Groundswell March 2019

QUARTERLY JOURNAL FROM THE CRUISING YACHT CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

TEAKLE CLASSIC

ADELAIDE TO PORT LINCOLN YACHT RACE

GEELONG RACE WEEK LINCOLN WEEK KING OF THE GULF J24 NATIONALS SAILING + DIVING KI

MARCH 2019

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CRUISING YACHT CLUB OF SA

THIS ISSUE

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT President Treasurer

Chris Wood Dominic Rinaldi Geoff Boettcher Brett Brown Peter Hall David Murray Hillar Puvi

FLAG OFFICERS Commodore Vice Commodore Rear Commodores

PATRON

Jacqueline Heffernan John Sibly Adrian Wotton Jeff Dinham The Honourable Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR

STAFF General Manager Financial Controller Admin & Operations Manager Finance Manager Marketing & Communications Member Services & Reception Marine Academy Coordinator & Boating Administrator Events, Marketing & Membership Services Head Chef Port Vincent Marina Manager

Adam Hays Kerry O’Brien Jenny Krogdahl Marina Segodina Mellissa Vahoumis Sarah Belton David Royle Susan Laird Anthony Berthet Rob Marner

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT

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AT THE HELM WITH OUR GM

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COMMODORE’S REPORT

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J24 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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BALLAST HEAD CUP REGATTA

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MARINE ACADEMY REPORT

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SYDNEY TO HOBART EXPERIENCE

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RACING REPORT

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AUSTRALIA DAY LONG WEEKEND

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GEELONG RACE WEEK

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TEAKLE CLASSIC YACHT RACE

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LINCOLN RACE WEEK

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KIDS CHRISTMAS PARTY

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BOATING SHOWCASE PARTY

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CRUISING ASSOCIATION UPDATE

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ADVENTURES ON BULA

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KING OF THE GULF REGATTA

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SAILING & DIVING KI

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COMMITTEES Members Committee Chair Fishing Association Chair Racing Association Chair Cruising Association Chair Social Association Chair LIFE MEMBERS

EDITORS OF GROUNDSWELL

Advertising & contributions to Mellissa: mellissa@cycsa.com.au Groundswell is the official journal of the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia Inc Lady Gowrie Drive, North Haven PO Box 1020 North Haven SA 5018

Jacq Heffernan Vlad Humeniuk Mike Holmes Adrian Wotton Rosemary Gould Arthur F Carolan Geoffrey R Catt Richard H Fidock AO Graeme L Footer John D Gerard James A Henry (Dec’d) Malcolm A Kinnaird AC (Dec’d) Peter J Page (Dec’d)

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Cover image: SMB at the Geelong Festival of Sails, photo courtesy of Salty Dingo Images

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT DECEMBER 2018 THINK TANK/STRATEGIC MEETING

ADAM HAYS – GENERAL MANAGER Welcome again to Adam Hays our new General Manager. Adam commenced with the Club on 8 January 2019 and has ‘Hit the Ground Running’. Adam has significant experience as a professional club General Manger and the Board feels confident that his demonstrated skills will be extremely valuable for our Club and our members going forward.

At the time of writing Adam has been with the Club for less than one month and has already set a number of priorities. These include but are not limited to – •

Meeting all the staff and carefully reviewing the organisation structure

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Meet the Flag Officers and Association chairs

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Review the hospitality business

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Review and understand the current financial budgets and forward forecasts

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Review the forward capital budgets

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Focus on the current/existing business initiatives (Hospitality, Slipping, Marine Academy, Sponsorships and Memberships)

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Prepare a first summary of the outcomes of the recent ‘Think Tank/Strategic Forum’ held in early December 2018

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Meeting as many members as he can.

BOARD CHANGES I have decided to retire from the Board at the next AGM having served almost eight years as a Director, holding the positions of Treasurer, Chairman of Finance, Audit and Risk Committee, Chairman of the Ramp Sale Committee, member of other committee and just over two years as President. I have really enjoyed my time on the Board and contributing to our Club.

I stepped down as President after the Extraordinary General Meeting of members held on 28 February in order to allow a new and incoming President to have a direct reporting relationship with Adam Hays, our new General Manager.

I am delighted to announce the Board unanimously agreed that Dominic Rinaldi step up to become President following the EGM. I personally think Dominic will make an extremely good President as he has got to know the Club, its history, finances, legal structure, people and the forward strategies extremely well.

Hillar Puvi, who has been a Director for almost three years, also stepped down as a Director following the EGM. Hillar is a very experienced businessman and has contributed to the Board in all its commercial decisions and has been valuable and wise counsel in developing forward initiatives and plans. Hillar, on behalf of the Board, thank you for giving your time to our Club.

Robert Ferguson has accepted a casual appointment to join the Board following the EGM. Robert is a very experienced Chartered Accountant and has also agreed to take over the role of Treasurer from Dominic Rinaldi following the EGM. Robert has sat on the Finance Audit and Risk Committee of the Club since 2014 and knows the inner working of the Club finances extremely well.

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Firstly let me thank Board Member David Murray for arranging this meeting in early December 2018. The session was designed to allow the attendees to focus on the future and list things that may position our Club into the future.

Hundreds of things were listed on the whiteboards scattered around the large dining room and it took the office many hours to record and summarise the information collected on the night.

Obviously not everything suggested by the attendees can be actioned immediately by the Board and or Management however it is proposed the following items be looked into as soon as possible.

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Bring in new boats (creative ways to attract new boats/ members/corporate fees)

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Supporting the Associations

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Creating ways of attracting members and non-members to use our slipping facilities

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Creating ways of retaining existing members and seeking new members including networking.

The Associations will be asked to give weightings on the other items listed on the night.

OTHER MATTERS The Board has received plans for the additions to the Port Vincent Clubhouse. Building quotes will now be sought and it is hoped once all approvals have been received the project will be completed this year.

The Marina East patio umbrellas have been ordered following trials over the past few months.

The newly established Members Committee is working well and is chaired by our Commodore, Jacq Heffernan.

The Board has agreed a new Club master plan is required to steer the future capital works and any building additions/refurbishments.

This will be addressed during the next 12 months. Temporary repairs to the aged bathrooms in Marina East are currently being considered.

Congratulations to Geoff Boettcher and the Secret Mens Business crew for winning the Geelong Week Festival of Sails in Division 1which was held over the Australia Day Long Weekend in January.

It is fantastic to see our Club represented on the national stage.

The season will still be open for a few more months with lots more happening including the Adelaide to Lincoln race , more twilights, more Club racing, fishing and cruising. Please support our Club including the restaurant, sponsors, slipping and the many fantastic functions arranged for the benefit of all members.

Safe boating and hope to see you at the Club or on the water soon.

Chris Wood President

FROM THE HELM It has been several weeks now since commencing in the role of General Manager at the CYCSA. During this brief time I have been made to feel very welcome by the Board, staff and members alike and I would like to thank everyone for extending this courtesy. Whilst coming to terms with the many differences between running a yacht club in comparison to a golf club, it has become apparent there are also many synergies. I look forward to the next few months as we start enhancing many of these core similarities through the means of advertising, sponsorship, hospitality, membership and member wellbeing.

One thing that has been very prevalent since starting is that the Club has major assets in terms of personnel. I would like to thank our Financial Controller and 2IC, Kerry O’Brien, for both leading the organisation during my recruitment process and the exceptionally detailed ‘hand over’ afforded to me upon my commencement. Jenny and Marina both have a valuable wealth of knowledge and, along with Sarah, have all assisted me in understanding how the Club runs and operates from a day to day basis.

