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Your Club Board for 2014-2015President Bill HowleyVice President Darren DonnellanBoard Advisor PP David EfronSecretary Daryl ForgeTreasurer PP Arthur HubbardPresident Elect Barry HickmanMeetings Graeme WallaceFund Raising Rob FosterFellowship Bruce CrossleyInternational Stuart McIntyreYouth Tony Naughton

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Last week,s meeting 04 June

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Pictured are from left: Phil Mellett, Pres Bill Howley and Robin Mellett at last week’s meeting. Their story is on pages 2 & 12.

This week,s speaker:

NEXT WEEK:Ross Featherston - Headmaster at Brighton Grammar - Subject: ‘Wellbeing’.

Other News & Events:Greg Biggin auctioneer - p 4 Sheppard’s Return - p4Changeover Luncheon- page 5Notice to Members - page 7Sergeant’s Session - page 8Highlights of last meeting - page 9

Happy group at last week’s Ladies Night:PP Tony Nanfra, Glenn Ross, PP Barry Morris,

Sally Morris and Bill Jeans.

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Last week,s speakers - 04 June 2015

Philip & Robin Mellett ‘‘12 years around the world in a sailing yacht’

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Last week we had a break from the norm as we had Club Member Philip Mellett and wife Robin being interviewed by ‘Commodore’ PP Peter Johns on their sailing adventures around the world. The following is a summary of this enthralling nautical tale:

Peter: In the past 12 years Robin and Philip have sailed around the world one and a half times. So where did it all start?Philip: A foundation RCB member Mayer Page was one of my closest friends. Among other things we shared a love of sailing adventures. He persuaded me that life was too short to spend it working hard and being stressed out - “you should live your dream”. It was not an easy decision to make as our children were still studyingPeter: Did you have much difficulty convincing Robin?Philip: Since we met Robin has been my boating mate, PLUS she loves to go to exotic places. I said to her I wanted to sail around the world. I told her the deal was that we would buy a pilot house boat so you won’t get wet sailing, we will have a satellite phone so you can call the kids and I won’t bitch about the bill, you can fly home whenever you want and you don’t. Her response “How can I say no to that?” So many of my yachtie friends get it all wrong. They buy a fast ocean racer to take the wife cruising in. She gets scared, wet and uncomfortable and spits the dummy and that is the end of the dream.

Peter: So in September 1997 we took delivery of our first Buizen 48 cruising yacht. Tell us about it?

Philip: It’s designed to be a luxury world cruising yacht and is strong. It has powered winches and powered furling of sails so that Robin can sail her alone. And

we carry enough fuel to motor Melbourne to Brisbane without putting up the sails. The water maker makes 200 litres of fresh water per hour and we have a powerful diesel generator to run everything. We have a 3.4 metre dinghy and it takes us to town for provisioning, exploring and out to dinner. We have 3 bedrooms, two bathrooms, washing machine, dishwasher and in addition to a fridge and freezer we have a dedicated vegetable cooler and microwave /convection oven, a gas cook top and oven. It’s also air conditioned and has panoramic glass windows.

Peter: So you left in 2002?Philip: Yes after 5 years practising on the east coast of Australia, we sailed out of Port Phillip heads on 17 March 2002 on what we thought would be a 5 year circumnavigation. But in 2005 whilst cruising Sardinia, we were having such a great time we decided to build another Buizen 48 and start again from Sydney. Peter: So where have you been?Philip: First year, through the remote islands of Indonesia to Thailand, next year across the Indian Ocean, up the Red sea to Croatia via Turkey and the Greek islands. The following year our first stop was Venice and then to Barcelona with about four months cruising our favourite destination of Italy. We started the second time from Sydney in 2006. This time via New Caledonia to Thailand and thence heading ever westward till some years later we reached our current destination of New Zealand. In all, around 30,000nm, which if we had sailed continuously 24 hours a day would take 200 days. Most people who hear we are sailing around the world think of us as at sea all of the time. In fact we are sailing for only 5% of the time and the remainder is spent exploring interesting destinations. I have become an expert in evaluating coffee shops and South Sea pearls. Happily we are able to leave the boat at the end of each 5-6 month sailing season and return home to enjoy the Australian summer and so have been able to keep our Australian life going.Peter: Did you go off alone?Philip: We work to our own agenda but often we team up with other voyagers and that adds to the interest. One of our favourites was Geoff McGeary. Continued page 12

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Auction of Pearl Earrings by Greg Biggin

The Sheppard’s come back to the ‘flock’

Greg Biggin was given the job of auctioning a setSouth Sea pearl earrings which were donated by Philip and Robin Mellett. These were made from a group of pearls they traded for bottles alcohol on one their South Sea trips. Cameron Ward was the successful bidder.

