REAL MUDLARK AUTUMN 2008

The
AUTUMN EDITION, MARCH 2008
MUDLARK
All in the family
Picture:
LLOYD
BLAKE
DADS AND
DAUGHTERS
THREE generations of the
Gaunt family are active
members and sailors at
Maylands Yacht Club.
Find out more about John,
left, Terry, Anne and Jenny
on Pages 9 and 10.
The official newsletter of Maylands Yacht Club Inc
MYC thanks
Healthway
THANKS to Healthway for providing the
support boat bimini and two new first-aid
kits at Maylands Yacht Club.
Vice-Commodore Kelvin Davis, pictured, can
vouch that the bimini helps provide protection from the sun and makes his day on the
water a good deal more comfortable.
On Friday, March 7, the club will be open for members and
friends to have a night out, starting at 6.30pm.
Bring your own food, we can start the barbecue if required,
and the bar will be open until about 10pm.
If you want to have a sail beforehand, we can arrange for
the shed to be opened.
If all goes well we can open the club for a social gathering
on either the first or last Friday of each month.
If you require any more info contact Andrew Carter on
9359 0704, 0412 097 506 or
sail@emergencycomputers.com.au.
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A HAPPY AND
SAFE EASTER
TO ALL
MEMBERS AND
THEIR FAMILIES
COMING UP
March 9: Handicap start, Consistency Heat 18.
March 16: Club Heat 6, Consistency Heat 19.
March 23: Easter.
March 30: Picnic Day.
April 6: City of Bayswater Regatta, Consistency Heat 20.
April 13: Short Course Heats 5 and 6, Consistency Heats
21 and 22.
April 20: Club Heat 7, Consistency Heat 23.
Mister Fixit
When in doubt, when in need and when you’re a man short, you can rely on
club stalwart ROSCO BENNETT to help. He talks to Mudlark editor Steve Fox
Q: What roles have you filled at the
club during your career?
A: General committee member for a
couple of years, then secretary from 1990
to 2003.
I did do training for one year, when there
was no defined program, but I was pretty
hopeless at that. Both Andree and I
looked after the hall hire for a number of
years. We also took on the cleaning for a
few years as well. I was also the bar manager for about three years, with Andree
doing most of the work.
Q: Rosco, when did you join the club?
Did you have any sailing experience?
What classes did you sail in?
A: I joined the club in 1969 at the age of
13. Friends invited my parents to the club
one Sunday as they were sailing a Heron
in a State Championship heat. I went, and
they couldn’t get me out of the water. I
quickly jumped on another young kid’s
boat and was hooked from then on. That
kid’s name was John Tassicker, who later
went on to be a commodore of our club.
I was very soon crewing on Cherubs at
the club and stayed in them for my youth.
Cherubs are a lot of fun, they capsize
easily and had the speed to capture our
interest during those years.
Q: How big is your trophy cabinet?
How many titles?
A: My cabinet is very small. Most of the
trophies are from smaller events that I’ve
sailed — club championships or trophy
race events. I won a few club championships as a crew in Cherubs in the early
1970s and many offshore races and series on a Farr 9.2 during the ‘90s as a
foredeck, navigator and tactician with
Allan Coutts. We won the 1999 and 2001
Farr 9.2 State Championships. Also during the ‘90s I won a few Laser Club
Championships at Maylands.
THE TWO OF US: Rosco and Andree Bennett show how they colour co-ordinate their wardrobes.
Q: What are some of the events that
you’ve raced and places that sailing
has given you the opportunity to visit?
A: I’ve been lucky enough to sail in quite
a few places. Back in 1977, Steve Battley
and Greg Aylemore from MYC were going
to the Cherub Nationals and Worlds in
Adelaide. Greg hurt his back and I sailed
part of both series with Steve. After we
damaged Steve’s boat, I crewed for an
Adelaide skipper for the remaining half of
the series. Our best position was 10th.
The regatta was won by a Sydney girl,
Nicky Bethwaite, with her brother Julian
as crew. Nicky was at the last Olympics
and qualified for the next one in China,
but she has injured herself and will miss
out. Julian went on to 18 footers and designing. The 49er is one of his and his
father Frank’s better ideas.
After Cherubs, I spent most of my time in
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‘My only claim to fame was that
I was the heaviest competitor’
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Learmonth from 1975 to ’83. I didn’t always have a boat up there and sailing
was on the backburner. I did sail in one
of the earlier Dampier regattas at the
Hampton Harbour Sailing Club. They are
great regattas and they still get a crowd
from all over WA. There was the Learmonth-to-Exmouth Race in the early ’80s
and I won that on a 14ft cat. Then I won
the Round the (Cockburn) Sound Race
for 14ft cats in the early ’80s. That was a
great event, but it didn’t last and these
days, the duty of care would stop it dead.
You just can’t have heaps of small boats
out that distance from shore.
After this I took up sailboarding. We
raced at Maylands on the same courses
the Lasers sail today. I might have even
been half fit at this time. I sailed in the
1988 (I think) World Windsurfing Championships at Nedlands Yacht Club. My
only claim to fame was that I was the
heaviest competitor, but I didn’t come
last. I also sailed the board out of the
Jervoise Bay Sailing Club at Woodman’s
Point. The commodore there at that time
was a Kim Stephens! Ever heard of him?
Not a bad yachtie!
In the mid ’80s, I joined up with Allan
Coutts on his Farr 9.2, called Equalizer,
at RPYC. We won almost every event on
the calendar at least once over the
course of the next 15 years. I started out
as bowman, and quickly took on the
navigator’s role as well. I enjoyed some
of my best sailing moments on Equalizer.
We had a fantastic crew, Allan kept the
boat in tip-top condition and sailing just
doesn’t get any better than that. Navigating at night at the west end of Rotto, preparing to call the point for a gybe with the
spinnaker up in 25 knots of sou’wester,
just has to be what it’s all about.
We sailed Equalizer in every race on
the WA coast except the Freo-to-Albany
and the Freo-to-Geraldton. We borrowed
gear and got the boat up to safety category one for a Freo-to-Cape Naturaliste
and return, and won that. We were the
only ones to get through the first night in
our division, the rest pulled out before
Mandurah. It was rough and we were
bailing most of that night.
I was sailing Lasers as well at MYC at
this time. It just rounded off my sailing in
those days. The Laser kept my hand in as
a skipper and dinghy sailing keeps the
sailing reflexes sharp.
