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AUSTRALIA DAY REGATTA
2013
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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 Endeavour, 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 volunteer 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: australiadayregatta@gmail.com Amateur Sailing Club.
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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
ADVISORY COUNCIL
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 James Hardy, 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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GRETEL 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 defender Weatherly.
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. Dame Pattie
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 Intrepid. Packer, who could rarely resist
1980s, 12-metres were the nominated class for the America’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
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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,
Southern Cross. 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.
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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
TNT Trophy
Ist on handicap Division 1, RSYS: Huntress, Philip Grove
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
EIGHTGreenwich 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
Botany Bay Yacht Club Scratch Access Dinghy: IYC Tubby, Amy Snowdon
& 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
Gosford Sailing Club Scratch 1OR: Ten Rater, 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 Magic, 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
NINEGreenwich 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
AUSTRALIA DAY 2013 Hunters Hill Sailing Club
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
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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.
HMAS Newcastle
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conditions? Turns out we needn’t have worried. More than 80
THE VIEW yachts sailed in eight groups combining classic and gaff yachts,
non-spinnaker entries and the Historical Skiffs.
FROM THE
We set off in the RSYS Gitana early, as usual, and set up a
start line east of the flagship. The weather had reduced the
number of recreational motor vessels. But as always seems
START BOAT the case, no sooner had we setttled into position than our
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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