Soundings May-June 2012

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WYNNUM MANLY YACHT CLUB INC. PO BOX 200, Wynnum, QLD, 4178Email: [email protected] WEB: www.wmyc.org.auWMYC OFFICE: Administration Karen Meates (Tue, Wed & Thu 0900 - 1400) Phone: 3393 5708 Fax: 3348 6177SAILING OFFICE Phone: 3893 0377 Fax: 3348 6177CLUBHOUSE: Phone: 3393 5708 or 3383 0377 (Attended Fri 1800-2200 & Sun 1500 -1900)2010/2011 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE PO BOX 200, Wynnum, QLD, 4178Patron Ron BoswellCommodore Danny Pearsall 'Canaipa' Phone: 3399 9993 Mob: 0433 454 216Vice Commodore Kevin Westacott ' Micron' Phone: 3904 8100 Mob: 0411 522 655Rear Commodore Stewart Hamilton 'Jaygee' Phone: 3398 4711Secretary David Hoban 'Bolero' Phone: 33966552Treasurer David Craddock 'Ketchit' Mob: 0403 380 360Social Chairman Col Ramsay 'Q-Nard' Phone: 3393 3006 Mob: 0419 253 030 Sailing Chairman Andrew Barney 'Barney Army' Phone: 3348 5568 Mob: 0412 005 968Grounds Chairman VacantWeb Master Fred Cramer 'Simplicity' Phone: 3393 6085 Mob: 0403 039 327

WYNNUM MANLY SAILING CLUB INC PO BOX 601, Wynnum, QLD, 4178Saling Chairman Andrew Barney 'Barney Army' Phone: 3348 5568 Mob: 0412 005 968Vice Chairman Michael Schmidt 'Flight Deck' Phone: 3208 9045 Secretary VacantTreasurer VacantHandicapper Fred Cramer 'Simplicity' Phone: 3393 6085 Mob: 0403 039 327YQ Representatives Darcy Grieve 'True Blue' Phone: 3348 9063

WYNNUM MANLY YACHT CLUB MARINA LTD PO BOX 5112, Manly, QLD, 4179Email: [email protected] Phone: 3396 4639 Fax: 3893 2775Marina Chairman Brian Aldred 'Pelican' Phone: 3273 1874Property Matters Ian Skelsey 'Rumba' Phone: 0417 436 145Treasurer Andrew Crawford 'Dilligara' Slipway Directorand Environmental Ray Lotz 'Seacret' Phone: 3134 0942Walkway Director Damien Pugh Phone: 3396 2344 Hardstand, ParkingLandscaping & Lights Peter Bampton 'Audacious' Phone 3289 2540Marina Manager Pamela Pavey Phone: 3396 4639

SLIPWAYMarina Slip Bookings Phone: 3396 4639 ( Attended 0900-1600 Mon-Fri minimum)Message re Slip delay or changes booking - out of hours 0409 636 783

MARINA EMERGENCIES 0409 636 783MANLY DRAGON BOAT CLUB PO BOX 5533, Manly, QLD, 4179Email: [email protected] Web: www.manlydragons.com.auPresident Jason Ferrari Phone: 0416 154 266Vice President Heather Day Phone: 0438 598 878Secretary Danielle Ferrari Phone: 0414 751 275Treasurer Fran White Phone: 0408 760 492Coaching Coordinator Maggie Boyce Phone: 0434 617 717Regatta Event Coordinator Ann Davies Phone: 0488 223 426

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SoundingsWynnum Manly Yacht Club Inc.

ContentsEditorial

EDITOR/ADVERTISING Mark Gordon Looking Glass Design & Publications P: 07 5576 5439 M: 0448 159 350 E: [email protected] ART/PRODUCTION Sammy Gordon Looking Glass Design & Publications P: 07 5576 5439 M: 0438 386 930 E: [email protected]

Soundings is published Bi-monthly July, September, November, January, March and May. The opinions expresses by the authors and contributors of articles in Soundings are not necessarily those of Wynnum Manly Yacht Club Inc, nor does Wynnum Manly Yacht Club Inc guarantee the accuracy of statements made by contributors or advertisers or accept any responsibility for any product or statements made herein. Wynnum Manly Yacht Club Inc does not accept liability for advertising material published in Soundings which may contravene the Trade Practices Act. Other than for the purpose of review and subject to the Copyright Act, no part of this publication maybe reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Welcome to the May/June Edition of Soundings Magazine.

Inside this edition you will discover all the latest important news and information from the Club. We reflect on another successful Brisbane to Gladstone Race, have all current racing result from our Club racing series, and there is a special feature on member Les Clements and his long history of sailing exploits.

We also have some exciting news of the Marine Queensland Boat, Paddle and Ski marine exhibition confirmed for September at Manly Harbour.

Also a word of warning regarding recent sightings of Box Jellyfish in our marina. Members are advised against swimming in the marina at this time.

Business owners are also invited to consider advertising their companies and services in our magazine. We have special members rates for new advertisers so give me a call on 0448 159 350 to discuss these exciting opportunities.

Until next time I wish you safe boating and fine weather!

Mark GordonPUBLISHER

Cover photo: 'Koomooloo' courtesy of Peter Auld.

Club Information 2Commodore’s Report 4New Members 5Member Notices 650th Anniversary 6Vice Commodore's Report 7Around the Club 8Marine Media 10Safety Alert 11Sailing Chairman’s Report 12Diary Dates 13S.A.G.S Results 142012 Ullman Sails 2up Results 15Dreamy Day at Day's Gutter 16Boat Show to Manly 18Blue Water Sailor 20Full Battens or Short Battens? 2364th Brisbane to Gladstone 24Vintage Yacht Regatta 25New Products 26Member Profile: Bill Haslet 28Manly Dragons 30Tide Times 32Stories from the Net 23

Trade Directory 34Club Merchandise 35


Commodore’s Reportby Danny Pearsall “Canaipa”

By the time this goes to print Easter will be over. What fantastic weather we have had and a great time on the Bay for all of us lucky enough to get out for a day of three or even more.

The 50th Anniversary is still in the planning stage with most events scheduled for August this year. Peter Auld is still working on the history book that we hope will be ready around the same time.

The Ladies Skipper Race is well into the planning stage. This year Sharon Boyle and Alexis McCarthy are at the helm. The ladies are putting in a big effort to make this a special event. I would like to thank them both (and their helpers) for getting involved. Sailors please check the WEB page for more updates.

I’d also like to thank Neil Planck for running the Kingfisher Series and for organising the Trophy Night on Friday the 30th March where everyone enjoyed themselves.

