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...

RSYS Margaret Rintoul Cruise Photos - 2011

 

Lots of nostalgia, red wine and sore heads...

PK with hat tied on... trouble expected?

Gouldie getting set for a start...

Donny, is this all there is to it?

Malcolm likes an afternoon nap...

Donny, are they going to want a pole?

Gouldie with the original Pasha in the background...

The original Pasha, Gouldie sailed her in the Admiral's Cup

The end of a great cruise as we wait for the tender...

Margaret Rintoul Sydney To Hobart - 1994 Richard Bennett Photos

 

Early Evening day 2 off Green Point running hard in the Noreaster...

Photo Courtesy Richard Bennett ©

Shortly after this photo was taken we discovered the mainmast had split above the gooseneck.  Much to the chagrin of all on-board, we were forced to withdraw and make for shelter behind Gabeo Light.  Here we anchored in the bay and the lighthouse keeper ferried us all ashore to meet his many daughters...

We enjoyed the hospitality until the southerly came in late that evening.  It came big end front and we were lucky to claw off what became a lee shore with the assistance of Jack's (Christofferson) new three-bladed prop which we had fitted just before leaving Sydney.  We made it safely back to Eden where we left her in charge of the local boatyard and returned to Sydney by air.  Glen Wright and Bruce later returned with a banding machine to strap the wounded mast and brought the boat safely back to her mooring off the RSYS.

The mast was subsequently inspected by ....  at the CYCA boatyard who declared it repairable.   The mast was splined and then strapped with six new stainless steel bands fabricated by Jack (Christofferson) and a new dual-track for the poles mounted.  The banded mast is still in use today, a tribute to the workmanship of the pair.

The crew for the attempt was: Bruce Gould Owner/Skipper, Paul Kerrigan, Jack Christofferson, Mark Ross, Malcolm Levy, David Hagen, Glen Wright, Glen Oakley,