Category: CYAA Register

Marama

Links Marama Survey Report, 5 April 1972 (pdf)  Gallery Marama, Col Bandy Trophy winner 2019 Marama on Corio Bay Marama on RGYC slip Marama, early photo

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Renene

History My father, Bud Bacon purchased Renene in 1957 from its owner/builders at Hobson’s Bay and we took her back to SYC. Renene was then one of the largest boats

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Merlin

Links The Magic of Merlin, WoodenBoat Magazine Merlin, picture gallery on fjdarley.com.au Merlin information (pdf)  Gallery Merlin at Williamstown Merlin at 2018 Geelong Wooden Boat Festival Lorita Maria and Merlin, at

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Pastime II

History I purchased Pastime in 1978 from Geelong. She was sold by the family in 1957 when my uncle Stanley McDonald suddenly passed away at the age of 42. She

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Margaret Pearl

History Margaret Pearl was built in Hobart in 1958 as a crayfishing vessel for the well-known Stanley fisherman Cyril “Dodger” Long. Designed by RH (Dick) Thompson who was a boat

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Julia Jane under sail on Port Phillip.

Julia Jane

History The Vertue Class of yacht  designed by ‘Jack’ Laurent Giles dating from 1936. The class was not named Vertue until after the war when a boat built to the design won the

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Frances

History FRANCES is an International 8 metre class yacht designed and built by Ernest Digby in Melbourne Victoria in 1948 for racing in the prestigious interstate challenge event for the

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