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The Log Newsletter of the Darwin Sailing Club

November 2002

Congratulations to the

Waterfront Bistro on winning the

Gold Plate Award for

Best Club Dining Well Done!!

The Log November 2002. Page 2 2002 Committees Management Committee Commodore Peter Chilman Vice Commodore Fiona Collins Rear Commodores Training and Juniors Bridie O’Reilly House Vacant Social Lucille Taulelei Secretary Samantha Livesley Treasurer Mark Bruce Publicity Leah Waters Sponsorship Sharon Woon Registrar Brendan Atkins Members: Vacant David Woodhouse Race Committee Vice Commodore Fiona Collins Secretary Tony Gill Safety Officer Don Rayment CYANT Barry Stach Manta George Owen Under 30’s Helge Pedersen Tasars Stuart Templeton Lasers Doug Kane Sabres Alan Langworthy Minnows Rick Edmonds OTB Cats Glenn Neaves Members: Bridie O’Reilly Peter Bracken John Jenkins House Committee Chairman (R.C. House) Vacant Members: Kirsty Annersley Jim Burbec Virginia Eichner Social Committee Chairman (R.C. Social) Lucille Taulelei Secretary: Mechelle Collins Members: Bill Cording Claude Collins Pam Martin Roger Collins Di Donaldson Sally Jones Julie Richardson Kathy Heath Brenda Carew Doug Kane Junior Committee Junior Commodore Leigh Richardson Vice Commodore James Chilman Junior Secretary Rohan Langworthy Members: Zoe Chilman Libby Collins Camille Woodhouse Mark Edmonds Max Collins

Monday 4th

Pre Melbourne Cup Night Sweeps and bar promotions and the running of the 7th

Sailors Bar Celebrity Cup

Tuesday 5th Melbourne Cup

Watch this celebrated event on the big screen whilst enjoying a meal and a complimentary glass of champagne

Saturday 16th Presentation Night

The Darwin Sailing Clubs prestigious dinner and awards evening for the various divisions

Saturday 23rd Commodores Table

The final of the year a beer appreciation dinner for Commodore’s Table Members Only

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Rear Commodore Training and Juniors The Junior Committee held an overnight camp for juniors at Mandorah during the school holidays in October. Mandorah Hotel put on an excellent deal, providing four air-conditioned units at a discount rate, a BBQ and free camping for those that wanted to brave the elements and insect life. We were able to secure a DSC rescue boat and began the first ferry across late in the afternoon, laden with all sorts of camping gear and provisions. The rescue boat travelled slowly and this was fortunate as the pace was about the same as the Topper that sailed over. A pre-sunset trip collected the last of the juniors and the remaining adults that could not leave work early. In all, 14 juniors attended the camp. Once the tents and bedding were set up, the BBQ was ready with ample meat, salad and bread. The great thing about the hotel putting on the BBQ was no dishes! Many juniors were drawn toward the video games and pool so an expedition was formed to explore the beach and jetty. Much firewood was collected for a bonfire and toasted marshmallows. Unfortunately, there was a total fire ban. Night soccer proved highly competitive but everyone became too hot to finish the game. Eventually everyone settled into various tents and some of the luckier adults slipped into the air-conditioning. A few of the juniors also made their way into the air-conditioning later in the evening! It was an early start to ferry instructors back for the school holiday program. Most of the morning seemed to be spent loading and unloading the rescue boat. Overall, I think everyone had a good time but we might do it in the dry season next year. I’d like to thank Lucille Taulelei, Stuart Templeton, Damien Ford and Fiona Smith for all their help. The older juniors (Zoe Chilman, Camille Woodhouse, Leigh Richardson, James Chilman and Libby Collins) also provided much valuable assistance. Training is continuing to go from strength to strength and Jenny Simondson and Stuart Templeton are to be commended for the