During the early ’90s, a couple in their
early 60s from RPYC were off on a cruise
FARR OUT: Rosco
Bennett (that’s him
at the pointy end)
enjoyed a highly
successful time
crewing on Equalizer
at Royal Perth.
around Australia. I heard that they wanted
an extra person on board for the Kimberley leg, from Broome to Darwin. I was off.
I drove to Broome in my old bomb ute and
joined the boat, an SS39 (39ft).
Some of the highlights of that trip could
fill a book, but briefly, we were almost
towed under at anchor off Cafarelli Island
at night. I went up the King George River
alone in the rubber dinghy and broke the
motor’s shear pin. There were no spares
on the boat. We had a storm for two days
out at the aptly named Holy Fury reefs.
That was just the icing on the cake.
The Kimberley is a fantastic place, and I
haven’t finished with it yet.
About 2003, Steve Battley (also a past
commodore) bought a Sportsboat, a
Thompson 7. I left Equalizer to join him.
We sailed that out of Mandurah Offshore
Fishing and Sailing Club. Andree and I
soon bought a houseboat and we still
have that at that club today. Steve was
very passionate about sailing the T7 and
I’ve been lucky enough to sail the Lion
Island Series at The Prince Alfred YC on
Pittwater, north of Sydney. That’s a great
club.
Also we sailed the Crab Island Classic
on the Gold Coast that year. That was
interesting – sailing a Sportsboat in the
confines of the narrow channels and mudbanks of the coastal waterways.
Next we went to the Hog’s Breath Regatta at Airlie Beach in north Queensland.
That was one of the best regattas for racing, scenery on the course and socialising, that I’ve done. In 2006, I sailed Geelong Race Week on the T7. That is the
best regatta going for actual racing. The
professionalism on the courses, starts
and the size of the fleets makes it a
yachties’ dream.
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Q: Tell us about some of the major
happenings at MYC in your time.
A: There were a few things that happened during my time as secretary. The
old public toilet block was demolished and
the new one built on the side of the club.
That has always given us the option of
extending the upper deck out over the
new structure.
We had the council enforce our maintenance of the grassed area. We traded
that off permanently against allowing the
bike path to run on the boundary edge,
but inside our leased area. That was a big
win for us. The renewal of the lease and
having a few of the terms changed was a
long-term benefit for the club.
One of the biggest challenges to our
sailing water came from the waterski association, supported by Belmont Council.
This was virtually a done deal before they
first let us know about the plan. I know the
only way we stopped losing some of our
waterway was because of the efforts
firstly by our club members, the Kirkham
Hill Tce residents, the local council of the
time, and especially our local Member,
Judy Edwards. We were supported from a
distance by Mercy Hospital and the horse
racing industry. All of this, together with
some “political” lobbying outside of this
circle (not Brian Burke!), let us continue to
enjoy our part of the river.
I can’t let you print the full story, but
let’s just say it took some good work
from a few people to get the best outcome.
The other major policy shift at the club
started under Brian Plumb when he was
commodore, and continued under the
next few commodores. That was to rein in
the spending and bring the club into a
more financially healthy position. Our
current Commodore’s wife, Lisa
Kerrigan, started as treasurer in 1996 and
was instrumental in this area.
Q: What do you think we need to do to
keep the club viable and attract a bigger membership? Should we be trying
to build a bigger social membership?
A: Monitor costs and build on our training
program.
THE GOOD LIFE:
Rosco and Andree
on board their
houseboat at
Mandurah.
LEFT: Rosco’s
radio-controlled,
Mutiny-designed
One Metre Class
racing yacht.
try to position ourselves to run them
aground every week. The ferry skippers
must have hated our group.
Q: We're all grateful for your volunteer
work at MYC. What has given you the
greatest pleasure?
Q: What are some of the more amusing A: I think the fact that when I left the management committee of our club, we were
moments from your time at MYC?
in a better financial position and we had
A: I look back to my early days on the
also grown in membership and sailing
river and we had some good times. I renumbers and sailing quality. It was a team
member deliberately cutting off a ferry
effort and very rewarding. I was also
and leaving him no option but to run
really happy to be able to hand over the
aground. I can’t take the credit for that,
position of secretary to Alan Benn, who is
but we used to see the ferries coming and
doing an excellent job. I also can’t leave
out the racing, as that has given me enormous pleasure.
Q: Do you have any tips for the
youngsters?
A: I think the main thing is to have fun
and enjoy what you’re doing. There’s
nothing like the thrill of flying a spinnaker
in a good breeze. If you capsize, who
cares, as long as the ride was worth it.
Q: What forced you to retire from
Lasers?
A: In 2006, I had an operation and had
my appendix and some intestines
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Prize
Night:
Saty,June
May 917
AGM:
Monday,
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removed. Since then, I just don’t feel confident working in confined spaces, like the
cockpit of a Laser, or bent over a winch of
a larger boat. I tend to get a bit of cramping in the stomach.
House
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Q: How did you get involved with
Sportsboats at Mandurah?
A: There were a few things that made me
go into Sportsboats. I’ve already mentioned Steve being a good friend and the
fact that he was thinking of one. Mandurah is also a great place to sail. The
water is blue, the sea breeze is usually
strong and the people at the club are very
friendly. The combination was appealing.
Q: What lies ahead on the sailing and
boating scene?
A: I’m not sure when I’ll return to the water, or what it will be in, but I’m still a full
member of the club and I want to get my
feet wet again at some stage. I still really
like Sportsboats, so they’re never going to
be totally off the list. I think in the near
future, “guest” crewing spots on cruisers
at Mandurah will be the way I go.
I also want to take our new 5m power
boat for some extended coastal trips with
Andree, if she’s game.
Q: How did you get involved with
radio-controlled yacht racing? What
kind of boat do you race? What does it
cost? Where do you sail?
A: After my operation, I could see I’d be
off the water for a while, so I thought
Radio Sailing might be a way to still use
much of the sailing tactics and fight that I
was missing. I bought a good boat, a
Mutiny-designed One Metre Class, from
Queensland, for $3300 and joined a club
in Baldivis. I have since joined others in
Ballajura, Warnbro and Woodlands. They
are very cheap to join and they all have
reciprocal type memberships going if
you’re a full member of one club. I started
sailing my Mutiny in September of last
year. I was most noticeable for the number of prangs I’d have in one afternoon.
