The classes to be judged were:
Class 1. Best Sailing Photo being of a participating yacht, under sail or power.
Class 2. Best Seascape photo of moon or sunrise/sunset, yachts at anchor, landfall or sky, but must contain an element of the sea.
Class 3. Best portrait, group or people photo depicting the participants or activities associated with this cruise.
Class 4. Best land based photo not including the sea, ocean, beach or such marine elements, but depicting activities associated with this cruise.
Class 5. Best Wild Life Photo captured on this cruise, for example insects, seabirds, fish or marine animals.
Peoples’ Choice: A separate poll to be taken on the night of the evening dinner function to announce the Competition winners.
Most Gut Wrenching: The Judge will select his the photo which stands apart from all other entries
With Stephen's invaluable help we entered photos in just about every class and had some unexpected success. Robyn had entered a close up photo of me and won first prize in the "Portrait" class. The same photo came in second in the "Peoples' Choice" then a photo of me proudly weighing the fish I had caught came in 3rd in the "Wild Life" class.
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| Robyn's Portrait Entry |
Brenda had entered a great photo of Pachuca's mainsail against the clouds above and though Garth called it "interesting" he awarded the prize to a tiny photo that greatly impressed him technically.
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Last Friday we got an offer from the FSC to hardstand boats for 3 months for free in order to make or pens available for visiting boats participating in the winter racing series. The number of pens required is limited and is on a "first come first serve" basis, so on Sunday morning I entered my application.
Today I visited the 9 AM coffee session at the FSC Chart/Library room and learned that there are only 12 pens required and boats that have availed themselves of this offer in the recent past will get a lower priority. Given that this will be Pachuca's first request and I have entered the request early I am hopeful - nay, confident - that I'll be able to haul Pachuca out on about 26 May and put her back into the water on about 25 August. That 3 months on the hardstand will give me plenty of time to polish and touch up the hull above the waterline, antifoul below the waterline, replace the anodes, and do some more investigation on the source of the leaks when pounding to weather. Pachuca has not been antifouled since Mexico about 3 years ago and she is overdue. Having said that, I'm pretty sure that the Comex brand antifouling that I got in Mexico is the potent variety with TBT that is banned in Australia but is much more durable than the local eco-friendly antifouling. I had Pachuca's hull cleaned in Argentina, Brazil, the Cape Town and she arrived in Fremantle with a remarkably clean hull. Even now the growth on her hull has been superficial.
Finally, I am including a photo of Pachuca's latest plaque.
