Hi all You may have noticed a bit of activity on the wharves? Well it would seem the Council has a beatification and maintenance program going on around the upperharbour and our twin wharves are just part of the program. The best I can find out is that the council allocated a substansual amount of money to do maintenance on wharves, hand rails and repair jetty decking on Trust wharf, paint shelter. On the club wharf water blast promenade deck and, new ladder down to the grid, prune tree that is breaking up the deck seats, (this saved the club getting offside with any tree huggers) and repair same, repair bracing on wharf piles, reclip electric tubing, all this is at no cost to the wharf administrations, hard to believe, and no I don`t believe in fairy godmothers If we have to pay the piper nobody`s mentioned it, meanwhile enjoy it as it takes the place of a working bee in summer. The contractors have just finished doing up Salt houses wharf complex. .

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HERALD ISLAND BOATING CLUB INC ℅ 41 Ferry Parade Herald Island www.hibc.co.nz frnt@ slingshot.co.nz

HIBC PORTHOLE

A Bonus for the club

DATE JULY 2014

Club President

Contractor water blasting our deck

Branch stump that was growing through the deck seat

The tree minus offending branch. Note the clean deck

Foot traffic is allowed on boat jetty – but not fishing

Take a look.

For those that don`t know the above club logo`s

were designed and drawn by a well-known club and

committee member Paul Judd skipper of “KIMBA’, and

was adopted by the club as official logos.

They have been used on letterheads, official papers,

receipts, and on the general paperwork of the Clubs

since the mid-eighties.

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The Committee now holds their monthly meetings in

Dennis Ormes conference rooms, thanks to his

generosity.

The rental for the herald island village hall was

bumpedt up to a point where it was not viable for the

club to continue with the hireage and Dennis came to

the rescue. Thanks D

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Our club Captain Eugene is

doing a great job creating an

active monthly events

calendar, attracting a number

of boats to cruises, and races,

but we still need more boats as

the club has a good number of

Eddie the wizard of the wharves

( manager) is managing the wharves and

Island waterways in his usual efficient manner

and keeping things running smoothly. But

things become difficult for him if a member

books a finger then does not turn up so

please members if you book with him let him

know if you can`t make it as the busy time is upon us

A bit of Club history

“To catch the

reader’s attention,

place an

interesting

sentence or quote

from the story

here.”

There are times when it`s wise not

to ask questions Just before the Just before the Just before the Just before the funeral services, the funeral services, the funeral services, the funeral services, the undertaker came up toundertaker came up toundertaker came up toundertaker came up to the very elderly the very elderly the very elderly the very elderly widow widow widow widow And askedAnd askedAnd askedAnd asked,’,’,’,’

How old was your husband?'How old was your husband?'How old was your husband?'How old was your husband?' '''' 98,'98,'98,'98,' she replied.... she replied.... she replied.... she replied.... ''''

Two years older than me'Two years older than me'Two years older than me'Two years older than me' '''' So So So So you're 96,'you're 96,'you're 96,'you're 96,' the undertaker the undertaker the undertaker the undertaker

commented.. commented.. commented.. commented.. She responded, She responded, She responded, She responded, 'Hardly worth 'Hardly worth 'Hardly worth 'Hardly worth

going home, is it?going home, is it?going home, is it?going home, is it?

trophies up for grabs, so come on skippers join the

fun and make use of your boat. A boat sitting idle

costs money! Trust me I know!

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Mike Walker, Our Commodore has really and

Truly taken over the reins of the Club and is doing a sterling job. For a quiet spoken man he tackles some difficult situations but manages to keep the Club on an even keel. He doesn`t get out in beloved “NAMBA’ much because of his heavy work load. But is always there with a cheerful grin and a helping hand.

He is the voice on the phone rounding up the committee members every month, and sees that all that is needed is at the meeting place and that the committee keep within the Clubs guidelines, not an easy task. -------------------------------------------------------------------

Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan's expedition of 1519-1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean (named by Magellan meaning peaceful) via the Strait of Magellan at the very bottom of South America. It also completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth, although Magellan himself did not complete the entire voyage, being killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines. Of the 237 men who set out on five ships, only 18 completed the circumnavigation and managed to return to Spain in 1522. So, on August 10, 1519, the five ships under Magellan's command - Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepción, Victoria and Santiago - left Seville and descended the South American Guadalquivir River to Sanlúcar de Barrameda, at the mouth of the river. Brazil was Portuguese territory and so Magellan avoided it and on December 13 anchored near present-day Rio de Janeiro. There the crew was resupplied, but bad conditions caused them to delay. Afterwards, they continued to sail south along South America's east coast, looking for the strait that Magellan believed would lead to the Spice Islands. The fleet reached Río de la Plata on January 10, 1520. On 30 March the crew established a settlement they called Puerto San Julian in Argentina. On April 2 a mutiny involving two of the five ship captains broke out, but it was unsuccessful because most of the crew remained loyal. Reportedly the bones of those killed for the crime of mutiny were found by Sir Francis Drake in his first voyage chasing the Spanish El Dorado! Magellan also gives his name to the Magellanic Penguin, which he was the first European to sight and the Magellanic clouds, now known to be nearby dwarf galaxies.

