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Skipper Tiare Tomaszewski, 44, will be joined by her twin sister Leilani and their younger brother Matt, 29, with Kiernan as the navigator, on the 414 nautical mile race that starts from Broken Bay on Saturday, 30 October 2010.

“We sailed with our grandfather when we were little kids and have often raced the boat with Ian since he bought it, including racing to Hobart, Lord Howe Island and the Gold Coast, as has Ben, our elder brother,” recalled Tiare, a member of the Sydney Amateur Sailing Club.

“I sailed with Ian when Maris won her first Lord Howe Island Race but could not compete in last year’s race because of work commitments,” added Tiare, a film producer. In fact, all four grandchildren are in the media and film production business, which as Tiare says, comes down from the artistic talent of their grandfather.

“Veolia Maris is in great shape and we hope that Ian will set us the course of least resistance as he has done so well over the past two Lord Howe races, ” she said. “We hope to arrive on the island Melbourne Cup Day in time for the celebrations at the Bowling Club, as we did in 2009, which was also yacht’s 50th birthday.

Veolia Maris will again be the smallest, oldest and lowest handicapped yacht in the IRC division and, as an always well-sailed boat, she must rank as one of the favourite for handicap honours. “We have also been fortunate in Veolia coming aboard as full sponsors after being a supporter for previous races,” Tiare added;

The relatively shallow, long keel of the Alan Payne-designed, Jock Muir-built yawl-rigged Tasman Seabird class yacht assured her a place in the fleet this year, but limits on draft and moorings at Lord Howe Island has resulted in a number of deep draft yachts missing out.

A total of 15 boats were nominated for the five available positions, with the five accepted being Warwick Sherman’s Occasional Coarse Language, Mike Freebairn’s Ray White Spirit of Koomooloo, Grant Dawson’s Karisma, Anthony Sweetapple’s Quetzalcoatl and Paul Clitheroe’s Balance.

In addition, Sean Langman’s maxi yacht Loyal, representing the Huon Yacht Club in southern Tasmania, has been accepted by Gosford Sailing Club as turn-around entry. She is a clear favourite for line honours in the 414 nautical mile race across the Tasman Sea.

The Hempel Paints 37th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race will start from Broken Bay, south of Gosford, at 1.00pm on Saturday, 30 October with the fleet heading north to a turning mark off Terrigal before setting a north-easterly course across the Tasman to Lord Howe Island. — Peter Campbell

I am seeking information on a class called the Pittwater 30s. There is one for sale in Queensland.

They were designed or built by Halvorsen, Morson & Gowland in the early 70’s in glass, presumably for the twilight racing on Pittwater.

I think only 3 were built but not sure. The profile from the top resembles a dragon, but most certainly have a fin keel, and much more substantial accommodation. If you can help please contact

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“I read in a recent Club Marine magazine that your club had a wooden boat regatta last weekend. I noted in the article that the festival featured ex pilot boats which caught my attention as I am a Sydney Pilot and own an ex Pilot Boat that had its origins in Melbourne. Her name is “URANA” (photo below) and I understand she was build around 1911 and used to transport River Pilots up and down the Yarra. I do not believe she was owned by the river pilots, as they did not own boats, so she was probably used on charter.

I re-built her two years ago and while I have some limited knowledge of her history, I am keen to find out more. I would love to know if any of your wooden boat members have any knowledge of her.

Hopefully one day I will be able to bring her to Geelong for your festival weekend (on a truck)

Kind regards        
Neil Farmer”
farmers@bigpond.net.au

Please, find attached the program of our classic event, that will take place in Ajaccio, Corsica, from the 24th of may to the 30th may 2010. The Event will close on 30th of may with the start of the “Yacht Club de France Spring Cup”, the first CIM cruiser race of the year Ajaccio-Antibes. We expect an exceptional meeting as 42 classic yachts are already registered and with the coming of “big boats” like Mariska the sistership of Tuiga (W. Fife), Moonbeam of Fife vs Moonbeam IV and many visitors coming from all over the world, as the “Roaring Forty” Rowdy (Herresoff NYYC class 40), Samarkand from Germany. Registration is open to any yacht owner in the Epoch, Classic and Spirit of Tradition categories. Of course, all impassioned sailors who wish to join the Régates Impériales will receive a friendly welcome.

Programme RI 2010

http://www.regates-imperiales.com