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Things to know before you can: This advertisement has been prepared by Commonwealth Private Limited ABN 30 125 238 039 AFSL 314018 a wholly owned by non-guaranteed subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124, AFSL and Australian Credit Licence 234945. The services described are provided by teams consisting of Private Bankers who are representatives of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and Private Wealth Managers who are representatives of Commonwealth Private Ltd. FROM THE PRESIDENT I again acknowledge the Armed Services for their role in supporting our Australia Day is an occasion on which all Australians can nation. Their participation celebrate our sense of nationhood. is important to our We honour the first Australians and pay respects to the Australia Day celebration Gadigal and Cammeragil people, recognising them as having and I particularly thank been fine custodians of Sydney Harbour. We acknowledge the Royal Australian the Europeans who established our modern Australia, those Navy which provides our early settlers who showed great fortitude and commitment flagship for the Regatta. as they established the settlement at Sydney Cove and then Finally, I thank our sponsors, most particularly the Common- developed our farming and grazing industries, our mining wealth Bank which itself has played such an important role enterprises and our manufacturing and service industries. In in the development of our nation. We are most grateful for later years, particularly since the Second World War, we have the valued sponsorship support provided by Commonwealth benefited from the contributions made by settlers from Europe Private. and more recently from neighbouring Asian countries. To all participants, we extend best wishes for a happy and In view of Australia’s early maritime history, our Regatta is of successful Australia Day. symbolic significance to the celebration of Australia Day and I thank our host clubs whose support has enabled Australia Day Charles Curran AC to be celebrated on some 20 different waterways. I also take President the opportunity to congratulate those clubs for having nurtured the sailing prowess of Australians who have performed so well in international competition over the years, culminating in three gold medals and one silver at the London Olympics in 2012. Front Cover: SASC Gaffers Day – Sparkle, Oenone, Rob Roy, Jameil and Sana, photo by John Jeremy

