Newsletter 7 April 2021
Recommends winter reading of Galloping Ghosts, Robin Elliott's history of Australasian 18 footers from 1890 to 1965, tracing the class from over canvassed dinghies to Len Heffernan's Aberdare and covering the origins of the Sydney Flying Squadron, the NSW 18 footers Sailing League and the Auckland clubs. Recalls the book launch at the SFS on 12 March 2012, attended by over 100 people, with the book dedicated to Cliff Monkhouse and Grant Taylor.
Recommends winter reading of Galloping Ghosts, Robin Elliott's history of Australasian 18 footers from 1890 to 1965, tracing the class from over canvassed dinghies to Len Heffernan's Aberdare and covering the origins of the Sydney Flying Squadron, the NSW 18 footers Sailing League and the Auckland clubs. Recalls the book launch at the SFS on 12 March 2012, attended by over 100 people, with the book dedicated to Cliff Monkhouse and Grant Taylor.
The original document is a scanned copy, available below. The club is transcribing its archive and this page carries the club's summary until the full transcription is checked and published.
The original document below is a scan. The club is transcribing its archive; this page carries the club's summary until this document's transcription is checked and published.