As soon as I applied for the role of General Manager at the CYCSA I started following the Club through all available social media avenues. Mellissa Vahoumis does a brilliant job at communicating a clean, well-polished offer to all our current followers. If you are on Facebook or Instagram, I thoroughly recommend you follow us as we continue to use these platforms for an instantaneous form of communication.

In other key areas our maintenance supervisors, Mick and Shanan, have also been very informative regarding the varying logistical requirements such a vast property requires.

I would like to take this opportunity to ask members who see the value of advertising their business by way of a ‘CYCSA Members Services Handbook’ to contact me directly on adam.hays@ cycsa.com.au. This initiative will be similar to the popular annual Entertainment Book and a great way to network amongst our Club members. Let our members become your customers!

I have enjoyed meeting all the Board and Flag Officers, much of which has been during an official capacity at numerous meetings.

Looking forward to the future, I am very excited to be working under the Presidency of Dominic Rinaldi. Dominic was part of the panel that appointed me late last year thus being one of the first Club representatives I met. I’d also like to congratulate Chris Wood for his time as President and looking through the past few years results it’s obvious the positive influence Chris’s leadership has produced. I look forward to maintaining a continuous relationship as he steps back into a Board member role.

Congratulations to all the CYCSA competitors in the recent Adelaide to Lincoln Race. Notable Club placegetters were Secret Mens Business, Concubine and Magic. Well done on flying the CYCSA burgee high!

I would also like to make a special mention to all those members who allowed visiting competitors to use their berths free of charge during the build up to the Adelaide to Lincoln Race and Week.

These kinds of gestures certainly paint a positive picture of our membership base through the industry and go a long way in assisting with the success of the event.

Look out for these popular upcoming events and in order to assist us in servicing your needs on these occasions bookings are essential.

Sunday 24 March Crabbing Day (Fishing Association) Friday 3 May

Racing Presentation Night (Racing Association)

I have found it fascinating discussing sailing with David Royle who has been very generous and patient in answering my many questions regarding the Marine Academy, racing, on-water activities and sailing in general. I had my first taste of sailing during a recent Twilight, thanks to Hugh Longbottom and his crew aboard Academy 1. I found this experience thoroughly enjoyable and can certainly see myself, being a team player and competitive person getting the bug for sailing very quickly. I know where the boom is located now!

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Mother’s Day Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

One area of the business where I can already see real progress during my brief time at the Club is the hospitality offer. From the instantly popular ‘Sunday Sessions’ through to the sold out Australia Day event and gradual growth in Bistro and Bar patronage, Susan Laird and her team have done a great job. Spearheading this upturn is our head chef, Anthony Berthet, who is now starting to really grow into the role he’s occupied since October last year. If you haven’t used the facilities for a while I encourage you to do so. The summer menu will be starting to wind down over the next month or so as Anthony continues his planning in order to further grow the popular weekly specials using locally sourced, fresh, seasonal ingredients.You can greatly assist the Club by recommending the Admirals Bar and Bistro to family and friends.

Adam Hays General Manager

Once again, thank you to everyone for making me feel very welcome and I am looking forward to meeting all of you over the coming year.

Here’s to a fruitful 2019 and safe boating to all.

Sunday trading has developed over the past few months and much of this can be attributed to the varied offers through the day.

Breakfast starts at 9am and then turns over into lunch service from 12pm. Dinner starts at 5.30pm through till late. The new initiative of live acoustic entertainment from 3-7pm has had great success in retaining lunchtime patrons some of who are still around later in the afternoon to take advantage of the à la carte menu along with the specials on offer.

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COMMODORE’S REPORT On that note I would like to thank the many volunteers we have for all the effort and time put into making our Club events so special.

I have had a number of people ask me what is the role of the Commodore and I would like to quote Geoff Catt’s words from the September 2009 Groundswell –

As I write this I cannot believe Christmas has come and gone in the blink of an eye. We were very lucky with the weather over the Christmas break which saw many boats head off to cruise destinations in Gulf St Vincent, Kangaroo Island and even Port Lincoln. Everyone seems to have a great sailing/fishing story to tell which is always told with such enthusiasm.

It has been an incredibly busy few months both on and off the water.

There has been a lot of on-water activities with many race events at the Club, state and national level and many social events and the Club calendar for the coming year is looking very full.

It is fantastic to see the re-invigoration of the Social Activities Association with Rosemary Gould at the helm as Chair. The Children’s Christmas Party was a huge success and even though numbers were down slightly, all had a great time.

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To uphold the image, protocol and tradition of the CYCSA

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To represent the Club at kindred club functions,Yachting SA activities and other functions where invited

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To liaise with the General Manager regarding the on-water activities of Opening Day

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To attend Board meetings of the Club.

The Flag Officers are also a conduit for feedback from members to the General Manager and the Board, although members should always refer queries and suggestions to the Club Office.

If anyone has any ideas, suggestions or feedback, please utilise the Feedback Box outside reception or speak to one of the Flag Officers or the office.Your feedback is always welcome.

All facets of the Club have been very active. The Marine Academy has had many courses over the past couple of months and the great part about that is we have seen a number of new members join the Club as a result. The New Members Morning Tea is well supported and it is exciting to see so many new faces embracing our beautiful Club.

Jacq Heffernan Commodore

There are many exciting times ahead with the Port Lincoln Blue Water Classic just completed and Crabbing Day next month – I am so looking forward to that day!

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2019 J24 Championships were sailed at the CYCSA in early January with 13 entrants including 10 who travelled from New South Wales and Victoria.

The official report on the J24 Australia website states that “The 2019 championships was a great success”, and offers “A special thank you to the CYCSA”. The effort made by the CYCSA, and by David Royle in particular, to support this event was superb. The excellent on and off water racing organisation and the hospitality service throughout were recognised and appreciated by all. We were proud to be members!

Sponsors included ‘Dog Ridge Wines’, with their Rosé enjoyed by many as the daily prizes were handed out, and ‘Loong Sails’. Peter Stevens donated a new Loong Sails genoa that was won by Jack Fullerton in Two Dogs.

It was one-design racing at its best with very close racing amongst the entire fleet and throughout the 11 races sailed, with the championship being decided in the final race. Brendan Lee from Sandringham sailed By the Lee with a determination to win after seven attempts and is now the 2019 J24 National Champion. Tinto, sailed by Steve Wright, was runner-up and David McKay in Stamped Urgent was third. Both are from Cronulla and Ron Thompson from Sandringham sailing Wildfire was just one point behind in fourth.

The three South Australian boats entered all demonstrated an ability to race competitively in the National fleet but their lack of regular close racing showed in the final results. Andrew Townsend sailed NoEyeDeer to a sixth position in the race and Robin Townsend in Witch’s Thimble finished tenth overall. Zibo Majed in Twisted was ninth in PHS. We were fortunate to be able to sail 11 of the 12 scheduled races and the overwhelming feedback was that John Gibson made the correct decision in cancelling all racing early on Day 2 when the winds were consistently well over 30 knots.

Jim and I would particularly like to thank and congratulate all at the CYCSA who supported this event and the concept of multiple races that enabled such close and exciting racing for those of us who enjoy one-design racing in J24s.

Robin Townsend

Photo by Geoff Catt

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BALLAST HEAD

17th Ballast Head Cup Regatta New Year’s Day 2019 produced a pleasant 28 degrees with clear skies,12 to15 knots of breeze out of the south and flat seas which was perfect for the sailing of the 17th Ballast Head Cup Regatta.