effort they have made in 2002 to promote sailing. The Topper and Laser Challenges are well attended and many trainees find this event an excellent transition into racing. Some of our very seasoned sailors also find the Laser Challenge a fun way to hone skills. These series provide trainees with the experience they need to progress to more advanced sailing training courses. It also builds up their confidence and reduces some of the nervousness around participating in racing. An alternative transition for trainees is the trainee races on the yachts. The third race for the season was held on Sunday 29th September and ten boats participated. I would like to thank the skippers and crew of Venetta, Valhalla, Excalibur, Blaze, Cleaning Lady, Pure RRRs, Out of the Blue, 360, Graffiti and Sea Urchin II for providing trainees with the opportunity to experience racing on the ‘big boats.’ This event is a good way to link boats with trainees who may be available for crewing positions. As the sailing club race season winds up this event allowed some trainees to find places on boats that will be competing in the Dinah Beach Wet Season Series. I have been investigating various options for professional development and have identified a number of valuable courses for Instructors and Assistant Instructors in 2003. It is also important that those involved in training provision have the opportunity to extend themselves through competing in national and international events. Stuart has just embarked on further professional development by competing on Australian Maid in the Raja Muda and King’s Cup race series in Malaysia and Thailand. Both Jenny and Stuart will be competing in the Tasar Nationals in Melbourne over Christmas/New year and I am sure everyone in the club wishes them success. Bridie O’Reilly


General Manager’s Report The Sailing season has finished with presentation night only a few short weeks away. Although the season proper has concluded the water will not be entirely empty, the topper and laser challenge will continue though to Christmas also Jenny will be conducting her training sessions. What was probably the biggest news of the month was the announcement that The Waterfront Bistro was awarded the AHA Gold Plate Award for Best Club Dining. Congratulations to Peter, Paul and the entire staff on a job well done. Social The DSC race day at Fannie Bay racecourse was the major event held last month and the response from members was fantastic. We had over 100 people attend and the majority went home with some type of prize (even if their pockets were lighter). The day would not have been the success if it wasn’t for the support of the clubs sponsors. The supporters of the day were:- Carlton & United, Calvi Boutique, Darwin Turf Club, Bundaberg Rum, Yalumba, Pepsi, Jacobs Creek, Penfolds, Beringer Blass, Downtown Duty Free, Moogully and the Waterfront Bistro. Although the day was a big success we are looking at ways of improving the day next year which we believe will further enhance the image of the club. The Fannie Bay Challenge although a little light with numbers (due to the Marsh Shoal Race) was run and won by the staff entry “Crown Fury” with the Juniors “Dirt Bags” coming in second and they also won the “Best Spill” when their boat broke into 2 pieces. Third for the event was the “Terrific Tasars” and at the tail of the field were the very game mums “Red RRR’s” who were also the best looking boat. Photos of the race will soon be around the club.

Coming up on the 4th November is the Pre Melbourne cup night with plenty of activities for all. You will notice that when purchasing a drink at the bar you receive “Funny Money” which will be able to be redeemed on the night and used for the Sailors Bar Celebrity Cup and for the purchase of happy hour drinks from 6.00 to 9.00. The club will be conducting plenty of Melbourne Cup Sweeps. The bistro will as usual provide some Melbourne Cup Specials on the day and the club will provide a complimentary glass of bubbly with your lunch. Paspaley Pearls Raffle Tickets are still available from the office with around 1000 still to be sold. The various Club associations still have the opportunity to raise funds by selling the tickets and receive a minim 20% of the sales made. The prizes will be drawn on the Presentation night. Membership Renewals Members will soon be receiving their membership renewal advices in the mail. The club will again be conducting and “Early Bird” competition with the winner receiving a

Start of the Fannie Bay Challenge

The Log November 2002. Page 5 night for two with dinner at Rydges Plaza. As was the case last year we will again be offering a refund of a membership in our e- mail competition. Simply place your e-mail on the renewal or ensure the address listed is correct and you will go into the draw. Please note that if you do not wish to receive information on the club please tick or cross the box on the form. Sailing The school holiday programs have once again been very popular with just about every day booked out in the week course; there will be another level 1 & 2 basic skills course starting on Tuesday 29th October at 5.30 with 6 theory and 6 pracs, cost for members $220, non members, $340 and juniors $150. Jenny has also advised that the club will be holding the inter secondary school team racing championships on Friday 1st November, Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th starting at 4.30pm. The students will be competing in laser radials and will require 3 to a team. Presentation Night Tickets are now available for one of the most important events on the clubs calendar where sailors can celebrate the season that has just completed and find out who are the

best in each division. The structure of the evening has changed slightly and Vice Commodore Fiona Collins has worked hard to ensure the trophy presentations will be completed fairly quickly so everyone can celebrate in style. Price for the night is $35 adults, juniors 12 - 18 $20, under 12 $10, and for families the third child will be free. A buffet meal will be supplied, some free drinks and you can dance the last part of the night with live music. The Presentation evening will be held o Saturday 16th of November with tickets are available from the office and must be purchased by 11th November so we can cater correctly. Thanks to our nights sponsors Top End Sounds and Beringer Blass. Christmas Function Bookings If you or your company is thinking about booking your staff Christmas function at the club please do as soon as the number of available nights is running out. Contact Cassandra for a copy of this years Christmas menu and available spaces. Till next time, see you at the Club. Bill Davies