We have 10 races in an afternoon. It got
to the stage where Andree would tell me
to “avoid No.20 at all costs today’’. I never
seem to go a day without hitting No.20,
Kelvin Uren, who was also a member of
MYC in his younger days, sailing a Javelin.
With Rear
Commodore
BOB
JACKSON
THANKS to club member Barry Main for
restoring and painting the weather vane
on the starting box.
OW that the start box is fully
functional, with lights and other
innovations, starting is much less
complicated. Thanks to all those who put in
the work to produce such a great result.
In the clubhouse the water heater in the
kitchen and the exhaust fan in the bathroom have been repaired, with thanks to
the City of Bayswater.
Also we now have fully functioning
hoses with a new reel for one of them, as
well as new connectors under the stairs,
which have resulted in less water being
wasted through leakage. However, we
are still using a lot of water and members
are asked to try to minimise wastage by
not running the water on full bore as it is
not necessary in most cases, and not
leaving the hose running on to the grass.
THANKS to Andrew Carter for replacing the old barbecue and building club spirit and socialising
among members with barbiebarbie-pack lunches in front of the clubhouse.
In January I took my boat to Melbourne
for the national championships. It was
sailed over four days in mainly very hot
and fickle winds. We did have a southerly
buster come in on day four and these
boats sail very well with their small rig up
in 35 knots.
I did better in the stronger winds and
finished with 12 races in C division, winning two; six races in B division, with 2, 5,
5, 6 as the best results; and two races in
A division with an 8 and 16.
That regatta really went a long way to
improving my WA performance. Since
Q: How have you performed?
A: I’ve progressed faster than I thought I then, I’ve come fifth in a very high-quality
field in the Perth Metro Championships,
would. It took me a few weeks to get my
first scratch race win, but I can usually get and sixth in a combined club event on the
one or two of those every afternoon now. course to be used for the National Championships in Kelmscott in January 2009.
In club racing. We sail 10 races in three
This year, I have plans to sail the
hours. I usually finish the day 2nd or 3rd,
Queensland States in Mackay in June.
but I have had a few day wins.
Q: Do you think you'll ever fancy a
stint as commodore at MYC?
A: That’s an easy answer. No. I don’t see
my strengths as a front man. I think I’m
more suited to the role of a worker, like
the secretary, race controller, etc.
Q: Do you still always do what Andree
tells you to do?
A: Let’s just say that when Andree tells
me to get out of the house on a weekend,
I have no difficulty in complying. Since
she has been on the scene, Andree has
also done a lot of work at MYC. I’ve already mentioned the hall hiring, cleaning,
and bar work, but Andree was also running the canteen for a few years, and
stepping in to assist wherever she could.
It does make it a lot easier to fill a role at
a club when there is the backing and also
the involvement from the family.
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Inspector Gadget
Maylands
secretary
and Laser
Radial
skipper
Alan Benn,
Benn
pictured,
is turning to
hi-tech
thingamy-jigs
and satellites
to improve
his speed
and tactics.
Here, Alan
explains . . .
T
HE Velocitek S10 GPS sailing
logger is designed to be mounted
on small dinghies and sailboards
as a training aid. It can be
mounted on the mast or deck using a very
strong Velcro-type strip so it can be seen
while sailing.
It is a very basic GPS unit simply displaying either over-the-ground speed or
Velocity Made Good (VMG) in its twodigit display. It doesn’t show your bearing, though a new improved model, the
SC1, does.
VMG is the boat’s speed in a particular
direction – usually this is towards the upwind mark. So if you are sailing directly
towards the mark, VMG = speed. If you
are reaching at right angles to the mark,
VMG will be 0 no matter what your speed.
The unit is programmed on the water by
telling it the location of the upwind and
downwind marks.
The Velocitek also logs your position as
GPS co-ordinates every second and the
log file can be downloaded to a PC. This
file can then be overlaid on a Google
earth map to show your trajectory over
the water.
The track can also be loaded in to a free
software package called GPS Action
Replay. This has a display as shown
below.
On this display I have split a typical MYC
race in to a southwest
wind in to three different
colours – red for three
upwind legs, grey for two
downwind legs and purple for the two reaching
legs.
This software is very
unfriendly and I struggle
trying to get useful information from it. It can
draw graphs of VMG,
speed, polar charts, etc,
for the entire race or sections of it.
So what use is it, except
as a nerds’ toy?
On the water it is quite
useful to be able to see
VMG and realise when
you aren’t making much
headway to the mark. It
could also be useful for
helping trim the boat; that
is, the old question of
should I pinch up and go
slower or foot off and go
faster?
But, at MYC this is quite
frustrating to try due to
the constantly gusting
winds.
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◄ THE gadget is a
miniature GPS unit
called a Velocitek
S10.
It cost $395 from
www.ropewa.com.au
though there are
several websites
selling them. This
unit is being phased
out already and
better ones produced – see the
Velocitek website
for more details:
www.velocitekspeed
.com/.
It just fixes to the
deck with very
strong Velcro and is
fully waterproof and
floats.
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Same thing when trying
different sail tuning – the
wind is not consistent
enough to be able to see
any change due to any control changes.
So is it any use at all at
MYC? I think it could have
some use in demonstrating
the effect of the big shifts we
get when going upwind.
Everyone has experienced
losing several boat lengths
by being on what turned out
to be the wrong tack and
this is easy to see in the
tracks.
The chart at right shows
just the three upwind legs –
one from the start line and
two from club mark.
Look at the massive differences in upwind heading at
different stages! I must
have decided the first tack
on port wasn’t going so well
and went on to starboard
(designated with the ‘a’) –
that tack is taking me
straight towards the Bunbury Bridge mark!
The average speed on
each tack was about 4.8
knots, but VMG on the first
of two tacks is only 2.2
knots and 4.8 knots on the
second.
Next tack, did I go too
early? Obviously there are
other things to consider,
such as hitting the far bank
and getting wind shadow,
but at the moment I think it
is these tracks that are most useful.
If the track change during a tack is about
90deg, then its pretty normal. If it is
closer to a straight line, then I’m tacking in
to a lift. If it’s a sharper angle change,
then I’ve tacked at the wrong time. You
can see some huge curves in individual
tacks as well, showing the big lifts we all
love at MYC.
The two legs up from club mark show
two strategies: one, hanging on that first
port tack and then sticking more to the
centre of the river; the other tacking early
and hugging the far bank as many find
useful and it’s clear here it’s certainly
heading in the right direction.