I would also like to acknowledge the work of David Clark who has been our Grounds Chairman for many years. Dave is currently working in NSW and is unable to continue in this role. I would like to thank Kevin Westacott, Vice Commodore, for helping with some of the Grounds Chairman jobs. Kevin also organised the "Boat Bits" sale which was a great success and he is now organising the Working Bee. Thanks Kevin.

I would also like to acknowledge Stewart Hamilton, Rear Commodore, for volunteering to do the other duties of the Ground Chairman. One of the jobs that Stewart has taken on is the renovation of the Club office. Thanks for the effort.

The Roof in the Club house has been leaking and we got a plumber out and had it repaired. We have been advised that the roof will need repainting and have a quote for this which we will discuss at the next meeting.

The large awning in front of the Club house is also starting to deteriorate at a rapid pace and we will need to budget for replacement. I understand that the original job cost around $25,000.00. I hope we can still get a few more years out of it but with some of these strong winds we been having, its life might be short.

The Committee is losing a couple of members. Social Chairman Col Ramsay has Rotary commitments and will be traveling for a few months. The Sailing Chairman Andrew Barney is on a four wheel drive adventure for 4 months and Vice Chairman has a couple of extra commitments. We have lost David Clark to his employment in NSW. If you feel you can help over the next few months and pick up all or part of these roles it would be very much appreciated.

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INCREASE IN 2012/2013 FEES - 4%At the General Meeting held on the 18th April 2012 the members approved an increase of 4% in Club fees and hardstand fees, in line with the annual CPI.

Preparations for the printing of the annual accounts will begin shortly so it is imperative that both the Club and Marina offices have your correct postal addresses. If you have moved house recently please let us know as soon as possible.

Member Notices

BON VOYAGERoger and Cheryl at their recent farewell party on 13 April 2012. They are making a dash for Tasmania and we wish them a fantastic future.

Peter Auld has painstakingly compiled an impressive history of sailing and boating on Moreton Bay.

This limited edition coffee table book will be released later in the year, and is an absolute must for all members and boating enthusiasts as it traces the history and profiles the great contributions made by Wynnum Manly Yacht Club members, current and past.

Keep a lookout for the book's release later this year.

50th Anniversary Coffee Table Book


by Kevin Westacott ’Micron’We had a very successful Boat Bits Sale for many members and the local public on Sunday 1st April.

With 14 people with ‘Bits’ for Sale and the Port of Brisbane Rotary Club providing a Sausage Sizzle and drinks. It was a very enjoyable morning.

There were many boating items on sale with bargains to be had from boating magazines to extra engine parts, anchors and many pieces of rope.

At 8.00am we must have had at least 200 people in the parking lot with many walkers and their dogs also attending. It was all over by 10.30am as the parking lot was heating up and all the bargains had gone.

Thanks to everyone for making it a successful WMYC Club morning.

A very successful Club Working Bee was held last Saturday with over 30 attendees. The fit and the fearless strode in the gate at 8.00am and headed for the top dressing soil pile which proceeded to diminish with gay abandon. The more sensible continued working and cleaning in the Clubhouse under the watchful eye of Jason Ferrari, who I must thank for arranging the gurney which was employed all morning.

Also to be thanked for their labours is Rod Bullen, who was responsible for the sleepers at our new front entry, Darcy Grieve, who led the "barbed wire" team in re-enforcing our boundary fence and the fence adjoining East Coast Marina, Perry & Helen Ralton, for the great patio table oiling, the guys who worked the Gurney all morning cleaning paths

and office approaches. Last but not least, Mike Bryant for his skills in replacing our office letter-box. Mention must also be made that Bette Huntley scrubbed and cleaned the mould off the patio tables a few days prior to the working bee, so thanks for that Bette.

We were all refreshed by the great morning tea arranged by our Commodore Danny and then a last minute BBQ after the mandatory cleaning and preparing by Ross Peters and Bev Flutter. A good meal was had by all remaining workers.

Thanks to all members who attended the morning it was a lot of fun and achieved some worthwhile repairs to our Club.

Vice - Commodore's Report


Around the Club

On Friday night the 13th of April, we held a get together to say Farewell to Roger Hart and Cheryl Hill as they are leaving our warm climate and heading off to a new lifestyle at Beauty Point, Tasmania. Beauty Point is just north of Launceston on the Tamar river where Roger started his sailing career. Roger was our Sailing Chairperson in 1999 and 2002 and took the position of QYA representative from 1999 until 2008. In 2006 Roger filled the position of Vice Commodore. Roger has actively been involved in our Club over the years and his good voice was well used whenever we needed to make presentations or announcements.

Things social are happening. Friday May 11th will be a special night at the Clubhouse with the bar open as well as Hot and Cold Nibblies being served.

Christmas in July is planned for July 27th. As the time gets closer an email will be sent out to all who have an email address on the Club database informing of the time and what you need to do to book for this function.

The proposal, for changes to the hire fees for the Clubhouse has been approved. The Clubhouse is for the benefit of WMYC

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Things have not gone well on the catering scene, and Avril from Cafe La Mer has ceased trading on Friday nights due to lack of patronage.

On Friday nights, the Bar will be open and everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy a drink and good company and conversations with members and guests. Many members are bringing BYO meals and even using the BBQ to cook their own meals. Some nights, orders are taken and members collect meals from some of the fabulous take away cafes in the area.

Where are our members? What do they now do on Friday nights when they are not at the club?

This is my last Soundings report as I will be unable to fulfill the roll of Social Chairperson after May.

Support and enjoy your CLUB and its social activities.

by Col Ramsay ‘Q Nard’ - Social Chairperson

SPECIAL NOTICE:Friday May 11th will be a Special Night at the

Clubhouse with Drinks and Hot & Cold Nibblies.

Come along and enjoy your Club

Friday July 27th

Traditional Christmas Dinner See Karen in the office from July 1st to purchase Tickets


Marina Media

by Pamela Pavey - Marina Manager for Marina Board

• Wind and Tempest – we are maybe getting ‘storm-shy’ but so many days in the last 3 months have had black storm or grey rain clouds appearing over the southern horizon, we try to remember how sunny it used to be. Last week we heard that Easterly winds were going to hit in the afternoon with 30 to 40 knot gusts – and that is exactly what happened. As it was low tide, we felt relaxed (after all with this low tide, the boats were floating much lower than the marina peninsula wall). However in the first 30 minutes one boat managed to ride up at the bow onto the pontoon, and the yacht beside it broke some mooring ropes and needed our assistance to save it from harm. We cannot stress enough to our skippers & crew, to check your vessel OFTEN.

