Page 12 - RMYS Archives Newspaper Clippings 1924 to 1927

List of Illustrations

7th May 1938 Sandridge Pier Melbourne circa late 1850”s Argus Weekend
12th March 1927 RYCV Regatta Last rergatta of the season Acrospire wins in 1925, Magazine 24
1926 and now this year. Nareen revels in strong breeze and heavy sea Williamstown
Puts well sailed in windy conditions. British Squadron in Melbourne Aeroplane View 36
19th March 1927 Southerly developed after race start at St. Kilda. Independence
bobstay bolt loss RBYC B Class Casualties in fair conditions St. Kilda breakwater HMS Hood Princes Pier Melbourne 39
harbour silting up 181

Competitors in Victorian championships 40
19th May 1927 Utikah III 37 ton yacht ready for Island tour.
21st May 1927 Cruise in Pacific 37 ton yacht’s venture 187
Schooner rigged yacht Four Winds 23 tons 40
25th May 1927 Adventours cruise Well equipped yacht Utikah III to leave today 188
HMAS Platypus II Formerly Cerebus of Vic Navy 46
27th May 1927 Undeterred by superstitions Utikah III leaves on a Friday 189
Hurrica IV arrives in Port Phillip Built by Nicholson 47
26th May 1927 Romance, Mystery and Glamour of Australian Shipping 190
Cutty Sark with every rag drawing 49
28th May 1927 Pacific Cruise Utikah III begins voyage. Cutty Sark with stunsails set Tea Clipper Ariel 51
30th May 1927 Utikah III passes heads. 7th June 1927 Utiekah III at Sydney Lord
Stonehaven visits 191 Atlantic packets The Dreadnaught and Cornelius Grinnell 53

10th June 1927 With Utikah III on Pacific cruise Log of Sydney trip Birthday party while View of St Kilda Yacht Club on foreshore Crowds witness end of flight around
porpoises play 192 Australia 55

15th June 1927 Voyage in 12 ton cutter “Dinkum Aussie” Vic Govt. Ministers inspect yacht club site 59
15th June 1927 Buried treasure Is Wieberg’s Avoca gold in Waratah Bay. A yachtsman
story. 18th June 1927 Trials of seven British men. Utiekah III Cruise 40 mile gale New yacht model designed by Horace Petley of RBYC 60
nothing to dizzy going into port 193
Shamrock IV to challenge NYYC for America Cup King on helm of Britannia Sir
7th July 1927 Across the Pacific by yacht. Utiekah III’s cruise Crew find land best part Thomas Lipton on board Shamrock IV 61
of sea life 195
Governor General’s yacht Yeulba 62
9th July 1927 Cruise of Utiekah III Life aboard a yacht From Melbourne to the Islands
by I Elliot Giles (Owner and Captain) 196 Waratah takes to the water at St. Kilda. Opening of Sydney Season 64

10th December 1927 Old story retold The Avoca robbery Martin Weiberg’s exploits 198 First race of the St. Kilda Club season 65

23rd July 1927 The robbers yacht A crime of the seventies 1st August 1927 Across Building of new cruising Yacht Utiekah III for Elliot Giles 66
Pacific by Yacht Utiekah III’s cruise Hospitality of Lord Howe Island 199
VYRA Opens season with race Yeulba with Heather and Ardale 67
4th August With Utikah III in the Pacific At Norfolk Island. Crew dines with State
Governor 1927 201 Port Melbourne Yacht Club conduct Regatta to open their racing season 71

2nd August 1927King in Oilskins Lord Forster ‘s yacht Corella prepares for Forster Cup in Honart 73
19th August 1927 Deviliosh jiogs on a wicked sea. Utikah III’s long cruise Cork
screwing on Pacific in search of peace 202 1925 Royal St. Kilda Yacht Club Regatta Yeualba, Independence and Acrospire
75
27th August 1927 Cruise of the Utiekah III Norfolk Islkand and Tonga Australia’s Pacific
Eclipse by I Elliot Gilles 204 Interstae dinghy championshipsof St. Kilda 78

29th August 1927 Uteikah III in big seas. No danger whatever Properly handled as safe 1925 Forster Cup on River Derwent Hobart Tassie won all three heats 79
as a liner 205
Motor Yacht OHIO owned by Scripps On a health voyage 80

Tasmania’s champion Yacht Tassie Start of dinghy championship at St. Kilda 81

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