But which one was better? Well, that’s
where you have to sign up for the Benn
Sailing Data package – all credit cards
accepted. I have to pay for this toy
somehow!
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MYC and the Gaunts
go handhand-inin-hand
SPIDER-MAN: Club Patron Terry Gaunt on
board his Hartley 16 TS Tarantula at the club.
LLOYD BLAKE looks at the long
and distinguished history of the
Gaunt family at Maylands
Yacht Club.
T
HE Gaunt family’s interest in
sailing began as a road to
romance when Wally Gaunt met
Jean McEvoy in the 1920s. The
McEvoy family lived in Kirkham Hill Tce,
Maylands. The family owned a yacht
moored in the river at the foot of the garden.
Wally Gaunt’s (father of MYC Patron
Terry Gaunt ) love for Jean led to a love
of sailing. Married to Jean, the Gaunts
had three children — Betty, John and
Terry.
The Gaunt family spent many happy
hours afloat and sailing quickly became a
favourite pastime. By 1940 Wally had his
first boat., Sea Crest, an 18ft plumbstemmed classic turn-of-the-century
yacht, clinker built and gaff-rigged.
There were other boats on Maylands
water and Wally did not need encouragement to organise Sunday races. Competition began with a mixed fleet ranging from
a semi-rater to a VJ ( Vaucluse Junior).
In 1942 Wally purchased Volante, a
12sq metre Sharpie. The following season
Wally built a new Sharpie, Victory, and
passed Volante to younger brother John.
The Sharpie fleet became well established at Maylands. Wally built two more
Sharpies for his brothers-in-law.
The club saw a need for a junior boat at
Maylands. When post-World War II
marine ply became plentiful, MYC
adopted the easily built VJ as the junior
boat.
Terry Gaunt had been sailing a canvas
canoe with sails and a bolt-on centreboard. He moved up to a VJ and with six
VJs being built, a boat shed was needed
to house them. Some army barracks
buildings came on the market and under
the leadership of Wally a successful fundraising drive resulted in the purchase of a
building that was transported and erected
adjacent to the Maylands jetty.
The Maylands Yacht Club was established on the foreshore with Wally
Gaunt the foundation commodore.
The year was 1946.
Before the building was completed, fundraising continued with Jean, daughter
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Betty and friends, including Pam (who
was to become Pam Gaunt), by selling
cool drinks and afternoon tea from a small
kiosk near the end of the old jetty. All
equipment had to be carried from home
including cleaning material and even the
water. The girls were very happy to move
into the new clubhouse.
Racing was held on Sundays at Maylands. Wally, John and Terry decided to
improve their skills by sailing downriver
on Saturdays for more competition.
Sharpies went to Perth Flying Squadron
and Terry’s VJ competed at Mounts Bay
Sailing Club. Without trailers, the Gaunt
boys would sail downriver, dropping the
masts at Bunbury Bridge and the Causeway. They would set off at 8am and often
arrive back at Maylands at 8pm, having
paddled home when the breeze dropped
out.
Extra sailing hours on the water proved
beneficial training, with Wally representing
WA in Victoria in 1948. John Gaunt Sr
represented WA on many occasions in
the Sharpie class. Terry won three national titles in the VJ class.
In a VJ national championship heat on
Sydney Harbour, a competitor's mainsail
halyard slipped undone. As the breeze
was very light, Terry advised him to capsize, swim out and tie it back. Headlines
next morning showed an aerial photo of a
school of sharks following the fleet!
The Gwen 12 class was also adopted at
Maylands. Wally and Terry each built one.
Terry was successful in winning two
national titles in this class. Wally then
retired from sailing, handing his boat over
to John who teamed up with Max Moore
(Betty’s husband), representing WA in
national competition.
Terry went into other classes, winning
state titles in Lightweight Sharpies (with
Max Moore in the crew), 16ft Skiffs and
Olympic 470 Class, representing Australia
in Japan.
Wally Gaunt designed the Mudlark
trainer in 1959 to introduce grandson
John to sailing. The class became popular. Wally set about building frames and
producing rudders, centreplates and fittings for anyone who was prepared to
build one.
All the grandchildren began their sailing
in Mudlarks: the Moore children — Geoff,
Peter and Elisabeth — the John Gaunt
boys — Stephen and Luke — and the
Terry Gaunt kids — John, Greg, Terry
and Anne.
Geoff Moore went on to become a very
good sailmaker and top Sharpie skipper,
finishing runner-up at the national level
on several occasions, while his brother
Peter won a national title in the Javelin
class.
The Flying Ant was another class introduced at Maylands, with most of the
Gaunt grandchildren becoming involved.
John and Greg were both successful in
FOUNDATION
COMMODORE
WALLY
GAUNT
Maylands
Yacht Club
founder-builder
R
ESEARCHING
the establishment of
Maylands Yacht
Club, our Patron,
Terry Gaunt, was the
obvious historian.
Terry’s father,
Wally Gaunt (190669), was MYC foundation commodore.
Sailing from the
MYC site had been
under way for several years before the
official establishment
of the club in the
summer of 1946.
Since its inception,
the club has been
managed by volunteers: the first was
Wally Gaunt.
Attracting the support of those about
him, Wally was a
natural leader in every challenge to bring
the fledgling yacht club to reality. Wally
approached the local council for an allocation of land to build the clubhouse. As
the site was on mud, piles were needed
for building foundations.
A friend, Wally Arcus, arranged for a
number of lamp posts to be donated.
Wally built a jinker to transport the posts
to Maylands.
To drive the piles into the mud, Wally
built a large tripod with an enormous
weight slung from it. With a band of helpers (14 on the end of the rope) the piles
were driven into the mud.
Australia Day celebrations had become
a big event in Crawley Bay. It also became the focus of MYC fundraising
efforts.
An MYC stall selling jaffles was set up
and Wally built the brick, coke-fired ovens
and made the jaffle irons at his foundry.
The effort was very rewarding but also
very hot for the workers. Sufficient funds
were raised to buy an army barracks
building.
A busy-bee team demolished and transported the building to Maylands.
At home in East St, Maylands, Wally
built the timber frames for the building,
then disassembled them for transportation and erection at the riverside site.
When the new MYC clubhouse was
completed, Wally’s outstanding contribution was recognised by the naming of the
hall in his honour.
He would have been delighted to have
seen Max, Terry and the younger John
follow him as commodore and know his
progeny loves the sport of sailing as
much as he did.
