all logic, some SSB transceivers . From 50 watts to the most powerfu I of all, 400 watts skippers, either through lack of experi­ On behalf of the team , thanks to our pep (150 w AM) . ence or some sort of death wish, insist major sponsors, officially : T AA (for VHF Seaphones. A 24-hour tele­ on going to sea with entire crews of our fares home) and for sending us phone link. We advised the right set for your totally inexperienced or unknown away; Mike Fletcher and Elvstrom vessel at special prices. We install hands. I can't imagine anything more Sails; Marshall Phillips and C. E. Heath if required. terrifying. Insurance Broking; Bernard Lewis and AMSCO MARKETING Huntington Harbour; Gordon lngate COMPANY Freelancing around the harbour last (Marine Electronics Division), and the crew of 'Gretel II'; David month I had a guest sail on Bob Ross' 6 Pacific Highway, St. Leonards, Fuller and Father Fuller's Plastics; NSW, 2065. J-24 'Bad News Travels Fast'. and re­ Nev Gosson and Gosson Motors; Greg Telephone (02) 43 0687 discovered the joys of harbour racing. Halls and Hydrographic Surveys; Rob The occasion also gave· rise to a 'Big­ Venables and Yachtspars; McNeil! & gles' Hard Time Award' for Mike Hesse, Sheeran and cloth therefrom; Geoff MARINE RADIO who suffered above and beyond the Lee and Hodgson & Lee; 'Oddie' Carl ­ cause of sailing when he came under SERVICING sen and Carlsen Ship Cleaning Service ; the close scrutiny of co -owner/skipper R ushcutter Offshore Yacht Services; 'Hanger' Harris, who shadowed him Specialists in SSB and FM and everyone else who contributed to around the course in a speedboat. marine radio servicing. our win. This made him so nervous that he hit Sales and installation of new one mark, a J-24, and was hit by The new, large and assuming Australia's equipment at competitive prices. another J-24. There should be a rule Cup, mounted in sand, is now in the ag ai nst ' Harrissment', and I believe it trophy cabinet, along with the original BLUE WATER is being drafted by a veteran on the cup. A word of advice to the next COMMUNICATIONS waterfront whose name I cannot Todd River skipper: 'It's a hard act (02) 389 1298 all hours me ntion. to follow'. OFFSHORE, December 1979.January 1980 - 39 Antarctica for Christmas? That's what The two likeable Frenchmen sailed lung collapse due to lack of oxygen lay ahead of Charles Ferchaud and his from there to Madiera, then to Brazil, and had to drag himself back towards brother, Jean Marie, when they visited arriving in Rio at carnival time, and the base camp, which put his body our Club in their steel ketch, the 40 ft they then spent 30 days sail ing to under enormous strain. It wa s miracul ­ 'Momo'. After leaving Sydney the two Capetown, where they prepared the ous he had survived at all. His legs brothers were headed across the Tasman boat for the rugged Antarctic trip. were te rribly frost bitten and later had for Auckland and then a six week non­ From there it was on to Perth , a trip to be amputated below the knees. After stop trip to Palmer Station in the which took six weeks, sailing as far recovering he took up yachting and Antarctic. south as 41 ° in August of th is year. sailed around Cape Horn. On the ill ­ fated flight to the Antarctic he was, Their first landfall would be at 65° From Perth it was on to the Cruising in fact, the tour leader, and it was a South . After Palmer Station it was Yacht Club of Australia. On departure t ragedy that he should lose his life down the west coast of the Antarctic for Auckland, the Club presented thus, having survived such an ordeal in peninsula ·depending on the ice con ­ skipper Charles Ferchaud with a bottle the Himalayas. ditions. After this the two brothers of champagne, to be opened on Christ­ were headed for the Orkneys, then to mas Day which would be spent some­ * * * South Georgia, and then a long haul where in the Antarctic region . to Capetown, arriving in April 1980. Skipper Charles Ferchaud, who is 30, 'Momo' was the nickname of another One of the world's most famous yachts sailed dinghies as a lad in his home brother, Maurice, who was drowned arrived at the Club in late November port of Sable in France, which is north off the Brittany coast in 1971. He to compete in our Christmas race s. of La Rochelle in the Bay of Biscay. was sailing with some friends when She is the Cuthbert and Cassian 61 ft He served as a Chief Engineer on oil their yacht was run down by a fishing sloop 'Sorcery', whose record in ocean tankers to get enough money to pay boat, and he was never seen again . races around the world includes line for 'Momo'. The yacht was built in honours victory in the 1973 Fastnet Belgium in 1973 and was designed b-y * * * Race and first overall in the 1974 Lo! Angeles to Tahiti Race . the Dutchman, Van Der Viel.

