Hi all
Today was our offical opening day for the season and we had a motor past the club house, a quick race and then a big feed and a get together at the club house
The weather gods smiled upon us as it was blowing 30 knots last night and this morning but this afternoon turned out just about perfect
Here are some of the local boats that were on the water for the motor past
Regards Don
Select to expand quoteDonk107 said..
Hi all
Today was our offical opening day for the season and we had a motor past the club house, a quick race and then a big feed and a get together at the club house
The weather gods smiled upon us as it was blowing 30 knots last night and this morning but this afternoon turned out just about perfect
Here are some of the local boats that were on the water for the motor past
Regards Don
Do you have a large contingent of Italian members in your club or is there another reason for flying seven Italian Flags from the clubhouse verandah?
, sorry couldn't help myself, I thought it funny as hell
Select to expand quoteLooseChange said..Donk107 said..
Hi all
Today was our offical opening day for the season and we had a motor past the club house, a quick race and then a big feed and a get together at the club house
The weather gods smiled upon us as it was blowing 30 knots last night and this morning but this afternoon turned out just about perfect
Here are some of the local boats that were on the water for the motor past
Regards Don
Do you have a large contingent of Italian members in your club or is there another reason for flying seven Italian Flags from the clubhouse verandah?, sorry couldn't help myself, I thought it funny as hell
No Italian members at all as far as I know ( pretty much all Aussies, Kiwi's and English down here)
No idea of the significance of the flags but I will ask the question (perhaps they were on special at Woolies)
Regards Don
Woolies, yeah that'd be it, they'll try to flog anything if they think they can make a buck on it.
Actually hanging down like that it looks like one big Iranian national flag!
Nice selection of boats. I like the 3rd from the bottom in particular.
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Nice selection of boats. I like the 3rd from the bottom in particular.
I wonder why. 
Trivia switch ON!
It seems that this very attractive yacht may not only have changed names, but also changed designers and builders.
When that yacht was called Lowanna II she always described in Sydney-Hobart programmes as being designed by her owners, the Anderson brothers. For example in 1971's programme it was specifically stated that she was "designed and built by the Anderson Brothers" and that she was the first local design to the IOR One Ton level (as distinct from the earlier RORC One Ton level). At the time the programme was written she had not raced.
The '73 programme describes her as "very much a family boat, designed and built by the Anderson family' that was "launched in 1971". The tables listing competitors in sail number order also give the designers as "K R and P Anderson."
The boat disappeared from Hobarts for years until she raced again in '77 (DNF), 78, 79, 1980 under the ownership of Melbourne's Dennis Millikan. Can't see her doing 11 Hobarts.
In 1997's Hobart annual the boat is suddenly listed as a Miller design built in 1970, and now the brokers are saying she was a Lexcen built by Miller and Whitworth in '71.
She looks very different from Ben Lexcen's earlier boats (such as Marsude, Apollo (1), Tampico II, Warri etc) and also very different from the slightly later Apollo II/Gingko/Rampage/Ceil III style. She is also pretty distinct from Plum Crazy, which Ben designed with Joe Adams in 1971.
The Anderson brothers DID own a Lexcen one tonner for sure, but that was their next boat, the M&W 40 called "The Fox". A Seacraft magazine test of the boat in May 1976 states that it was "built by Anderson Bros of Balmain, Sydney." The article states that Ken Anderson built the boats while his brother made the sails and fittings.
Offshore magazine for October 1975 lists the Andersons as the builders and riggers of the M&W 40 Rogue (for Vince d'Emilio) and the riggers of the M&W 40 Woftam for Barry Jemison.
Given that the boat was definitely listed as an Anderson Brothers design, it seems likely that she was actually designed by them. Given that she was listed as an Anderson Brothers build, and that they built other One Tonners, it seems likely that she was actually built by them. Maybe Bob had a hand in her, but to what extent?
Very sweet boat, though.
Hi all
I am do not know a lot about the history of The Yoop but she is a nice looking boat under sail
Regards Don
Select to expand quoteDonk107 said..
Hi all
I am do not know a lot about the history of The Yoop but she is a nice looking boat under sail
Regards Don
She sure is! My rant wasn't aimed at you, by the way.
Select to expand quoteChris 249 said..Donk107 said..