• The other side of the coin is with so much rain our gardens are flourishing. Our Tom, slipmaster / gardener, is secretly planting for Winter and then a special brilliance of colour in Spring.

• Major Maintenance has been held up by rain and holidays. D Row now has new buffers around the piles which we believe will be a great improvement.

• Manly Boat Show – Marine Qld are arranging a boat show for three days 21, 22, 23rd September – which is the start of the school holidays and the local Bay Cruise. It will be held in the Transport Dept’s moorings near MBTBC, and in the adjacent car-park. They are expecting that this show will grow quickly over the years having the benefit of being ‘on-the-water’.

• Workplace Health & Safety Courses have been attended by our Dir. Peter Bamford, and myself and this is so extensive and all will need to pay attention to Safety in every move whilst on the Marina premises.

• Powerful Lights have now been installed at the top of the walkway on D & E Rows and they are everything we hoped for. They shine over the whole of the

• Top of the row including the walkway trolley position; the path; and the bridge.

• Seeing D as against the darkness of A, B, & C, entries shows clearly how well these lights that we have been considering for some time, are everything we hoped for and more.

• Sure enough – it is raining again – heavily and forecast is for more days of this! Check yourself that ‘webbed feet’ are not starting to grow on you.

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Be advised that we are averageing 2 sightings a WEEK

of Moreton Bay Box Jellyfish in our Marina

Seen by many people in various RowsWe have a photo of the J Row one – as PROOF.

(not the best photo as this one had one tentacle missing)

PLEASE BE SENSIBLE AND REFRAIN FROMSWIMMING IN THE MARINA & HARBOURAs RQYS has advised of a Sighting as well

P.S. Since this original sighting about a month ago we have received Several more advices of Sightings

We KNOW these are NOT the Northern ones BUT they are not to be ignored

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Sailing Chairman’s Reportby Andrew Barney ‘Barney Army’

We’ve enjoyed some great racing over the last few weeks, with the Combined Clubs Heat 2 on the 11th of March! We had 17 entries between our two divisions, well done to Red Jam - Blair Harrison 1st, Jaspa – Sean Healy 2nd and The Plumber – Kevin Van Lunteren 3rd for division 1 and Intrusion – Greg Utteridge 1st , Gumboots – Bob McCormick 2nd and Flight Deck – Michael Schmidt 3rd. Get on down and enter this 12 race series, plenty of time left to enter this 12 race series!

At Easter we had a few yachts do the Brisbane – Gladstone, Jenny on Soothsayer achieving 14th place on PHRF overall and 4th in their Division! Well done to Jenny Fitzgibbon and crew! Also from WMYC was Ben Stark on Lady Katherine, with a 3rd place in PHRF overall, 3rd place in division 3 and 2nd place in the PHRF Veterans Division. Nice work all!

Also at Easter Mooloolaba ran their Easter series, with 11 boats from Mooloolaba sailing down on Thursday, with Pamela and her Marina Elves helping those boats find berths for the Thursday night, thank you Pamela! Friday Morning we started their return race to Mooloolaba at 9am with the purpose to be sailing up the Spitfire Channel by the time the heavies from the Gladstone Race passed them. This was achieved and I am

sure it would have been spectacular sight, seeing the 100ft – 60ft racing yachts slide past them! Peter Auld with Southern Star was our only WMYC Entrant, I’m sure he had a great time, with a full moon and light SE’ly winds I bet it was a great weekend!

The Ultimate/ Ullman Sails 2 up series has now been run and won. Well done to the 25 yachts which entered this series! I would like to thank Andrew Turner for sponsoring this series. Without his support it would not have achieved the great numbers we had racing! The racing was very close, a tie for first place is always a good thing, with Ian Skelsey – Ben Nevis on 10 points taking out the trophy with his 2 bullets helping his score! Dave Moran - Escape 2nd on a count back also with 10 points and Ross Flutter – Echelon 3rd on 13 points. We had a mixed bag of weather with 1 race held in over 20knots, enough to test the crew’s ability to race shorthanded! Many thanks go to Michael and Leanne Schmidt for organising and running this event to perfection, as well our our starting crew, Tony and Carol Shoesmith on their boat Catalyst.

This will be my last report for a while, my family and I are off on a trip around this great Country of ours, leaving the 5th of May till the 9th of September. Look out Western Australia, here we come ;-)


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2012 Ullman Sails 2up Results

Place Sail No Boat Name Skipper Sers Score Race 3 Race 2 Race 1

1 3700 Ben Nevis I Skelsey 10 8 1 1

2 8 Escape D Moran 10 4 4 2

3 2001 Echelon R Flutter 13 5 2 6

4 338 Red Jam B Harrison 14 3 8 3

5 R18 Pagan P Kerr 14 6 3 5

6 7368 Incantation E Knowles 16 7 5 4

7 RQ367 The Healer M Hipgrave 22 2 7 13

8 78 Alyth C Eldridge 26 12 6 8

9 13 Barney Army A Barney 32 10 11 11

10 221 Gumboots B McCormick 34 1 9 24.0L

11 A76 Flight Deck M Schmidt 34 13 14 7

12 30 Finecotton R Wassell 43 9 10 24.0L

13 158 Albatros J Stevenson 49 26.0C 13 10

14 RQ16 Magic Dragon R Letten 50 26.0C 12 12

15 727 Need for Speed J Holmes 51 26.0C 16 9

16 83 Ethel May II M Sheaves 60 26.0C 15 19

17 435 Simplicity F Cramer 60 15 24.0C 21

18 610 The Dog House D Rose 63 11 26.0L 26.0L

19 350 Lion Rampant M McLean 64 26.0C 24.0C 14

20 6634 Exile P Miller 65 26.0C 24.0C 15

21 7002 Mister Magoo J Ruckert 66 14 26.0L 26.0L

22 NONE Bella Vida P Driml 66 26.0C 24.0C 16

23 B34 La Vita P Last 67 26.0C 24.0C 17

24 313 Intrusion P Utteridge 68 26.0C 24.0C 18

25 RQ217 Alien Biopsy A Turner 70 26.0C 24.0C 20


“Winds be light.Seas be smoothSky be bright,We want to party, babe! Get in the Groove!” (Old Welsh Proverb)

The weather forecast for the Easter weekend read like something from a Cape Horner’s log – “Winds south-easterly 20 to 25 knots, rain periods, swell 1.5 metres”. So I said the above ‘prayer’ and all was well. Handy my old Ma being a Welsh witch!

