Offshore Yachting back issues from April 2002:
At the helm. (Commodore's Letter).(Sydney Hobart Yacht Race sponsored by Rolex)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... HANS SOMMER * COMMODORE CRUISING YACHT CLUB OF AUSTRALIA I am pleased to announce that Rolex is the new sponsor for the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Rolex is known for its commitment to quality and excellence in its products, and its sponsorship of some of the world's ...
Rolex to sponsor Sydney Hobart: Rolex, the famous international watchmaker, is the new sponsor of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... THE 2002 SYDNEY HOBART YACHT RACE WILL BE LINKED to other great offshore races and regattas of the world with the announcement, by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, that Rolex has become the new sponsor of Australia's most famous ocean race. The 58th annual race down the ...
Spy time! According to seasoned cup watchers, new claims and counterclaims of peddling of design secrets could leave a low-tide mark on America's Cup 2002-2003. Peter Campbell summarises the situation. (Regattas).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... WITH JUST SIX MONTHS TO THE start of the next America's Cup season in Auckland, the sailing preparations by the 10 challengers and the defender, Team Zealand, have been rocked by crew defections, sackings of skippers, allegations of spying, and demonstrations against a French sponsor with ...
Dodging the icebergs to Rio: Bruce Montgomery, sailing writer for The Australian, reports on the dramas and successes of the Auckland to Rio de Janeiro leg of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... JOHN KOSTECKI'S ILLBRUCK CHALLENGE from Germany has strengthened her grip on the Volvo Ocean Race with a win in the 6,700-nautical mile fourth leg from Auckland to Rio de Janeiro. After the horrors of the Southern Ocean passage to Cape Horn that saw Australia's News Corp strike ...
Lucky Loki: The Swan 48 Loki has had a rewarding visit to South Australia, winning the 2002 AYF Australian IRC Championship and the IRC division of the 52nd Adelaide to Port Lincoln Race. Peter Campbell followed her fortunes.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... DESPITE THE LACK OF SUPPORT FROM SYDNEY-BASED yachts for the Australian IMS Championship, the 2002 AYE Australian Offshore Keelboat Championships in Adelaide in late February proved to be an outstanding success, drawing a fleet of more than 50 boats. An excellent fleet of boats ...
Something old, something new.(52nd Quin's Blue Water Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln race)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... The 52nd Quin's Blue Water Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln race saw wins for boats old and new. Loki, a state-of-the-art imported Swan 48 launched two years ago, won the IRC Division. Reprieve, a timber-hulled Tasman Seabird built 31 years ago, was overall PHS handicap winner. ...
'Many happy returns' Tasmania medallions: Each year, the Tasmanian Government recognises sailors who have achieved a notable milestone in their ocean racing careers. (57th Sydney Hobart-In Retrospect).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... FOUR YACHTSMEN AND THREE yachtswomen who keep coming back year after year to compete in Australia's greatest ocean race, the Sydney to Hobart, received Tasmanian Government medallions after the 2001 race, to honour their achievements. The Hon Doug Parkinson MLC presented the ...
Finished business. (57th Sydney Hobart Race - In Retrospect).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... BRIAN EMERSON HAS FINALLY FINISHED A SYDNEY to Hobart after four attempts, which included his yacht foundering in the 1998 storm. After two brand-new bilge pumps failed at the height of the storm-swept 1998 Sydney Hobart Race, Emerson and his crew spent 14 hours bailing and ...
BMW Sydney Winter Series: With the 2002 BMW Sydney Winter Series starting this year on Sunday 9 April, Lisa Ratcliff looks at the story behind Australia's biggest winter regatta.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... THE CRUISING YACHT CLUB OF AUSTRALIA'S WINTER Series began shortly after the Club's foundation in 1945 with Saturday afternoon races organised to suit the five-and-a-half-day working week. The series is the longest running and biggest winter yachting regatta in Australia. In ...
Beautiful one day: Author David Colfelt goes cruising in the Whitsunday Islands of Far North Queensland, and finds a week is not enough to enjoy this beautiful area in full.(Hamilton Island development)
Apr 01, 2002; ... KEITH WILLIAMS' 1984 HAMILTON ISLAND DEVELOPMENT came as something of a shock to many that loved the lowkey nature of the existing resorts and the peace and solitude of this superb Queensland cruising ground. For the first 75 years of the 20th Century, Hamilton Island had a ...