Commodore Wally Gaunt led by example and infectious enthusiasm.
winning state titles. The boys moved into
the Moth class, Greg winning a State junior title.
John and Greg then tried the Laser with
success, John winning two State titles
(equal first in a third) and Greg one.
The Heron class provided a wonderful
opportunity for some family sailing. John
teamed up with both his daughters, Jenny
and Claire, and finished runner-up in the
state title. Greg sailed with his two boys,
Thomas and Peter, and won a state title.
Terry Jr raced with his son, Stephen,
and won a junior State title.
Father Terry Gaunt crewed for Anne in
the Heron and they won four State titles
and two national titles.
Today the Gaunt family continues to
enjoy sailing at Maylands in the Hartley
16 TS class with father-and-daughter
combinations competing against each
other.
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Training
With Rear
Commodore
KEN
PATTERSON
N
OTEWORTHY this season has
been the regular attendance by
the trainees. This has meant
the skills taught in one lesson
have been carried over to the next lesson
without the loss that happens due to absence. Well done, crew!
The highlights of the program have been
“capsize and recovery” – I have taught
them all I know, being able to draw upon
a wide experience base for this skill! On a
hot, windy day, this is the first activity they
wish to do, sharing my own enthusiasm
for the periodic dunking.
The other highlight was the “man overboard” drill — now, of course, known as
the “person overboard” drill in these politically correct times. In perfect winds crew
and skipper took turns at taking the “leap
of faith”, trusting the person remaining in
the boat to bring the boat around and do
the pick-up.
This skill was practised many times in
succession and not once did a recovery
fail. This speaks well of the sailing skills of
both skippers and crews, but it also indicates how well the trainees get along with
one another.
By the time this article is published we
will have completed the “Get into Small
Boat Sailing, Basics 2 Certificate” course
and have started a race series that will
see the group through to the end of the
season. This gives the opportunity to put
into practice all those skills addressed
throughout the training program.
Though the focus is on having fun,
assistance and advice will be given on
the water, and records kept for a trophy series sponsored by life member,
chief starter and regular helper during
training, Max Albury.
In this edition of The Mudlark I would like
to acknowledge the assistance and enthusiasm of the Wild family — Gregor, Yen
and their boys Leslie, 10, and Donal, 8.
From the outset Gregor has pitched in
and helped in every way he could. When
an injured foot incapacitated him, Yen
filled the gap, helping both on shore and
on water without hesitation. I am very
grateful for their help. Both Leslie and
Donal are shown in action in these images. Both are becoming quite skilful
sailors.
Other parents are continuing to help with
the rigging, launching and recovery of the
boats. Sincere thanks to you all.
Special thanks also go to Andrew
Carter for his continuing assistance as
support boat driver and to Kelvin Davis
who always seems able to act as “spare
parts man“. My thanks also to Malcolm
Puddey who helped out as support boat
driver when my post-surgical hand made
it unwise for me to drive.
LOTSA LUFFS: Sebastian Engdahl, 9, and Leslie Wild, 10, enjoy a Sunday morning at training.
WELL DONE: Donal Wild, 6, makes his “leap of faith”, above, and Rebecca Nicholls, 14, recovers
him, below, in a training drill.
Pictures: KEN PATTERSON
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With
CAROL
DAVIS
Junior News
N
ATIONAL Minnow Sailing
Championships at TCYC
Rockingham, January 7-12.
A challenging series of seven races
were sailed in varying onshore and offshore winds at TCYC against sailors from
Victoria, Queensland and the Northern
Territory.
Several races were in winds of about
25 knots, challenging all the Minnow sailors and keeping the support boats busy
and spectators attentive to the race.
Three MYC sailors were competing in
the main fleet of 40 Minnows.
James Borrett was competing in his
new Minnow, Mach 1. This was his second national championship, having sailed
in Darwin in the July 2007 event. James
finished five races and was placed 35th
overall. James learnt more about “right of
way” out on the water and sustained damage to his bow in one race, fixed with a
“gaffer Bandaid” for the remaining races
in the series.
Jack Clark-Massera was sailing in his
first national championship in his Minnow
JAMM. Jack sought the challenge with the
experienced sailors, though he would
have been eligible to sail in the novice
fleet in the lighter winds. Jack completed
five races and finished 37th.
Hugh Davis was sailing Droplet in his
third national championship. Hugh completed five races and learnt at the start of
one race how much a head wound can
bleed when whacked by the boom when
clambering back onboard after a capsize.
For that race he recorded a DNS but
overall he finished 26th. His best placing
was 16th in the invitation race.
Our MYC members gained greater skill
and had an enjoyable week of racing with
their TCYC friends. On the leaderboard,
the competition was hotly contested by
the Victorians. These serious sailors had
a team coach and in some cases individual coaches who gave a pep talk before
every race and the team engaged in afterrace debriefs, too. Very serious stuff!
Matt and Owen, two other MYC sailors,
sailed a Surfcat out as a spectator vessel
on a couple of days to view the Minnow
racing.
Geographe Bay Yacht Club Australia
Day Regatta, January 26-28.
Three MYC junior members competed in
this 49th regatta. James and Hugh enjoyed the competition with the TCYC Minnow sailors. The Minnow fleet of 13 boats
was the largest fleet in the regatta and
therefore the major trophy for the event
was awarded to the best Minnow sailor, a
TCYC sailor.
I
N September, YAWA and its sailing
coaches will be holding a live-in
weekend for junior sailors at our
club. About 60 junior sailors from
around WA will attend with more than
40 boats expected.
The event includes a sleepover in the
clubhouse – some MYC members will
be nominated to attend. This is a great
experience for our younger sailors to
get additional professional coaching for
their sailing, near the start of the 200809 sailing season.
As the hosting club, assistance from
members will be needed to man support
boats, help juniors on and off the water
and provide catering for the contingent
– trainers, adults and youth sailors.
Any volunteers to assist with the
sleepover will need police clearance.
The club will meet the costs of that
application for any member volunteering to assist with this event.
However, due to the time it takes to get
certification for working with children,
members will need to come forward and
VOLUNTEER NOW!
the company and camaraderie of other
sailors and their families ensured that
everyone had a great time sailing and
relaxing over the long weekend.
I thoroughly recommend this event to all
MYC sailors, especially those with families. 2009 will be the 50th anniversary
event.