Around 1030 saw the first of the usual suspects straggle up the beach for registration followed closely by the American River contingent, followed by a briefing around 1200 after which the Ballast Fleet of lower handicaps headed out for its 1300 start followed by the tougher handicapped Rocky Fleet for its 1330 start.

One disappointment this year was the absence of the canon brought about by the Island Beach Yacht Club’s licensed powder monkey being on holiday interstate.

Again, as has always been a feature of this Regatta, a number of interested guests arrived at the briefing to take advantage of the permanent invitation to try sailing and were assigned to various yachts. As usual, the feedback from these novice crews was very positive with many sailing on a keel-boat for the first time.

Former handicap placer Adrian Wotton with School’s Out sailed his usual honest race and as a result will be anxiously waiting to see how the handicapper reacted to his win and 2009 Line Honours winner Charles Cimicky with Javelin put in a creditable performance considering that he doesn’t put the hours into his boat these days as he used to.

The smartest entries were Paul Hicks with Impulse, Roger Flint with Alpha Centauri and Steve Harrington with Golden Cowrie who finished second, third and fourth on handicap and the worst that could happen is minute tweaking from the handicapper.

The Island Beach Yacht Club extends a huge thank you to the following Pam and Vlad Humeniuk for making Splendido available as a committee boat and to Vlad for being a gracious host (Pam had pinched a ride on School’s Out and her tactical advice obviously paid dividends);

As usual a triangular course was set using the three inflatable marks and with the breeze backing to the SSE, the Race Officer had the luxury of being able to lay a windward leg which has been difficult to set in previous regattas when using fixed marks. Being able to have even a short windward leg added some spice to the regatta.

Sandy Quin and Keith Finch for making Rapid II available as a start/finish line marker;

Unlike in recent years both starts were hotly contested with former winner Goshawk (Ants Harris) and Trim (Russell Colman) crossing the line within a few seconds of each other while four of the larger boats in the Rocky division, despite getting involved in some friendly argy-bargy pre-start ‘tactical manoeuvres’??, all hit the line together.

Phil Tregenza for deploying and retrieving the marker buoys;

With the absence of Marnico (Graeme Footer), first time entrant Sintara (Derek Morrison) and Two True (Alexander Saies) made the early running for Line Honours with Sintara leading Two True by just a couple of boat lengths for most of the race. At the American River mark for the last time however, Derek kindly gave Two True a chance by running aground but with some brilliant steering and crew placement manoeuvres never seen before from Derek, he got her going again and crossed the line with two minutes to spare.

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Lesley Beck for start/finish assistance and helping with the result calculations; and the volunteers of the “RIG” (REBUILD “INDEPENDENCE” GROUP) group who set up the BBQ and drinks on the beach and who are building a replica of the first sailing boat to be built in South Australia. The original Independence was built on the shores of American River by American whalers in 1803.

David Saies

Chris Bass, Adrian Wotton, Sandy Werner, Fizzy the dog, Pam Humeniuk and Peter Clark

JOHN JOHNSTON Although not a Club member at the time of his death at the age of 100 on 29 November 2018, John Johnston (affectionately known as Johnno) was an integral part of the history of the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia.

Results Line Honours

Sintara (Derek Morrison) Ballast Head Cup

Handicap 1st School’s Out (Adrian Wotton) Ballast Head Trophy

2nd Impulse (Paul Hicks)

3rd Alpha Centauri (Roger Flint) Jamie Cowell Memorial Trophy (first on handicap who doesn’t win Line Honours or a handicap trophy) Gondwana (Frank Grutzner) New Entry Medallions

Sintara, Impulse and Gondwana

Handicaps will be adjusted in accordance with Yachting Australia formula.

Johnno joined the founding team of the Club in 1973 and, as a keen sports fisherman, it was hoped he would help promote the new Club to fellow members of the Game Fishing Club of South Australia. He was a member of the original Board of the Club and its Rear Commodore from 1976 to 1983 and assisted in carrying it through its most formative years. He joined Malcolm Kinnaird, Dick Fidock and Deane Smoker in giving a joint financial guarantee to get the construction of the slipway underway and was also instrumental, together with Arthur and Malcolm and the then Club solicitor, Wayne Abbott, in lease discussions with the North Haven Trust’s manager, Robin Wright.

Despite the fact that the Club had signed a 50 year lease with the Trust, on 27 August 1982 the North Haven Trust issued a general press release advising that the entire Trust area was offered for sale. Malcolm registered the Club’s interest in purchasing the area they were leasing but it was rejected out of hand as it was to be offered to a developer as one parcel. With a change in government it was decided that the CYCSA area could be acquired separately but those negotiations had to take place between the overall purchaser and the Club so our two famous negotiators, Arthur Carolan and Johnno Johnston, made the trip to Sydney to deal with the consortium comprising Kerry Packer, Malcolm Edwards and Barrie Harrop. Malcolm used to refer to Arthur (then owner of BEA Motors) as the second-hand car dealer and Johnno (the co-owner of Godfreys) as the vacuum cleaner salesman and Johnno was also called lemon lips. The Sydney boys treated them like country hicks and this really put Arthur’s back up and the game was on. Eventually the negotiations were complete with the Sydneysider sure he had won the battle of wits when he had actually conceded ground far beyond what Arthur and Johnno were prepared to accept in the first place. On 13 June 1984 the Club became the freehold owner of their own land and water leaving the Board and the members free to focus on other matters and begin to enjoy their new facilities.

As mentioned earlier, Johnno was a member of the Game Fishing Club and he spent a lot of time in the pursuit of game fish both up the east coast of Australia and in international waters, winning many awards along the way often in company with Arthur. Johnno’s boat was called Broadbill and Arthur’s Aardvark and together they made a great team.

In a discussion with Craig Evans, he mentioned that Johnno visited the Club in the middle of last year and although in a wheelchair, was in good spirits. He was a Board member from 1973 to 1989 and his contribution to the Club’s history in this capacity helped make the Club the fantastic entity it is today. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.

Photo by Sandy Quin Gay Footer

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MARINE ACADEMY UPDATE Day Skipper Experience...

“The wind was blasting 35 knots at us from the south and as the huge four metre waves rolled in like crinkle cut crisps, we set about nibbling them away one stiff ridge at a time. The boys, having weathered the freezing sheets of water that poured over the bow, decided that they were feeling hungry – and that was when I learnt a lesson I won’t quickly forget - never go below to make dinner in force four conditions as it won’t end well!”

Okay, so maybe that’s a slight exaggeration, but we did brave 30 knots and lumpy seas to set off across the gulf while the rest of the sailors stayed warm and dry as the Twilight Race was cancelled due to strong winds. Having already completed the Start Yachting and Competent Crew Courses with Hugh last year we spent considerable time reading the RYA Day Skipper and Navigation Handbooks and were ready to set off for Port Vincent. The plan was to head towards Kangaroo Island but the weather was a little too hairy for our already reluctant teenage boys so as Hugh taught us, we opted for Plan B. We arrived safely and after a long hot shower headed for the Port Vincent Pub for dinner and waited for the complaints to begin. To our immense surprise the boys only grumbled quietly and after drying the sleeping bag that had had a near-drowning experience on the weeping aft bunk, settled quickly for a restful night’s sleep.

The second day saw us tackle some minor repairs as the instruments had flooded and were not working, while the boys did some hand fishing in the marina. After a delicious flathead and salad lunch we headed out for an afternoon of gentle sailing to get us back into the swing of handling Academy 1. All in all this was a much more pleasant experience than the first day and with the prospect of hot showers and a chicken curry ahead of us, everyone was in high spirits.