We met at One-Mile for an evening BBQ. Fortunately the kids remembered the supplies or I’d have been hungry. I’d looked at the chart. Silly me. The trip meant going over dry land. Mike off Ocean Maid had briefed us and told us sailing on dry land would be peanuts. Col off Incite promised us keel boats insightful guidance for the following day’s expedition to Days Gutter. We then all discussed the Meaning of Life and decided it was sailing/boating.

“5.30 am departure” said Brian off Pelican.

“Gosh” said me. My brain – if it wakes at all, doesn’t really function till after three cups of tea and one coffee these days. Next morning a tap on the hull got me out of bed and I started motor, upped anchor, (crew still snoring in the back bedroom) and headed out the past the Jack Borey marker (carried by the tide my dinghy did a brief pole-dance with Jack) and followed Brian. Meanwhile the rest of smarty farty power boat people slept soundly till 8.00 am, no doubt enjoying tea and coffee first. They roared past us just before we reached the Rous Channel and then kindly gave us keel boats depth soundings – Roger giving them in something called ‘feet’, of which I have only two. Across Back’s gutter, where it says 0.2 metres on

the chart, thanks to our guides, we found just enough to float across and by 9.30 arrived at Days Gutter – together with every other boat in S/E. Queensland – all getting away from it all together. To say the anchorage was tight is a misnomer! Tighter than Scotsman’s purse it was!

Once anchored, the games began. The first game ‘Lets get ashore’ – and avoid the razor shells. Once nearly ashore the next game was avoid the box-jelly fish, the sting-rays, the sea-snakes, crocodiles, hammer-head sharks, squadrons of starving mozzies (how could they be starving with the 20 million other boaties in the bay?) sand-flies and other delightful little God’s creatures that came to eat us. Once ashore, the next game was ‘find your thong (Oz talk) or Flip-Flop (less erotic Brit-talk) swallowed in the soft sand. Finally, having forgotten by now why we came ashore, we met up at the Pub (Beach Bar) and then remembered. Beer. And Fish and Chips. Lunch dragged on with sailors’ yarns – as they do.

The next game was conducted in style and organised by Mike’n and Col’n Deb and Darcy’n Julie . Spot the Bot. The idea was all those participating were to bend over a hole in the sand and dig. Those not digging

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Dreamy Days at Day's Gutter


were to try and identify the posterior of a loved one. The winners won an Easter Egg. The losers got to sleep alone in their dinghy. After that, we returned to the Beach Bar and some of us to our boats for a nap and plan the night’s festivities.

Later, with the tide low and our passage into the bay as dry as a Saharan cricket pitch, we went ashore to watch the sunset. Mif Dean and I looked west until the Fitz’s turned us round to the east. We had missed the sun, but there was a magnificent moon rising. After sundowers/moon-uppers, hunger howled. Takeaway for some, table service for others from the Beach Bar.

The anchorage, despite its 20 million temporary residents was amazingly quiet and peaceful that night. I think we all slept like logs to awake refreshed and ready to socialise over breakfast while the tide came in. Unlike Drake, no-one played bowls whilst waiting for the tide. Our turn to ride the tide came. Duly, an armada appeared at the ‘entrance’ to the aptly described, Black Gutter. To us keelboaters (ok, my) astonishment the passage was peanuts – no touching (amazing given the close proximity of pull-pit to pushpit) as we kept one eye

on the sounder, another on the chart plotter track, another on the boat in front, and another eye on the boat behind. Soon we were in ‘deep’ water and sails went up whilst others WMYC cruisers dropped lines.

The radio was alive with tales of others departing. Nothing much though, apart from the odd broken rib or two, the occasional dropped propeller, bent rudder and Col with a saw thumb. Pretty harmless really.

But above all, what a FABULOUS time! My crew loved it! “More again” they asked. I had my sail, Mif had her sun-frying and Dean – a keen bird watcher saw many birds both of the feathered, and of the other variety - that got him the odd thump from my daughter.

Thank you so much Michael and Col and everyone else who helped organise what I thought might be the ‘impossible’ cruise across dry land.


Boat Show to Manly

Marine Queensland has announced a new marine event set to celebrate everything Queenslander’s love about getting on the water – Power, Sail and Paddle 2012 will dock at Queensland’s biggest marina precinct, Manly Boat Harbour in September this year.

Marine Queensland, the peak state recreational marine industry body has been working to build participation levels in marine based recreation across the State. To do this the Association has been working to create unique boating events for members in both metro and regional centres in response to feedback from last year’s National Marine Industry Summit.

'We are very excited to launch Power, Sail and Paddle 2012 at Manly Harbour from September 21-23' said Marine Queensland’s President Greg Nickerson

'I can’t think of a more fitting venue in Brisbane to help us wet people’s appetite for boating– Manly is a well-established boating hub and the harbour precinct gives us scope to provide activities that present visitors with an enticing picture of what getting on the water is all about.

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'Marine based recreation is about freedom and escape' said Marine Queensland CEO Don Jones, 'It is freedom from the stresses of life and freedom to explore and discover'.

'This event allows us as an industry to share our passion for everything marine and encourage our potential customers to try it for themselves. There are too many stories of people who discovered their passion for getting out on the water after a day on someone else’s boat for us to ignore the growing importance of participation style events.'

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Les joined Wynnum Manly Yacht Club on the 5th August 1965 just two weeks after a severe storm battered the Bayside causing extensive damage to boats and small craft moored in the Manly Boat Harbour. Club members were on the spot and took part in saving many boats from destruction. Les a local milkman, remembers taking down a case of milk to sustain the members who were sheltering in and behind the jetty fire boxes at about 2 am on the night of the storm.

He joined the Club at a time when the racing fleet was but a year or two established and comprised of some of the best big boat sailors on the bay. Iconic boats and skippers were racing in the mid sixties in the Wynnum Manly monthly races and Les Clements’ third boat the 30ft sloop Ecstasy was amongst them.

The first mention of Ecstasy in Club records is a press cutting describing the Sear and Gunn Trophy Race held on Sunday the 3rd October 1965. Les Clements has probably sailed more nautical miles than anyone in the club. Since he retired at a young age from his milk delivery business in 1971, Les has sailed more than 170,000 sea miles, much of it accumulated by many delivery trips

undertaken and including delivering boats for Sydney businessman Ron Phillips over a period of 14 years, the last being in 1985. Les estimates he has sailed from Sydney to Brisbane on more than 100 occasions as well as several Sydney to Mooloolaba races.

