November in Melbourne…. Football fades to a memory as the roses begin to bloom, and spring promises, then disappoints, and then promises again. For the last 18 years the weekend before the Melbourne Cup has
17 July, 2024 Great to see on the television the other night, the footage of Zephyr at her new home, the boatshed of Ferdi and Wendy Darley in Williamstown. See the Channel 7 footage here.
15 March, 2024 The CYAA would like to note the passing of renowned traditional yacht designer and builder, Iain Oughtred, aged 84. Iain passed away peacefully on the 21st February on the Isle of Skye
A Sayona Summer Series moment… A special pictorial report for Race 6 of the 2023/24 Sayonara Summer Series to celebrate Acrospire III’s 100th year of racing on Port Phillip. Click to open the Special 40
The committee and members of the CYAA are saddened to learn of the passing in Decmber 2023, of a legend of Classic Yachting in New Zealand and a great friend of the CYAA John Street.
Based on AMS/PHS handicaps, Mercedes lll was the 8th slowest in a fleet of 82 yachts; hence the Division 3 allocation. Skipper, Martin Ryan: “Winning our Division was the first objective and equally important was
Melbourne, 26 December, 2023 The 2023 edition of the Ronstan Cock of the Bay race, hosted by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) will feature a intriguing aside; the race within a race, the
March 9-11, 2024 Geelong, VIC The Wooden Boat Festival is back in 2024. Hosted by the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, the waters of Corio Bay will once again be the focus of wooden boat sailors
CYAA members, Ross and Janet Clark, recently toured Norway and were very impressed by the classic boats and ships they saw. Ross, who described Oslo as “an AWBF that runs 365 days a year”, shared
In February, four team members from Mercedes lll formed a Syndicate and purchased Mercedes lV. Since then they have been “fixing things”, most of which were known to them from the survey, but once you