By the third day we were ready to revisit some tight manoeuvring in the marina so with training flags raised and ‘Wilson’ ready to be rescued, the intricate work began. We decided to get in a bit of night sailing and headed for Stansbury in the late afternoon for a BBQ dinner. We did hoist sails but the wind was scant and they did little more than serve as shade from the hot afternoon sun.

The boys were keen to get the ‘rubber duck’ out and we used it to motor across to the boat ramp at Stansbury although they were a little disappointed at the quiet buzz emitted from the small electric outboard as they would have been happier with the grunt of a large V8! Dinner being finished we motored back to Port Vincent,

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navigating with the GPS and gathering our heading from the stars.

Whilst this was probably not as exciting as sailing by night, it did give us a sense of what it is like to be out on the water in the pitch black. After motoring all the way the wind made an appearance just as we arrived back in the marina and made itself known to all. By 11.30pm the wind was howling and the boats in the marina were rolling around and whistling to the tune of 35-40 knots. We bunked down and when morning came a visit to neighbours with working instruments told us that we would not be seeing any sailing action today. The wind had not eased at all and it seemed we would be landlocked for the day and we just hoped it would settle for our homeward run the following day. Instead the day was filled with learning various aspects of navigation and the excitement of being able to get the buoyage flash cards correct.

Sunday came and the wind, which had not let up for the previous 36 hours, blew itself out by about 9.30am, allowing us to head back across the gulf for what was a very pleasant sail home. Having learnt my lesson the first day, I had pre-prepared lunch and although the seas were still quite lumpy, I managed to throw it together in the galley. We had a steady 25 knots for the run home and made good time arriving back at about 3pm for a quick pack-up and a drink before heading back up the hill to prepare for work the next day.

To top our three sailing experiences we headed back to the Club the following weekend for Safety Sunday. My goal has always been to stay on the boat so, expecting this to be the ultimate unpleasant experience, we turned up kitted out in wet weather gear and threw ourselves into the water. Thankfully it was quite a warm day and the dunking proved more of a relief than anything else.

I guess we can now feel reasonably well prepared for life on the water. We have done a number of Twilight Races on board Academy 1 and plan to continue gaining experience. Simon will be heading across to Port Lincoln in February and I happily found myself aboard Magnum for the last twilight of Series One which we did very well in. We are keen to get aboard a range of other yachts and soak up the experience of different skippers and my number is 0403792858 if you’d ever like to have one or both of us aboard.

So, what next? More sailing, more sailing and more sailing. We are dreaming about chartering on the Great Barrier Reef or in the Greek Isles and one day, maybe, our own yacht. In the meantime, there’s plenty more to learn.

Rachel & Simon Burden

2018 SYDNEY TO HOBART YACHT RACE Andrea Francolini Photography

As the Infrastructure Procurement Lead for Naval Group Australia, I am responsible for managing the infrastructure spend for the future submarine shipyard which will be built in Adelaide. I work closely with other business units to ensure the shipyard will be designed, built, supplied and fitted with all the tools and equipment necessary to commence production of Australia’s Attack Class Submarines in the early 2030s.

In late 2017 Naval Group decided to enter a boat in the 2018 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Each hopeful nominee was required to submit an application paper which was reviewed by senior management and skipper Sean Langman (owner of Noakes Group and providers of the Naval Group boat). Shortlisted nominees were interviewed by Sean and his team. Fortunately, I was one of the lucky few to be selected as part of the crew which included employees from Naval Group France and Australia, three representatives from the Royal Australian Navy and five professional sailors from Noakes, on board the aptly named Naval Group.

Being new to sailing and having only done a handful of races with the crew of Rimfire from the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron, I knew I needed to enhance my skills and experience rapidly. After some research and speaking to people in the know, all roads led to the CYCSA Marine Academy. The Live Aboard Competent Crew Course was exactly what I needed and provided an excellent foundation for what I was about to experience. Our instructor, Hugh Longbottom, was very knowledgeable and the sail to Port Vincent was a great experience. This was my first time sleeping aboard a sail boat. With that under my belt I was ready to tackle the Sydney to Hobart....

Fortunately we had a few weeks of training in Sydney prior to the race. I had done some research prior to my interview with Sean and was aware of his achievements but it was not until we started sailing and mixing with other sailors that it became evident how fortunate I was to be trained by Sean and his professional crew of world class sailors.

The race itself was spectacular. As grinder, moving out past the heads I was getting lashed with water coming over the bow but smiling the whole time. From there it was a mostly peaceful sail. I was kept busy grinding and tried my hand at trimming and bow assist when required. I also had the opportunity to see the coastline, admire the marine life and make wishes on shooting stars.

Trapped in the notorious Derwent River after sunset on 28 December, our team inched towards the finish line in a spectacular dual with Noahs 2. A clever feint by our skipper saw us beat them over the line to finish in 11th place and record an elapsed time of two days, 10 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds.

Being somewhat easier than I had anticipated, I am keen to experience it all again and test myself under more trying circumstances. I have many wonderful memories I will treasure for decades to come and am eternally grateful to all those who made it possible.

Steven Patriarca

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RACING ASSOCIATION

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The summer racing season is now past the half-way mark with great racing and numbers on the water.

Series 1 of the Phil Hoffman Travel Twilight Series was completed just before Christmas with 32 entries (including casual entries).

In Division B Adrian Wotton’s School’s Out won from last year’s winner, Jim Heyen’s Magnum, followed closely by an improving The Bottom Line (Lee Haakmeester, David Roper and David Fawcett). In Cruising Division A That’s Life (Greg Manuel) won from Playground (Brenton Pegler) with Aquila (Mark Johns) third.

The hotly contested Ladies Helm Race held in mild conditions on 28 November was taken out by Kirsten Roper on The Bottom Line in Cruising B with Karen Johns in Aquila leading the way in Cruising A.

At the time of writing our Club Inshore Series has nine races completed in varying breezes. Division 1 PHS is being led by Magic (Harries/Brown/Metcalfe) followed by Dr Feelgood (Jason Coonan) with last year’s series winner Rapid 1 (Keith Finch) in third. In Division 2 PHS Rock On (Trevor Conyers) leads from Vostok Europe (Ken Abbott) with Young Einstein (Rob Sellick) close behind. AMS series results have Dr Feelgood ahead of Magic and Rapid 1 in Division 1 with Rank Bajin (Doug Watson) ahead of Vostok and Rock On in Division 2. With two more races left in the series chances are that the final outcomes might differ from where they sit now due to the close point scores.

Perfect sea breeze winds of no more than 18 knots greeted the 17 competitors battling in the Yalumba Great Southern Regatta over the weekend of 17/18 November 2018. This meant that consistency, with no race to discard, was of paramount importance for those wanting to claim the prizes. In PHS Division 1, Concubine (Jason Ward) returned to racing and took out the honours from Playground and Sintara (Derek Morrison).

PHS Division 2 was taken out by Rank Bajin with fellow Melges 24’s Vostok Europe second and Rock On third. IRC results showed some differing outcomes with Secret Mens Business (Geoff Boettcher) winning from Concubine and Aikin HamesSharley (Caillin Howard) third. In IRC Division 2 Rank Bajin won convincingly from Vostok Europe and Young Einstein.

This year the Premiers Cup was programmed for early December with a new sponsor, Georges Wines, and for the first time in living memory a visit and participation in racing by our Premier, Steven Marshall. The weather was cooler and somewhat windier than previous regattas held in March. PHS chocolates in Division 1 went to Rapid 1 (with the Premier on Board on Sunday), with Magic second and Sintara third. In Division 2 School’s Out beat Rank Bajin and Rock On. The Premiers Cup was won by Secret Mens Business followed by Concubine and Shining Sea (Andrew Corletto) and Division 2 IRC had Rank Bajin as the clear winner from Vostok Europe and School’s Out. The Premier’s speech at prize giving left no observer doubting his connection and interest in our sport and we look forward to him joining us again next year.