Les’s first boat in the fifty’s was a little 21ft bond wood keeler - Tern, and the second an H28 ketch - Makama. He joined the Club with his 30 footer Ecstasy in 1965 and raced her in the Club’s monthly races for the next 5 years. She took out the 1969 Points Championship. After Ecstasy was sold in 1973, Les bought Palana, a 38ft Arthur Robb centre board yawl built in Tasmania and a veteran of (3) Hobart races in 1963,64 and 65. Les sailed Palana to Brisbane from Melbourne to join the 27 strong Club racing fleet in 1974 and raced regularly each year until 1980 and again in 1983 until the start of the 1984 season.

Each year in the winter months Palana was cruised north up the Queensland coast. Then in 1984 Les went to Coffs Harbour and bought the former Admiral’s Cup and Sydney Hobart race winner Koomooloo. He sailed her up from Pittwater to Manly where she was proudly entered on the Club’s register and remained there for the next thirteen years.

Koomooloo’s fame is attributed to her hull design by Bob Miller (who changed his name to Ben Lexcen in the 1970’s). The lines were a replica of Miller’s successful Admiral’s Cup racer Mercedes III built for Ted Kaufman, who was approached by the original owner Dennis O’Neil of the CYCA, NSW to build him a yacht as good as or better than Mercedes III. Cec Quilkey was again commissioned to build the boat and the result was a yacht one foot longer with a bigger rig. She went on to win the 1968 Sydney-Hobart race and was selected for the 1969 and 1971 Admiral’s Cup teams.

Blue Water Sailor - Les Clementsby Peter Auld Photo: Palana


After Les had sold her, Koomooloo was sadly lost in the 2006 Hobart race in controversial circumstances when owner Mike Fairbairn was leading on IRC and the crew had to abandon ship when she began to sink from a leak which could not be located. Commenting on the controversy, Les was reminded of his trip to Lord Howe in 1988 when Koomooloo weathered 70 Knots, did not sink and remained in sound condition.

In between ocean racing and cruising, Les raced Koomooloo in the Club’s 1987 Points Series races with good results, and there is evidence in newspaper clippings that she was the best looking boat in the harbour with her fine lines and varnished topsides, why else would the sole yacht depicted in the photograph below be featured in the May 1987 Daily Sun and Bayside Bulletin articles promoting the new Marina, be any

other yacht than Les’s, beautiful all timber Kaufman 41 footer (Koomooloo), moored in the new but still unfinished marina

Forever looking for a bigger and better boat Les relinquished Koomooloo to the Fairbairns in 1997. He went to Melbourne in 1998 to purchase his next boat the 47ft Bowman yawl Bravura and sailed her home. He then embarked on his third voyage into the Pacific, this time being away for 19 months in which time he met and married his second wife Shashi in Fiji. Eventually getting citizenship for Shashi, Les returned to live at Manly West where Shashi operates her hairdressing salon.

His sixth Pacific cruise came about in 2008 when Les found the next boat of his choice, Mariela a 38ft Halberg Rassy sloop, in Hawaii and decided to fly out there and sail her home single handed. He stayed 3 months and spent another 3 months sailing 5000 miles from Honolulu to Brisbane via Fanning Island, Samoa, Wallis Island, Fiji and Noumea. During the voyage Les was joined by fellow club member Peter Heathwood and his son Shane in Fiji for a 3 week holiday.

Photos: Koomooloo

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Les Clements is now one of a small band of veteran members who are well known and respected around the Club, and only recently retired from regularly sailing in RQ’s Wednesday WAGS on Alan Gunn’s Sabrina. Many members will know of the help Les has given freely to others in solving boat and engine problems beyond their capabilities. In 1962 Les procured two 10hp Petter diesel stationary engines for Stan Davey and Bill Haslet’s boats and helped them fit marine gearboxes and heat exchangers.

In 1985 while helping a club member remove the mast from his boat, Les had a bad accident involving the crane being used. Awhile later and still recovering Les was counting truck loads as the contractor excavating the marina, removed 232,000 cubic metres of

seabed to RQ’s new hardstand. Still later he and Alan Gunn designed the Marina’s slipway and Les went to South Stradbroke Island to procure the main winch reputedly worth $28,000 for which Les offered $250. The offer was refused as too little, and the final selling price settled at $500. He also saved the Marina several thousand dollars by directly purchasing the slipway- trolley rail lines and delivering them from Ipswich.

Today you will find Les down at the Club on most days still doing things for others and taking a keen interest in activities at the slipway. He will deny this and tell you he’s about ready to go to sea again, in a new boat with two masts and an enclosed wheel house!


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Battens help to support the shape of the sail, they don’t control the shape of the sail. Their primary function is to support the roach (the area outside the straight line of the leech of the sail).

One of the main factors we look at is the style of rig and the spreaders supporting the mast. When a mast has swept spreaders, full length battens tend to rub on the wires and chafe the sail. They can also cause the batten to pop back the wrong way when going downwind which looks quite ugly and reduces the performance of the sail. For this reason we tend to recommend a combination of full length battens in the top and short

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BOAT RAMP ETIQUETTE Article by Mark Gordon64th Qantaslink Brisbane to Gladstone

Peter Harburg’s Black Jack ocean racing crew left nothing on the water to eventually pave the way to win 64th QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Race by a comfortable margin over the Easter weekend.

Black Jack skippered by Mark Bradford entered a challenge to win the tactically testing 308 n/ml classic 4 years ago. They won line honours in 2009 and 2010 and were outpaced by Peter Millard’s Lahana in 2011 however they fell short of the achieving owner Peter Harburg’s ambition to win the race on corrected handicap.

Interestingly Peter Harburg has a personal passion for motor sport naming his yacht Black Jack after his good friend and World champion Sir Jack Brabham has continued to provide his Black Jack racing team with the inspiration and budget to now be recognised as Queensland’s best in the sport.

His encouragement and persistence was rewarded over the Easter Weekend when Black Jack skillfully sailed for almost 23 hours in a nip and tuck tactical tussle against the larger super maxi’s Wild Thing (Grant Wharington) and Lahana (Peter Millard) was officially declared the overall winner in Gladstone yesterday.

The Black Jack crew now understand that there are rewards for doing the hard yards which involved a high number of sail changes, gybes and sets during their line honours arm wrestle against their maxi rivals.

Mark Bradford had the belief that if it came down to a ‘slug fest’ that his crew of good mates would come out on top.

