SHF's Fleet Forum Page 1 of 5 Square-rig Sailing Adventure | Sydney Harbour Secrets | What's On | Contact Us • From the Desk of the GM In This Issue • Spend Boxing Day on James Craig • Members' Day on Waratah • Volunteers seeing to Berrima 's every need • Musings from Martyn • Adventure on the High Seas (free) event • What's on the United Kingdom? • Did you know? • This Week's Photos • Contribute to your Fleet Forum From the Desk of the GM Last night was an important night in the Fleet calendar – our AGM was held at the ANMM and attended by almost 100 of our members. This was a great turnout! The four main topics of discussion were the Strategic Plan 2014, future funding, marketing and Fleet communications. The first three are inexplicably linked, have more of an external focus and with adoption of the Strategic Plan, can now be progressed. There is much work to be done with these. The fourth is an internal issue and one which I believed had been markedly improved with the introduction of this weekly Fleet Forum in March 2012. It was a lively meeting but it is always important to the Board that our members feel that they are being heard. It was good to hear some of the areas in which we could improve. Thank you to everyone who attended. Congratulations to our three new Directors - Andrew Ross, Steve Clifford and Phil Nott. Congratulations also to Martyn Low who was awarded an Honorary Life Membership, Allan Kilby as the inaugural recipient of The George Cook Shield and Jim Fitzpatrick who was awarded The Albert Cup. In discussion with a number of Fleet Directors since the AGM, the concept of quarterly member’s meetings had been raised and we will pursue this idea. These would provide a valuable and much needed platform for discussion. Great news to share regarding our 2015 James Craig voyage to Hobart! With formal Board approval given last week for James Craig to sail to Hobart in January/February next year, our selling of passenger places commenced. Before bookings opened, we had a list of 30 people who had already expressed interest in this trip. With this list and no paid advertising, we are proud to report that there are now 21 out of 24 passenger tickets confirmed. Congratulations team! Happy sailing Ross Back to Top Spend Boxing Day on James Craig ! With Waratah and Lady Hopetoun almost sold out….. tickets for James Craig will sell quickly! Boxing Day is one of the highlights on the sailing calendar and it is becoming somewhat of a tradition for those not making the voyage south to come out for the day on the fabulous James Craig . This year marks the 70th anniversary of the annual Sydney to Hobart race. You can join in the spectacle by coming with us for the day. James Craig will proceed to sea off Sydney Heads to take up the best vantage point possible, (subject to conditions) to watch the yachts sail by https://untrusted-app.verticalresponse.com/tmp_storage_proxy/vm-app08.sf/untrusted/9... 9/12/2014 SHF's Fleet Forum Page 2 of 5 down the coast. After the yachts have departed, James Craig will continue its normal Sailing at sea, time permitting. The ship is fully licensed with a pay bar, and good solid yachties meals of morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea are provided. Boarding time @ 0830 hrs Finish time @ approximately 1600 hrs Tickets are $175 per member, $195 for your non-member guests, children aged 12-16yrs are $65. To book your tickets, contact the SHF office on [email protected] or 02 9298 3888, or book on the SHF website to beat the queue! Back to Top Members’ Day on Waratah ! Last chance to book! Saturday 8th November 2014 Join us for an outing on the Harbour on a cruise especially for members, and take the opportunity to show off Waratah to your guest! When: Boarding is at 1030 / Returning at approximately 1400 Where: At the Heritage Docks and Workshop, Gate 4, James Craig Road, Rozelle Sandwiches are included in the ticket price; please feel free to bring your own nibblies and beverages. Tickets are $30 for you and $30 for your guest. Bookings are essential. For further information and to make a booking see our website or call us on 9298 3888. We look forward to welcoming you aboard Waratah ! **The person booking must be a member and is limited to bringing one guest (non-member) each** Back to Top Volunteers seeing to Berrima 's every need A little bit of scraping, a little bit of sanding for the hull. With the Everduer applied on the topsides and undercoat/primer yesterday, Berrima is now ready to receive her topcoat, probably today! What a great effort from Noakes and our volunteers! And Berrima is no food for Teredo worm, which needed to be removed (evidence) from within the timber! The work list is long and we know Berrima is in good hands! Back to Top Musing from Martyn (not anymore minute*) Summers Daze It is a summer ritual that when the temperature rises and the sun shines people head for the beach. They shovel and play with sand, get gritty bits in places that are not mentioned in polite company, https://untrusted-app.verticalresponse.com/tmp_storage_proxy/vm-app08.sf/untrusted/9... 