Rudder Cup

The "Rudder Cup" was given to the Geelong Yacht Club by Thomas Fleming Day for the Cruising Division of Australia‘s first organized Ocean Race from Queenscliff to Low Head (Tasmania) in 1907. The Cup was passed through Past Commodore T. A. Dickson as a token of their friendship through "The Rudder" magazine of which Tom Day was Editor/Publisher. Tom Day was made an Honorary Life Member of the Club in 1911. The Book "Across Bass Strait" commemorates the inaugural race. It has been scanned and broken up into logical sections. Each section can be viewed by clicking on the Open icon below.
Section	Click to	File Size
Section 1	Open	875 kB
Section 2	Open	2165 kB
Section 3 Conditions of Entry	Open	1326 kB
Section 4 Thistle Log	Open	3355 kB
Section 5 Shamrock Log	Open	3548 kB
Section 6 Rambler Log	Open	2219 kB
Section 7 Ellida Log	Open	1825 kB
Section 8 Charts	Open	983 kB
Section 9 Extracts from Launceston News Papers	Open	4373 kB
Section 10 Extracts from Victorian News Papers	Open	1471 kB
Section 11 The Ocean	Open	311 kB
Notice of Race 1907	Open	287 kB
1906 Committee of Management	Open	747 kB

The "Rudder Cup" was given to the Geelong Yacht Club by Thomas Fleming Day
for the Cruising Division of Australia‘s first organized Ocean Race from
Queenscliff to Low Head (Tasmania) in 1907.

The Cup was passed through Past Commodore T. A. Dickson as a token of their friendship
through "The Rudder" magazine of which Tom Day was Editor/Publisher.

Tom Day was made an Honorary Life Member of the Club in 1911.

The Book "Across Bass Strait" commemorates the inaugural race.
It has been scanned and broken up into logical sections.
Each section can be viewed by clicking on the Open icon below.