Greg also auctioned A Reserve tickets to the opera that were donated to the Club. These were purchased by Glenn Ross for $289.

All proceeds from the Pearlearrings auction will go to the Charitable Foundation and from the Opera tickets, Community.Pictured at right are some of the South Sea Pearls from which the earrings were made.

It was great to see Peter & Margaret Sheppard come to our meeting last week. Peter (of Peter Sheppard Footwear fame) was a long term member of our Club and a great contributor. Many will recall with fondness his leadership of the “Dendy” horse racing syndicates, of which about half of our membership were owners, the most famous being the Very Reverend Harlin Butterley.

Some years ago, Peter and Marg departed the rat race and went cruising on the high seas. Their story is a fascinating one and may be read on Mr Google. Peter is now recognised as the elder statesman of Nordhavn Boating, and when not cruising, resides in Brighton.

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• President Bill Howley started off saying that he was there for the third last night as President and that soon Barry Hickman would be filling the role.

• Pres Bill welcomed Member’s partners as listed on page 6 and then welcomed Member’s guests also listed on the same page. He then introduced the front table comprising Chairman ‘Commodore’ PP Peter Johns, speakers Phil & Robin Mellett, Secretary Daryl Forge and Sergeant Damien Hellard.

• Pres Bill then spoke about the previous week’s speaker Kate Kennedy, CEO of Hagar who gave us a great presentation on Hagar’s work in South Eastv Asia and Afghanistan on human trafficking.

• Pres Bill also mentioned the Brighton Lunch which was on the previous Friday and commended Geoff Bentley and his committee for organising such as successful day which saw 430 people attending. Bill will report back to Members at a later date how it came out financially.

• Pres Bill mentioned the upcoming Dendy Deli Bash on Sunday 14 June. Clyde White couldn’t be there last week as there was a bereavement in their family with the passing of his mother. The Club expresses its sympathy to Clyde and his family for their loss.

PRESIDENT,S

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Presented by President Bill Howley

Presented by Daryl Forge

Damien Hellard - Dendy Deli Bash -Sunday 14 June. Damien reminded us about the raffle tickets and he wanted us to return these to him ASAP. There are two tickets left for the Bash and he said to contact Clyde White if you are interested in obtaining them.

Another Ladies Night - Meeting on Thursday 18 June - Speaker Dr Ross Featherston - Headmaster of Brighton Grammar School who will be talking about the fantastic Wellbeing program that have instituted at the school. Bruce asked us to please come along. It will be a great night.

Greg Biggin - Changeover Lunch Sunday 28 June. Greg said that he really needs to have our bookings in for this event. (Details are at left). Please let him know if you are coming. It should be a really good day.

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PP Arthur Hubbard 09 JuneDamien Hellard 19 JunePP Julian Goglia 21 JuneDavid Eden 25 JunePP Geoff McGeary 26 JuneDaniel Tenaglia 26 JuneKeith Cameron 29 June

Anniversaries June 2015:

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Front Desk Report Thursday 04 May 2015Member’s Attending: 38 Percentage: 34%Member’s Make-ups: Nil;Member’s Apologies: PP Tom Buxton, Dale Hoy, PP Brett

Parkin, Alex Spear, PP Des Thomas, PP Geoff McGeary;Club Guests: Nil;Member’s Partners: Angela (Greg Biggin), Joyce (Bob

Challis), Helen (PP Tom Buxton), Deirdre Fitzgerald (Bruce Crossley), Jennifer (Daryl Forge), Kathleen (Jim Hay), Tish (Bill Jeans), Karen (PP Peter Johns), Robin (Philip Mellett), Sally (Barry Morris), Jennifer (PP Tony Nanfra), Christine (PP Paul Nicholson), Elizabeth (Aloni (Rod Potter), Suzanne McCourt (PP Stan Rankin), Leone (Geoffrey Shaw), Jan (Norman Thomas), Vivienne Shaw (PP Geoff Knight).

Member’s Guests: Peter & Margaret Sheppard (PP Julian Goglia), James Newbury (PP Ian Mence);

Rotarians & Visitors: Judee Stevenson, Jill Bartrum.

