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Issue - December 4th 2015 Access to the Members Area From the Desk of the GM We have 50 on the Board Need a Christmas present for that special someone - visit the SHF Online Photo Exhibition & Shop Keep up to date with last month's Board minutes Protex cabin top restoration Handmade Christmas Cards on Sale Now! This is not the way any Tall Ship should enter any harbour Feedback Voice from Volunteer Services Salvation Army Christmas Tree in the foyer of Wharf 7 Icebreakers Christiaan Brunings and Bjorn No Photos for this week - just a reminder for the Kiama Picnic Train winners New Year’s Eve 2015 seats available on board James Craig... Contribute to your Fleet Forum From the Desk of the GM Our Sleepover and Day Excursion Programs are increasingly important to the Fleet as a revenue stream. November saw the last of these delivered for 2015 and it would be remiss of me to not thank all of the regular crew and guides on James Craig who have worked on these events and made them so successful. The recent Kings School Sleepovers were particularly challenging but wonderfully delivered. To the 18 or so wonderful volunteers who made these so successful - thank you and well done! Ralph Seccombe has been the James Craig’s Sleepover Coordinator for the past few months (thank you Ralph!) but he will be stepping down at the end of next January in order to do some well-deserved travelling. Ralph’s departure will leave quite a gap in the program’s resources and we rather desperately need to find someone to take over the role of Sleepover Coordinator in the New Year. If you are able to help out with this important activity, even for a few months, please get in touch with me [email protected] or Peter Cole. We already have eight (8) Sleepovers booked for next year! Whilst we currently offer a range of youth focused products such as Sleepovers, Day Excursions, Helmsman programs and our Maritime Studies Course (at Rozelle), I believe there is much more business to be obtained in the youth activities market. Our new work with the Marine Teachers’ Association of NSW and the Boating Safety Education Centre is a good example of what can be achieved in this market. For those of you who hold a CPR certification, we understand that whilst the Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines recommends practical CPR training be undertaken yearly, failure to do so will not affect the 3 year validity of successfully completing a First Aid Course. Our Constitution sets the age of 18 years as the minimum for Museum Membership so last year we introduced a category of Junior Associates to allow young people under the age of 18 to volunteer and be covered under our Voluntary Workers Insurance. We have now set a minimum age of 12 years for Junior Associates to participate in fleet activities through volunteering. However, it must be recognised that for reasons of safety, Junior Associates should not volunteer at our Rozelle construction site. “Vision without action is a daydream Action without vision is a nightmare.” Ancient Japanese saying (unknown author) Happy sailing Ross Back to Top We have 50 on the Board We have done it! Yesterday, 3rd December, marked exactly 50 years since the incorporation of the Museum, originally registered as Lady Hopetoun & Port Jackson Marine Steam Museum. We’ve changed the name twice, but it is still the same company founded five decades ago. December marks the 50th anniversary of two other significant events in our history. The inaugural meeting of the Museum was held at the North Shore Rowing Club on 20th December 1965. The following day, the final balance due to the Maritime Services Board for the purchase of Lady Hopetoun – a cheque for £200 – was posted to the MSB, and steam was raised for the first time by Museum members aboard Lady Hopetoun. Alan Edenborough - The latest ANMM Signals Magazine Issue 113 has a wonderful article "Sydney Heritage Fleet - Celebrating 50 years of Maritime Heritage Preservation". Come pick up a copy in the office at Wharf 7. Back to Top Need a Christmas present for that special someone - visit the SHF Online Photo Exhibition & Shop 24 fabulous photos of our restoration works at Rozelle, taken by Fleet member Birgit Neiser, are now available for viewing online through the SHF website and to support the Fleet you can purchase copies of these photos through the online shop. The costs include printing (unframed) on high quality photographic paper and shipping Australia wide. The prints will be despatched direct to the buyer by the printer Pixel Perfect