Twilight Sailing – Wednesdays, 4.30pm
onwards
For fun, frivolity, sailing and getting in the
swim, at least six junior sailors have attended twilight sails on Wednesdays during the school holidays. Sometimes
friends joined them to see what sailing
was about. About 1.5-2 hours of “being on
the water” each week.
Two Surfcats and up to two Lasers were
rigged each week. With up to four crew
per Surfcat on some occasions, there was
plenty of scope to “jump ship” and have a
swim before reboarding another craft for a
bit more of a sail. (How many kids can lie
across a Laser and it still sail?)
Following the sailing many enjoyed a
picnic dinner on the club lawn and a game
of cricket – what a great way to enjoy
daylight saving during the holidays.
Same time next year!
Both James and Hugh achieved a firstand-fastest each. James collected the
best-on-handicap flag for all four races
and for the regatta. Hugh came second
on championship points.
Owen competed in
his Laser 4.7 (only
Laser competing) as
part of the Mixed Fleet
and took out line honours for all four races
and for the regatta.
(We are not sure what
other boats were in
the Mixed Fleet as
there were many different classes out on
the water.)
The wind and
weather conditions
were wonderful, the
club’s grassed
grounds on the foreshore for camping
SIGN OF THE TIMES: A Laser 4.7, Minnow and Mirror at Ken
were excellent and
Patterson’s training classes.
Picture: LLOYD BLAKE
C
OOK your own sausage sizzle! For
$1.50 at the MYC canteen downstairs, you get a sausage, bun, sauce and
access to the club BBQ to cook your own.
Chat with others as you sizzle your snags
on the BBQ, or BYO and cook it at the club.
Pies and sausage rolls are still available for
sailors in a hurry or just plain hungry!
Cold drinks and chilled water are always
available, as well as hot coffee and tea.
Smaller notes and coins are always
appreciated as payment.
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Reporter
JENNY
PEDERICK
signs up
for . . .
F
BOOT CAMP
EET – those indispensable body parts at
the end of your legs that transport you
everywhere. Most people wouldn’t consider them until something went wrong.
The list of things that can go wrong with your feet
is long and painful: cuts, grazes, ingrown toenails,
athlete’s foot, heel spurs, arthritis, bunions, corns,
warts, flat feet, sprains . . .
Most sailors at Maylands know too well the dangers associated with dipping their feet in the river.
The large number of shells in the water, not to mention other sharp nasties, pose quite a hazard.
The condition of the water in our river has convinced more than one sailor to stay at home when
they have an open wound, to decrease the risk of
infection.
So how do you take care of these tender tootsies
when you’re sailing?
The choices at Maylands seem to be comprised of
the following:
LEFT: Snazzy Ankle Boots
John Wallace wears these ankle-length boots, requested for his birthday. Sailing a Laser, John considers it important that his boots don’t
interfere with his hiking strap. Having toggles on the backs of the
boots, rather than Velcro on the front, prevent this.
ABOVE: Plastic ‘Swiss Cheese’ Shoes
What about ventilation? The Hartley mob can afford to
wear shoes that are a little looser. My Dad and I both
wear plastic shoes with holes to allow for airflow.
LEFT: Full-Length Boots
Ken Patterson uses the classic full-length wetsuit boot.
“I bought these because they were the same as my last
pair and I was happy with them,” he says. They last well,
as Ken’s are now three years old and going strong.
RIGHT: The Ultimate
You won’t see these Aigle hiking
boots at Maylands right now and
the $US115 cost may be one
reason. Specially constructed
soles for superior traction, a reinforced top to combat friction with
hiking straps, a waterproof gusset
behind the grommets, and a
quick-dry lining make this an
ultimate sailing boot.
ABOVE: Bare Feet
Bare feet, says Bruce Lee, are far more comfortable than any sailing footwear. “I wear shoes all
week,” he says, “so why wear them sailing?”
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With
JOHN
WALLACE
Laser Radials
RADIALS continue to be the largest fleet,
with an average of 10 boats each week.
The Full rigs are getting closer in numbers, especially now the Commodore is
back on the water.
Racing has been very tight with hardfought duels and close finishes throughout the fleet — I have first-hand experience of this competitive racing.
The regular sailors are at the top of the
Consistency series – which again proves
that you must be in it to win it! The fast
skippers fight out the Championship and
the handicap system takes care of
spreading the spoils around for the
Consistency series.
Any sailor who wants to check the
results can visit the MYC website:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~myc/
The home page provides a link to the
weekly and progressive results for Championship, Consistency and Short-Course
racing.
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THE Laser is a one-design boat and this
has its pros and cons. A benefit is that
racing relies on the skill of the skipper and
not the boat and its gear.
Also, being a single-hander can be a
benefit or a drawback – no one else in the
boat to stuff it up or nobody to blame
when it goes wrong. Costs are kept down
as there is no need to keep buying the
latest go-fast gear to chase greater boat
speed and better handling.
There are only limited fittings to buy for
the Laser. However, because of the strict
one-design policy, parts can only be purchased from licensed dealers. This leads
to prices being higher than they would be
in an open market. There is clear evi-
dence of this with the sail, which, being
the engine of the boat, does require replacing after several seasons of racing
due to stretch, wear and tear, etc.
A regulation radial sail from a licensed
dealer is about $900, while a replica sail
can be purchased for around $300. The
costs of producing each sail must be similar so the only conclusion is a much
higher mark-up on the licensed sail.
Rear Commodore Sail:
Comments
knowledge of the rules. In match racing
this problem has been overcome by the
use of independent umpires who make
the call when incidents occur. In fleet
racing this is not practical, so it is up to
the individuals to interpret the rules as
each situation arises.
A good means of achieving better interpretations is by communicating with your
competitor(s) as to how you see the situation – or, if possible, as it develops.
The “starboard” or “keep going” call from
a starboard-tack boat to a port tacker is a
simple form of this communication.
Another benefit is the improvement in
everyone’s knowledge of the rules.
Time to get down from the soap box!
John Wallace
Toby Mac
O
UR sport is one of the few
sports where the competitors
are also the umpires. Golf is another
which relies on the honesty and integrity
of the participants.
This means that sailors must take
responsibility for their actions and
take the penalty when required,
whether someone else has seen the
rule breach or not.
One of the biggest areas of doubt is in
interpretation and occurs even when
sailors on boats involved have a good
With
LLOYD
BLAKE
Laser Full Rigs
AS we enter our last quarter of summer
competition the Laser fleet has enjoyed
growth in boat numbers, along with close
competition.