ONE OTHER AUSTRALIA DAY HARBOUR EVENTS 177TH 0830 Carnival liner Pacific Pearl at Athol Bay 0830 Great Aussie Swim, Farm Cove AUSTRALIA DAY 1100 Ferrython – Start Fort Denison, around Shark Island return under the Harbour Bridge REGATTA 1130 All craft pre-registered for the Best Dressed procession to marshal in the vicinity of Shell Cove. 1200 21 Gun Salute at Mrs Macquaries Point, Farm Cove SATURDAY 26TH JANUARY 2013 1200 Best Dressed Vessel Competition – MAIN HARBOUR – FLAGSHIP HMAS NEWCASTLE Procession from Shell Cove to Athol Bay. 1100-1800 City of Sydney Sesquicentenary Trophy short ocean 1300-1345 Floating Concert in Farm Cove race, Sydney to Botany Bay and return, conducted 1330 F/A 18 Hornet Fly Over – Sydney Harbour by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Starts north of Shark Island, finishes south of the Flagship 1400 RAN SAR Display at Jeffery St Wharf, moored off Rushcutters Bay off Milson’s Point. 1315-1800 177th Australia Day Regatta, Sydney Harbour, 1400 RAN Helicopter with ANF – Main Harbour sponsored by the Commonwealth Private East of Sydney Harbour Bridge Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Conducted by 1400 Tall Ships Race – Young , Soren Larsen, the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron on behalf of the Southern Swan, Bark Endeavour, James Craig Australia Day Regatta Inc. Open to all classes of keelboats, old and new, fast and slow, small and 1415 RAN SAR Display in Farm Cove large, spinnaker and non-spinnaker divisions, and 1500 Tiger Moths Aerial Display including boats from the RSYS, SASC, SFS, CYCA, 1500-1545 Floating Concert in Athol Bay RPEYC, MHYC, GSC and RANSA fleets 1630 Pacific Pearl moves from Athol Bay to Barrangaroo 1430-1800 Lord Mayor’s Cup for modern 18-footers – Australian 18-footer Sailing League 1855 HE the Governor of NSW arrives at water stage in Cockle Bay 1300-1700 Centreboard Regatta, Rose Bay – Woollahra Sailing Club 1900 Twilight Ceremony in Cockle Bay – 1300-1700 Botany Bay – Botany Bay Regatta – Botany Bay HE the Governor of NSW and Premier of NSW Yacht Club, Georges River 16ft Sailing Club, Kogarah 2040 Darling Harbour Australia Day Spectacular Bay Sailability, Kurnell Catamaran Club, St George Sailing Club & Yarra Bay Sailing Club 1900-2000 Botany Bay – Families Afloat Flotilla 1350-1600 Brisbane Waters – Gosford Sailing Club SUPPORTERS OF THE 177TH AUSTRALIA 1200 Hobart, Tasmania – Sandy Bay Sailing Club DAY REGATTA 1000-1600 West Harbour, Sydney – Drummoyne Sailing Club The Australia Day Regatta Committee again expresses their 1300-1600 West Harbour, Sydney – Greenwich Sailing Club sincere thanks to all who have contributed to the running of the 1300-1630 West Harbour, Sydney – Greenwich Flying 2013 Australia Day Regatta – the sponsors and other financial Squadron supporters, the yacht and sailing clubs who organise and 1300-1700 West Harbour, Sydney – Parramatta River Sailing promote the event, the race officers and, most of all, Club, Hunters Hill Sailing Club those who participate on Sydney Harbour or one of the many 1400-1700 West Harbour, Sydney – Dobroyd Aquatic Club other New South Wales waterways. 1230-1630 Lake Illawarra – Illawarra Yacht Club For the tenth year the principal sponsor of the world’s oldest continuous sailing regatta is one of the nation’s great financial 1300-1600 Lake Macquarie – Wangi Wangi RSL Sailing Club institutions, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia through its 1130-1400 Manly – Sailability Regatta – Manly Yacht Club Commonwealth Private division. We express our thanks to the 1300-1700 Pittwater – Avalon Sailing Club Bank, not only for its continuing association, but also for its 1330-1600 Pittwater – Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay considerable assistance in the publication of the official program 1300-1600 Chipping Norton Lakes – Chipping Norton Lakes for the 177th Australia Day Regatta. Sailing Club We also acknowledge the other supporters of this historic event, especially the Royal Australian Navy, and in particular, the captain and crew of HMAS Newcastle our flagship for this year’s The 177th Regatta Program Regatta. We also express our thanks to the Royal Australian Honorary Editor: David Salter, ADR Management Committee Air Force and the Australian Army for their spectacular displays Design: Jan Harper over Sydney Harbour. Printing: Blue Star Print Special thanks, as always, goes to the City of Sydney and the Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, who host the annual prize-giving for Australia Day Regatta Inc., the Australia Day Regatta in the splendid Sydney Town Hall. PO Box 1682 Neutral Bay NSW 2089 Phone: 0419 695922 A major contributor to the management of the Regatta is again Website: www.australiadayregatta.com.au the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, ably assisted by the Sydney Email: [email protected] Amateur Sailing Club.

TWO CHAIRMAN’S waters of New South Wales WELCOME and other enclosed waters including Lake Macquarie, Pittwater, Botany Bay and Lake Illawarra in boats ranging in size from radio- To many people, sailing is a sport dominated by large and controlled models to state- expensive offshore yachts competing in high-profile events like of-the-art ocean-racing the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, the start of which is a major yachts. It will be an occasion part of the annual maritime calendar in Sydney. That is part of for sailors to compete for the sport, of course, but it is much more than that. At the 2012 some special trophies. Olympic Games Australian sailors achieved great success in But, above all, it will be a much smaller boats. Many people, young and old, enjoy getting day to just get out on the water and enjoy the Australia Day out on the water in craft of all kinds. Their purpose may be celebrations with family and friends. to fish, enjoy a picnic with the family, or pit their skills against others racing boats and yachts of all sizes. Many people help make the Australia Day Regatta a success. The yacht clubs which organise the various events, the Australia is a maritime nation. We are surrounded by water volunteers who give their time throughout the year and on and are as dependent today as we have ever been on ships for the day, our principal sponsor Commonwealth Private and the transport of our exports and imports and for the defence the advertisers in this programme. In particular, the Australian of our country and its people. Australia as we know it today is Defence Force provides enormous support on the day by a relatively young nation. In 2001 we celebrated the centenary providing the Flagship for the Regatta and displays for the of our Federation when the British colonies joined together people of Sydney. The Management Committee thanks to become the Commonwealth of Australia. Since then there everyone who helps to create such an outstanding and have been further commemorations of significant events in our memorable event. history. In 2013, the Royal Australian Navy will celebrate the centenary of the arrival for the first time, on 4 October 1913, Come and sail with us in the 177th Australia Day Regatta on of the Australian Fleet Unit, led by its Flagship HMAS Australia, 26 January 2013, enjoy a day of fun and spectacle – and in to Sydney Harbour. On that day the British Admiralty also continue an important Australian tradition. handed responsibility for the administration and command of John Jeremy the Australia Station to the Australian Commonwealth Naval Chairman Board. The centenary will be celebrated this October by an Australia Day Regatta International Fleet Review in Sydney Harbour which is sure Management Committee to be a spectacle not to be missed. On 26 January 2013 we will conduct the 177th Australia Day Regatta, not only on Sydney Harbour but also on the coastal