DARWIN SAILING CLUB JUNIOR COMMITTEE

Annual General Meeting 6.30 PM Thursday 14 November 2002

Darwin Sailing Club

Elections for Junior Commodore, Vice Junior Commodore, Secretary and Committee Members

All Junior members welcome

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DSC JUNIORS – SUKMA GAMES, KOTA KINABULU, SABAH, MALAYSIA

DAY 1: Departure time finally!! Early hours of Wednesday 4th September saw 5 tired and very excited juniors and 3 also tired and slightly apprehensive (what have we let ourselves in for??) adults fly out of Darwin en route to Brunei for 10 hours and then Kota Kinabulu to compete in the Malaysian Sukma Games sailing Optimists. Through our wonderful travel agent, Sandra Lew Fatt, we had 3 hotel rooms in Brunei and were able to while away the hours without too much pain. Short rest in rooms for weary adults (boys still excited – when will they get tired?) and then off to visit the local water village which came complete with three schools, fire stations and even a water garage – really interesting. Lunch at hotel and back to airport for the 20 minute flight to Kota Kinabulu. Arrived 4.30 pm and were met by Sukma Games officials who gave us red carpet treatment, whisked through Immigration and Customs and then out of the airport to be met by drums, banners – Welcome Northern Territory – officials and lots of photographs. Into a brand new bus and complete with a police escort off to the Hyatt where we were staying. Traffic stopped for us, straight through red lights – what a welcome. Boys ecstatic (were tired but now very excited – again!!), adults overwhelmed and very grateful for the hospitality. Welcome drinks at hotel and early dinner. Finally have tired boys – early to bed. DAY 2 Great night's sleep. Leisurely breakfast overlooking the South China Sea and then off to Yacht Club, great spot and much like our Club. Can't use race boats yet as they have not been measured but manage to hire 5 training boats and coach boat and get kids on water before lunch. Very light winds and bit of a slop (mutterings "dog, dog" from boys when they come in), back out after lunch, more wind, mix it with some of the other teams practicing. Gosh – are they good. Early dinner. Find a wonderful pizza place within walking distance of Hyatt –

"Little Italy"– great pizza's, cold beer – what more could we ask for? Then off to Likas Stadium for practice for Opening Ceremony – good fun but long. We are excused as boys are falling asleep on their feet. DAY 3 Rick off to Yacht Club early for measurement, confusing but everyone very helpful. Rigging of boats a bit of a challenge, however some very small Malaysian kids help us out. On water by 2 pm and more training, all Malaysian teams on water as well - very focused. Off water 4.30 pm and off to find blazers for boys to wear to State Dinner. Our room safe with all passports and money won't open – small panic. Hotel staff to the rescue. Another early dinner at hotel and then to bed. Everyone tired, not much time for rest. DAY 4 Invitation race today – unusual wind of about 20 knots. Kym sails really well and is 19th over the line, rest of boys still attempting to bond with boats (more muttering about dogs). Dean has spectacular nose dive right on finish line. Teams racing starts tomorrow. We are informed that from tomorrow the kids will be eating lunch in their boats on the water. Questions from boys like "What happens if we want to go to the toilet"? Oh dear!! The Malaysian teams are all used to this but it's a steep learning curve for us. Opening ceremony tonight, early dinner again and then picked up at 6.30 pm for trip to venue. Another police escort, we really needed this one as traffic was bumper to bumper. The Opening Ceremony was a once in a lifetime experience. 40,000 Malaysians inside and reputedly another 20,000 outside. Our own cheer squad allocated to us. Marvellous fireworks. Everyone cheering. Awesome. Back at hotel by 10 pm and straight to bed. Boys have been great, we've had some very busy days and nights but no complaints.