9/12/2014 SHF's Fleet Forum Page 3 of 5 they get scorched by the sun and go home exhausted saying what a great time they had. On Sunday, Phil & Lindsay followed this tradition with a few minor differences. On the Waratah, they shoveled coal, got the gritty bits, were scorched by the furnace and tried to tell us that they enjoyed themselves. Pull the other one guys! Yours Traditionally Martyn *Following one of our member's feedback regarding the last Fleet Forum newsletter, we needed to change the heading of this post. Here is an extract of Peter Morton's email: "Martyn is a shy and somewhat self-effacing chap, which is why I write on his behalf, and whilst perhaps a bit vertically challenged, he is certainly not minute. He is in reality a GIANT of a man amongst engineers (and even amongst certain deck crew). Maybe it could be called “Musings from Martyn – my travels with Gulliver inside a boiler” – but don’t call him minute." Back to Top Adventure on the high seas (free) event “Ships and the Sea – The art and Life of Oswald Brett” World-renowned Marine Artist Oswald Brett’s remarkable life and work is now in print and Os is coming to Australia to launch his beautifully illustrated book. By special arrangement he will lead a discussion group on board James Craig to be held on the ‘Tween Deck from 1830 on Tuesday 18th November . James Craig is berthed alongside Wharf 7, 58 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont. There is no charge for this event. Oswald Brett has spent a lifetime painting the world’s most famous ships and the oceans they explored. He grew up in Depression-era Sydney and took to the seas, serving aboard the Queen Elizabeth during World War II and encountering adventure abroad. Now for the first time he tells his incredible life story, accompanied by much of his best work reproduced in lavish colour. Os follows in that great tradition of intrepid Australian artists, travelling the world and honing his craft. The fabulously illustrated book features such celebrated vessels as T he Golden Hind , James Craig , Endeavour , T he First Fleet , Queen Elizabeth , Cutty Sark , Bounty , Bismarck and many more. It also includes paintings and anecdotes from other great artists such as John Allcot, Charles Pears, Anton Otto Fischer and Charles Robert Patterson. On the following link , you will find some edited notes written by Fleet member, Bruce Stannard which appeared in the Australian Society of Marine Artists Newsletter “Marine Art in Australia 2102” All interested parties are warmly invited to attend and registering via email to [email protected] . Please feel free to forward this notice to others who may be interested. Hugh Lander Public Relations Manager Back to Top What's on the United Kingdom? Photography Competition Let's continue with art and the winners of the photographic competition run by the National Historic Ships UK. Check out the pictures on the following link http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/2014_winners.php Speakers Bureau, talks in Scotland and England by Jon Simpson to the volunteers and members of the Clyde Maritime Trust on the 27 August 2014, aboard Glenlee . The Clydeside Maritime Trust are the owners and operators of the 3 masted barque Glenlee . Glenlee is berthed alongside the Riverside Museum in Glasgow. https://untrusted-app.verticalresponse.com/tmp_storage_proxy/vm-app08.sf/untrusted/9... 9/12/2014 SHF's Fleet Forum Page 4 of 5 The Riverside Museum is a new museum that opened in 2011 and displays many of the transport artefacts from the older Kelvin Hall Museum. The relationship between the Clyde Maritime Trust and the Riverside Museum is similar to the relationship between the ANMM and SHF. The talk on the restoration of James Craig and John Oxley was well received by over 35 Trust volunteers and staff and questions went on for well over an hour. To read more about it, click on the following link . Back to Top Did you know? There are different channels you can contact and keep in touch with the Fleet. Don't forget you can either send an email to: General Information - [email protected] Event Enquiries - [email protected] Membership Information - [email protected] Volunteer Services - [email protected] Maritime Records & Research - [email protected] Or like and add comments on our Facebook pages ( Sydney Heritage Fleet and Tall Ship James Craig ) Or contribute to the newsletter (and follow the instructions in the post below).