DID YOU KNOW ? There is a rock at 1.2m below chart datum in Administration Bay. GPS Location is 36 44.8385 S, 174 54.1515 E. I rode over this with our yacht “Romany II” at mid-tide (about 1.5m) and saw 2.8m on the depth sounder in a general depth area of 9.0m at that time of the tide, so I knew it was dangerous. I went back and made several passes to identify the position of the rock and plotted it on the chart-plotter. Next day at low tide, I went and found it in my dinghy using the GPS position. The rocky outcrop is clearly visible, about 10m x 4m, and I tested its depth with a plumb line at a 0.3m low tide as 1.5m at its highest point, which is at the NE corner of the rock. As the low tide was 0.3, we can treat the rock as between 1.1 and 1.2 below datum.

VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2015

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has been appointed by

the VOR stop over managers Mayo and Limited (MAL) to conduct

the race management and on water activities in co-operation with

VOR, the Maritime Police, Harbour Master and Ports Authority.

The stopover will be longer than in 2012 and will bring

significant benefits to Auckland City and the Marine Industry. The

purpose of this advance notice to all Harbour users is to keep you

fully informed of the event planning and to ensure that there is

minimal disruption to other activities on and around the Harbour.

We invite you to participate in the excitement and to get involved

on the water or in the many activities planned for the Viaduct

Harbour VOR centre. If you require further information or

have any concerns, please communicate directly

with the RNZYS Sailing Manager.

The critical dates for your information are:

8th February 2015 - Sanya to Auckland leg

starts.

• Leg finish scheduled 27th February

• 27th February - Auckland Village

opens.

• 12th March - AM Practice Race, PM

Pro-am Race 1 approximately 3 pm.

• 13th March - Pro-am Race 2 at 1 pm;

Pro-am Race 3 at 3 pm.

• 14th March - In-port Race 2 pm.

• 15th March - Leg 5 restarts 2 pm.

We will be seeking suitable vessels to assist in

patrolling the course and would welcome offers

of assistance, especially any large RIB's for race

management and umpire duties. Your

participation would be welcomed.

Yours sincerely

Steve Burrett

COMMODORE

Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron

'Days so slow, days of rain, Days of eyes closed to the sea's horizon, Of hours all alike days of captivity...

Volvo Ocean Race (2011-12 – Closest race in history)

The last edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, won by Groupama in their first ever appearance, was characterised by some

of the closest racing in 40 years of competition. The boats had never been more evenly matched across a range of

conditions and teams with the world’s best sailors kept up fierce competition for 40,000 nautical miles. The Volvo Ocean Race is the world's pre-eminent round-the-world yacht

race and one of the most coveted prizes in the sport. The Race is owned

by Volvo Cars and Volvo Group and managed by a dedicated team

working from state-of-the-art headquarters in Alicante, Spain.

PartnersWithout their participation, the race would never happen

The Volvo Ocean 65 – cool design, emotional

impactRadical, high-performance, tough, affordable, world-class – the new one-design Volvo

Ocean 65 that will contest the next two editions of the Volvo Ocean Race is a spectacular feat of

design and construction.

The new boat has been designed by Farr Yacht Design in the United States, and

is being built by a consortium of four boatyards in Europe – Green Marine in the

United Kingdom, Decision in Switzerland, Persico in Italy and Multiplast in

France.

The shift to a one-design solution is a radical departure for the

race, and one that will put more emphasis than ever before on

the racing out on the water.

"If it hadn't been for the new one-design rule, then I probably

wouldn't have done the Volvo Ocean Race again," says

Ian Walker, who is returning in 2014-15 to skipper Abu Dhabi

Ocean Racing's entry. "It's definitely going to be the tightest

race in history – it has to be!"

The first high-performance racing boat was completed and

delivered in September 2013.

"The overwhelming impression will be of a top level Grand Prix

racing boat, “says Shaughnessy. "So we tried to be pretty smart

in how we address a couple of key little things but at the same

time produce an image of a boat that's very forward thinking has

a unique look in its stem profile, its cabin shape and some of

these things that'll make the boat iconic in the industry. It'll be

something that looks special, and look special for a while."

The fact that the boat is a one-design means Farr Yacht Design have been able to find the right balance between speed on the one

hand and safety and affordability on the other.

"Conceptually, the new boat has a lot of similar features and is going to be a very high performance offshore racing boat," says

Shaughnessy. "What separates it a little bit from the Volvo Open 70 is that it is trying to address the cost issue associated with the

hardware in the event so the boat is a little smaller in many of its parameters, which are scaled to try to address cost."

So, while a lot has been done to bolster reliability and reduce costs, this is definitely a boat that is going to attract world-

class sailors to compete in a race that epitomizes Life at the Extreme.

And it will certainly appeal to fans too.

"When you come down the dock you're gonna see a boat that's really cool," says Shaughnessy. "The stem shape has been styled to

be emotional, forward looking and be relevant for years to come so it's a boat that's exciting and modern and it's gonna be iconic."

Model – Teams competing in the race will buy the boat from Green Marine, on a first-come first-served model.

– The boats produced will compete in the following two editions of the race.

– The boats will be delivered with everything included and "ready to sail", on a

strict one-design rule.

– The boats will be delivered with the latest technology on board.

– The boats will be launched at a rate of one every seven to eight weeks from

September 2013.Ian Roman / Volvo Ocean Race proudly presents the new Volvo

Ocean 65 one-design boat Photo Rick Tomlinson/Team SCA23 September 2013 -

Team SCA new Volvo 65 was transported from Green Marine to Southampton

docks for launch.Team SCA new Volvo Ocean 65 first sailing trials in The Solent