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2018 GEELONG WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL

2018 Geelong Wooden Boat Festival Notice of Race

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CYAA and Covid-19 status message 31st. March 2020.

CYAA racing events are conducted under Australian Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing.

In line with AS guidance issued March 19 and to comply with the 1.5 metre distancing requirement, all CYAA sponsored racing and social activity is postponed.

In conjunction with yacht clubs who conduct CYAA (Vic) racing, CYAA will comply with Australian Sailing plus the Federal and the issued guides and latest news of each State Government before resuming scheduled CYAA racing events.

The scheduled 2020 Winter and Summer series race dates, as shown below, will be used when CYAA racing resumes.

Scheduled CYAA meetings will be conducted using alternative media.

CYAA President Martin Ryan 20^th March 2020

Covid-19 Virus Updates RYCV RMYS HBYC SYC

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This is the 1960 Cole 17 square meter “Hirondell

This is the 1960 Cole 17 square meter “Hirondelle”
There’s about a week until the life of this wonderful historic little boat might be over! They are firing up the chainsaw as I type.
I’m guessing that a few us might have some unplanned recreational time on our hands over the next few months
It’s an amazing opportunity for an astute forward thinking classic yacht supporter. Its rumoured that about $1000 might secure the deal! Why not take over this unique Australian designed classic yacht and begin racing with the classic yacht fleet?
For full details click on the link in the bio
#CYAA #woodenboat #classicyacht #maritimehistory #petercoledesign

Not sailing this weekend.... but card games are al

Not sailing this weekend.... but card games are allowed!These beautiful samples found in the Red Hill OpShop by @somuchmorethanplenty I’d love to know more about the boats / artists. Especially the pale green sloop flying the spinnaker. It could almost be a Stewart34! #classicyacht #playingcards #alternativeamusement #woodenboats #cyaa

A couple of nice action shots from Andy Indrans du

A couple of nice action shots from Andy Indrans during Race 6 of the CYAA Summer Series on Port Phillip, Melbourne. Featured are the 54ft Giles “Ruthean”, the Reimers Tumlaren “Avian” the Savage cruising 8metre “Marie Louise III” and the Charlie Peel designed and built Acrospire IV recently arrived from Western Australia and now on the market #CYAA #classicyacht #woodenboat #sailing #yachtracing #melbourne #portphillipbay #laurantgilesyachts #tumlaren @rycvroyals @royalmelbourneyachtsquadron @hobsonsbayyachtclub @royalbrightonyachtclub @sandringhamyachtclub

I am in awe of people who have the vision and comm

I am in awe of people who have the vision and commitment to make things like this happen. This is “Wyruna”, a gaff cutter designed by Walter Reeks in Sydney and launched in 1912. Most famous for his Sydney ferries and the steam boat “Ena”, Reeks also designed many successful yachts such as “Boomerang”. She is now in Ferdi Darley’s shed in Williamstown soon to embark on an amazing restoration journey. @ferdidarley #woodenboat #classicyacht #restoration #walterreeks #traditionalshipwright #1912 #williamstown

Something beautiful in a slightly shell shocked to

Something beautiful in a slightly shell shocked town. Here is “Halcyon” moored under the cliff just south of Eden. I don’t know anything about her but she looks like a (modified?) H28, is registered with the Twofold Bay Yacht Club and seems to be much loved. #eden #herreshoff #twofoldbay #woodenboat #classicyacht

Waiting in Twofold Bay for the front to come throu

Waiting in Twofold Bay for the front to come through tomorrow. HMAS Adelaide anchored up with landing craft going back and forward... helicopters everywhere.... sailing seems unimportant.