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PART 3 OF THE 50 THINGSEVERY ROTARIAN SHOULD KNOW

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Notice to Members

Club of Brighton

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* PP Pat Kearns: Pat & Lesley just back from South America - went on 2 cruises;

* Bill & Tish Jeans: Decided to renew the heating in their house in one of Melbourne’s coldest weeks - stayed the night at a hotel;

* Bill Jeans: Sarg fined Bill for a fine he bestowed on Damien the previous week;

* Christine Nicholson: Tipped 9 winners the previous round of AFL and she sits at the bottom of the tipping ladder - Sarg suggested that ASADA might be around to do a test;

* PP Peter Sheppard: Welcome back - missed 24 meetings equating to $48 - spends 6 months in Australia and 6 months in UK - dentist told him recently that his new set of teeth have a 50 year guarantee - optimism at its best?

* Tony Rouse: Just back from Thursday Island - Sarg suggested that it wasn’t the most popular place to have a holiday;

* PP Julian Goglia: Back from Brazil recently. Spent a bit of time on the beach enjoying the sights and must have enjoyed it too much as he had to get a new set of glasses;

* Glenn Ross: Glen wearing a pair of Elton John’s old glasses?* PP Ian Mence: Dressed up for a change in one Alan Pinkus’ old outfits?* Jennifer Forge: Sarg suggested Jennifer must have been visited by Kermit

the frog and Miss Piggy as she was wearing a green skirt at the meeting and earlier pink Ugh boots at work;

* PP Paul Nicholson: Went to Ladies Long Lunch in Darwin with 469 women and 4 blokes;

* Jan Thomas: Getting ready for Rotary last week brand new dog tore up her brand new stockings;

* Peter Sheppard: Was sitting next to PP Ivan Vojlay at a meeting 8 years ago and Ivan really liked his tie so he gave it to him. Peter came along last week and Ivan was still wearing THAT tie;

* ‘Commodore’ PP Peter Johns: Karen still doesn’t have a Rotary badge. Peter explained to her that she has to be married 4 years before she gets one;

* PP Ivan Vojlay: John Schmoll still doesn’t have a badge. Seemed to have one at his induction but Ivan had given him his to fill in;

* Everyone who had been on Phil & Robin’s yacht ‘Free Spirit’;* PP Peter Sheppard: Hadn’t been on Free Spirit but sailed around the world

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Highlights of Ladies Night 04 May, 2015

YOU KNOW THAT PETER GAVE ME THIS TIE JUDEE?

PETER SAID I WON’T GET A BADGEFOR 4 YEARS ROBIN!

WE SAW A LOT OF EXOTIC SIGHTS IN

MEXICO JULIAN

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I THINK YOU DID A PEARL OF A JOB WITH

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I THINK YOU JUST MADE THE RAINBOW

CONNECTIONJENNIFER!

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THE GUYS!

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Dawn broke as nine hardy Hackers straggled out of the car park to line up for the Pre-Game Putting Competition, which was decisively won by Ivan Vojlay. Then, before tee-off, Captain Bruce Crossley declared that today only three clubs and a putter could be used. Accordingly, the three groups of three hit off with a variety of clubs (drivers, hybrids & irons) but with the usual variety of results.

An early highlight was Rob Foster sinking a ten metre putt for a birdie two on the second hole. However, after that, there were no more birdies and only seven pars, with putting proving a challenge on the wet greens and with Ian Cole experiencing an outbreak of the yips. Jeff Gochowski narrowly beat Ian Cole and Paul Nicholson for Nearest-the-Pin on the fourth, while Rob Foster beat off Ron Stark to take out the Longest Drive on the seventh.

The Venus hole #8 saw Bruce Crossley re-join the in-the-water club, while Bill Howley narrowly missed out on reclaiming the Venus trophy. Back at the pro shop, the three group runners-up, Ian Cole, Ivan Vojlay and Sven-Erik Bredenberg bought the coffees, while all enjoyed chocolate cookies during the trophy presentations. At the end of the day, the overall joint Winners Off-The-Stick with 41 apiece were Jeff Gochowski and Rob Foster, while Rob also took home the silver trophy for Handicap Honours, winning by only one stroke from Bill Howley.

