CAMILLE the greyhound of our fleet led the way and Camille and Fleetwood in Coasters Retreat was anchored for lunch when the rest of the fleet arrived including AMANDA, FLEETWOOD, MARAMA and MAGIC. In Pittwater life goes on some recent sunny days have brought out the boaters - mostly runabouts and stink boats this time of year, but Saturday 14th shone for the hardcore of our Pittwater Wooden Yacht Group and a fresh nor wester hurried us across to Maitland Bay which is in the north of Broken Bay behind East Reef. Here s hoping things get back on track for our northern disciples, and Mr Editor, it would be interesting to learn of a recipe that would make Mackerel edible. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Radar Circa 1947 A Greek affair 5 Buy, Swap and Sell 6 Guest Speaker 7 On the Horizon 7 Pittwater Pirates It is sad to note the lack of enthusiasm for wooden boat matters in the tropical north as reported by Chris and Gilli in last month s Scuttlebutt, the forlorn look of the organiser and the empty tent said it all. Please attend and help make the evening a success. This sailing boat appeared on the front cover of Scuttlebutt May The title of Ross presentation will be Building & sailing an 18 th century replica Ellen Mary. Our guest speaker for August is Ross Gardner, owner and builder of the lovely sailing boat, Ellen Mary. Once again I remind everyone to be watchful for a suitable item to be nominated for this year s Hal Harpur Award. Alana Thompson representing the Australian National Maritime Museum gave an over view of the Classic & Wooden Boat Festival, th October 2012 to be held at Darling Harbour. Sean said there is an open invitation to WBA members who would like to visit and look over the Rosman fleet, located at Berry s Bay, North Sydney. Also passed to the 49 members and guests were a handful of large and expensive silicon bronze countersunk head wood screws left over from re-fastening the Lithgow s hull planking.

During his presentation Sean passed around an old piece of timber decking from the Radar, which had an unusual fore and aft stop water, fitted to the decking seam. The Olive May has an unusual combination of carvel and clinker planking, one of our members referred to this as being of the French Carvel Method. She is reputed to be the oldest, circa 1880, most continuous sailing charter vessel in survey in Australia. The most recent addition to the Rosman fleet is the Olive May, which is berthed and operated at Kermandie, Tasmania. He spoke about the Rosman ferries that have operated for 95 years on Port Jackson, initially with the Royale, Radar, Regal and now with the Lithgow and Proclaim and the problems associated with keeping old wooden vessels operating to strict government requirements. Sean s presentation Business of Wooden Ferries preservation verses bottom line was most interesting and thought provoking. 2 Presidents Report Alan Stannard A humorous and at times a more serious talk were given by Sean Langman at our last meeting.

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