Welcome to Ed Bart, sailing 1Speed,
and welcome back to sailing for Commodore Peter Kerrigan, onboard Papa Kilo.
Half of the Laser fleet has registered to
compete in the WA Laser Association
State Championships hosted by Geographe Bay Yacht Club from April 25-27.
Along with a Radial fleet contingent,
MYC will be showing the flag in numbers
and skill.
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THOUGH familiar names appear on the
leaderboard in Club Championship and
Consistency sailing, the tenuous positions
held by the leading boats are measured in
fewer points than ever before.
Improved sailing skills are a major factor,
along with lead boats making costly mistakes, which is always encouraging and
provides an interesting day afloat.
Consistency scoring requires consistent
sailing activity; i.e. be there for every
event and you will progress.
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THE Laser fleet does not score very often
in Mug-of-the-Day competition; however
Bert (The Bandit)
Brescianini,
pictured, won his
third Steve Fox
Trophy on
February 24,
pipping David
Ponton by 0.25 of
a point.
The race is not over until all boats have
crossed the finish line correctly. Changes
of fortune often happen late in a race. If
you only catch up to one more boat following your spectacular capsize, it means
you certainly have done something well.
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FEBRUARY 24 brought a result in the
two-race contest for The Steve Fox Trophy. Congratulations to Bert Brescianini
(3.75pts, a first and third on handicap) who won by 0.25 of a point over
David Ponton (4pts, second and second
for Lloyd Blake to receive the award twice on handicap). There was disappointment
within a month will take some beating.
when the second heat of the trophy race
First award was when Petit Cochon failed was contested by only four Lasers,
to round St Anne’s mark . . . it was
though eight boats were at the start line.
quicker to go direct to Aerodrome. HeadWith a no-go fleet and a restart for aning for the start line without a centreboard other, it was obvious just how much MYC
won the second time.
skippers focus their countdown on starting
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signals of the preceding fleet. Chaos preTHE primary reason to go sailing is to
vailed.
have fun. Working on skills and tactical
Three of the four Full Rigs that comknowledge will move you up through the
pleted the course had noticed the fall of
race fleet.
the class flag, while the remaining four
MYC champions are generous and help- boats thought they were still in countdown
ful whenever you seek their advice. Read mode. They retired.
There is a case for large, coloured
the theory and practise whenever you
can. Arrange some practice with another start flags — not class flags, just flags
boat for an hour or so before racing starts. that all fleets can see.
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MEET THE MEMBERS
Sandy Patterson
Jan Puddey
Race Controller
Race Controller
A
A
MEMBER of MYC for
almost 20 years, Sandy Patterson has participated in several
competitive sports but never
sailed.
Sandy enjoys her duties with
the Start Box team.
As a volunteer Race Controller Sandy has an essential role
which she describes as very
rewarding.
Sending the MYC fleets
across the start line in an orderly fashion is exciting and
different every week.
As finishing boats cross the
line, crews wave, acknowledging the Race Controllers’ efforts and, according to Sandy,
are actually paying their respects to the people who are
really in control.
With a good view of the MYC
sailing courses, race control-
with LLOYD BLAKE
lers are always first to identify
a yacht in trouble and exercise control in expediting any
assistance required.
Since twin sons have taken
up careers in the ACT, Sandy
and husband Ken have become regular east coast visitors. Despite their travel adventures, Sandy rarely misses
a race day.
Mixed Fleet
TO the world of extreme sailing, where
experience meets inexperience, big
meets small, where off-road meets the
driveway . . .
Brian Plumb and Doug Bonny are leading the Consistency from Ossie Carter
and Rudy Tiessen, then Dave Hogg.
Brian and Doug also lead the Club
Championship from Anne Christie and
Terry Gaunt, then Dave, while Michael
Albury is leading the Short-Course series.
Two rules situations have presented
themselves recently, so I took the
radical step of looking them up:
The first (Rule 12) says: When boats are
on the same tack and not overlapped, a
boat clear astern shall keep clear of a
boat clear ahead.
The second is Rule 18: Rounding and
passing marks and obstructions, or
rather its exception, 18.1.a, does not
apply at a starting mark.
The rules I could find applying at a starting mark surrounded by navigable water
are 11 – windward boat keeps clear, and
17.1 – if an overlap is gained by a leeward boat from clear astern, she must not
sail above her proper course while they
are overlapped within two of her hull
lengths.
It seems to me there is little defence for
a boat trying to “squeeze in” at the windward end of the start line.
REAL family affair, Malcolm and Jan Puddey, along
with son David, were introduced to MYC by Rear Commodore Ken Patterson and his
wife Sandy nine years ago.
While David took to sailing a
Laser, Malcolm became support boat skipper and Jan took
up duties in the Start Box.
Spending much of her youth
swimming and fishing in the
Swan River, the closest Jan
has been to sailing is the view
from the Start Box.
Employed in a physiotherapy
practice, Jan enjoys her work;
however, she never tires of
the views from the Start Box.
According to Jan: “The club
competition and other water
activity that summer brings are
a real joy when viewed from the
best seat on the river.“
Jan welcomes more ladies
taking up club duties and
encourages new members to
join the learn-to-sail program.
Keeping score from the
Start Box, Jan issues a
reminder to all competitors to
clear the finish line quickly.
A clear view of the finish line
is essential to the crew.
With
JOHN
GAUNT
COUNTDOWN: Competitors in
the Mixed Fleet manoeuvre for
the start of a Short Course
series heat. From left, Redback
(John Gaunt), Sea Ra (Rudy
Tiessen), Sharnah (John Wood)
and Tarantula (Terry Gaunt).
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Winter Champ says
to go with the flow
The MYC Winter Series will be held on
the first Sunday each month, starting
May 4, except for September when it
will be on the second Sunday. We
asked defending champion ROB
HERMANS, pictured, to tell us how he
prepares for the series after a long
summer season.
One day, while sailing the seven seas, a
look-out spotted a pirate ship, and the
crew became frantic.
Captain Bravo bellowed for his red
shirt. The First Mate quickly retrieved
the captain's red shirt and, after donning the shirt, the captain led his crew
into battle and defeated the pirates.
Later on, the look-out spotted not one,
but two pirate ships. The captain again
howled for his red shirt and once again
vanquished the pirates.
That evening, all the men sat around on
the deck recounting the day's triumphs,
and one of them asked the captain:
"Sir, why did you call for your red shirt
before each battle?"