“We are made up from a team of good mates who are dedicated to make our program succeed and this result represents a deserved reward”. He Said.

Their collective professional attitude was applied for almost 23 hours of highly intensive offshore sailing resulted in Black Jack producing a runaway 2 hour 43 minute 50 second corrected time win over Lahana (Peter Millard) while Rob Hanna’s TP 52 Shogun V filled third another 1 hour 33 minute 7 seconds astern.

by Mark Gordon

Photos: courtesy of J Stratham


The Vintage Yacht Regatta is THE classic Brisbane festival. The event is held over Queens Birthday weekend in June.

In 2010, forty yachts competed in the Vintage Yacht Regatta making this the largest event of its kind in Queensland. The fleet included yachts from as far afield as Tasmania.

The Vintage Yacht Regatta has the recognized status as a ‘not to be missed’ event. The race has a relaxed atmosphere where experts and beginners are equally welcome. Simply showing off your yacht and the social side is as important as the racing itself.

The 2012 event will be the 37th edition of the event. Two races are scheduled for both Saturday and Sunday with a mixture of triangle and windward/leeward courses being used. The regatta concludes on Monday morning with an optional pursuit race finishing near the Coffee Pots in order that crews can then head for their home port.

Unique to the Vintage Yacht Regatta is the use of different course lengths within the same race area. By using different windward marks, the fleet stay close together adding to the atmosphere.

In addition to the racing, the Regatta also features a hotly contested "Best Presented" competition for both the yachts themselves and competitors Classic Cars. Judging takes place over the course of the weekend and awards are given out in a number of categories.

The Club is open throughout the weekend for spectators to wander around the classic yachts and racing is held close to Shorncliffe pier to enable viewing from the shore.

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(An extract from the book to be published by the Club-A 50 year history of WMYC)

Bill Haslet’s interest in boats commenced at a young age when he and his mates made boats out of aircraft belly tanks. At thirteen he was helping Alf Griffin a Wynnum Gas Works employee, build 16ft fishing boats, and taking American Servicemen out fishing and crabbing in them.. They were powered by 4hp Chapman Pup engines which took 1 gallon of petrol in their tanks.

In 1946 after leaving school at 15 years of age, Bill went to work for Boat Builder Jack Clark at his boatyard at Hawthorn. It was here that Bill met Vic Beaver, first Commodore of the N.A.P. Association later to become known as the Little Ship Club, whilst working on his motor launch N.B.C. Vic made a great impression on young Bill, and it was some twenty five years later when they met again at the Little Ship Club, that Vic remembered the young apprentice working on his boat.

Due to a downturn in boat building, Bill could not be indentured in the industry and became a carpenter apprentice with the Public Works Department. Initially based at the George Street Depot, Bill completed his time building the Wynnum Central School in

Florence Street. At this time Bill built a 12ft sailing boat, then an 18ft fishing boat C’est Si Bon designed by Roy Nichols. The boat was powered by a Clay 6hp petrol motor with no gear box, but simply clutch driven. It was moored in Wynnum Creek.

On becoming a tradesman, Bill had various jobs including building the Mater Mothers Hospital in 1954, but travel became a problem and he left the Public Works to join his apprenticeship mate Graham Duval in house building for the next few years. Their first apprentice was Merv Wilkinson son of the Headmaster at Wynnum Central School and the next boat Bill built was for Merv, a 21ft plywood fishing boat with a Blaxland twin cylinder 2-stroke motor. Coincidently and much later, Merv’s eldest daughter Coral married the Author’s eldest son and they now live with their family in Cairns, where David Auld is restoring the family yacht ‘The Point”.

In 1955 at a Fishing Club outing at Jumpinpin, Bill met a maintenance carpenter from McDonald Constructions and was offered

a job at Tangalooma Whaling Station. This was a different experience and rewarded by an oil production bonus. Instead of house building, Bill was building the Dryer Plant for making cattle feed from the residues that previously ended up in the Bay.

After six months at Tangalooma, Bill returned to Wynnum Central to marry Betty Sweet in 1956 and rejoined Graham Duval in house building. He built his own house in Raeburn St., Manly at this time.

Foundation & Life Member: Bill Haslet

Member Profile


After branching out on his own, Bill worked for other builders including Eddy Clements, also a foundation member of the Club. He joined Stan Davey in 1959 as a partner in their house building enterprise, and so began the friendship which culminated in the formation of the Wynnum Manly Yacht Club in 1962.

After twelve years the Davey-Haslet partnership dissolved and Bill went to work on Stradbroke Island with Geoff Taylor building several Housing Commission homes and living aboard Geoff’s yacht Nacooma (originally Stan Davey’s Gloriana). One decision he ruefully acknowledges may not have been in his best interests was to refuse Bruce Goodson’s offer to join the Roberts Boat Business which went on to multi-million dollar status in America.

Bill Haslet was the founding member who along with his partner Stan Davey, and his neighbour Bruce Goodson, were responsible for establishing the Wynnum Manly Yacht Club. Right from the outset until this present day, Bill has been a very busy and active member, being at different times Publicity Officer, Commodore, Rear Commodore, Clubhouse Builder, marina berth owner and skipper of his 30ft yacht Karunda. How he managed to go to work, build his house, build his yacht, raise four sons and a daughter while helping to build a yacht club only his wife Betty would know. He even managed to sail in four Gladstone races on the yacht Joybird in the years 1954 – 1957.

The yacht Karunda, I would venture to say, has been entered by Bill in more races and family outings than any other boat in the Club’s history. Since her launching in 1966, Karunda has been on the fleet register and active until the 2008 St Helena Cup when her crew finally failed her after completing all previous (31) Cup events. A credit no other boat has or probably ever will achieve. This remarkable feat must be accredited in no small part to Bill’s long standing crew members Darryl Parnwell and Hughie Milne.

After winning the inaugural St Helena Cup in 1976, Bill’s proudest yachting moment was winning the 1990 Cup along with Peter Heathwood’s (Saewen) and Vince Haye’s (Hayseed), this being the 100th year anniversary of the Cup. His final race success was winning the Vic Lucas 2 day regatta in 2005. However much he enjoyed his years racing with the club, Bill acknowledges the best moments in his boating career were going down to Southport at Xmas every year with Betty and his children accompanied by other boating friends and their children.

A final “tribute” to Bill was found in a letter written in 1982 by the Clubhouse Architect Peter Heathwood, to the Club Secretary regarding final payment to the Builder. In the letter he mentioned that Bill and Gavin Haslet had given the Club a splendidly constructed building. “It is extremely rare to inspect a building six months after completion and find almost nothing wrong with it.”