Yachtsmen will be saddened to hear of When returning to Los Angeles frorr Charles spent 15 months working on the death in the recent Antarctic air Tokyo in April 1976, she was rolled the boat with his brother Jean Marie, disaster of New Zealander Peter Mul ­ over in mountainous seas 1000 mile! and their first voyage was from Sable grew. Peter skippered 'Young Nick' from Alaska and was dismasted. A harr to Norway via the North Sea sailing when she represented New Zealand in radio operator picked up their dis• through fiords to Spitzburgen, which the One Ton Cup conducted by the tress message, and a 325 ft coast guarc is 75° north. From there they sailed Cruising Yacht Club in December, cu tter was able in those conditions tc to the ice limit at 80° 3' north trying 1972. 'Young Nick' in that series proceed to the stricken vessel at les: to get to Greenland, but winter was finished fifth; it was won by fellow than three knots. setting in and the ice was too packed, New Zealander 'Wai -Aniwa', skippered so instead they went to Iceland. From by Chris Bouzaid. Her plans after the Hobart Race are tc there it was home to France to prepare cross the Tasman to Auckland. Frorr for their voyage south. Mulgrew's I ife had been one of great there, they will head back up to thE Leaving in November of last year, courage. He lost both legs below the Barrier Reef and on to Hong Kong fo their first port of call was the Azores. knees 18 years ago . He was with a party, the China Seas series. Skipper Johr The 1300 mile voyage took three led by Sir Edmund Hillary, which Hutchinson, who has been with th1 weeks to complete as they had to beat made the first attempted assault with­ boat for the past three years, t old or into the teeth of a westerly gale for out oxygen on Mt. Makalu in the his arrival at the Club how they founc more than a week. They were hove to Himalayas. Hillary had suffered a mild a tiny 8 ft dinghy floating 400 mile: many times because their father, who stroke and was directing operations northeast of Sydney; it was in good con had not sailed previously, was with lower down the mountain ; Mulgrew dition but had a lot of weed coverin1 them and had fallen over and broken and a group had pushed on towards the the outside of the hull. his false teeth, and all he could eat summit of Mt. Makalu, near Mt. Ever­ was soup and mashed potatoes. est . Nearing the summit he suffered a BOATING SERVICES PTY. LTD. New Beach Road , Darling Point. Ph . 32-9991 ~Bob Holmes Yacht Brokers and Marine Surveyors

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Bell & Howell sponsors two and girlfriends, if you would like to , Southern Cross Cup Races January ocean races I give your man an extra Christmas Race 1. Royal Prince Alfred Yacht The Port Hacking Ocean Yacht Club , present to keep him warm for you Club Centenary Bowl. Dec­ has announced that it will conduct until you are reunited in Hobart or ember 18. Offshore triangular, two ocean races concurrently over the elsewhere, ring Peter Gross & Co., ask course, about 30 miles. Start: long weekend in January, 1980. They to speak to CYCA Member Don Walker­ 1200hrs. are the Charles Middleton Memorial Smith (phone 698-9711) and get him Race 2. Royal Sydney Yacht Squad- Trophy, a 130-mile Category 2 IOR 1 to fix you up with one of these great ron Cup. December 19. Ocean i event from Port Hacking to Jervis Bay jumpers. Available in sizes 14, 16, 18, race, about 180 miles. Start: and return, and the inaugural Bell & 20 ($44.50) and 22 ($49.50). They're 1200hrs. Howell Trophy, a Category 3, 90-mile a generous fit, so don't order a bigger Race 3. Middle Harbour Yacht Club event (Arbitrary) from Port Hacking size than usual. See the advertisement Cup. December 22. Offshore to Flinders Islet and return. in this issue of 'Offshore' if you want triangular course, about 30 to see how handsome these jumpers miles. Start: 1200hrs. The inaugural Charles Middleton Mem­ are ( no, that's not Errol Flynn model­ Race 4. Hitachi Sydney-Hobart Yacht , orial Trophy was held at Easter time ling the Ansett jumper, it's Peter Ship­ Race. December 26. Ocean 1 last year; the event has been moved way ... girls, please don't stampede race, about 630 miles. Start: '1 forward th is year and should attract a the office!). 1200hrs. considerable increase in entrants (there Hobart T-shirts were 24· last year in the event which was won by 'Satin Sheets'). 'Rimfire' 'Se lt..