David Royle Racing Manager and Boating Administrator

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Rapid 1, Photo by Craig Evans

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Club members and friends celebrated Australia Day in style this year with many joining in the BBQ held at the Club and others cruising further afield

Great Aussie BBQ at the Club With Australia Day falling on a Saturday this year it was the perfect time to celebrate at the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia with an Australia Day Barbecue. Tickets had sold out for the luncheon well before the day and around 175 members and guests who attended soon fell into a celebratory mood with many dressing up for the occasion. Plenty of green and gold outfits were visible and dresses made up of the Australian flag covered with sequins looked spectacular.

Set up in the outer bistro area, the band named Traxion played mostly Australian rock’n roll, with Down Under bringing back memories of the 1983 America’s Cup victory. Dancers flooded the floor singing along to the songs from the 70s and 80s. Inside the Horizons Dining Room a bain-marie was set up with plenty of choice awaiting hungry diners. Salads, prawn and chicken shaslicks, steak, sausages, a choice of several vegetables and chips piled high soon filled the line of empty plates. It was a feast for everyone. Later, individual pavlovas appeared with platters full of lamingtons and chocolate cake, with sauces to accompany the pavlovas and cake. For those without a sweet tooth, dishes of fresh fruit completed the meal.

Having attended several Australia Day barbecues at the CYCSA I felt this one was the best. The atmosphere was electric, the staff run off their feet but still provided top class service always with a smile. I will make sure to arrange my ticket for next year well in advance.

Pat Catley

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Photos by Pat Catley

Column CRABBING DAY Sunday 24 March Members! Come Crabbin’ Come along to the CYCSA’s Fishing Association’s famous Crab Catch & Cook Day, Head out for a fun day on the water then back to shore for the feast.

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Long Weekend at Port Vincent The Club marina was booked out with a waiting list so there were many happy cruisers enjoying themselves at Port Vincent.

The Port Adelaide Sailing Club had a regatta in full swing and together with boats from the Club and the Squadron there was a great atmosphere. Crabbing seemed to be the popular sport of those not racing but within the bay apparently the pickings were not great. Never mind, there was lots more to do with walks into town for coffee etc and visiting other boats for socialising. The Ventnor was busy with groups going in to dinner on ‘the day’ and others waiting for a quieter time on the Sunday night.

The weather was perfect all weekend with a breeze for the sailors to get there on the Saturday and almost no breeze for the return trip on the Monday – my kind of weekend and it appeared to be many others also.

Gay Footer

NEW MEMBERS Over the last three months the following people have joined the Club. Please make them welcome.

Catharine Andre Simon Burden Joe Laforgia Raymond Liddle David Murdock Marius Trip Ashley Valentine Underhill-Pomeroy Michael Ellis Gaynor Giro Shane Robinson Thomas Ryan Rachel Burden Valentino Fuda Renella Theodore Graham Elliot Andrew Giles Michael Taylor Monique Taylor Nicholas Russell

CYCSA members enjoying themselves at the Ventnor Hotel at Port Vincent

Peter Graham Antonio Belperio Phil Garner Ashley Kent Brett Mitchell David Mattin Ante Medic Scott Suter David Alexander Debra Boase Emma Frazer Adam Liemareff Derek Morrison Domenic Laforgia Mario Capitano Amanda Straka David Cox Douglas Reid Sime Tolja

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GEELONG RACE WEEK Secret Mens Business flies flag in Melbourne for CYCSA The Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron hosted this year’s Australian Yachting Championships in January for IRC Division 1, 2 and 3.

The Division 1 fleet was small probably dissuaded by the daunting calibre of the reigning champion and previous Hobart winner Ichi Ban and Marcus Blackmore’s newly arrived Hooligan. These two yachts are probably not only the best IRC yachts in Australia but internationally, setting a very high benchmark. Both are ‘no expense spared’ professionally crewed yachts at their performance peak. We were competing in a 10 year old ex World Champion TP52 with a local CYCSA crew mixed with a couple of professionals but felt up for the challenge.

The championship was run over an eight race series and winning the first heat gave us confidence that we were still competitive. SMB enjoyed two wins narrowly missing a second overall placing by a few seconds when a kite sheet attachment was overlooked by a crew member on a kite change. The oversight cost him dearly back at the Bar after racing. Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban was the clear championship winner with Hooligan second and Secret Mens Business a close third. Not having a fleet of 52 footers to compete against in South Australia, the Division 1 Championship offered an intense sailing experience for our crew involved.

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Geelong Festival of Sails At the conclusion of the Australian Yachting Championships and after a day off, the Australia Day Passage Race, from Melbourne to Geelong, started from the northern end of Port Phillip Bay. This race attracted 276 yachts and was the first race of the Festival of Sails Regatta series. Hosted by the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, SMB was one of the 276 competitors who lined up for this great race to Geelong. We thought the light conditions would not suit the heavier SMB but with a second across the finishing line and a first on IRC, we more than pleased.

Again the racing in Division1 at Geelong was intense, with the Melbourne TP52 Ambition starting to find some form. Conditions were mixed over the six race series. Starts were delayed by lack of wind and we went into the last race with equal points between Ichi Ban, Hooligan and Secret Mens Business. Like Ichi Ban, we had two wins with Hooligan on one win. An overall regatta win came down to the last race.

This last race was delayed which affected crew wanting to fly out that night so understandably there was some anxiety amongst the crew. As we had a good chance to win the regatta, at the expense of some airfares, all elected to continue with the last race. The race was a long distance course and was slow due to initial light winds. We were not looking that flash during the race but thanks to the ‘Geelong Wind Gods’, rounding the top mark we were fortunate to be ahead of our competitors and picked up a nice fast ride home. The building breeze gave us a first over the line, a win on handicap and a Festival of Sails win in Division 1. The win proved sufficient enough to eliminate the disappointment of missed flights and a couple of beers were enjoyed at prizegiving and well into the night. Our main rivals, Marcus Blackmore and Matt Allen, showed true sportsmanship by giving the SMB crew a rousing cheer and congratulations for the overall win. It was a great regatta and a great result with a great crew.

Well done boys.

Geoff Boettcher

Photo courtesy of Salty Dingo Images

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69th Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race

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South Australia’s premier off-shore race, the 2019 Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race, got off to an excellent start at 3:00pm on Friday 15 February. The 42 boat fleet included many locals as well as several high profile boats who were competing for the first time in these waters.

Geoff Boettcher, Secret Mens Business, recent CYCSA Commodore, and winner of five out of the past six races, was joined by Matt Allen, President of Australian Sailing, leading the Ichi Ban team (2017 Rolex Sydney to Hobart winner). Geoff welcomed the extra competition for 2019 drawing attention to our potential to increase the number of visitors we attract to future Lincoln races, especially in view of 2020 being the 70th anniversary of our state’s iconic ocean race.

Other yachts from the east coast included Chris Dare’s TP52 Ambition and Robert Date’s Scarlet Runner II. Secret Mens Business, Ichi Ban and Ambition, along with Jason Ward’s Concubine and Andrew Corletto’s Shining Sea constituted Division 1 in the Lincoln Regatta week following the race over. What was particularly special for many of us this year was the opportunity to watch this group of boats compete against each other up close and personal. The starts alone were an education!