Charting your course: David Colfelt has the latest news on the Whitsunday charter scene.(Whitsunday Bareboat Operators Association and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority devise accreditation for bareboat operators)
Apr 01, 2002; ... ACCREDITATION SCHEME The Whitsunday Bareboat Operators Association (WBOA) and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), which manages the marine park surrounding the Whitsundays, have devised an accreditation scheme for bareboat operators. The objective of the ...
Charter boat finance: There have been significant changes in the finance for charter boats and pleasure craft over the past five years, says boat finance expert Mark O'Donohue. (Destination).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 01, 2002; ... IN THE EARLY 1990S THE MAJORITY OF BOATS WERE financed reluctantly, and usually using 'bricks and mortar' as security. Fortunately, the attitude among many lenders has changed, and they are now prepared to finance boats using the boat as the sole security where the applicant ...
Tropical shirt regatta; The email from the organisers of the 2002 Hog's Breath Race Week at Airlie Beach was emphatic: "Make sure you get your tropical shirts order in for this year's event!".(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... TO BE CONSIDERED PART OF THIS rather laid-back regatta, you must wear a tropical shirt. The event precedes the more serious on-the-water encounters at Hamilton Island Race Week, happening a week later in the Whitsundays. While the Hog's Breath Regatta has grown more ...
Log on to race: In an innovative step, the Hamilton Island Yacht Club is only accepting entries online for this year's Hahn Premium Hamilton Island Race Week in late August. (Destination).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... THE HAMILTON ISLAND YACHT CLUB NOTICE OF RACE HAS BEEN posted on its website for the past two years, but this year is the first time that the Club will accept entries only through the internet. "Yachtsmen are used to getting a Notice of Race on the website and accessing quick ...
Sailing South to success: Tasmania's inaugural Sailing South Race Week proved to be an outstanding success for the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, says Peter Campbell, and many others agree.
Apr 01, 2002; ... IF THE ENTHUSIASM OF THOSE WHO SAILED IN, AND WATCHED the inaugural Sailing South Race Week is any guide, then the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania has come up with a real winner with this event, held in early January 2002. The regatta follows the long ocean races to Hobart from ...
Beneteau First 36.7: Barry Tranter test drives the new Beneteau First 36.7, and discovers that Australia's amateur racers will get the most value out of this boat. (Boat Test).(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 2002; ... "AUSTRALIA IS THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD FOR top-level amateur sailors," says Beneteau Vicsail's Christophe Vanek. This sweeping statement sounds to me like a good quote, and one I should elaborate on. After all, Aussies aren't averse to a bit of praise. So I asked Vanek why ...
Farr 52 One Design. (Boat Test).(Evaluation)
Apr 01, 2002; ... Champion international yachtsman Rob Brown, the project manager and sailing master for Hollywood Boulevard, writes an exclusive review of this striking Farr 52 one design, the newest addition to Australia's grand-prix ocean-racing fleet. PERFORMANCE IS THE KEY TO THE FARR 52 ONE ...
Testing times for Regatta 2002. (News from All Ports).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Regatta 2002 (the Australian JOG and Super 30 Championships) began with a passage race from Pittwater to Port Stephens, battling into 30-knot northerlies and an extremely disturbed sea. THE HARSH CONDITIONS OF REGATTA 2002 FORCED the early retirement of one of the smallest ...
The water lily: Ben Canaider looks at the relationship between Sir James Hardy and the boat that was born around the same time he was, the old yawl Nerida. (Profile).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... SIR JAMES HARDY -- WORLD CHAMPION YACHTSMAN, four-time America's Cup challenger, Olympian, wine maker and businessman -- first encountered the 40-foot Nerida in 1932, when the vessel was being built in Port Adelaide. Nerida was unfinished, and so was Sir James -- he was still in the womb, ...
Australia Day afloat: Thousands of Australians celebrated Australia Day afloat on 26 January 2002. And many of the day's regattas were centred around Geelong's Corio Bay and Sydney's famous harbour. (Regattas).