Three boats that have been a huge part of Melbourn

Three boats that have been a huge part of Melbourne’s sailing history. “Mercedes III”, the Lexen-Kaufman designed Admirals Cup Winner from 1968 now owned by CYAA president Martin Ryan, “Yoko” the steel ocean racer, campaigned for 40 years by Robin Hewitt with 30 west coaster notched up (last seen on the Brisbane River), and 1951 Roama (Searle built Slater designed) which took Doug Jenkins (past RMYS Commodore) and family around the world in the 1980’s and now based in Kettering, Tasmania. Refuge Cove has always been a crossroads for Victorian boats as well as a beautiful safe anchorage #refugecove #bassstrait #wilsonsprom #yachtinghistory @royalmelbourneyachtsquadron @rycvroyals

Nicely balanced, steering herself at a gentle 6 kn

Nicely balanced, steering herself at a gentle 6 knots towards Cape Liptrap and the Prom. Smell of dinner wafting up through the companionway and the sun going down over the starboard quarter. It feels strange to be heading towards so much heartbreak in the southeastern corner of Australia

Goodbye Melbourne and @rycvroyals for a few years.

Goodbye Melbourne and @rycvroyals for a few years.... first steps on the path to Deal Island, Sydney, Bay of Islands, Auckland, Fiji? Vanuatu?? Solomons??? Louisiades???? #classicyacht #woodenboat #cruising #philiprhodes #fairwinds

What’s under this Christmas wrapping? Could it b

What’s under this Christmas wrapping? Could it be Vanessa the Fife 8metre, one of Australia's most important and successful yachts? I don’t think she’s been sailing for at least 20 years so hopefully this is a sign of good things to come in 2020! #cyaa #woodenboat #classicyacht #8metre @rycvroyals @sandra8metre @8_metreworldcup

This is “Integrity”.... being relaunched after

This is “Integrity”.... being relaunched after a very professional paint job courtesy of @ferdidarley traditional shipwrights. She’s an interesting boat.... looks a bit Herreshoff like but is actually a 54 ft kiwi design that Jesse Martin owned following his 1999 circumnavigation.... he took her to Kavieng in New Ireland, PNG and she became the subject of his eponymous book “Kijana”. Her next chapter in life is to sail to Barcelona where she will hopefully become the Melbourne winter accommodation and adventure platform for the new owner. And in case you’re wondering... in the background is “Windward II” the stunning 1929 Dalimore designed Huon pine cutter, currently for sale @rycvroyals
#woodenboat #classcyacht #portphillipbay #hobsonsbay

Not a Classic, I know..... but a great story of 10

Not a Classic, I know..... but a great story of 10 women with little or no sailing experience from diverse backgrounds and ages, coming together and learning to race a Sydney 38 to compete (and perform well) in the 20th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta and Hamilton Island Race Week..... All in less than a year! Go Girls!!! Follow them at @no_mans_land_racing @royalmelbourneyachtsquadron @thisgirlcanvic @awkr.rmys #sydney38. And what a great name for a boat thanks @burger.with.the.lot

It will be amazing to see these four beauties on t

It will be amazing to see these four beauties on the start line in the 75th S2H starting in a month’s time.... In order of seniority... “Katwinchar” the 32ft 1904 ketch (I know she looks like a yawl, but apparently not) built at the Watney’s brewery in London....Next is “Windrose” the 1959 48ft Derekter built S&S.... she really is a yawl....then “Fidelis” 1964 Auckland built 61ft Reimers designed sloop which took line honours in 1966....and finally legendary three time 47ft handicap winner “Love and War” another S&S this time a sloop from 1973. RESPECT! #woodenboat #classicyacht #sands #knutreimers #sparkmanandstephens #rolexsydneyhobart #sydneytohobart

We all know there are 100’s of restoration oppor

We all know there are 100’s of restoration opportunities out there but this one’s a bit more special! Yeulba (ex Culwulla) the iconic 1901 Logan built yacht sits in the Wooden Boatshop at Sorrento in need of a major restoration to ensure her survival. This is surely one of the best examples of this type of yacht and she has a truly remarkable history.
A 30’ lineal rater, predecessor and participant in the modern 8m rule, champion of four states, over one hundred years old, with her name on the most prestigious trophies, Yeulba is a yacht that is a a significant part of Australian yachting history. When her classic design is combined with a careful restoration she will become one of the most significant and impressive boats in Australia.
Her prize New Zealand Kauri planking and mysterious eye catching hull remain true to form and original. In scratching the surface of her past, a picture of Yeulba’s significance develops and it becomes clear that we are dealing with a national treasure. Saving the Yeulba means enabling a restoration true to her 1901 configuration and finish. The outcome will give her new owners a beautiful yacht of distinction, unique and practical, ready for shipping, competing locally and worldwide in any of the world’s prestigious classic yacht regattas. @woodenboatshop #yachtrestoration #woodenboat #classicyacht #sorrento #portphillipbay @rycvroyals @sscbc