DAY 5-6: Teams racing. Day 1 – light winds and sloppy sea. Yuk!! On water at 11 am and off at 4.45 pm. Big day – Malaysian teams are very good, our guys struggling but learning heaps and are not disheartened. Back to Hyatt for quick change from sailing gear to suits and off to State Dinner at Magellan Hotel (very swish) – the kids looked really great. Banquet style, jellyfish, seaweed soup etc. 5 hungry boys EYED each course hopefully but alas no party pies, chips, sausages appeared - not even a cocktail frankfurt. Wonderful traditional entertainment which we all enjoyed. Another early mark for the boys and back to hotel by 9.30 pm. Emergency dash across road to Burger King for cheese burgers, chips etc. Adults rush to room for glasses of wine. Day 2 of teams racing much windier – boys have a win today and are happy chappies. Night off – back to "Little Italy" for pizza. DAY 7-8 First day individual racing. Lighter winds and flatter sea. Three races today – on water at 10.15 back at 4.15. Have settled on KFC for lunch on water each day, bet they won't want to look at it by the time they get back to Darwin. Guys coping very well and coming back in with smiles, tricky coming in as there is a surf running. Off the water and away to the athletics stadium to cheer on the NT relay team (our boys mobbed by Malaysian girls and boys wanting autographs and photos) and then dinner at Australian restaurant– they had lamingtons!! pies and t-bone steaks, Yum!! Second day of individual racing – boys settled down now and sailing well. Officials most anxious to get in another 3 today and then two the following day. Very worried that the breeze will die out. Day 3 – Final race over (needed to shorten course to get a result). Lots of t-shirt and souvenir swapping. Guys mixing with other teams – lots of talking and even more photos. Back to hotel by early pm and off shopping. Back to KK Yacht Club at 4.30 for official medal presentation. Our boys given a special presentation of stuffed monkeys (which are only usually given to medal winners) and traditional leis. Pictures of

them make news next day. Have to leave early as Cocoa Board who have looked after us (supplying all our transport and officials each day) take us to a wonderful seafood restaurant for dinner. Great night, some of the boys join in the traditional entertainment. DAY 9: Day off!! Snorkelling at nearby island. Beautiful place and world class coral. Wish we had more time here – really love Kota Kinabulu. Last night – dinner at hotel. Couple of quiet drinks downstairs for adults listening to delightful guitar-vocalist duo. Very relaxing. Boys running amuck upstairs. Everyone happy. DAY 10: Home time – last minute shopping and packing. Couple of calming glasses of wine for adults and off to airport. Sad to say goodbye to our new friends but looking forward to going home. Thoughts? The Malaysians (in particular the Cocoa Board) were fantastic hosts, the Kota Kinabulu Yacht Club officials and members terrific, the Hyatt staff could not do enough for us. All the boys were wonderful ambassadors for the Northern Territory and Australia, we were very proud of them. They were extremely lucky to be given the opportunity to compete at this level and we hope the Northern Territory will be invited back to Malaysia for the Sukma Games in 2004. Our sincere thanks to all who patiently and generously assisted in making the trip possible. Lea Edmonds

L to R: Douglas Campbell, Mark Edmonds, Max Collins, Dean Bennett, Kym Neenan


From the Training Manager Important date Wednesday 27th November 6.00pm, Bistro end of Sailing Club beer garden – Presentation of certificates & log books for courses completed during the 2002 season. It would be great to see all trainees there and also any representatives from associations. The September/October Basic Skills 1 & 2 course has been successfully completed and the final course for 2002 commences Tuesday 29th Oct. Several UTYA skippers, which must indicate plans for future voyages, are attending the TL4 inshore skipper navigation module. The Club Championships showed up that there is a lack of knowledge regarding rules at finishing marks (myself included) so here is a little quiz for us all courtesy of David Dellenbaugh’s Speed & Smarts. Rules at finishing marks Quiz

Approaching the finish two boats W and L, were Sailing downwind to the finish. L was initially clear ahead, but W was going faster and overtook L to windward. By the time they reached position 1, the boats were just a couple lengths from the pin end of the line, and they were bow to bow. At that point they both bore off and crossed the line in a photo finish. (1) If W misjudges her approach and hits the finishing mark, what must she do to exonerate herself?