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PATRON Major General Michael Slater, AO DSC CSC Commander Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of Forces Command New South Wales Mr Bryan Smith, Chairman Sydney Ports Corporation ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS 2011-2012 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2011-2012 Mr Charles P Curran, AC (President) President, Charles Curran, AC Mr John Jeremy, (Chairman) Chairman, Mr John Jeremy Mr Mark Bethwaite, AM Commodore Double Bay Sailing Club Deputy Chairman, Mr Charles Maclurcan Mr Howard Elliott, President Yachting NSW Honorary Secretary, Mr Peter Hemery Mr Angelos Frangopoulos, Chairman Australia Day Council Treasurer, Mr Fred Bevis Rear Admiral Timothy Barrett, AM CSC RAN Commander Assistant Secretary, Ms Bernadette Kerrigan Australian Fleet Committee Members Sir , Kt OBE, Life Member Australia Day Regatta Mr John Biffin Mr Bill Hogan, Commodore Sydney Amateur Sailing Club Mr Colin Chidgey Mr Adrian Hondros, Executive General Manager Commonwealth Mr John Curtin Private Commonwealth Bank of Australia Judge Colin P Davidson, OAM Mr Malcolm Levy, Commodore Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Mr David Davis Mr Howard Piggott, Commodore Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Mr Bruce Gould Councillor Clover Moore, Lord Mayor City of Sydney Mr Steve Oom Mr Graham Nock, AM OBE Mr David Salter Air Vice-Marshal Mel Hupfeld, DSC Air Commander Australia Mr André van Stom

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FIVE II – STILL QUEEN OF THE HARBOUR

One of the most famous yachts in Australian yachting history losing another narrowly before going down 4-1 to the is gracing Sydney Harbour for the 2013 Australia Day Regatta . No classic yacht turns heads quite as quickly as a thorough- Australia’s second challenge (also under the burgee of the bred 12-metre under full press of sail in a stiff breeze. At up Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron) came in 1967. to 70 feet LOA and with masts that tower into the clouds was an elegant Warwick Hood design but proved no match these are craft of immense presence and power. Adding to for the New York Yacht Club’s breakthrough Sparkman & their prestige is the fact that from the 1950s until the late Stephens 12-metre . Packer, who could rarely resist 1980s, 12-metres were the nominated class for the ’s a fight, then decided to have another tilt at the Auld Mug Cup, the most celebrated competition in world yachting. with a new boat, new crew and new skipper. The result was There have been 170 of these magnificent racing machines the 1970 Gretel II campaign, one of the most memorable built since 1907, of which 15 were made in Australia – all as passages in Australian yachting history. potential challengers or defenders of the Cup. GII (as she later became known) was a standout design When a reporter asked Sir Frank Packer what had first from the moment she emerged from Billy Barnett’s shed on prompted him to challenge for the America’s Cup the Sydney Harbour in 1969. Packer had again turned to Alan millionaire newspaperman replied: “Alcohol, and delusions Payne to draw her lines and he produced a yacht with striking, of grandeur”. But by then Sir Frank had been well and truly distinctive looks. The sharp “knuckle” in her bow and a variety bitten by the America’s Cup bug. It is now 50 years since of less visible design ideas cleverly exploited the metre rule to his first challenger, the Alan Payne-designed 12-metre Gretel deliver maximum hull volume and sail-carrying capacity. Yet skippered by Jock Sturrock, gave the Yanks a surprisingly the second Gretel – the last wooden 12 to contest the cup – good run for their money in 1962, winning one race and also performed well in the light conditions that predominate on the traditional AC course off Newport, Rhode Island. As skipper for his 1970 challenge, Packer chose the young Adelaide-born yachtsman Jim (now Sir James) Hardy who’d recently won a world championship in the 505 class – beating Paul Elvström in the process – and who had been sailing regularly on Vim and the first Gretel to strengthen his 12-metre experience. Hardy’s crew included some notable names: Bill Fesq as navigator, Dave Forbes, and Martin Visser as starting helmsman. A keen young sailor and aerodynamics student called John Bertrand was the port headsail trimmer. The Australians quickly accounted for Baron Marcel Bich’s France in the challenger selection series 4-0, but tougher competition lay ahead from the American defenders in the form of an improved Intrepid skippered by Bill Ficker. It was to be an epic, hard-fought series. Intrepid won the first race after Forbes was swept over the side but just managed to scramble back on board. Gretel II turned the tables in the second race finishing

