Friday night entertainment kicks off with
our outdoor movie night and there will live
music throughout the weekend as well as
a busker’s festival. The RAN Jazz band
will be performing as well as a huge Rock
and Roll night on Saturday.
Our extensive program which will
comprise both on water and shore
based activities, including a Grand
Parade of Boats and Cavalcade of Sail,
a Concourse d’ Elegance, racing for the
Corio Bay Couta Boat Cup, the Corio
Bay Classic Wooden Yacht Cup and the
Passage Races from Portarlington. We will again be
running off the beach races. We are looking forward
to a good fleet of old classic dinghies. The Victorian
International Cadet State titles will also be held during
the festival.
We are extremely pleased to have Mr Ian Smith as
our keynote speaker. Ian is president of the Historical
Sailing Skiff Association in Sydney and is the author
of the book The Open Boat – The 18 Footer, Origin,
Evolution and Construction. He is also a boat builder
and regular sailor on Sydney Harbour with the Sydney
Flying Squadron as well as being the moderator of the
website http://www.openboat.com.au
Come along and bring your family,
there’s plenty to do and see.
All enquiries can be made by contacting
Royal Geelong Yacht Club.
For more information call 03 5229 3705
email [email protected]
or visit the website
http://www.woodenboatfestivalgeelong.com.auabove: You will be able to see the majesty all our wooden
beauties in the Sail Past.
inset: On Saturday night of The Festival the sailors take to
the floor for our Rock’N’Roll dance off.