Hi all
I am do not know a lot about the history of The Yoop but she is a nice looking boat under sail
Regards Don
She sure is! My rant wasn't aimed at you, by the way.
Hi Chris
No problem
I did not take it that way
Regards Don
Select to expand quoteChris 249 said..
Trivia switch ON!
It seems that this very attractive yacht may not only have changed names, but also changed designers and builders.
When that yacht was called Lowanna II she always described in Sydney-Hobart programmes as being designed by her owners, the Anderson brothers. For example in 1971's programme it was specifically stated that she was "designed and built by the Anderson Brothers" and that she was the first local design to the IOR One Ton level (as distinct from the earlier RORC One Ton level). At the time the programme was written she had not raced.
The '73 programme describes her as "very much a family boat, designed and built by the Anderson family' that was "launched in 1971". The tables listing competitors in sail number order also give the designers as "K R and P Anderson."
The boat disappeared from Hobarts for years until she raced again in '77 (DNF), 78, 79, 1980 under the ownership of Melbourne's Dennis Millikan. Can't see her doing 11 Hobarts.
In 1997's Hobart annual the boat is suddenly listed as a Miller design built in 1970, and now the brokers are saying she was a Lexcen built by Miller and Whitworth in '71.
She looks very different from Ben Lexcen's earlier boats (such as Marsude, Apollo (1), Tampico II, Warri etc) and also very different from the slightly later Apollo II/Gingko/Rampage/Ceil III style. She is also pretty distinct from Plum Crazy, which Ben designed with Joe Adams in 1971.
The Anderson brothers DID own a Lexcen one tonner for sure, but that was their next boat, the M&W 40 called "The Fox". A Seacraft magazine test of the boat in May 1976 states that it was "built by Anderson Bros of Balmain, Sydney." The article states that Ken Anderson built the boats while his brother made the sails and fittings.
Offshore magazine for October 1975 lists the Andersons as the builders and riggers of the M&W 40 Rogue (for Vince d'Emilio) and the riggers of the M&W 40 Woftam for Barry Jemison.
Given that the boat was definitely listed as an Anderson Brothers design, it seems likely that she was actually designed by them. Given that she was listed as an Anderson Brothers build, and that they built other One Tonners, it seems likely that she was actually built by them. Maybe Bob had a hand in her, but to what extent?
Very sweet boat, though.
Hi,
I've just seen this post so I joined up to put in my two bob's worth.
I crewed on Lowanna II when Dennis Millikan owned her. I was on board for the 1979 Sydney Hobart. I have a photo of her taken about an hour from Tasman Island with the breeze behind and flying the spinnaker and a blooper (remember them?). A little while before the photo was taken we broached her on a quartering wave which put the spinnaker into the drink. We were held there on our ear because of the mainsail preventer. It was yours truly who saved the day by scooting across the coach roof (using the head of a crew member climbing up the hatch, to see what all the fuss was about, as a stepping stone) to release the preventer. We were lucky not to lose the rig.
There was a plaque on the saloon bulkhead saying who the boat was built by and I'm pretty sure it said the Andersons. I imagine it's still there.
Some irreverent wags gave her the nickname Slowanna.
She originally had a longish keel moulded into the hull. Dennis had the keel cut out and replaced by a short deeper lead foil. The modifications were done by Botterill and designed by a naval architect whose name I can't quite remember (something like Stermoil(?) - he designed some radical looking racers in the late 70s). She was definitely faster upwind and closer winded after the modifications.
And she was a good sea boat, strongly built (the hull was solid FG and 1" thick at the garboard). In 1978, I was one of the crew that sailed her up to Sydney prior to the big race. The first time I had been outside the Heads in a small boat. We were hit by a fierce storm, with 50-60 knots and steep 20-30ft waves, just past the Prom. We rigged the storm jib (it seemed like the size of a nappy). She screamed across the top of the waves at 8+ knots, almost planing!. She was lucky to do 6.5 knots in normal displacement mode.
It's great to see her still going.
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The modifications were done by Botterill and designed by a naval architect whose name I can't quite remember (something like Stermoil(?) - he designed some radical looking racers in the late 70s).
It was Kel Steinman.
(Posting all this guff 'cos the new owners might be interested.)