Manly Dragons by Jason Ferrari - President

State TitlesWhat a weekend. It started so nice with the sun shining and then it deteriorated so quickly after lunch time on Saturday and then continued to get worse on Sunday. Sunday felt like my early days in surf boat rowing with the only difference not hearing those words "trail oars and get down the back". We still managed some great racing and great results - we entered 10 events and had 10 podium finishes. Well done all members who competed and also those that couldn’t attend the weekends racing. We couldn’t have done what we have achieved without the help of all Manly members/volunteers. Everyone in the Club helped Manly Dragon Boat Club achieve what we did and a special thanks to the coaching staff (Maggie, Ross, John and Linda) for the training and conditioning of all paddlers. THANK-YOU

Also a big thank you to all our volunteers from Manly who helped out on the State Titles Weekend. The conditions weren’t the best but without these people in our Club it wouldn’t have been a successful weekend, which it was.

Results-

GM Mixed 20’s 500m Silver

Premier Mixed 10’s 200m Gold

Masters Mixed 10’s 200m Silver

GM Mixed 20’s 2km Silver

Premier Mixed 10’s 1 km Gold

Masters Mixed 10’s 1 km Silver

GM Women 10’s 200m Silver

Master Women 10’s 200m Gold

Premier Open 10’s 200m Bronze


The Nationals started with all of Manly on a high after our successful campaign at the States. We had finished all our early morning training starts and all the final preparations for the team of 40 paddlers to head south to mix it with the rest of the country’s best. This year saw 20 paddlers from Manly make it into the Queensland Rep team, which alone is a huge honour. We even had 2 of our juniors, who also paddle for the Sonics make it into the Queensland squad.

On arrival to Melbourne we were greeted by the cool conditions and the cold wind that continued on Saturday during State training and familiarisation sessions. Sunday arrived and competition wasn’t starting until 12 O’clock. First race started and the Queensland Grand Masters had their first heat which was a convincing win. The second heat saw tragedy at the finish line with one of the South Australian team members suffering a suspected massive heart attack on crossing the finish line. All our thoughts go out to the South Australian team and his family and friends of PETER BRISTOW. The members of the Powerblades Dragonboat Club Manly Dragons salute you. Due to this tragedy the state V’s state day was cancelled. Monday was the start of the Club V’s Club which was held over the next 4 days. This year saw 85 clubs compete and over 2650 paddlers compete in the 300 races over 4 days. This year’s 2012 national’s was the biggest ever held. Manly competed in 12 categories and podium finished in 6 of them and made 4 Finals, 1 Semi and ranked 12th out of 25 clubs in the Prems 2 km event.

ResultsPrems Mixed 500m 10’s SilverGrand Masters Mixed 2km 20’s BronzeMaster Women’s 500m 10’s GoldGrand Master Women’s 500m 10’s Silver Master Women’s 200m 10’s GoldGrand Masters 200m 10’s Silver

This has been one of our most successful years at the national’s and state titles ever. Manly Dragons couldn’t have achieved this without the coaching staff, their perseverance and commitment to turning up to all sessions of on water training and gym. Without these people continually striving for Manly Dragons to do better and work harder, we wouldn’t have achieved what we have to date. Manly Dragon paddlers would like to THANKYOU, the coaches and also all our supporters / volunteers and sponsors for your support.

Australian Nationals Melbourne 2012 Docklands.


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LAT27o 22’S LONG 153o 10ETIMES AND HEIGHTS OF HIGH AND LOW WATERS TIME ZONE - 1000

0023 0.650607 2.061238 0.341906 2.36

0049 2.410741 0.511320 1.811906 0.62

0216 0.690746 1.761354 0.422027 2.35

0045 2.290725 0.531319 1.821914 0.64

0132 0.560706 2.031331 0.272001 2.51

0135 2.260826 0.551415 1.762001 0.75

0258 0.630827 1.771432 0.402104 2.39

0129 2.210811 0.511417 1.862015 0.71

0234 0.470804 2.001422 0.232053 2.63

0222 2.100913 0.581517 1.812105 0.86

0338 0.600905 1.781509 0.382140 2.41

0222 2.110904 0.481525 1.932128 0.76

0332 0.400900 1.971511 0.212143 2.69

0314 1.961002 0.591621 1.872217 0.91

0416 0.580943 1.791546 0.382216 2.42

0324 2.001002 0.441637 2.042248 0.75

0426 0.370954 1.941559 0.232231 2.70

0413 1.851052 0.571722 1.962330 0.90

0452 0.571021 1.801623 0.402251 2.42

0433 1.921104 0.401746 2.20

0518 0.371047 1.911644 0.282318 2.65

0513 1.761142 0.541817 2.07

0528 0.561101 1.811700 0.432327 2.40

0008 0.690543 1.871207 0.341849 2.36

0607 0.401137 1.871731 0.37

0035 0.840610 1.761229 0.491904 2.18

0605 0.561143 1.811740 0.48

0004 2.550655 0.451228 1.841817 0.49

0129 0.760701 1.751313 0.451947 2.28

0005 2.350644 0.551228 1.811824 0.55

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MAY 20120444 2.131129 0.601739 1.902339 0.70

0620 0.441151 1.871746 0.38

0106 0.740653 1.931316 0.471935 2.22

0620 0.661155 1.731753 0.57

0546 2.181225 0.481836 2.10

0023 2.550715 0.511245 1.791833 0.51

0155 0.690737 1.911353 0.432015 2.30

0024 2.290702 0.681242 1.711836 0.64

0047 0.590642 2.211317 0.371929 2.28

0113 2.420810 0.581345 1.731929 0.64

0239 0.640815 1.891427 0.412051 2.36

0107 2.240749 0.671337 1.701930 0.71

0149 0.490735 2.211405 0.292020 2.45

0208 2.280907 0.621452 1.722034 0.76

0319 0.610852 1.871500 0.402126 2.40

0157 2.190843 1.741443 1.742036 0.76

0246 0.420826 2.191451 0.232109 2.58

0306 2.151003 0.631602 1.772149 0.83

0356 0.600926 1.841533 0.402200 2.41

0255 2.140943 0.581557 1.842152 0.77

0341 0.370917 2.131534 0.212157 2.66

0409 2.051058 0.611707 1.862303 0.84

0432 0.601001 1.821605 0.422235 2.40

0400 2.111043 0.501706 1.992309 0.73

0435 0.351007 2.061617 0.222245 2.69

0510 1.991149 0.561804 1.99

0507 0.621037 1.791639 0.462309 2.38

0505 2.081141 0.421808 2.17

0527 0.381058 1.971701 0.282334 2.64

0010 0.800605 1.961235 0.511853 2.11

0542 0.641114 1.761714 0.512346 2.34

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If you spend any time cruising you will do things that just baffle you and greatly entertain others. Griffin had been dock-locked for some time and a beautiful day brought out the urge to leave the slip and venture beyond the jetties. The usual preparations began, and as with any live-aboard-going-nowhere boat, lots of time was consumed getting her ship-shape. WHY do we need all this stuff sitting around?

