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A howling success! The fourth Whyte, Just and Moore Lawyers
Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong was held at the Royal Geelong
Yacht Club over the Labour Day weekend, 6th & 7th March. 
The festival absolutely bulged at the water line!
The Whyte Just & Moore Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong was an outstanding success over this holiday weekend, despite the hammering that Melbourne received over the Labour Day weekend.
With a record number of 105 entries you could be excused if you thought a few would pull the pin with the news of absolutely foul weather approaching.
But when it came to the crunch, not many decided to stay home and get absolutely clobbered! Most decided to enjoy a delightful weekend in Geelong! And believe me, they did!
Beautiful yachts, some approaching 100 years old, threw their shoulders back, hoisted their sails and headed from Williamstown to that gem of a bay named Corio, to enjoy a couple of peaceful days in the sun!
The classic yacht, 'Windward II' built in 1929 accompanied by arguably the most famous classic keel yacht in Australia, 'Sayonara' of 1897 were accompanied by other absolutely classic examples of those halcyon days of sailing as they headed off in the 'Central Geelong' Classic boat race.
'Sayonara' was first across the line at Geelong but it was the classic cutter 'Anitra' who took out 1st place on handicap, followed by Kent Bacon's 55 year old Norwegian Sailing Rescue Craft, 'Renene'.
Joining them in Geelong were almost the entire Victorian fleet of Couta Boats battling out the 'Couta Cup' and the Victorian State Titles plus a plethora of beautifully maintained wooden boats of all shapes and sizes.
All sail boats? No sir! The tiny steam driven 'Firefly 2' at only 16ft entertained the crowd as it tootled and tooted around the marina using it's almost 100 year old wood-fired boiler as propulsion!
Tall ships, 'One & All' the brigantine from South Australia and the topsail schooner 'Enterprize' added to the historical atmosphere.
Even though light rain dampened spirits a little on Saturday with weather warnings galore, Sunday turned out to be a day right out of the box! Beautiful sunshine, light winds, plenty of visitors and an incredible display.
I guarantee that you 'wooden' be too pleased if you missed it!
Bob Appleton.
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EVENT SPONSORS
WHYTE, JUST & MOORE LAWYERS
CENTRAL GEELONG MARKETING COMMITTEE
centralgeelong.com.au
YANMAR MARINE
THE WOODEN BOATSHOP
LONGBOARD WINES
FOUR WINDS MARINE
PIER POINT APPARTMENTS
BELL POTTER SECURITIES – GEELONG
NORGLASS PAINTS
FESTIVAL DISPLAYS:
ROPE MAKING DISPLAY BY ROPEMAKERS AUSTRALIA
RGYC HISTORICAL DISPLAY IN CLUB HOUSE
BOAT BUILDERS DISPLAY - SPONSORED BY BELL POTTER SECURITIES - FEATURING SOME OF AUSTRALIA'S PROMINENT SHIPWRIGHTS
TALL SHIPS "ENTERPRIZE" AND "ONE & ALL"
PHOTOS SUPPLIED BY:
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SUPPORT SPONSORS
NETPRESS PRINT SOLUTIONS
CLUB MARINE
BARWON TIMBER
FREEDOM BAY CRUISES
BAKERS DELIGHT - TORQUAY
JOHN GILL BUTCHERS
POWER DRIVE MARINE
ST QUENTIN SURVEYORS
MYERS STREET FAMILY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LILLBREY ON BARWON ACCOMMODATION
FESTIVAL EXHIBITORS:
YANMAR DIESEL ENGINES
FOUR WINDS MARINE
BUILD WOODEN BOATS
DECK-DOC TIMBER FINISHES
THE WOODEN BOATSHOP
HARDWARE FOR CREATIVE FINISHES
MARK BERGIN
woodenboat.com.au
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