As for the 156 nautical mile race over, in many ways this year’s was a perfect Adelaide to Lincoln race. The weather was pleasantly mild, the breeze obligingly plentiful, and the moon magically luminescent.

Champagne sailing at its best! With more wind than initially predicted, a quick start in 15-18 kts from the SSW had most of the fleet making good progress down to Marion Light where a big lift as

TEAKLE CLASSIC ADELAIDE TO the wind swung SE assisted those already at or near Marion. Across the foot a brave few flew asymetrics, a tad erratically as the angle was not quite right and the breeze was now around 20 kts. A timely radio warning alerted us to the presence of 80 craypots clustered in areas we were likely to sail thus indicating we might need to consider altering course to go round the outside of Emmes Reef, which most of the larger boats did. Some, however, did not and we wondered if the loss of a propeller here and there might have had something to do with navigating the cray pots. Once round Emmes Reef a spinnaker run into Boston Bay provided the potential for a dream finish. For the most part it was a lively race, at least until Dangerous Reef where the breeze dropped off and lighter boats such as Magic and others were able to overtake some of the heavier boats which had benefitted, until that point, from the near perfect race conditions. But that’s racing!

For the first time the passage race over was divided into separate stages with results and prizes awarded for each of the four stages: Start to Marion Light; Marion Light to Cape Spencer; Cape Spencer to Dangerous Reef; Dangerous Reef to Finish.

This year’s Line Honours were claimed by Ichi Ban who finished in 12 hours 29 minutes and 5 seconds, a little short of the record, while the rest of us arrived in due course with the last boat finishing after 25 hours, 42 minutes and 15 seconds.

Di Schwerdt

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Images courtesy of Take 2 Photography

O PORT LINCOLN YACHT RACE ADELAIDE TO PORT LINCOLN RACE RESULTS DIVISION 1 PHS 1st Ichi Ban 2nd Magic (CYCSA) 3rd Secret Mens Business (CYCSA)

DIVISION 2 PHS 1st Bacardi 2nd Doesn’t Matter 3rd Ocean Hawk

DIVISION 1 IRC 1st Ichi Ban 2nd Secret Mens Business (CYCSA) 3rd Concubine (CYCSA)

DIVISION 2 IRC 1st Doesn’t Matter 2nd Sextant 3rd School’s Out (CYCSA)

DIVISION 1 AMS 1st Ambition 2nd That’s Life (CYCSA) 3rd Magic (CYCSA)

DIVISION 2 AMS 1st Doesn’t Matter 2nd Lincoln Mentor 3rd Bacardi

STAGED RACE RESULTS Stage 1 Mojo, That’s Life (CYCSA), Bacardi Stage 2 Ichi Ban, Secret Mens Business (CYCSA), Concubine (CYCSA) Stage 3 Ichi Ban, Vulcan, 3 Cool Cats Stage 4 Southern Myth, Myuna III, Scarlet Runner II Overall, the 4 Stage Series Score placed: 1st Magic (CYCSA) 2nd Ichi Ban 3rd Scarlet Runner II

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L I N C O L N R AC E W E E K Winners Crowned After Successful 2019 Lincoln Week Regatta Ichi Ban, skippered by Matt Allen, has come away with a resounding Division 1 IRC win at this year’s Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta, dropping just one less than perfect result to end up carrying a picket fence.

CYCSA training vessel, Academy 1, skippered by Hugh Longbottom finished the regatta well to stitch up second place while Bill Van Riet’s Mighty Fine Lyons was also competitive on the last day to come in at third overall.

The regatta was made up predominantly of light winds with some challenging Boston Bay conditions providing a few tricks for the 40 plus boat fleet. The racing was fierce across Divisions 2-4 with some great racing on offer and plenty of lead changes in positions across all the handicap ratings.

Division 4 also saw two Etchells make the trip over from Adelaide, Caillin Howard’s Stretch and Paul Henshall’s Mystery Taxi, who both had their moments on PHS but also had the opportunity for onedesign match racing within the regatta.

It caps off what was the 69th edition of the Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race and Regatta, which next year will roll into the milestone 70th edition.

Division 1 Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban steamed ahead to an overall IRC victory after a bullet in the final race, however the big mover was Andrew Corletto’s Shining Sea who swiftly moved into second place overall on IRC, beating Geoff Boettcher’s Secret Men’s Business on a count back. Ichi Ban also took out the overall honours on PHS, followed by Shining Sea in second and Chris Dare’s Ambition in third.

Division 2 Alan Woodward’s Reverie, which has made the trip from the Royal Brighton Yacht Club for many years in a row, once again came away with success, this year taking out the IRC victory for Division 2.

He finished two points clear of Rob Date’s Scarlet Runner II in second and a further four points clear of Richard Harries’ Magic in third.

On AMS, Scarlet Runner II took out the overall win ahead of Magic in second and Jason Coonan’s Doctor Feelgood 3 in third.

The PHS results showed a slightly similar story with Scarlet Runner II taking out the win ahead of Bob Schahinger’s Clockwork in second and Magic in third.

Division 3 After a stellar final day to cap off their Lincoln Week Regatta, visitors from the Sandringham Yacht Club, Murray Mackay’s Doesn’t Matter, came away with a clean sweep by winning Division 3 across all three handicap ratings. They came away with the IRC win ahead of a fastfinishing Poco Loco, skippered by Dan Haynes in second and Adrian Wotton’s School’s Out in third.

Doesn’t Matter also clinched the AMS honours finishing ahead of the two Port Lincoln mentor boats owned by regatta sponsor Peter Teakle, Simon Turvey’s Born to Mentor in second and Matt Stephens’ Lincoln Mentor in third, in the PHS standings Doesn’t Matter won again ahead of Born to Mentor in second and School’s Out in third. Divisions 2 and 3 were the most competitive divisions in the regatta with a total of 13 boats in each fleet.

Division 4 The final fourth division, predominantly made up of trailable yachts that did not compete in the race over from Adelaide, had some competitive racing on the PHS handicap system throughout the week.

The division was eventually won by local wind whisperer Phil Kelly, racing on his new Clubman 8 Steeple Jack, who clinched the championship by three points after a less than average final day.

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To check out all the rolling coverage and videos from the event, head to the Down Under Sail Facebook Page.

Megga’s BBQ Passage Race One of the features of the Port Lincoln race week, Megga’s BBQ, is named after a legend of the Port Lincoln Yacht Club, Megga Bascombe, who lost his life a few years ago.

The barbecue named in his honour gives every sailor, friend, family member, volunteer and race official the opportunity to experience some of Eyre Peninsula’s most amazing terrain with a lay-day like feel to it while still being able to get a quick race in.

It sets up a big day with two more races around the cans in Boston Bay to finish off what has been an extremely successful regatta week.

70th Milestone Event Next Year The 70th Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race will take place in February next year and is shaping up to be one of the biggest for some time, so get your boat out of the pen and don’t miss out on being involved in this incredible week of racing.

Harry Fisher

Academy 1 (photo by Pat Catley)

Magic

MANY THANKS TO THE CYCSA...

25.02.19: Sailing back from Lincoln to Adelaide over the past two days in daylight hours was impressive. I didn’t realise how many islands SA has off the coast.

We sailed into North Haven around 10pm last night. What a great experience with a good ‘competent’ crew. We had a blast.

Many thanks to Hugh Longbottom for his efforts to achieve this trip and to include me into every aspect! I’ve experienced and learned a lot over the past 10 days. Also thanks to the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia for enabling this opportunity on Academy 1 and to represent the Club for the Lincoln Race and Regatta.

