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Issue 41 - March 2018 CYAA ©

Sydney – an early GRP hull but one of the most
beautiful teak decks and wooden coachwork
treatments you have ever seen.

CYAA representation was headed by long-time
Metung stalwart, Terry Grundy. Terry is the
soft-hearted custodian of many an unloved old
Dragon, currently owning 12 of them, the
majority wooden. Terry’s generosity allowed
two other members to participate – he lent Gazelle
to Philip Brown who commandeered David
McKenzie and Jaque Moore (not yet a CYAA
member) to crew with him. In addition, he kindly
lent seven of his yachts to other crews!

Gazelle is a wooden Dragon built in Germany by
Abeking & Rasmussen from Lemwerder-Bremen
in 1963 (boat number 5978). With her fresh coat
of squall blue (light blue) paint, she looked a treat
when we first saw her at the Metung marina on
the Saturday prior to the regatta.

Pre-regatta preparations included sail
measurement and crew weighing – total limit
285kg. The crew of Whimsical realised the day
before that having one crew member well over
100kg would see them over the limit, so Saturday
was a crash diet day for him. With much clothing
removal for the final weigh-in, they scraped in
by 30 grams!
Intrigue, A Ridgeway Dragon from Photo
Hobart with her timber deck and cockpit. David McKenzie
Owner Gavin Moss RSYS

Gazelle The blue ice beauty
Photo Terry Grundy
Skipper Phillip Brown, Crew David McKenzie, Jaque Moore

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