SIX more than a minute ahead of the Americans – only to then be disqualified in the protest room over a controversial pre-start incident. Intrepid won the third race before Hardy and his crew hit back in the fourth, again winning by more than a minute. But the defenders clinched the series 4-1 when Intrepid took the fifth race. The 1970 challenge had generated tremendous interest back in Australia and the public took Gretel II to their hearts. Payne’s unique and innovative design had surprised the Americans with its all-round performance. Many experts, including Ted Turner, believed GII was marginally faster than Intrepid. The difference, they thought, had been the cunning of Bill Ficker and his tactician, Steve Van Dyke. But the involvement of this remarkable yacht with the America’s Cup was far from over. In 1974 she served as a more than useful trial horse for Alan Bond’s first challenger, . Three years later, with Gordon Ingate as skipper, GII was back in serious competition vying – She was shipped to New Zealand to a firm of specialist unsuccessfully – for the honour of being Australia’s challenger shipwrights in Auckland who fitted a new teak deck, new in the 1977 series. As late as 1983 she was still battling internal framework, proper below-decks accommodation, around the buoys, this time as a trial horse for Advance, power winches and a new rig. By 2010 the now 40-year-old another Alan Payne 12-metre design. Later that year Ben 12-metre had been fully restored and modernised, and sailed Lexcen’s winged-keel wonder Australia II finally won the back across the Tasman on her own bottom. America’s Cup. Who was the helmsman who brought the longest winning streak in sporting history to an end? None Today she’s the unchallenged Queen of The Fleet whenever other than John Bertrand, who’d learned his 12-metre trade she ventures out onto Sydney Harbour. Any true sailor’s heart more than a decade earlier on Gretel II. misses a beat as she sweeps past in all her majesty. Gretel II retains the powerful mystique of a genuine international classic Like so many great old racing yachts, GII then slipped into racing yacht – and will be a splendid adornment to the 2013 gradual neglect and disrepair. Ingate eventually gifted her to Australia Day Regatta. the Sydney Heritage Fleet but the high cost of maintaining such a large and complex boat proved too draining on that David Salter non-profit body’s resources. The old girl looked doomed, but in 2005 a local yachting enthusiast, Michael Maxwell, bought Gretel II and committed himself to her refurbishment.

SEVEN PERPETUAL TROPHY AND MEDALLION WINNERS

Perpetual Trophies and Medallions won in the 176th Australia Day Regatta held on Sydney Harbour on 26 January 2012 and at satellite Australia Day Regattas on other waterways in New South Wales were presented at the Sydney Town Hall, where winners were guests of the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Councillor Clover Moore.

