Page 4 - RMYS Archives Bert Ferris Collection 1946 Sydney to Hobart

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30th Dec 1946 Storm veils ocean yacht race., Trouble in Bass Strait. Spotter
contacts NZ yacht, Ilex..Race may be won tonight. Map of Ocean reace 35
Jan/Feb 1947 Seacraft Magazine Contents and Editorial 7
31st Dec 1946 Four yachts believed to be battling out race to Hobart 36
Jan/Feb 1947 Seacraft. Small yacht wins again 8
1st Jan 1947 More yachts home in ocean race. Christina likely in yacht race 37
Jan/Feb 1947 Saecraft.Christina amd crew Wimners 9
14th Dec 1946 New Zealand Yacht Ilex departing Wellington to compete in Sydney
Jan/Feb 1947 Seacraft.Entants Photos 10 to Hobart yacht race 38

Jan/Feb 1947 Seacraft.Entants Photos 11 1st Jan 1947 Winston Churchill 40

Jan/Feb 1947 Secraft.Course Charta 12 2nd Jan 1947 Christina wins yacht race Took a gamble. Plane search for 3 overdue
yachts 42
23rd Dec 1946 Daily air patrol, NZ crew for race. Ready for ocean race. 13
2nd Jan 1947 Yachts hove to for 13 and a half hours. First two yachts to finish Morna
Dec 1946 Geelong Built Merlan for Tasman race. Ocean going yacht for big race. and Mistral 43
Merlan, Late starter in ocean race. Merlan crew sailing to Sydney Curtis Skipper, F
Walker, M Car, M Sykes, G Woods, L Gibson and H Ferris. 16 2nd Jan 1947 Yacht Morna 44

24th Dec 1946 Deep sea yachtsmen keyed to top pitch for big ocean race Philp 2nd Jan 1947 Yacht Mistral 46
brothers Dave and Colin Opponents 17
3rd Jan 1947 New plane search likley for two Vic yachts Merlan and Unis J. Christina
25th Dec 1946 Preparing for big yacht race. Crew on Feghmr 18 first, Saga, second in yacht race 48

25 th Dec 1946 Yacht race skipper has sea in his blood Claude Plowman 19 2nd Jan 1947 Missing yacht built in stable at Caulfield. Unis J. Still no sign of
missing yachts. RAAF Librator standing by. 49
26th Dec 1946 20 starters in blue ribbon run toi Tasmania 20
3rd Jan 1947 One missing yacht may now be safe. Merlan seen? Storm hazards in
26th Dec 1946 Costly craft in ocean race. Spectacular yacht race 21 long yacht race. No feares held for missing craft 50

26th Dec 1946. Tasmanian Cutter Winston Churchill 22 3rd Jan 1947 N.Z. Ketch Ilex withdraws 51

26th Dec 1946 Yachts leaving on long voyage to Hobart. Morna leading the fleet down 4th Jan 1947 Yachts not yet in port Kalua, Unis J and Merlan 52
the harbour 24
4th Jan 1947 Yacht seen by lighthouse might be Merlan. Only one yacht now listed
24th Dec 1946 Small craft swarming around the yachts 26 as missing 53

27th Dec 1946. Cutter Morna leading by six miles. Rejected slopp not sighted 28 6th Jan 1947 Merlan safe in Tamar. Merlan arrives in Tamar 54

26th Dec 1946 Morna leads Sydney, Hobart yacht race.Sydney yacht leads in Hobart 6th Jan 1947 Last three yachts in ocean race are safe, Two yachts safe. Kalua
race. Radar fails to locate yachts. 29 unsighted. Merlan not a rough job. Missing yacht gone fishing? 55

28th Dec 1946 Sydney-Hobart yacht race Only four contestants definitley sighted 6th Jan 1947 How Merlan lost chance in race. All yachts safe. One damaged.
Planes cannot find yachts. Morna amd Mistral lead in Sydney - Hobart race. Ocean Playthings oif Strom 56
yachts slow progress in heavy fog 30
6th Jan 1947 Merlan arrives in Tamar. 8th Jan 1947 Yachts fight through gale. 9
28th Dec 1946 4 yachts sighted in Hobart race 31 days at sea 57

29th Dec 1946. Storm is due in track of yacht race 32 30th Dec 1946 Hobart Mercury Aid to yacht identificatrion 58

29th Dec 1946 Yacht Christina in ocean race 33 26th Dec 1994 Three line start a race against chaos Sydney to Hobart 50th year.
Merlan 1947 story by Bert Ferris 60
30th Dec 1946 Yachts battered in gale. Near end of race. Storm battttering yachts in
race. Yachts take shelter, will continue race 34 26th Dec 1994 Melbourne races lose out to Sydney anniversary. Bert Ferris photo 61

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