The captain replied: "If I am wounded
in the attack, my crew won't notice my
bleeding and will continue to fight,
unafraid."
All of the men sat in silence and marvelled at the courage of their captain.
As dawn came the next morning, the
look-out spotted not one, not two, but
TEN pirate ships approaching. The
rank and file all stared at the captain
and waited for his usual request.
Captain Bravo calmly shouted: "Bring
me my brown pants!"
I HAVE an obsession for winter sailing. It
started back in the 1980s when I was
sailing scow Moths.
The competition was organised by the
State Moth Sailing Association which
conducted a winter series each year
rotated at Swan River clubs including East Fremantle, Royal
Freshwater, South of Perth, Nedlands and Maylands.
Sailing Maylands is so different
during winter compared with summer. It’s like sailing at two clubs
instead of one. Same boat shed,
different venue: how good is that?
OK, it’s colder, but the main
difference is the wind direction
and strength of the river current.
It suits a 65kg “jockey‘’ in a Full
Rig, but what is fun at Maylands
is the river current and the serious huge areas of no wind.
You soon learn the technique
of hopping from one puff to
another and sneaking along the
shallow water when sailing
upriver to avoid the current
running downriver.
Rosco Bennett and Brian Plumb
have a good technique in placing
the start line in the middle of the
fast-flowing river current and enjoy watching the fleet manoeuvre
and getting caught out by breaking or
being late for the start. Rosco quickly lets
you know if you have had a shocker of a
start!
Hint: Look at the start buoy and
check out the flow of the water.
You may well see me during the prestart, hovering at the shallow end of the
start line in an effort to stay out of the
current.
The Radial rig guys are so polite and
generally line up late and give you a
chance to line up at the opposite end and
carry out a port start. Port starts seem to
be favoured. My message to the Radials:
Get in there and practise your starts! Sail
in the middle of the flow if going with the
flow to the top mark, or go towards the
shore to limit the exposure to the flow
when sailing against it.
Mind you, go for any breeze when it
comes as it is somewhat rare, like on a
hot day chasing the easterly. But in
winter the holes are much worse.
Try to get the best start possible as
there is less time in a short course to
regain the tactical mistake made on the
start line.
I reckon the start is everything, but don’t
despair, there is still a good chance to
recover on the downwind leg when the
frontrunners sail into nothing.
Fifteen boats sailing around the bottom
mark is not uncommon.
As you will generally experience light
winds and sunny conditions, I prefer not
to overdress and will only use a fulllength wetsuit when the conditions are
windy.
Boots are a must to avoid heat loss and
I prefer not to wear gloves, summer or
winter. They impede dexterity. I find that
wet gloves in winter chill the hands
somewhat.
See you out there this winter!
2008-09 Opening Day Oct 12
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FLASHBACKS
C
ALLING all Old Buggers! Do you have photos of
yourself or other Maylands Yacht Club members
from years gone by that you reckon would bring
a tear to the eye of any reader of The Mudlark?
Here are a couple of blokes who have weathered the
storms on Melville Water and the MYC horseshoe over
many years.
Just like the changing shape of the Perth skyline,
pictured right, the waistlines of these skippers have also
changed, though Lloyd Blake is showing better trim these
days than his Laser sail! The picture of Lloyd, above,
shows him tackling a decent sea breeze in Crawley Bay off
Mounts Bay Sailing Club in 1982.
Lloyd joined MBSC in 1975, sailing a GP14. He competed
in the GP14 World Championship in 1979 that was hosted
by MBSC. He came 16th in a fleet of 65.
In 1980 Lloyd bought his Laser (69258) and called it
LOLA. Business resulted in him travelling a lot, so he sold
it in 1987 and did not sail again until he bought his current
Laser (154289), Petit Cochon, and started at MYC in 1999.
The Mudlark editor Steve Fox sailed in Holdfast Trainers,
Rainbows and Gwen 12s in Adelaide when he was a high
school student. When he started work in 1966 at age 15,
he had to give up sailing because he worked on Saturdays.
In 1980 he transferred to WA and resumed sailing (on
Sundays) at MBSC in a brand new Laser Full Rig (no
Radials then) during 1981. The boat (93620) and all gear
cost less than $2000 delivered to WA. Steve named it
Vixen. The picture, right, show its first outing on the
water, again on Crawley Bay.
In 1986, Steve was transferred to work in Sydney and he
sold his Laser ... (drum roll) ... to John Gaunt! Small world.
Steve rejoined the Laser ranks, at MYC, after a 16-year
break, during 2002-03.
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Classifieds
FOR SALE
MINNOW: Jamm – 944: Excellent condition, fibreglass boat,
2 Pak paint job, national and state championship competitor.
$850. Contact Jack on 9370 3997 or 0439 992 315.
HERON: Sugar Baby. Very competitive, timber, hull and
rigging in good condition, sails are average. $1500 negotiable.
Contact John Gaunt on 94452448 or 0407 101 217.
Doubleview.
TRAILER: Small boat trailer (e.g. Mirror size), 15-inch
wheels, licensed Sept, no rust. $200 (or consider share ownership if you can store it) Contact Barry Newell on 9444 6015
or bnewell@iinet.net.au.
TASAR: Min weight, new mast, beach trolley. $2000 ono.
Contact Barry Newell on 9444 6015 or bnewell@iinet.net.au.
Maylands Yacht Club (Inc)
Cnr East Street and Fourth Avenue East
Maylands WA 6051
(Postal)
PO Box 5
Maylands WA 6931
Clubhouse: 9271 7332 (race days only)
Secretary: Alan Benn 08 9271 1232 or
0429 101 703
Email: myc@iinet.net.au
Website: www.members.iinet.net.au/~myc
Thank you to
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Carter)
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Anne Christie
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Patterson
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Max Albury
Max Moore
Milbold Pty Ltd
(Alan Benn)
Northern Districts
Chiropractic Centre
(David Ponton)
Paul Borrett
Peter Kerrigan
Rob Hermans
Sail Power Marine
(Grant Alderson)
Steve Fox
Terry Gaunt
Terry McCartney
Vectis Digital Graphics (Ian Pavey)
Vince Rogers
Wally and Joy Davis
The next issue of The Mudlark will be the Winter
Edition and is planned for June 1, 2008.
Contributors and advertisers are asked to forward all
submissions to editor Steve Fox at
thefoxfamily@optusnet.com.au
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