-•_i st EndQa.vour' _l::litach i Syd nay-HoharL_Y acht_ Race 'Shenandoah' (SM14) Yachts eligible are those with a current 1979 T-shirts are now on sale in the 'Siska' CYCA office. This year's shirt features IOR rating of 18 ft (¼ ton) or JOG 'Spirit of Ramfish IV' a very bright, attractive design that short measurement of at least 18 ft or 'Superstar' will brighten up your beer belly, en­ minimum waterline of 18 ft. Perpetual 'Vivid'. hance your muscles and (for girls) trophies will be awarded for both races; Officials are still accepting late entries ' make your figure even more sens­ the winners and runners-up will also for this epic race ~ro~nd Tas~ania (see li ational! Printed in three colours, the receive prizes presented by Bell & advertisement this issue with entry shirt features a yacht with moonlit Howell valued at over $5000. Entries, coupon) in which over $40,000 worth motif in the background suggestive on official forms which are available 1 of prizes are up for grabs .. The ~irst l of the Sydney skyline or Tasmania's from the PHOYC or any of the offshore two yachts will each receive prizes rugged coast line, however you wish yacht clubs of NSW, close on January worth $10,000. The Great Circle Race to interpret it. Available in sizes 4, 6, 11, 1980. They should be addressed to is the culmination of a four race series 8 ($4.50) and 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, the Sailing Secretary, Port Hacking on Port Philip Bay, and Race Officials 22 ($6.00). Support your club and Ocean Yacht Club, PO Box 95, , say that the number of entries for this brighten your appearance with a Caringbah, NSW, 2229. series has been almost staggering. souvenir of this largest Hobart Race in history. Great Circle Race still accepting Last minute Christmas shopping ' entries / suggestions Books , As we go to press the Golden Fleece : Great Circle Race 1980 has 21 entries: / Cold weather roll neck sweaters Classic Yachts in Australian Waters 'Anaconda II' ! Peter Gross & Co. of Alexandria, by Jock Sturrock, with paintings by , 'Apollo' Sydney, have imported from Victoria's Rob Booth. 'Apollo II ' 'Aquilla' famous Ansett of Seymour woollen Richmond Hill Press, Limited Edition 'Boambillee' mills some of the finest jumpers you of 500 numbered copies. 'Chall enge' have ever seen, in pure wool. Avail­ 156 pages; $385 *. 'Condor' able in navy or cream, these really I was most delighted to be invited to 'Dorado' 'E as tern Morning' handsome, pure wool, roll-neck sweat­ the launching of the new book of 'Evelyn' ers wil l be just the thing when you hit Jack Sturrock's with paintings by . 'Farraway' Bass Strait or gear up for the morning Rob Booth as it happens, a very time. I y I 'Gauloises 3' watch down the Tassie coast. Mums launch with Christmas just around the ' 'Helsa!' 'Marandoo' OFFSHORE, December 1979-January 1980 page41-42

side 1 corner and many people wondering When first I heard of the publication I ; subsequent purchase of 'Pen Duick IV' what they should buy their husbands started thinking about which yachts which he renamed 'Manureva', and of 1 for the festive season. should be included - 'Sayonara', one his victory in the single-handed Trans­ of the oldest most classic yachts in I Atlantic Race. The book itself is one of the most these waters; Bill Northem's 'Barren­ lavish publications I have ever seen, joey', our Gold Medal winner. After ! 1 This however, is the story of his dream, measuring 570mm by 350mm and reading the book I realised what a 1 to beat single-handed the record of the bound with selected Kash mer buffalo problem Jock had in choosing the 20 ' clipper ships and of Francis Chichester. calf skin tanned in the United King­ yachts. His aim was to show post-war In the event, he broke all the records, dom. The pages are of special paper ocean racing classics. In the early ! completing his circumnavigation in from the Royal Dutch Paper Mills. pages of the book he mentions most ; only 169 days, nine days longer than ' The whole book is protected in a of the yachts you might think of, but it took Chichester to complete the 1 I specially made box covered with sail­ when you limit the selection to post- Plymouth to Sydney leg and beating 1 cloth which is a Holliston book binding war ocean racers and 12 metres, most the round the world alone record by 1 cloth imported from the USA. of the classics have been included. 