Showing posts with label Bill Manning. Show all posts
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Profile - A day on Margaret Rintoul

 A day on Margaret Rintoul - June 2018

Photos by PK

Past Commodore of the CYCA and
a long time crew member of Margaret, John "Brooksy" Brooks 



Multi-Skilled sailor and bushwalker and long time engineer
 and crew member of Margaret, Donny Finch Past President of the SBWC






Past owner of the famous yacht Southerly and
now a member of Margaret's gang of famous old farts, John "Shero" Sheridan






Memories are made of this... Many Sydney Southport races and Noumea race or two, on this fine yacht for Gouldie and I...




RSYS Commodore Malcolm Levy AO - Polar Bear

Anyone interested in a more complete and not a little enhanced potted history of  this fine yacht and its crew might like to read this blog here:
https://www.sailingcyan.com/post/racing-north-in-polar-bear-1984-to-1998  courtesy of our old mate William "Bill" Manning.





Brooksy, listening carefully to Shero's tale...




Brooksy and Shero telling tall tales






















Owner and skipper with more than 40 Sydney Hobart trips under that hat, Burce "Gouldie" Gould


Gouldie doing what he does best...



Shero (Mr Busy) peeling prawns for lunch...