(a) Nothing, as long as her bow crossed the finish line first;

(b) One 360° circle on the course side of the finish line;

(c) One 360° circle anywhere and get completely on the course side before finishing;

(d) None of the above.

(2) If the boats have minor contact at position 2, who should get a penalty? W; L; Neither; Both. (3)Since W established her overlap from clear astern, L could sail above her proper course at position 1 and force W to go on the wrong side of the mark? True; False. (4) Just before they reach the finish line, L’s crew lets their spinnaker halyard out about five feet and her chute crosses the line a foot ahead of W’s chute. Which boat should be scored first? W; L; Answers on Page 12.

The Topper/Laser Challenge continues through to December and as some Tasar sailors are going south to nationals we will include a Tasar Challenge too. Dates are: 6th, 15th, 22nd November and 4th, 6th December. Much of the midweek off the beach training has quietened down and my instructors have travelled off on different missions, good luck to Taryn in Melbourne and good luck to Stuart delivering “Australian Maid” to Thailand to compete in Kings Cup & Raja Muda, Stuart is then dashing back to compete in Tasar nationals in Mordiallic. Looking forward to seeing you all on the 16th for club presentation night & on the 27th for Training presentation night. Jenny Simondson


Minnows in October It is getting warmer and the end of the season is drawing near. Well done to all the sailors new to minnows this year, you have all improved out of sight. To all the old hands thank you for keeping our Sunday afternoons interesting with your skills on the water. Point score 2 (4) on the 6th October saw Douglas and Fiona Campbell competing in their last race before leaving Darwin. They both sailed well with results as follows: Frogs – 1st Mark, 2nd Douglas and Chris (sailing with a crisp new sail) 3rd. Tadpoles – 1st Fiona, 2nd Ethan and 3rd Storm. Combined handicap – 1st Fiona, 2nd Chris and 3rd Douglas. The Club Champs were held over the weekend of 12 and 13th Oct. All sailors and parents who manned the duty boats put in a fantastic effort. Conditions varied greatly over the two days with little or no wind in the mornings and gusty winds in the afternoons. Congratulations to Mark who took out the Frog division followed by Dean (a big improver over the weekend) and Kym. Ashlie won the Tadpole division with Ethan in 2nd place and Storm in 3rd. The combined Handicap results were: 1st Dean, 2nd Ashlie and 3rd Chris.

The point score race on 20th Oct. saw Kym take out 1st in the Frogs, Mark 2nd and Dean 3rd. Tadpole results were: 1st Ashlie, 2nd Ethan and 3rd Storm. “Cock of the Bay” – the final race of the season – parents are looking forward to having Sunday afternoons free. Welcome back to Ian Batenburg (I think he missed the Minnows). It was an interesting race with Mark and Kym adding an extra bouy and Ethan and Jake taking the scenic route to the sandbar, battling for position the whole way. Results are as follows: Frogs - 1st Mark, 2nd Kym, 3rd Rees. Tadpoles – 1st Ashlie, 2nd Jake, 3rd Ethan. Combined handicap – 1st Storm, 2nd Ashlie, 3rd Jake. Thank you to all minnow sailors for their competitiveness and fair play throughout the season and also to all parents for their encouragement and assistance not only with boats and sailors but with raffles and B.B.Q.s. All involved with minnows would also like to pass on their thanks and appreciation to Ian Batenburg for his time throughout the season. Enjoy the break everyone and good luck to those competing in the Nationals after Christmas.

From the Commodore I would like to thank all those members that attended the special general meeting of the Darwin Sailing Club held on Tuesday 29th October at which two motions were put to members, both of which were passed with almost 100% support. The first motion was to amend the constitution to change the timing of the annual general meeting of the club from the

last Tuesday in November each year to the last Tuesday in February each year. The primary motive for the change was to enable our financial year end to move from 31 August to 31 December, which will provide a number of significant advantages, some of which are summarised below:


• The budgetary and financial reporting processes will become simpler and more relevant because: -

A 31 December year-end coincides with Club’s membership subscription year as defined in the constitution;

A 31 December year-end coincides with the commencement of most of the Club’s sponsorship arrangements;

A 31 December financial year will encompass a complete sailing season, and thereby more accurately reflect the financial affairs of a single season rather than parts of two seasons.