City of Sydney Lord Mayors’ Cup Line honours18 Footer: SMEG, Nick Press Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club Trophy Ist on handicap in division having the greatest number of starters on Pittwater: Dragon Lady, Robyn Hyde Australia Day Council Youth Sailor’s Trophy Line honours Flying 11: Wave Runner, Sarah Parker & Harry Parker (Avalon Sailing Club) Bass and Flinders Trophy Ist on handicap Division 2 Senior: Taipanic, Peter Backhouse City of Sydney Sesquicentenary Ocean Race Trophy Handicap winner SOPS Div 1 PHS: AFR Midnight Rambler, Ed Psaltis, Bob Thomas, Mike Bencsik Geoff Lee Ocean Race Trophy Line honours CYCA Ocean Race: Quest, Bob Steel Hunters Hill Council Trophy Centenary of Federation Medal 1st on handicap Classic Division 2: Cherub, Peter Scott 1st on scratch in the division with the greatest number of starters & Mark Pearse at Hunters Hill: Big Kev, Kevin Burman Australia Day Council Trophy Doug Prosser Trophy 1st on handicap, Classic Division 1: Tanami, David Mandelberg Andre Hollis and Markayla Nardone on behalf of all Illawarra Yacht Club winners Catalina Trophy 1st on handicap, Catalina Yachts Division: Magnificat, Hood Sailmakers Senior Sabot Shield John Hancox & Robyn Hancox Line honours One Up Div, Senior Sabot: Firebolt, Dana Tavener Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Trophy Northam Family Trophy 1st on scratch, One Design: Not Awarded 2012 Line honours Two Up Div, Junior Sabot: Mercurial Shifts, Jessica Tavener & Tom Larkings Victor Everson Trophy Scratch winner in the Historical 18ft skiff: Scot, Ian Pretty Switzerland Insurance Australia Day Challenge Cup Ist on handicap Division 1, RSYS: Huntress, Philip Grove TNT Trophy 1st on handicap, Historical 18ft skiff fleet: Australia IV, Ric Priestley Davidson Family Trophy Avalon Sailing Club 1st on handicap Division 2, RSYS: Hick-Up, Bill Ure Scratch Optimist: No Name, Christian Bonomo RANSA Trophy Scratch Manly Junior: Full Throttle, Alistair Read & Jasper Hudson 1st on handicap Division 3, RSYS: Shambles, Herschel Smith Handicap Bic: No Name, William Nell H.C. Dangar Memorial Cup Handicap Flying 11: Living on the Edge, Max Binns 1st on handicap Classic Division 2: Cherub, Peter Scott & & Cameron Walker Mark Pearse Scratch Laser: Dwyken, Frank Costanzo

EIGHT Greenwich Flying Squadron Handicap Sabot One-Up: Kaboom, Will Imlay Handicap Sabot Two-Up: Miss Behaving, Meggie Suthers & Sarah Imlay Handicap Laser 4.7: Break Wind, Ben Suthers Handicap Twilight Yellow: Old Mother, Tony Clark Handicap Twilight Red: Adams Eve, David Moorehead Handicap Twilight Green: Velocity, Brian Carrick Handicap Twilight White: CavSav, John Veale Handicap Twilight Blue: French Connection, Michael Murphy Handicap Twilight Black: Jackpot, Adrian van Bellen Scratch Etchells: Going Grey, David Wells Handicap Division 1: Flair, Phil Hare Hunters Hill Sailing Club Handicap Laser: Evolution, Daniel Foster Illawarra Yacht Club Scratch Open Monohull: TRUenergy, Philip Bower Scratch Trailable Yacht: Bosun, Bob Bower Scratch Junior: Rough Diamond, Andre Hollis Scratch Wooden Boat Division: Wyargine, Malcolm Bradford & Markayla Nardone Handicap Wooden Boat Division: Marama, Tom Coventry Scratch Open Catamaran: 1820, Richard Brownlow Scratch Open Yacht Division: Dragon Lady, Robyn Hyde Scratch Windsurfer: Windsurfer, Darren Liver Scratch Access Dinghy: IYC Tubby, Amy Snowdon Botany Bay Yacht Club & Len Snowdon Handicap Division 1: Ironbark, Merv Chitty Handicap Division 2: Happy Daze, Greg Lerond Kurnell Catamaran Club Handicap Division 3: Endeavours Wundurra, Brian Christenson Handicap Cruising Division Senior: Manyana, Tony Wainwright Handicap Division 4: Brave Heart, Brett Cooney Handicap Division 1 Senior: Digital Touring Guide, Glen Billington Handicap Division 3 Senior: Norselec, John Flewin Dobroyd Aquatic Club Handicap Laser Radial: Solaris, Michael Stuart Manly Yacht Club Handicap Laser Standard: Swear Jar, Geoff Wilson Scratch 303 Access: Pumpkin, Mark Durnan & Tish Ennis Handicap Senior Open: Enola Gay, Richard Stewart & Tony Doyle NSW Radio Yachting Association Handicap Junior Open: In Depth, Will Cornish Scratch RC Laser: RC Laser, Graham Brown Handicap Optimist Cadet: Boy on Board, Jack Littlechild Scratch Soling One Metre: Soling One Metre, Greg Young Ten Rater Gosford Sailing Club Scratch 1OR: , Owen Jarvis Scratch IOM: Eye O M, Neil Webb Handicap Sabot: Frogstomp, Hayden Hansen & Anika Hansen Scratch A Class: The Sorcerer, Brian Dill Handicap Laser: Out the Blue, Chris Meech Scratch Marblehead: Marblehead, Phil Page Handicap TS16: Matrix, Gary Bowles Handicap Etchells: Ivy, John Denton St George Sailing Club Handicap Yachts Division 1: Mac2, Andrew McDougall Handicap Manly Graduate: Phoenix, Hayley Reeves Handicap Yachts Division 2: Dirty Work, Paul Gulliksen & Brian Reeves Handicap Moth: Stonecutter, Les Thorpe Sydney Amateur Sailing Club Handicap Non Spinnaker Division 1: One More No More, Ian Guanaria Handicap Non Spinnaker Division 2: Kaleula, Chris Warren Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club Handicap Division 1: Achilles, John: McKenzie Handicap Division 2: More , Bob Fussell Handicap Division 3: Jessily, Warwick Fatches Handicap Multihull: Foxy, Shane Russell Handicap Dinghy: Cracked Decker, Ed O’Donnell Yarra Bay 16’ Skiff Sailing Club Scratch Skyrider: Ferg, Thomas Brander Scratch Bic: Jenko, Lachlan Kesting Handicap Monohull: OZ 8, Alexander Conway & Patrick Conway

