Annual Regatta @ Naracoorte Swimming Lake

Post by **ozpirate** » 15 Nov 2016 19:04

Annual Regatta @ Naracoorte Swimming Lake
Nov 19 – Nov 20

Well people it's close now. I be attending unless something major goes wrong.
For the people that want to share your pictures remember to
BRING YOUR CAMERA AND A USB STICK
and of course your models.

Mick Tumut

Post by **BsHvyCgn9** » 16 Nov 2016 00:30

Well said mate!!

When you getting down ? Friday or Sat??

I will have my huge wharf setup if you want somewhere to park Frunze....

Cheers Bruce B2

Post by **ozpirate** » 16 Nov 2016 07:17

Thanks Bruce for somewhere to park my models. Hope it's really big.......
I'll be arriving Friday, Not sure what time as yet. This time I have my trailer so will be a slower drive this year.

Mick
Tumut

Post by **scott154** » 16 Nov 2016 10:52

Will do Mick! Not long now

Post by **RussF172** » 17 Nov 2016 11:06

Have a fun time guys. Wish I could be there, but work gets in the way of a good time. Hope the weather is great, not too hot I see. Looking forward to seeing some photos. Cheers.

Post by **scott154** » 21 Nov 2016 23:38

Hello everybody, just a small catch up on the Regatta 2016. As you all know it was held at Naracoorte in South Australia around 3.5-4hrs south east of Adelaide. Fleet Base Gulf Waters would like to thank all that attended especially the people that came long and far to be at this event! Huge effort and not an easy task with many vessels rolling around in the car so to speak. The weather was the best we have ever had with sun burn going all round

the venue was amazing as always with clear water, up graded toilets and the Kiosk suppling food and drink over the weekend. Thank you Narcoorte for having us yet again having the lower car park closed to the public making parking easy for members and suppling security guards Saturday night too look after peoples models and gear why we all went off for dinner and presentations. Jim Warren has done an amazing job in organizing the Memorial service for the 75th Anniversary of the sinking of HMAS Sydney II by the lake with Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR having a speech and laying a Wreath in memory of the 645 sailors that lost their lives that fateful day 75 years ago. Truely a beautiful service in honor of those lost. Scott

Post by **rritchie71** » 21 Nov 2016 23:46

Some great shots there Scott, thanks for posting.

HMAS Bundaberg

that is an awesome shot, I presume that was full power ?......

Cheers

Robert

Post by **BsHvyCgn9** » 21 Nov 2016 23:57

Ditto what Scott said! Congrats to Scott for winning the Wenty

Here are some pics that I got, Mick will be posting a link to the unedited versions when he recovers from his drive!

Merry Beermas to All

B2

Post by **southerncrossmodels** » 22 Nov 2016 11:00

Looked like a great week end with some beautiful models in attendance. I look forward to seeing more photos.

I'm spewin I could not attend

Post by **rritchie71** » 22 Nov 2016 11:04

Nice Bruce,

Congrats Scott, Sydney is a very worthy winner. Well done......

Nice to see Garibaldi out there, about bloody time.....

Robert

Post by **ozpirate** » 22 Nov 2016 12:04

OK people this is what you are waiting for, the pictures from the TF72 Naracoorte Weekend. Please let me know if you can't see the pictures.

20161119 Naracoorte - Bruce Stevens 232 Pictures
https://goo.gl/photos/amJr21VgSkpd9s8e8

20161119 Naracoorte - Scott Rice 171 Pictures
https://goo.gl/photos/52pD2XA8ceFNBHGj8

20161119 Naracoorte - Craig Taylor 481 Pictures
https://goo.gl/photos/WnoB2KPpYfqSPa3T7

more to follow

Post by **ozpirate** » 22 Nov 2016 12:06

part 2

20161119 Naracoorte - Mick Elst 1 389 Pictures
https://goo.gl/photos/oXnYyAj8r4NmToJX6

20161119 Naracoorte - Mick Elst 2 298 Pictures
https://goo.gl/photos/wDi3jdzrL2G4LyNr6

Mick
Tumut

Post by **scott154** » 22 Nov 2016 13:28

Great photos Bruce! I have more to post part 2 maybe 3 as well. Scott

Post by **RussF172** » 22 Nov 2016 13:41

Looks like a great weekend. need more carriers

Post by **southerncrossmodels** » 22 Nov 2016 21:16

No we don't Russ, we need need more battleships and cruisers.

Post by **MikeJames** » 23 Nov 2016 19:06

Can we have a run down of who won what award with what ship please?

Also, how many people actually attended?

Thanks

Mike

Post by **HelloSailor** » 23 Nov 2016 21:57

Hi All , I see Mike is anxious to know the results from Naracoorte. Apologies for the delay , but a few members failed to indicate names and / or numbers of vessels in attendance. Now that that is complete , the results are as follows :

Wentworth Shield : HMAS Sydney (V) AWD #42 - Owner : Scott Rice ( FBGW ) : Runner up : Emden . Owner : Graham Hamilton ( FBGW )

Military Vessel : HMAS Sydney ( V ) AWD #42 - Owner : Scott Rice ( FBGW ) ; Runner up : Emden . Owner : Graham Hamilton ( FBGW )

Non Military Vessel : Cape York -( Freighter) . Owner : Gunter Schefe ( FBGW ) ; Runner up : Lindenfels (Freighter) . Owner: Gunter Schefe (FBGW)

Newbie : Le Terrible - French Destroyer . Owner : Mike Morgan (FBGW) Scratch built from photo's.