Prolab and we thank them for providing SHF with a generous discount on the printing cost. We believe framing is an individual choice therefore any framing costs will be at the buyer’s expense. The photos shown here are a sample of prints we have available for viewing at our Wharf 7 office and to see the full range click below to view the Online Exhibition & Shop: gallery.shf.org.au Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any questions and we hope you enjoy these photos as much as we do. Ros Herber Phone 02 9298 3865 Monday, Wednesday and Friday or email [email protected] Back to Top Keep up to date with last month's Board minutes The minutes of the Board Meeting of 24th November are now available on the web site. Click here to read. Keep up to date with decisions and discussions made by your Board. Comments welcome to Fleet Forum, see below. Back to Top Protex cabin top restoration The Protex cabin top tongue and groove boards being removed by Alan Stanard, Branco and Hugh. The boards are being removed to enable the rotten cabin top beams to be replaced. New beams have been fabricated and are ready to be installed. Photo and note by John Surman on 3rd of December Back to Top Handmade Christmas Cards on Sale Now! As many of you know I have been selling my handmade cards over the past few months, and to those of you who have already purchased these I truly thank you for your support. I am donating 100% of the proceeds to Sydney Heritage Fleet. A sample is shown in the above photo and if you are interested in purchasing some they are on display in our Reception at Wharf 7 or the lunch room at Rozelle. The cards come complete with an envelope for mailing, are all blank inside and sealed in a clear envelope. The cards are 3 for $10.00 or $4.00 each Ros Herber Sydney Heritage Fleet 02 9298 3865 Back to Top This is not the way any Tall Ship should enter any harbour German Navy tall ship “Gorch Fock” shows how not to enter port in Wilhelmshaven, Germany on Wednesday 25th Nov 2015. Thank you to Peter Barr. To see how not to do it click here. Back to Top Feedback... from our Members Thank you to both Laurie Labruyere and Ralph Seccombe for their positive and encouraging thoughts on the Maritime Heritage Precinct in Darling Harbour. As we hear more, we will communicate it to you. from a customer Dear Sophie and Sydney Heritage fleet colleagues! WE were more than pleased with the cruise on the good “Lady”; the trusty crew were so friendly and obliging; always bearing in mind our requests. Bravo for them! The whole event was a novelty for almost all the guests, viz. family of three generations, six from Queensland. The youngest “sailors”, both girls, were especially excited. They were allowed to” stoke” the boiler and proudly brought lumps of coal up on deck to show us. (Not for me!!) I can’t actually suggest any improvements, given the limited space and safety precautions to be kept in mind. The confined space meant that everyone had to socialise and be friendly to one another, so that was a plus! I would like to send a couple of photos for the magazine, if I can work out how to do it. They would come under separate mail. Meantime ,to your relief staff and all the crew, many, many thanks and congratulations. It was a birthday to remember and I think at least some of the family will take more interest in things maritime in future. To be hoped! Kind wishes and good luck with your future plans. Aileen Jenkins Lady Hopetoun in the Lane Cove River, 29th November 2015. Picture from Dennis O'Brien taken from Cobar, former Stannard Bros. line boat. Back to Top Voice from Volunteer Services Our last 2015 Fleet Discovery Day has brought us some new volunteer members! They are: Eric Sindhuatadja Vladimir Vlasov Paul Armstrong Cooper McDonald Ryan Becker Axel Norris Walid Fathalla When you see them around, please welcome them and help make them feel at home. Remember, we were all new once! The next Fleet Discovery Day is planned on the 16th of January 2016. Back to Top Salvation Army Christmas Tree in the foyer of Wharf 7 It's not too late to contribute to The Salvo's Christmas Toy Appeal. Please consider buying a gift (nothing bigger than a school backpack) and putting it in the box next to the tree. The gift does not need to be wrapped, just collect a gift tag from reception at Wharf 7, sign it and that’s it! Last pick up is on the 15th of December. On behalf of The Salvation Army, thank you for your random act of kindness! Back to Top Icebreakers Christiaan Brunings and Bjorn Dear Andy Hope you are going well for you, Jan and the rest of the family.