Apr 01, 2002 ... GEELONG'S FESTIVAL OF SAIL DI PEARSON MORE THAN 400 BOATS, RANGING FROM TRADITIONAL 'couta boats' to grand-prix ocean racing yachts, crowded into Corio Bay at Geelong over the Australia Day weekend. The mainly Victorian fleet were there for the Bundaberg Rum Festival ...
Floating inflatable distress flag. (New Products).(supplied by ACR Electronics for each racing team)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... ACR Electronics, the official supplier of marine safety electronics for the Volvo Ocean Race, has supplied each of the eight racing teams with three of its new GlobalFix 406MHz EPIRB. They feature an integral 12-channel parallel GPS to add latitude/longitude co-ordinates to the emergency ...
Selden furling gear. (New Products).(catalogue information)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Selden has produced a complete compendium of its comprehensive range of masts and accessories, booms and rodkickers, in-mast furling and reefing systems, Furlext jib furling and reefing systems, ...
Dubarry kicks its heels. (New Products).(yacht shoes for women)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Sailing shoemakers Dubarry has released its latest women's shoe, the Riviera, which has elegant styling, and incorporates its patented, award-winning, non-marking, non-slip rubber deck sole. It also has rustproof eyelets and super soft Pittards leather. Fashioned on the tread of ...
On-board PC can be plotter. (New Products).(Seiwa's Electronic Chart System)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... If you have a PC or laptop aboard your boat, you can turn it into a sophisticated chart plotter with Seiwa's new Electronic Chart System. Or it can be connected to other on-hoard electronics to make navigation even easier. Seiwa's Electronic Chart System uses the latest C-MAP ...
Clean bottoms ahead for boat owners. (New Products).(Micron Extra antifouling paint)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... International Paints, the world's leading manufacturer of marine coatings, has launched a new range of Micron antifouling, developed to increase protection against slime and marine growth on the bottom of boats. Micron Extra ...
Calendar.(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... <Pre> calendar April 2002 Tuesday 26:30pm CYCA Cruising Meeting Thursday 4 6:00pm PSS Marine Radio Course Commences 6:30pm Members' Badge Draw Sunday 7 Jill McLayTrophy -- Ladies Day Windward Trophy -- Great Veterans Race ...
Thakral Properties continue to support Youth Sailing. (From the Youth Sailing Academy).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Thakral, long-time supporters of youth sailing in Australia, particular of the CYCA Youth Sailing Academy, has continued its support of the YSA in 2002. CYCA member and General Manager of Thakral, John Adamson, acknowledges the importance of training young sailors in maintaining crews on ...
Coastal Navigation Course. (From the Youth Sailing Academy).
Apr 01, 2002 ... The YSA, in conjunction with Matt Bolton from TAFE, will be conducting a Coastal Navigation Course in 2002. It is intended that the course may be completed partially by correspondence and partially face-to-face. The face-to-face times are expected to be for a couple of hours on two or ...
Introductory, intermediate and advanced sailing courses -- 2002. (From the Youth Sailing Academy).
Apr 01, 2002 ... Places are filling quickly for the next introductory and intermediate School Holiday Courses to be held from 22 to 26 April. These four-day courses (no sailing on 25 April) cater for beginners and intermediate sailors aged 12 to 21. The intermediate course will provide a great opportunity ...
Youth academy team head to Victoria. (From the Youth Sailing Academy).(Ronstan Victorian Match Racing Championships)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... A very strong under-25 team of John Winning, Seve Jarvin, Damien Logue and Ben Croucher (doubling as coach and team member) are headed to Melbourne to compete in the Ronstan Victorian Match Racing Championships. This event is in its sixth successive year, and the title has been shared ...
Schools and university sailing courses. (From the Youth Sailing Academy).
Apr 01, 2002 ... It is exciting to see so many students from SCECGS Redlands and Scots College enjoying the training and sailing that is offered through the Youth Sailing Academy on weekday afternoons. Both schools are keen to compete in this year's 2002 Schools Match Racing Championship in September, and ...