OK, sail cover off, engine warmed up, instruments on, shore power disconnected, checklist complete, adequate dock hands assembled to ensure proper take off.

All hands at the ready, so the skipper ceremoniously plops his butt at the helm, ready to calmly pull out. The outward appearance of confidence is essential when departing in front of friends. The calm look masks the butterflies inside. Gather your thoughts, grasp the throttle and wheel and…whoops…NO WHEEL!!! I’m staring at the binnacle with no wheel attached.

Three months of slip-sailing had been improved by removing the wheel and putting it in the storage shed. Ah, a spacious cockpit. OK, what to do? Play it cool and find the vice grips to steer with? Claim someone has stolen the wheel? Stall the engine and curse the fuel?

No, just calmly (since you haven’t used it all up yet) get up, say you’ll be right back and head (again calmly) for the car. In Texas we call this move a mosey. Drive the 5 minutes to the shed, retrieve the wheel, return to the docks and gird yourself for the ridicule.

Now, if they are going to laugh why not make them laugh with you, not at you? As I moseyed down the dock with wheel proudly held in front of me in the steering position, I asked all I passed, “Excuse me, have you seen my boat? Last time I saw her she was attached to this?”

After that the rest of the departure was a breeze…

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AustraliawideYacht BrokersManly Newport ScarboroughPhone: 3348 3177Email: [email protected]: www.yachtnet.com.au

Farine Boat SalesMobile; 0423 974 474Email: [email protected]

Multihull Yacht Sales AustraliaYacht Brokerage & Insurance agentsPhone: 3393 5550Fax: 3393 5590Mobile: 0409 598 871Email: [email protected]

Oceana Yacht Brokers61 Cambridge Pde Manly Qld 4179Phone: 3396 4400Fax: 3396 7713Mobile: 0418 741 581Email: [email protected]: www.oceanayacht.com

David Bray Yachts188 Stratton Tce Manly Qld 4179Phone: 3348 3264Website: www.justsail.com.au

CARPET CLEANING

A-Zoom Carpet Care & Pest ManagementCarpet Cleaning and Pest ControlPhone: 3396 0926Mobile: 0414 947 867Website: www.azoom.com.au

GAS SYSTEMS

Gascare AustraliaGas Certificates, Repairs and InstallationsPhone; 1300 134 114Fax: 3287 2741Mobile: 0416 172 737Email: [email protected]

INSURANCE

OAMPS Insurance For advice & solutions on all your boating, business and personal insurances.Phone: 3367 5055Email: [email protected] Steve Mahaffy

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

Bob FletcherMobile: 0418 776 166

MARINE ACCESSORIES

Rope SolutionsRope sales, splicing and associated rope hardwareMobile: 0439 734 394Email: [email protected]: www.ropesolutions.com.au

MARINE ELECTRICIANS

M & S BryantElectrical fitter & mechanicAll boat electrical repairs & installationsPhone: 3396 6753Mobile: 0412 205 472Contact Michael Bryant

SAIL MAKERS

Hood Sailmakers (Brisbane)Sailmakers & RepairsPhone: 3893 1022Fax: 3396 9667Mobile: 0419 799 958Email: [email protected]: www,hoodsails.com.auContact Ian Davis

Ultimate SailsSails, Repairs, CoversPhone; 3348 7245Fax: 3348 7240Email: [email protected]: www.utimatesails.com.auContact: Andrew Turner

WASTE SERVICES

Nautical Waste Solutions8 Thorne St, Wynnum QLD 4178Phone: 0411 598 306

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Open every Friday night from 6:00pm to 9:00pmBookings essential phones E: [email protected] or Karen Meates 3393 5708

Wynnum Manly Yacht Club welcomes all members and visitors but we do ask that you are suitably attired.Members and Visitors are required to observe correct dress in the Clubhouse at all times.

Neat and tidy causal dress is permitted at all times.

Club Merchandise

For Sale

Steel Hull, Keel, Skeg, transom and partial

decking

Van De Stadt 34—Yacht

Design #391

Length 10.24 metres

Includes: Plans, steel plate 3/4mm, canopy cover, Sea

Star Inboard Hydraulic steering and much more

$14,000 ONO

Call Jennifer 0403 709 076

FOR SALE

ZODIAC 2.4M INFLATABLE JOHNSON 3.3HP OUTBOARD

PADDLES AND CARRY BAG INCLUDED CALL ANDREW PETROFF

0425 863 004

VGC $1150.00 ONO

Will sell complete or boat only $795.00 ONO

For Sale

CAPS, FRILL NECK CAPS

AND POLO T’SHIRTS

(The essentials for the

sun smart sailor)

Caps: $15.00

Polos: $25.00

Frill neck cap: $40.00

Please see Karen Meates

during office hours

For Sale

Steel Hull, Keel, Skeg, transom and partial

decking

Van De Stadt 34—Yacht

Design #391

Length 10.24 metres

Includes: Plans, steel plate 3/4mm, canopy cover, Sea

Star Inboard Hydraulic steering and much more

$14,000 ONO

Call Jennifer 0403 709 076

FOR SALE

ZODIAC 2.4M INFLATABLE JOHNSON 3.3HP OUTBOARD

PADDLES AND CARRY BAG INCLUDED CALL ANDREW PETROFF

0425 863 004

VGC $1150.00 ONO

Will sell complete or boat only $795.00 ONO

For Sale

CAPS, FRILL NECK CAPS

AND POLO T’SHIRTS

(The essentials for the

sun smart sailor)

Caps: $15.00

Polos: $25.00

Frill neck cap: $40.00

Please see Karen Meates

during office hours

FOR SALE

Please see Karen Meates during office hours

Caps: $15.00Polos: $25.00

Frill neck caps: $40.00

the essentials for the sun smart sailor

CAPS, FRILL NECK CAPS AND POLO T-SHIRTS

SoundingsMarch - April I 2012

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