Darren Harvey Images courtesy of Take 2 Photography

For Lincoln Regatta results go to: http://topyacht.net.au/results/plyc/lincolnweek/2019/

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SOCIAL ASSOCIATION

Despite a cooler morning the sun finally came out to welcome nearly 40 children to the annual Children’s Christmas gathering held in the BBQ area of the Club.

The Committee, ably assisted by the ground staff, ensured the area was suitably enhanced to greet Santa.

The day began with music and games supported by Committee members Giorgina Gauci, Dianne Todd and Commodore Jacqueline Heffernan.

A slip n’ slide, quoits and lawn games kept everyone involved.

Santa was finally sighted arriving by boat and a big thank you to our Christmas crew. The children were presented to Santa and received their Christmas gift and a bag of lollies. A big thank you to Jim and Glenda Smyth who have kindly gifted the lolly bags for many years to this event.

All presents distributed, Santa was sadly farewelled and the Club kitchen provided afternoon tea with the homemade sausage rolls and ice cream sundaes a big hit. It was a very enjoyable day for everyone and a big thank you to Santa.

Rosemary Gould Chair - Social Association

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FISHING ASSOCIATION

On 23 November the CYCSA hosted the annual Fishing Association’s Boating Showcase but this year with a twist. The 2018 Boating Showcase attracted new sponsors, Southern Cross Marine Australia and George’s Wines, along with a new and fresh display.

In the leadup to the event, work behind the scenes was in full swing with a new flavour of boats being offered, from the new Beneteau GT40, Swift Trawler 30, Jeanneau NC11, a couple of trailerable boats and even a Beneteau Oceanis yacht from the RSAYS. The stage was set for a fantastic night. Although the planning was seamless, the team didn’t go without its troubles. Due to an uncertain weather forecast some boats withdrew from the display while others stepped up.

As the night approached concerns over the low numbers arose but, as the saying goes, the show must go on. For those who did attend you might recall the numbers were staggering and the evening was as perfect as we all could have hoped for. With a beautiful sunset accompanied by a still evening and a variety of food, wine and beer in a cocktail setting, the Bistro truly set the stage for what was a refreshing and relaxing Boating Showcase.

Photos by Ciaron Cowley - Beard Vision

Like everyone at the Club, past and present, I share a love of the water, both sailing and power boating, and I call the CYCSA my home away from home. It is an honour to have been involved in this event both as a committee member of the Fishing Association and as part of the Southern Cross Marine team, not to mention being lucky enough to bore you all with this write up, but all jokes aside I think we all had a fantastic night and I hope to continue my involvement long into the future.

I would like to personally thank our sponsors Southern Cross Marine Australia, George’s Wines, the Fishing Association committee and the CYCSA for putting on a cracking good show, but most of all a big thank you to all who attended. I truly hope you all had a wonderful evening because I certainly did. We should all be proud of the work that goes on behind the scenes throughout the Club as without everyone’s continued support these events would not be possible. Thank you again, onwards and upwards.

Ciaron Cowley

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CRUISING UPDATE

TDU Flotilla Port Adelaide

CYCSA CRUISING ASSOCIATION UPDATE The cruising community have had a busy few months. Our regular 2nd Saturday BBQs have continued to remain popular throughout the summer months with a great turnout for the Combined Christmas Bash in early December. The BYO BBQs will continue through to May. On the water cruising boats from the Club were seen throughout our beautiful South Australian waters, including Spencer and St Vincent Gulfs, Port Lincoln, and Port Vincent. Kangaroo Island was a favourite holiday destination over Christmas with many CYCSA boats making the trip. This year they were rewarded with good weather and some great whiting fishing. A number of our Club members met up in the Brown’s Beach BBQ area for New Year’s celebrations and some competed in the Ballast Head Cup Race held the next day.

The celebrations continued over summer when a number of Club boats cruised to Port Adelaide to see the finish of Stage One of the Tour Down Under. Boats moored alongside the pontoons near the Birkenhead Bridge and had great fun over two days. It was a hot couple of days but the Port was ‘dressed up’ for the event and looked spectacular on race day. Due to the heat the entertainment was moved indoors but this didn’t stop thousands of visitors enjoying this fantastic local event.

Saturday BBQ

Keep Up to Date Just a reminder to all Club members that you can keep up to date with all cruising events and activities at: sa_cruisers@googlegroups.com Happy cruising!

Adrian Wotton Chairman Cruising Association and Rear Commodore

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Barrel girls for BBQ lucky door prizes

ADVENTURES ON THE CRUISE SHIP

Marty and I decided to make the most of the weather window and headed off to Kangaroo Island early on Sunday 23 December. A clear sky and calm water made for a blissful trip to Kingscote and the weather was perfect for swimming, lazing around and generally chilling out. Christmas Day we thought we would head back up the gulf as four grandchildren were to join us in Port Vincent in a few days. Christmas Day was hot – apparently – but the conditions on our trip back were following seas and strong winds. Funny, we ended up wearing beanies and jackets in the chilly haze that surrounded us.

The children arrived and spent the next week swimming, crabbing, fishing, snorkelling, jumping off the pontoon off the beach and generally having fun, all the things kids love to do on holidays. The marina in Port Vincent was perfect as its just one kilometre to town by foot so many days were spent picnicking on the beach where the kids learned new skills. We were fortunate to catch up with Jo and Kevin and Janet and Jim who welcomed us all into their homes – thank you for spoiling the children. We watched the fireworks from the marina and they were spectacular. Well done Port Vincent We left early on 2 January. The kiddies (seven, eight and two nine year olds) were just waking up so we were motor-sailing for a while.

The sea state was sloppy and the wind was just 10-15 knots but gusty. Before long Addi was bundled up under the dodger with a bucket, then things really started to go wrong. The stitching at the top of the headsail gave way causing it to detach from the halyard and slide down the forestay so then the boat was pitching as well as rolling. Before long two more, Reuben and Ethan, joined Addi in the cockpit spewing... What a mess! “No drama” said Marty, let’s just crank up the engine.... which promptly stopped! Hmmmm, this wasn’t good. After trying to jury rig a sail and trying unsuccessfully to figure out why the engine wouldn’t start, Steph was also feeling unwell so I made the call for assistance. Thanks to VMR American River, Carol, for coordinating Sea Rescue Port Vincent to come to our aid. As we had passed Orontes it took a little while for SRPV to come to us and by this time the cockpit was in quite a state. We were trying to keep the kids spirits up by singing silly songs and telling them how brave they were.

An hour later, with four kids showered,daughter Rachel arrived to collect her daughters and nephews to take them home while we figured out what was wrong!

While Marty was on the phone to our amazing mechanic, Ian, I was scrubbing the cockpit and surrounding areas, ridding the boat of vomit! Then there was the task of cleaning the vomit off the life jackets which have so many nooks and crannies!

Ian talked Marty through fixing the issue but this involved tools we did not have so thank you to Mark Henschke for loaning us your toolkit, it did the job beautifully. So, what was wrong with the engine, nothing! The fuel gauge didn’t work! It was stuck on two-thirds full!

We should have just put the spare 30 litres we had in before we left Port Vincent!!

The next day we headed off home in beautiful weather with Grand Akt shadowing us just in case! This is what we love the most about our Club, the camaraderie that exists among the members is just amazing.

Jacqueline and Martyn Heffernan

MV Orontes came to our help and with military precision picked up the bridle Marty had set up and we were on our way back to Port Vincent. The kid’s spirits immediately picked up and they looked like Meerkats peering over the dodger to see what was going on.

