wooden boat: 2007 Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong Anchors are up, the foredeck is clear and planning has commenced for the second biennial 'Whyte Just & Moore Lawyers Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong'.

Hosted by the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, the Festival has been set down for the Victorian Labour Day holiday weekend of 10/11/12th of March in 2007.

The program will duplicate the very successful 2005 Festival format and comprise a full range of on-water and hard-stand displays including a Concourse d’Elegance, racing for the Corio Bay Classic Wooden Yacht Cup and the Couta Boat Trophy on the waters of beautiful Corio Bay.

The very popular Grand Parade and Cavalcade of Sail will also be featured, together with a Presentation Dinner and many social events.

With limitations on mooring and marina pens, entries from on-water exhibitors will be limited to 75, and will be accepted on a first-in first-served basis. There are no limitations on entries for hard-stand displays.

Entry forms and Notice of Race will be available from September 2006 from the Royal Geelong Yacht Club Office, or they can be downloaded from www.rgyc.com.au

Those who were entrants in last year's (2005) Festival, will automatically receive 2007 Entry Forms by mail in or around September. All entries will close on Friday 15th December 2006.

Full details of the Festival are available from the Royal Geelong Yacht Club website www.rgyc.com.au or from the R.G.Y.C. Office: Telephone (03) 5229 3705, Fax (03)5223 2768 or info@rgyc.com.au



by Bob Appleton OAM  ¶ 12:43 AM