NINE Greenwich Flying Squadron HOST CLUBS PO Box 5092 Greenwich NSW 2065 Greenwich Sailing Club PO Box 5110 Greenwich NSW 2065 ON Gosford Sailing Club PO Box 187 Gosford NSW 2250 Hunters Hill Sailing Club AUSTRALIA DAY 2013 PO Box 11 Hunters Hill NSW 2110 Illawarra Yacht Club PO Box 148 Warrawong NSW 2505 Many yacht and sailing clubs contribute to the success of the Kogarah Bay Sailing Club Australia Day Regatta, not only in conducting the traditional PO Box 242, Sylvania Southgate NSW 2224 regatta on Sydney Harbour but in organising and conducting Kurnell Catamaran Club regattas to mark Australia Day on other waterways in New PO Box 255 Caringbah NSW 2229 South Wales, from Lake Macquarie in the north to Lake Illawarra Manly Yacht Club in the south and inland to the Chipping Norton Lakes. PO Box 22 Manly NSW 1655 Local civic and municipal authorities also support these regattas NSW Radio Yacht Association and the Australia Day Regatta Inc is appreciative of their 1/582 Old South Head Road Rose Bay NSW 2029 contribution to the success of these events. Parramatta River Yacht Club Host club mailing addresses: PO Box 227 Gladesville NSW 2111 Australian 18ft Sailing League Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay PO Box 42 Double Bay NSW 2028 PO Box 78 Newport NSW 2106 Avalon Sailing Club Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron PO Box 59 Avalon Beach NSW 2107 PO Box 484 Milsons Point NSW 2060 Botany Bay Yacht Club St George Sailing Club 44 Endeavour St San Souci NSW 2219 2 Riverside Drive Sans Souci NSW 2219 Chipping Norton Lakes Sailing Club Sydney Amateur Sailing Club PO Box 358 Moorebank NSW 1875 1 Green Street Cremorne NSW 2090 Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club New Beach Road Darling Point NSW 2017 PO Box 100 Wangi Wangi NSW 2267 Dobroyd Aquatic Club Woollahra Sailing Club PO Box 70, Five Dock NSW 2046 Vickery Ave Rose Bay NSW 2029 Georges River 16ft Sailing Club Yarra Bay 16ft Sailing Club PO Box 111 Sans Souci NSW 2219 PO Box 198 Matraville NSW 2036