I had contacted Marina Manager, Rob Marner to see where we could berth and he met us there to assist MV Orontes who was still towing us.Volunteer Ross and the crew on the Sea Rescue ‘tug’ boat manoeuvred us into the berth. We would like to thank Sea Rescue Port Vincent, Rob and Carol for coordinating assistance to us.

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KING OF THE GULF

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2019 H&L KING OF THE GULF REGATTA | 15-19 FEBRUARY

This regatta, run by the Multihull Yacht Association of South Australia, celebrated its fifth successful regatta at Port Vincent from Friday 15 February to Tuesday 19 February. It comprised a Passage Race from Adelaide to Port Vincent on the Friday, two Racing Division and one Cruising Division races on Saturday, a Long Race for all boats on Sunday, two Racing Division and one Cruising Division Races on Monday and a Passage Race from Port Vincent to Adelaide on the Tuesday. Monohulls have been accepted in to the regatta and this made for a great time both on and off the water.

Yachts from the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia racing this year were G-Wizz (Greg Patten), Medosa (Brian Smith), Aquila (Mark Johns), Cerulean (Michael Lane), Scamper (Adrian Lawrie) and first-timers Rapid 1 (Keith Finch) and Marnico (Graeme Footer).

It was a regatta full of camaraderie and good fun and the marquee on the lawns of the Port Vincent Marina provided a great base and gathering place for breakfasts and functions alike. The Roast Night at the Port Vincent Sailing Club on the Saturday was booked out as usual and was a great way to meet and help fellow sailors.

The whole event was well run and congratulations must go to David Eldridge in particular for all his hard work aided and assisted by his wife Rae. Miss Robyn from the Squadron acted as the Official Boat and Nevis Vincent, assisted by Peter Boyd, did a great job as Principal Race Officer while Mario Minuzzo and his merry band raided the blue swimmer crab population.

Southern Cross Marine escorted the fleet in the Passage Races in one of their Beneteau Motor Boats plus took drone footage and acted as Committee Boat when Miss Robyn had to return a day early. Sponsors were North Haven Marine donating $2000, Southern Cross Marine $1000 and Quantum Sails $800, all by way of vouchers and the naming rights sponsor was John Hardy with his H&L hospitality software company. Thank you to all of them.

Gay Footer and David Eldridge

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THE RACING RESULTS North Haven Marine - Multihull King of the Gulf Wilparina 3 (Robert Remilton) GRYC Tearaway (Geoff Kneebone) RSAYS The Tribe (John Hardy) RSAYS

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North Haven Marine - Monohull King of the Gulf 1 2 3

Blue Diamond (Mal Denton) RSAYS G-Wizz (Greg Patten) CYCSA Rapid 1 Keith Finch) CYCSA

Southern Cross Marine - Cruising Division 1 2 3

Fifi V (Brian Lawrie) RSAYS Four Seventy (David Rawnsley) RSAYS Medosa (Brian Smith) CYCSA

H&L - South Australian Multihull State Championships OMR 1 2 3

Wilparina 3 (Robert Remilton) GRYC Tearaway (Geoff Kneebone) RSAYS Crosshairs (Gerald Valk) RSAYS

2019 Kings of the Gulf

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Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island is not just a sailing paradise, it is an underwater paradise. Its coastal waters are part of the Great Southern Reef, spanning Australia’s temperate waters. These waters rival the Great Barrier Reef for biological diversity and 95% of species are found nowhere else. Best of all, Kangaroo Island’s marine environment remains largely pristine as evidenced by the wonderful photo of the ‘many-spotted star’ (Austrofromia Polypora) opposite taken by crew member Dave Muirhead.

Many of the more interesting dive locations were over or near rocky reefs which meant anchoring on rocky bottoms. Such anchorages are rather dicey at the best of times so it is prudent to take extra care anchoring. As a result I found myself staying on board more than I would have liked. The skipper’s primary responsibility is to ensure the safety of their vessel and crew after all. This was reinforced when we drifted about 50m at one location before we came to a halt.

While I’ve snorkelled and hookah-dived on Kangaroo Island many times, till now I’ve never scuba-dived there. Sadly the island’s only dive shop closed down a few years ago. Diving gear can of course be brought in from the mainland but refilling tanks requires a visit to a service station and waiting 20 minutes per tank. Not very convenient! The solution is to be part of a group which has a dive compressor. In my case AusOcean’s recent expedition to Kangaroo Island on Arriba provided that opportunity.

We dived around Boxing Bay for two days and for three days at Smith Bay, nine nautical miles to the west. The latter is a pleasant 90-minute sail each way and we were frequently accompanied by dolphins. One of our crew, Jack, brought his drone and took some stunning aerial photos.

On Sunday 16 December nine of us sailed from Wirrina Cove for Boxing Bay, approximately 32 nautical miles away. With a smaller group we could easily have lived aboard Arriba however with nine people, including dive gear for five, we instead opted to camp ashore.

There we were joined by two of my family who provided support.

Over the next five days we dived at ten locations between Smith Bay and North Cape which you can read about on the AusOcean blog. Here I’ll focus on the sailing aspect of the trip.

Until next time….

On our sixth and final day we reluctantly packed up camp and set sail for Wirrina, covering 37 nautical miles under sail in 5 hours 43 minutes, averaging 6.4 knots.

Alan Noble

The requirements for a good diving location and a good anchorage are generally the same, namely protected or semi-protected waters and offshore winds, ie, a windward shore. For the north coast of KI this naturally means southerly winds. We were blessed with S, SE or SW winds for our entire trip so we had plenty of good locations.

Boxing Bay is a superb anchorage in such conditions and was our home base for the entire trip. Had the wind swung to the north we would have relocated to the nearby Bay of Shoals but that proved unnecessary.

PS Smith Bay is the site of a proposed seaport.

Read more about this on the AusOcean website (www.ausocean.org)

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Jingle Buoys, Jingle ‘Bell’isimo Christmas Celebrations for the Ferrari Club Cruising Yacht Club of SA North Haven | 9 December 2018 Co-ordinates: E138 degrees 41’36.73” The Ferrari Club got itz shift together and emission impossible instead of a sea of red sails in the sunset there was a sea of Red Roadsters. Racers that are the wheels deal revving with a raucous roar.

A day of great car camaraderie and good Car-mah with a Gourmet BBQ followed by the arrival of Father CAR-mus 2 boot as well. We all moored our Ferrari’s (oops) I mean parked our red tomatoes on the BBQ lawn area. A podium line up of super cars with the exhilarating sounds of the wicked warble of the synchronized throbbing throaty burble of beasts.

It was a day that is a driver’s wish to drive, a motor mechkanics dream and a chance to talk horse torque and pole position for the kidz with their presents.

Santa arrived at the finish line in style in a Modena yellow sleigh driven with precision by Frank Nesci. Accolades must also go to numero uno Father Christmas taking prominent North Pole palladium position in his Rosso Corsa Santa suit.

For all car cognoscenti it was a Christmas Car-nevale that was a day to lap up.

Forza Ferrari and Merry Christmas to One and All.

Written by Carole Hentschke (Le Chateau)

An iconic oscillating awesome isochronous idling with the rhythmic measured motors pulsating and percolating; Italian beauties that often go topless.

Le mans were in charge of the Gourmet BBQ. Parents were moving out of the fast lane to flag down kidz high on octane intoxication waiting for Father Christmas.

Mums grid their teeth trying their best to pace the kidz to stay on the straight and narrow roads and stop them with the chequered flag. The kidz were coming out of the fast lane trying to hood wink their parents and hi-jack the ice-cream. Everyone was driven to having Formula 1 Fun.

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