111 days. Much of the book was written 1 These are: ; \' as a day-to-day log of this incre dible I Produced by Richmond Hill Press and voyage and his feelings as he approached I 'Apollo', 'Australia' , 'Balandra', 'Bally- designed by the award-winning graphic I his 'Holy Grail of the Sea' - Cape hoo', 'Caprice of Huon', 'Freya', designer, Alexander Stuts, this book is Horn - particularly his feelings of 1 'Ginko', 'Gretel', 'Gretel II', 'Helsal', j limited to 520 copies of which 500 being robbed when the day of round- · 'Koomooloo', 'Love and War', 'Mer­ will be numbered and offered for sale ing arrived with light winds and calm : cedes', 'Piccolo', 'Ragamuffin', 'Siska throughout the world. seas. I IV', 'Solo', 'Southern Cross', 'Stormy Petrel' and 'Vim'. I was pleased to be asked to review Colas reiterates his emotions with true I th is book for many reasons. Firstly, Gallic lack of inhibition which engulfs My first meeting with Rob Booth was I have sailed in five of the 20 yachts the reader in this absorbing story of ' at the launching, and now having depicted in the book, spending two one man's dedication to achievement spoken with him and having read of years on 'Vim' training for the Amer­ and his humility in its accomplish- his boating and painting experience, 1 ica's Cup, then in 'Gretel' ~ing up ment. j he has all the talents and experience ' for the Cup races and competing in - J.H. to produce the magnificent and detailed the 1962 challenge managing the fore- • I paintings of the book. The book con- aeck for Jot:k Sturrock, who was / tains original plans and dimensions--- of skipper. I competed in Australia's each yacht, and the story of some of December 23rd Challenge first Admiral's Cup Challenge in 1964 them has taken a great deal of time to On December 23rd at 3.00 p.m., the in 'Caprice of Huon' in England where . put together. lnt~rnati~nal Land Yicht Match Racing we won three out of the four races I Series will be held in Rushcutters Bay outright, the Le Havre Race across to 1 I would like to dip my lid to Jock Pa~k, next to the CYCA. Two specially­ the French coast and back to the 1 Sturrock, Rob Booth and all con­ built land racing boats will be available Solent, and the two Solent races, \ cerned for their ambition in producing to visiting crews, who are invited to achieving a ninth in the Fastnet Race. such a classic book, which must give enter a team to compete for a most yachting in Australia a great boost. I prestigious trophy. 'Caprice' was in the Admiral's Cup 1 can think of no person more suitable Challenge again some years later in ' than Jock to have done it, and it will 1967 when Australia won. The main event of the day will be a be a cherished collector's item for challenge race between the crew of / those who are lucky enough to have it. I was skipper of 'Helsal' during her 'Condo~ of_ Bermuda' and 'Conga of / - Mick York Sydney with the all -gi rl crew who initial tuning period prior to the Hobart ·1 Race, and then I sailed with Gordon re~ently ':"on the Australia's Cup in / lngate's team in 'Gretel II' assisting Alice Springs. The two teams will be .· in the training for their America's Around The World Alone compe ting for a $2,000 prize . ( Cup Challenge in 1968. by Alain Colas; Barron's; $12.55* My sailing with Jock Sturrock must 209 pages, 20 colour photos rank as the most thrilling of all. We Having known and sailed with Alain Southern Cross Spit Roast: book were the first in Australia to sail such Colas, who disappeared so tragically early large thoroughbred yachts, and we in 'M anureva' in a single-handed race Get your tickets for the Southern were the first America's Cup Chal ­ from F ranee to the West Indi es a year ' Cross Spit Roast NOW, at the CYCA lenge to be competing from Australia. ' ago, it was a pleasure to receive a office (or at the Royal Yacht Club of Our team under Jock Sturrock was review copy of this English translation Tasmania office, for Taswegians who close, both as a social group and as a of 'Cape Horn pour un homme seul'. haven't left yet). Early bookings will complete team on board, which is greatly facilitate catering. Don't miss most important in this type of com­ Colas tells briefl y of his introduction this international event on January 1, petition. Jock, as our leader, was to sailing in Sydney, of hi s meeting 1980 in Hobart. most knowledgeable and thorough. with Tabarly (his hero) and of his

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