Attention all BMW Sydney Winter Series skippers. (From the Youth Sailing Academy).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... The BMW Sydney Winter Series is almost here, and once again the Youth sailing Academy's Advanced Squad will be hitting the water, with many of the Squad willing to try their hand at 'big-boat' racing. All applicants to date, have extremely strong dingy sailing backgrounds and ...
Marine Radio Changes. (Onshore).(new standards from Australian Communications Authority)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Jon Meyer, Chief Safety Equipment Auditor, would like boat owners to be aware of the changes affecting communications on the water. The following text has been extracted from the Marine Radio Choices and Changes brochure from the Australian Communications Authority. For more comprehensive ...
From the Marina. (Onshore).(spaces available at marina)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... For those members that are seeking a spot to store their dinghy, a couple of spaces have now become available, as the hardstand has experienced some movement of late with a few departures. We recommend that if you would like to obtain a position here at the club, you tell us as soon as ...
Harken expands airblock line. (New Products).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Harken has added a 75mm block line to its growing Garbo family. Constructed of high-strength engineering plastics, these lightweight blocks have an extremely high strength-to-weight ratio, with a safe working load of 1,200lbs (544kgs). The 75mm blocks are designed for control ...
Standards approval for RFD jackets. (New Products).(life jackets)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... RFD (Australia) Pry Ltd, a leader in marine safety and survival equipment, has announced that its Australian-designed and manufactured Type 11A inflatable life jacket has been approved to Australian Standard AS1512 effective December 2001. The RFD Type 11A inflatable life jacket ...
Swamp fever.(Queensland mud crabs)(Brief Article)(Recipe)
Apr 01, 2002; ... IN THE WOODY ALLEN FILM MANHATTAN, THE LEADING character Isaac talks about his favourite things and what makes life worth living. He cites the crabs at Sam Wo's (a Chinese New York restaurant) as being up there with Cezanne, Louis Armstrong and Groucho Marx. In Queensland ...
Bottoms up. (Drink).(quality beer in cans)(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
Apr 01, 2002; ... RUM AND PORT MAY BE THE BEVERAGES MOST associated with sea-going types, but we all know the truth -- when you've dropped anchor, it's a beer that is the first objective of any captain. Beer quenches thirst (yelling at crew is thirsty work), goes well with salty things (like seagulls or ...
Prince Philip Cup to WA. (News from All Ports).(Western Australian Glen Tucker)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Hosted by the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club on the Swan River, a fleet of 19 International Dragon-class yachts, including four boats from Sydney and one from Hobart, contested the Prince Philip Cup, the national championship for this classic one-design keelboat class. In an ...
NSW Etchells to Ian Murray. (News from All Ports).(International Etchells class)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Iain Murray, skipper of the 2001 Sydney Hobart winning yacht Bumblebee 5, has added another trophy to his huge collection, winning the NSW state championship for the International Etchells class. In one of the closest finishes ever, it took just half a metre and a countback for ...
Key West win to Perini. (News from All Ports).(Richard Perini)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... A stunning performance by Richard Perini's Foreign Affair clinched the series with a race to spare in the Mumm 30 class at the Terra Nova Trading/Yachting Key West Race Week. With a day to go, Perini, with a largely Australian crew (Darren Jones on main, Jason Rowed on ...
Australia Day honours to 'Harro'. (News from All Ports).(John Harrison)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... John 'Harro' Harrison has been awarded the Australian Medal for services to sailing in the 2002 Australia Day honours list. 'Harro' is a ...
Pioneer website changes hands. (News from All Ports).(Sailing-online)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... The pioneer Australian internet sailing website, Sailing-online, has changed hands. Aaron Goldwater and Catherine Hansen started sailing-online.com.au with their coverage of the Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race in 1997. Over the years they poured thousands of hours and dollars into the ...
US Sailing gives rule 64.1 the flick. (News from All Ports).(United States Sailing Association)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... The United States Sailing Association (US Sailing) has given the heave-ho to the US Sailing prescription to racing rule 64.1(a) from the Racing Rules of Sailing for 2001 to 2004. US Sailing says the prescription is no longer required, as the International Sailing Federation ...