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Robin: I think I have found it more isolating than Philip does. When you are meeting other cruisers the men an easily bond discussing the ntricacies of how your bow roller can be improved, or the best way to stop the rock and rolls when sailing dead down wind. It is not quite as easy as that being a woman. There have been some terrific friendships formed, but it is essentially a nomadic life with everyone on a different journey and you find someone with whom you have lots in common but in a week they are gone and you probably never see them again. Fortunately there are always books, and even better now that there are ebooks.Peter: How about pirates?Philip: This is the first question every one asks. To my knowledge there are three areas where pirates are a threat to cruising yachts: near Trinidad off the coast of Venezuela, south of the Philippines and the straits between Somalia and Yemen at the entrance to the Red Sea. We avoided the first two and were lucky with timing in the latter. We would not now sail through Pirate Alley as the Somalian waters are known, because the pirates have been emboldened by their success and fully understand that ransom pays much better than theft from boats. When

we went through the pirates we less well organized and equipped.

Peter: So do you carry guns? Philip: No relative fire power. You have to decide to pick up to kill not negotiate.

Peter: Isn’t sailing around the world dangerous?

Philip: Far safer than driving in MelbournePeter: What happens when you arrive in a country? Do you need to book ahead?Philip: Philip’s view about entering a new country goes that is generally very simple. You just sail up and radio port control and they either direct you to a customs dock or come out in a boat. You need to advise in advance your arrival into Australia, New Zealand and USA but other countries you just rock up. BUT when it comes to bureaucracy I am designated as the captain as he cannot bear the tedious paperwork. It is often a great surprise to the always male officials when a female skipper comes to “do clearance”. And it is not simple. When you arrive at the airport it is all laid out for you and you just follow through queues to have Immigration and Customs officers process you. Not so when you arrive by boat, you have to seek out the offices which may involve bus trip or a half hour walk between them, and then there is lots and lots of form filling. Some of it really funny - in a form in one country we were asked to declare if anyone had died whilst we were at sea. Peter: So did you make the right decision to go sailing?Philip: We have had the experience of a lifetime and each time we have asked ourselves did we make the right choice the answer has been a resounding YES“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from a safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore - Dream - Discover”.

Peter: So what are the highlights Robin?Robin: Firstly the people you meet along the way - both cruisers and locals. Then the amazing sites. Often we anchor right in the middle of the ancient town. Stern to on the town quay in Europe is my favourite. And places, Thailand, the Red Sea, Turkey, Sicily and

Tahiti. Oh and I forgot the orangutan’s in Borneo. When you cruise like we do you are not just a tourist there for the day. We may stay days, weeks or a month, we shop, look for spare parts, have things fixed even hair coloured. Then there are the amazing places and sites.

Peter: What is life like when you are crossing oceans?Philip: Well we prefer to make the crossings with just the two of us. We get on well and so we avoid the risk of having to live close with someone or 20 or so days when you are starting to find perfectly normal behaviour irritating. The two longest legs are across the Atlantic and the Eastern Pacific. Each about 20 days. Someone is on watch 24 x 7. We take a slightly unorthodox approach - Robin is inherently a night owl so I go to bed around 8 pm and she runs the boat until 1-2 am, then I take over until dawn. The way we handle it is to set a kitchen timer which is out of reach and goes off every 15 to 20 minutes to remind us to check the radar, the horizon, the courses and engine gauges. During the day we take turns snoozing to catch up. But you are always more than a little tired. And as we have the rule that no one is allowed out of the cockpit unless someone else is on deck that sometimes means broken sleep. Robin typically watches a video to keep awake, between her 20 minute checks and as we crossed the Atlantic I used to bid her good night and wish her an enjoyable visit with the Bartletts and she spent the nights watching multiple seasons of West Wing. The days are busy, as you are still running a boat and keeping house - there are boat chores, weather skeds, emails and fixing problems. Then we are typically reading up on the next port of call - harbour entrances, regulations and the best restaurants’ and coffee shop, and what is interesting to see and do. We do not fish much because when we have spare time we prefer to read and Robin is dynamite on fish smells.

Peter: What do you eat? Philip: We eat out a lot whilst on land as

if it is just the two of us this gives us the opportunity to do some people watching and feel part of a community. The boat is particularly well equipped with good

refrigeration and freezer capacity as well as our special veggie fridge. And Robin has tons of dried and canned supplies. So generally we eat as if we are a home though comfort foods such as pasta a big favourite while we are at sea. Peter: Do you feel isolated?Philip: Not really, We have daily email contact and when in port we buy wifi cards so we can skype and pay some online bills. When in settled areas we regularly have family and friends come sail with us.