Now here’s a boat to fall in love with.... Derwe

Now here’s a boat to fall in love with.... Derwent Hunter's blue water credentials are second to none, built as a fast fishing ketch by Walter Wilson, a second generation shipwright from the famous Wilson Brothers Shipwrights of Port Cygnet, south of Tasmania and was his last vessel. She was built of Blue Gum, Tasmanian Oak, Celery Top Pine and Huon Pine which grew within sight of the Wilsons slip yard, by the waters edge at Gardner Bay. These timbers are regarded as some of the best ship building timbers in the world, and were cut and dragged by bullock train to the slipway. She was the pride of the Hobart waterfront, re rigged for ocean going work by the CSIRO as a pole masted topsail schooner which served her better as a deep water working rig. Her design and construction have stood the test of time, in some of the harshest oceans on the planet, as many a tale has testified through her 12 years work as a Fishing Research Vessel, which was a small part of her ongoing career which stretched from subarctic waters to the tropics. Currently offered for sale by the Wooden Boat Shop in Sorrento www.woodenboatshop.com.au/for-sale/classic-wooden-boats/derwent-hunter @woodenboatshop #woodenboat #tasmanianhistory #derwenthunter #huonpine

Chose your draft. 4ft or 7ft. There’s something

Chose your draft. 4ft or 7ft. There’s something to be said for a centerboarder. Fair Winds being slipped in preparation for her trans Tasman voyage. #philiprhodes #cyaa #woodenboat #classicyacht @rycvroyals

The 13th Cup Regatta is done and dusted, and what

The 13th Cup Regatta is done and dusted, and what an amazing event....Boats from 7 major yacht clubs around the bay.... 35% female participants..... great courses and race management.... no crashes...... excellent food....and most of all amazing company!!! Thanks to @rycvroyals @sandringhamyachtclub @royalbrightonyachtclub @hobsonsbayyachtclub @sscbc @royalgeelongyachtclub @royalmelbourneyachtsquadron for your support. #classicyacht #woodenboat #cupregatta #cyaa. Photos Andy Indrans

It’s a wrap for Cup Regatta 2019. Classic Yacht

It’s a wrap for Cup Regatta 2019. Classic Yachting is alive and flourishing on Port Phillip Bay thanks to the CYAA. Full results at http://www.topyacht.net.au/results/rycv/2020/summer/CupRegatta/series.htm?ty=63046. @rycvroyals @royalmelbourneyachtsquadron @sandringhamyachtclub @royalbrightonyachtclub @sscbc #woodenboat #classicyacht video thanks to @leo.kennedy_

Crazy day on the water of Port Phillip Bay today f

Crazy day on the water of Port Phillip Bay today for races 3 & 4 of the Cup Regatta. No wind ..... some wind..... no wind... some wind from the other direction..... then lots of wind to close it out! Congratulations to the @rycvroyals race committee for their persistence in getting two great races finished. So good to see all the old beauties going hard... @royalgeelongyachtclub @royalmelbourneyachtsquadron @sandringhamyachtclub @hobsonsbayyachtclub #woodenboat #classicyacht #cupregatta #cyaa photos @kyliebalharrie

Day one of the Cup Regatta is done in heavy rain,

Day one of the Cup Regatta is done in heavy rain, but a great breeze. After two races Marama is leading Div 3, Snow Goose heads the Tumlaren fleet, and Fair Winds tops division one. Thanks to @rycvroyals for persistence! @sandringhamyachtclub @hobsonsbayyachtclub @royalmelbourneyachtsquadron #classicyacht #woodenboat #cupregatta photo Jane Williamson

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