Simon Whiston wins Farr 40 Series. (News from All Ports).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... In late February, ferry commuters on Sydney Harbour had some added entertainment on their journeys home, with spectacular racing between a fleet of nine Farr 40 One Design yachts contesting the inaugural Alfa Romeo Trophy twilight series. In a hard-fought series, Simon Whiston ...
57th Sydney Hobart Race in retrospect the race's young guns. (News from All Ports).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... An article on Sydney Hobart Race statistics that was published in the December/January 2001-2002 edition of Offshore Yachting has provoked responses from proud parents claiming that their sons were the youngest ever skippers in the great race. In that issue, we published, from ...
Warwick Rooklyn. (Where Are They Now?).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Warwick is now involved in motor sport, recently moving from Formula Holden and sports sedan production circuit racing into rallying. He started with the ...
Greg Prescott. (Where Are They Now?).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Greg is still actively involved in yacht racing in Hobart, ...
Sean Kirkjian. (Where Are They Now?).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Sean has been a champion sailor in many classes and is now ...
Liz Wardley. (Where Are They Now?).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Liz is a member of the all-women crew sailing aboard the Volvo ...
Ticket of Leave on top. (News from All Ports).(yacht skippered by Kevin Wood)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... Sandringham Yacht Club Commodore Kevin Wood is not only leading the individual pointscore in Victoria's Timberland Range Series on Port Phillip, but he has put his club in a winning position for the prestigious teams trophy. With one race to sail, Wood had skippered his Beneteau ...
Dockside. (Social).(Australia Day Regatta; Starlight Sailing Challenge)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002 ... ROYAL SYDNEY YACHT SQUADRON LUNCH Her Excellency Dr Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales, with other guests and the Chairman of the 166th Australia Day Regatta, Mr Geoff Lee AM DAM Photos - Peter Campbell The 166th Australia Day ...
Down the rhumbline: With guest columnist, international yachting scribe.(comments on the Admiral's Cup, and a newly announced Round Ireland Race)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... THE HEADY DAYS OF THE ADMIRAL'S CUP ARE OVER. Gone are those wonderful regattas in which as many as 57 boats competed in 19 national teams at Cowes, took in the Channel Race and the Fastnet, and battled with a sense of national pride and enthusiasm. To win the golden trophy was ...
Members' information night. (Onshore).(Cruising Yachting Club of Australia)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2002; ... The Board conducted a Members' Information Night on Tuesday 19 February to update members on issues currently affecting the club. This was followed by an opportunity for members in attendance to raise queries that they have in relation to any issues not already covered in the Board's ...
CYCA member survey 2001. (Onshore).(Cruising Yachting Club of Australia)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 01, 2002; ... As at February 2002, the club had 2,600 members, including overseas, juniors and associates. There were 600 members that took the time to put pen to paper and respond to the CYCA member survey. This is a good result and confirms a large representation of the members. Facilities, member's ...
Deck area and bistro bookings. (Onshore).
Apr 01, 2002 ... The following policy in relation to the deck area was ratified at the Director's meeting in February and was drafted as a fair and reasonable solution for members coming to the club and using the limited deck area that adjoins it. There will be no bookings for tables on the deck ...
2002/2003 membership subscriptions. (Onshore).
Apr 01, 2002 ... Members are reminded that membership subscriptions will be due and payable from April 2002. A late fee will apply to those that delay in forwarding payment. A charge calculated at 12 per cent per annum will apply to all ...
Northside sailors come catch a ride. (Onshore).
Apr 01, 2002 ... As part of trial tar this years BMW Sydney Winter Series on Sundays, the club will be offering a pickup service from Taronga Zoo Wharf back to the CYCA before racing gets under way. There will be a one only collection at 9:00am from the wharf an passengers will need to pay a small fee of ...
CYCA Offshore Racing Programme.(C)
Apr 01, 2002 ... <Pre> CYCA Offshore Racing Programme MAJOR OFFSHORE AND INSHORE EVENTS IN AUSTRALIA AND OVERSEAS LOCAL RACING APRIL 9 2002 BMW Sydney Winter Series-Jill McLay Trophy Opening Ladies Day; WinwardTrophy Great Veterans Race, CYCA ...