The Randell Raft up and Rally
@ SoPYC
on the 26th and 27th of September
This Inaugural event is to be held after the footy has died down and we are all looking to see what Spring and Summer will bring us this year. It's nothing but a celebration of all boats Randell and incidentally a pat on the back to the designer himself.
This page will fill up over the two days of the event as our photographer works through the day getting snaps and video of the event. Feel free to have your photo taken, it will appear here and later on, on the clubs website.
If you see a photo of your boat performing brilliantly ( and that's up to you ) you can happily buy images from Rick Steuart by contacting him at [email protected]. Electronic files only. 3 for $50 or 1 for $20
This page will fill up over the two days of the event as our photographer works through the day getting snaps and video of the event. Feel free to have your photo taken, it will appear here and later on, on the clubs website.
If you see a photo of your boat performing brilliantly ( and that's up to you ) you can happily buy images from Rick Steuart by contacting him at [email protected]. Electronic files only. 3 for $50 or 1 for $20
Sunday the 26th of September
Well, who would have guessed.. four seasons in one day?
Sitting at Jetty three on the T piece with a lovely sunny aspect, who could remember the thunder and lightning as a spring squall boomed through an hour prior to now. Even as we gathered the first three boats, another shower began and we hastily retired to the shelter of Lone Star, a 38 ft Randell owned by Garry Morrison. A nice spot to hang out and photograph people coming to pick up their bags of goodies and corflute boards.
But we had to get out on the jetties so a visit to jetty five and jetty two were in order and I managed to get some of the local Randells with their boards up and smiles in place. The breeze began to pick up and the organisers decided that the Raft up could be put on hold as it would be a bit too breezy to be comfortable.
No matter, here are the first batch of photos and I'll be heading down to get a few more.
Sitting at Jetty three on the T piece with a lovely sunny aspect, who could remember the thunder and lightning as a spring squall boomed through an hour prior to now. Even as we gathered the first three boats, another shower began and we hastily retired to the shelter of Lone Star, a 38 ft Randell owned by Garry Morrison. A nice spot to hang out and photograph people coming to pick up their bags of goodies and corflute boards.
But we had to get out on the jetties so a visit to jetty five and jetty two were in order and I managed to get some of the local Randells with their boards up and smiles in place. The breeze began to pick up and the organisers decided that the Raft up could be put on hold as it would be a bit too breezy to be comfortable.
No matter, here are the first batch of photos and I'll be heading down to get a few more.
A few more hulls nestled into the jetties and have you noticed how far it is to walk to the end of Jetty Seven? Still we were blessed with the company of Len Randell who decided to pop down and join us for the afternoon and greet some very happy Randell owners. I caught up with him in the company of the owners of C'est La Vie, David Kazim and Xantippe's Darren Heath. Both the boats are relatively recent purchases and are being done up for a future life on the river and further afield.
A small gathering out on Jetty Seven with Sapphire II along side Concorde. They were having pre dinner drinks onboard Concorde. Noticed sailmaker Andrew Harry had Jess and Ollie along for company as well. As I left the gang, the breeze was still fairly stiff out on Melville water, so heres hoping for a drop in the wind for tomorrow.
A small gathering out on Jetty Seven with Sapphire II along side Concorde. They were having pre dinner drinks onboard Concorde. Noticed sailmaker Andrew Harry had Jess and Ollie along for company as well. As I left the gang, the breeze was still fairly stiff out on Melville water, so heres hoping for a drop in the wind for tomorrow.
Monday the 27th of September
Breakfast and meet the man.
Breakfast and meet the man.
A lovely morning for all and many thanks to Heather and Graeme Monkhouse from "Boats on Line" who very generously sponsored a lot of the event. They were in attendance on the day and Heather was pleased to accept a bunch of flowers as a token of gratitude from the organisers.
There was lashings of food with the lads on the cruising section in charge of the bacon and eggs on a brioche roll. Very tasty indeed. Along with that there was plenty of pastries and other savoury goodies served by the horde of helpers on the day with the coffee machine almost in meltdown as the close to 100 guests ordered up big on the free coffees. Yours truly had some great assistance from sailing captain Vicki Blankensee who jumped in to help when the list of orders began to get unwieldy.
A few brief words from Len around 11 am and then the rally part of the morning began with a sail past the start jetty with Len and his family taking the salute from the 20 or so vessels that poured past the start jetty. Everything from a Pelican called "Ogo Pogo" towed by mum and dad on a club rib; to a visiting Gemini from Freshy called " Solquist" followed by one of Lens original Karens, a pretty little motor sailor in very good nick.
On the parade of Randells went, with 32s up to possibly the largest at 48 feet ( David Yu's Four Seasons ) I was fortunate enough to jump onto Will Johnsons very smartly turned out Casuarina II, for a quick trip out on the water and we went out past Addison before we had to return to drop a member of the party off, so I took advantage of the same and returned to shore as well while the rest of the fleet headed off into the distance before going their separate ways.
The day turned out very well and it was a lovely finish to the morning. Hopefully we can do this again with slightly better weather. Many thanks to Amanda Watson and Garry Morrison who spearheaded the event and thanks to all the volunteers who helped on the day. Of course we cant go past thanking the Randell people who attended from as far away as Albany, coming down from Hillarys and all the river clubs.
There was lashings of food with the lads on the cruising section in charge of the bacon and eggs on a brioche roll. Very tasty indeed. Along with that there was plenty of pastries and other savoury goodies served by the horde of helpers on the day with the coffee machine almost in meltdown as the close to 100 guests ordered up big on the free coffees. Yours truly had some great assistance from sailing captain Vicki Blankensee who jumped in to help when the list of orders began to get unwieldy.
A few brief words from Len around 11 am and then the rally part of the morning began with a sail past the start jetty with Len and his family taking the salute from the 20 or so vessels that poured past the start jetty. Everything from a Pelican called "Ogo Pogo" towed by mum and dad on a club rib; to a visiting Gemini from Freshy called " Solquist" followed by one of Lens original Karens, a pretty little motor sailor in very good nick.
On the parade of Randells went, with 32s up to possibly the largest at 48 feet ( David Yu's Four Seasons ) I was fortunate enough to jump onto Will Johnsons very smartly turned out Casuarina II, for a quick trip out on the water and we went out past Addison before we had to return to drop a member of the party off, so I took advantage of the same and returned to shore as well while the rest of the fleet headed off into the distance before going their separate ways.
The day turned out very well and it was a lovely finish to the morning. Hopefully we can do this again with slightly better weather. Many thanks to Amanda Watson and Garry Morrison who spearheaded the event and thanks to all the volunteers who helped on the day. Of course we cant go past thanking the Randell people who attended from as far away as Albany, coming down from Hillarys and all the river clubs.