• Budgetary and year end reporting processes will take place at a traditionally quieter time of the year for those volunteer Management Committee members involved in the process. • Rescheduling of the Annual General Meeting to February will allow the flag officers and their respective committees to “wrap-up” the affairs of the previous sailing season and plan for the next year having learnt from their experience, rather than commencing planning with potentially having little knowledge of the highs and lows of the previous year. • This will be particularly relevant with the planning of the race program and the subsequent issuing of the DSC year book on a more timely basis before the start of the next season. The practical effect of this change is that the AGM that was due to be held on the 26th November 2002 will now only be a general meeting of the club, with the elections that were due to be held now carried over until the 25th February 2003. The meeting will still however have audited financial statements for the year ended 31st August 2002 tabled as part of the transition to the new year end.

The second motion was for members to ratify the new scale of membership fees for the 2003 year. You will notice that on your membership renewal forms, that will issue shortly, that we have completely separated the NTYA / AYF fee as it is not part of your Darwin Sailing Club membership fee, and will be subject to change from time to time outside of the control of the Management Committee. One issue that came up at the special general meeting was that a number of members were confused about the qualifications required to be listed as an active sailing member, which you must be in order to be eligible to vote on any change to the constitution of the club. In order to clarify the matter the following is a copy of the relevant sections of the constitution that clearly sets out the criteria. ACTIVE SAILING MEMBERS 11.1 A Full member but not Junior member may apply to the Race Committee for inclusion of their name on the list of Active Sailing members. 11.2 A Full member shall be entitled to

have their name included on the list of Active Sailing members if in the opinion of the Race Committee they are a bona fide sailor and during a period of three (3) months immediately prior to their application or the compilation of the list of Active Sailing members they have

(1) sailed for at least ten (10) hours; (2) participated in the organisation or

running of at least three (3) club sailing events; or

(3) been nominated by an Association recognised by the Race Committee; and approved by the Race Committee, at its discretion.


11.3 The Race Committee shall not consider any application for inclusion on the list of Active Sailing members within ten (10) days prior to any General Meeting.

11.4 The list of Active Sailing members

shall be compiled by the Race Committee in July of each year and shall be signed by the Vice-Commodore Sailing not later than 30 July in each year.

11.5 All subsequent additions to the Active

Sailing members list shall be signed by the Vice-Commodore Sailing.

11.6 The Race Committee shall post the list of Active Sailing members in a conspicuous place on the club premises.

To all those members that have participated in what has been a great year of sailing at the club I look forward to seeing you at presentation night which, with the effort being put in by Fiona and the race committee, will once again be a great night of celebrating the sport we all love, Sailing See you at the club. Peter Chilman

Elizabeth River Classic - UTYA

Elizabeth River overnight race on 4-5 October was not to be missed. Seven yachts headed off at 3pm and ‘Wave Dancer’ some time later (deserved of an award for tardiness). It was a spinnaker run down to an undisclosed finish line (Donny hiding in the mangroves), but the stray dinghy gave it away. ‘Valhalla’ tussled with ‘Out of the Blue’ and ‘Assassin’ to pip them on the line. There was a beach party with beer and BBQ and very few insects (heavenly). The tide went out quickly causing much grief to bare footed drunken souls who had to negotiate coral and rocks in the dark (how’s the foot Brako?) ‘Divanti’ miscalculated their depth below the keel and was attempting a pirouette as the crew arrived back, just in time. Meanwhile ‘T-Scam’ (Tom, Samantha, Charles, Amanda and Michael) pulled anchor and were motoring for deeper water after getting

tangled up with ‘Divanti’. ‘Venetta’ also walked their anchor out further, while ‘Blaze’ inhabitants drank whiskey. There was an inaugural meeting of the Ross 780 Association on ‘Out of the Blue’ and much uncontrollable giggling aboard. Sunday morning after bacon and eggs for some, and not a puff of wind, we prepared for the return race. ‘360’ must have still been a bit sleepy with a late start, ( but hey! They went home and slept in their own beds.) ‘Out of the Blue’ decided to kiss Shell Island on the return trip, and ‘Divanti’ made hast with their spinnaker as ‘Valhalla’ slipped inside the sandbar heading for the finish. A good weekend by all accounts. (Courtesy of UTYA Newsletter, October 2002)


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