TEN THE FLAGSHIP – HMAS NEWCASTLE

HMAS Newcastle is one of four Adelaide-class Guided Having completed the FFG Upgrade Program, Newcastle has Missile Frigates (FFG) in service with the Royal Australian a new and highly-sophisticated combat system and a greatly Navy. The Australian ships were based on a US design and improved sensors suite and weapons package. The Australian similar ships were built for the US, Spanish and Taiwanese Distributed Architecture Combat System (ADACS), along with navies. Newcastle is the youngest of the four RAN frigates an upgraded Air Search Radar and the newly installed Vertical and was built in Australia at Williamstown, Victoria and was Launch System (VLS), vastly improves Newcastle’s capability commissioned on 11 December 1993. of fulfilling Navy’s mission to fight and win at sea. She is armed Newcastle is a long range escort vessel, capable of air with Standard SM-2 surface to air missiles, Harpoon Block 2 defence, surface and undersea warfare, surveillance, surface to surface missiles, a 76 mm Oto Melara gun and two reconnaissance and interdiction. The ship can counter sets of triple Mk 32 torpedo tubes. She can also carry two simultaneous threats from aircraft, surface vessels and Seahawk helicopters. submarines. In recent years Newcastle has deployed in support of HMAS Newcastle and her three sister ships were the first peacekeeping operations in East Timor and the Solomon RAN ships to be powered by gas turbines. She has a full- Islands and Operation Catalyst in the Persian Gulf. load displacement of 4,267 tonnes, is 138.1 metres long Newcastle is named after the City of Newcastle and is the and has a beam of 13.7 metres. Her two General Electric first RAN ship to carry this name. The ship maintains close LM2500 gas turbines give her a maximum speed of about links with her namesake city. 29 knots. Additionally, two forward mounted retractable HMAS Newcastle is commanded by Commander Paul auxiliary propulsion units provide a secondary means of O’Grady RAN. propulsion plus excellent manoeuvrability in confined waters. HMAS Newcastle has been Flagship of the Australia Day Regatta on two previous occasions – in 1994 and 2007.

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ELEVEN 176TH AUSTRALIA DAY REGATTA

TWELVE THIRTEEN conditions? Turns out we needn’t have worried. More than 80 yachts sailed in eight groups combining classic and gaff yachts, THE VIEW non-spinnaker entries and the Historical Skiffs. We set off in the RSYS Gitana early, as usual, and set up a FROM THE start line east of the flagship. The weather had reduced the number of recreational motor vessels. But as always seems the case, no sooner had we setttled into position than our START BOAT water was disturbed. The spectator fleet accompanying the Ferrython steamed right through our line. Fortunately, the special Commonwealth Bank labeled buoys are quite large and – despite our concerns – the pin mark survived unscathed. Competitors soon arrived. Sponsors flags were dispensed to them as requested. The wind remained stubbornly absent. Meticulous risk management-style pre-planning ensured that we had an ace up our sleeves for this very situation: out came the specially ordered curried egg sandwiches. Delicious. Immediately post consumption wind arose and, almost miraculously, the 40 minute start sequence commenced exactly on time with 5 to 8 knots of breeze. The boats were away and a result guaranteed. It was quite an effort to keep track of all the contestants. Most starts were spot on with the occasional contestant a little early. In an effort to simplify our calculations afterwards one boat was informed that she was starting in the wrong division. She restarted correctly. Sequence completed it seemed no time at all before the first finishers were approaching. Most were easily identified but a few boats had sail numbers either non-existent or very difficult to read. With the fleet finished it took some time to confirm and computerize the results, and I specially thank the two volunteers Race Officer: Charles Maclurcan (timer) involved, Maggie Stuart and Kevin Dixon. Flags: André van Stom A pleasant wrap-up took place on board Gitana once safely Recorders: David Davis, André van Stom, Kevin Dixon, back at her berth and the Day declared a success by all. Next Maggie Stewart morning I was able to return to the ship to vacuum up detritus Thursday the 26th dawned disappointingly. Grey, windless left after numerous biscuits and cheese – and the occasional and showery. How many skippers would be convinced that glass of wine. a picnic sailing day on Sydney Harbour could be fun in those Charles Maclurcan

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