Homer : Gunter Schefe (FBGW) - Lindenfels attempted to enter small ship mooring compound by trying to go over the fence instead of going through the open gate

( Although he said at the time that his son was driving the vessel ??

)

The following is a total make up of members,total attendee's & vessels .
Members : 33 Total attendee's : 42 Vessels : 59 .

As Scott made mention earlier , the weekend , I believe was a great success. With good weather , a good showing of visitors , although comment was made about the lack of advertising when some members of the public made mention of this, I can assure the members, this was done by Radio, Newspaper and Coloured flyers being put up around the district some months prior.

The highlight for the weekend , was the Ceremony held just after sunset on Saturday 19th , commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the sinking of
HMAS Sydney II off the West Australian coast in 1941. I wish to pay particular mention to Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR for accepting our invitation and taking time out of his busy schedule to participate in the role of Reviewing Officer and formally laying the wreath on the water for the ceremony , and not forgetting his wife , Liz.

Also , I wish to thank all the members of FBGW who made the effort in the weekends proceedings and the other FB members who made the effort to make it a memorable event.

Thanks also go to those who have posted photo's in previous entries.

Cheer, Jim

Post by **HelloSailor** » 23 Nov 2016 22:02

Sorry folks , but it would be remiss of me for not mentioning the attendance and participation in the ceremony of the following :

Naracoorte RSL Sub-branch President : Mr Rob Crowe

Naval Reserve Cadet contingent " TS GAmbier " from Mt Gambier , led by NRC Lieut Sonya Davey.

Cheers, Jim

Post by **MikeJames** » 23 Nov 2016 22:22

Thanks Jim, much appreciated.

Mike

Post by **scott154** » 23 Nov 2016 23:15

OK here is a run down,
I put my post up rather late the other night and left off a few good people! We would like to thank Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC, CSC, RANR and his Wife for attending our Task Force 72 Regatta and taking the time to be viewing officer at the sail pass and returning later that night in full uniform as one of the official guests taking part in the 75th anniversary of HMAS Sydney's sinking. Rob Crowe from the Naracoorte RSL resighted the Navy Ode, The Mount Gambier Naval Cadets provided a line of honor guard and Jim Warren gave a break down of those events 75 years ago that took 645 men. Thank you to Ada and Nerida for collecting the regatta fees and registrations in the morning and David Campbell for collecting the voting forms and working out the winners. We have a thank you going out to Brenton Tancock for bringing the Bouys and float markers along to the regatta and Graham Hamilton for jumping in Friday to set the sailing course up! every year hot or cold Grahams in doing the job

And all the club members that helped set up and pack up the Marquees, tables and Jim and Ada's massive trailer. THANK YOU

Post by **BsHvyCgn9** » 24 Nov 2016 08:03

A very good weekend big thanks to all the members who travelled from far and wide to attend

B2

more pics...

YouTube · Post by **Spartacus01** » 29 Nov 2016 19:16

A fantastic and well organised event. Many thanks to the organisers.
Here's a few more photos part 1
Regards
Haig

YouTube · Post by **Spartacus01** » 30 Nov 2016 15:29

Part 2 of Photos,
and a link to Trafalgar Class HMS Triumph in the 'No Diving' pool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RfFMoI7sXs

Regards
Haig

: Nick's Corvette

: Nick's USS Independence

: Allan's San Francisco

: Scott's HMAS Sydney

: Scott's HMAS Bathurst

: Sailpast non-military

: Sailpast military <2m

: The memorial ceremony

: Z39

Post by **scott154** » 30 Nov 2016 23:21

Great Photos Haig! love the different view of Sydney memorial ceremony. Scott

Post by **HelloSailor** » 16 Jan 2017 09:16

Hi All , One thing that was missed at the regatta was photo's taken of the presentation of awards , certificates etc. Upon our return home , I sent an email to our Reviewing Officer asking he he could avail himself at either one of our monthly meeting or sail day to do this task. He replied saying he would do this on our monthly meeting on 11th January. Apart from him presenting certificates to the winners , it was also to present him with a
" Certificate of Appreciation " for taking the time to travel down to Naracoorte and assist in our annual event , which culminated in the ceremony commemorating the sinking of HMAS Sydney II on the Saturday evening. The Admiral attended the meeting with wife Liz present also , to which Liz commented to me as to where was my wife , as both women served in the WRANS ( Womens Royal Australian Navy Service - for the uninitiated ) to which I replied that I wasn't sure if you ( Liz ) was coming. Anyway , the Admiral accepted his certificale, although his response was that this was entirely unnecessary to which I told him that this is standard practice .
Below are the recipients being presented their awards and / or certificates.