19th OGA of WA Swan River Regatta – 19 April 2016

19th OGA of WA Swan River Regatta – 19 April 2016

Chris Robinson, OGA President and Jeremy Stockley, Regatta Coordinator. On Sunday 10th April 2016 the OGA of Western Australia held its 19th Swan River Regatta at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club on a morning which opened with very fresh E-ESE winds exceeding 10 knots (and over 20knots forecast for Melville Water), foreshadowing a great day’s…

Launch of Fontana.  A 6M Francois Vivier Trailerable Gaff Yawl

Launch of Fontana. A 6M Francois Vivier Trailerable Gaff Yawl

By Chris Robinson, President OGA of WA. On Sunday 27th September 2015, Tony O’Connor launched Fontana having started building her at his East Rockingham workshop in June 2014 in between his busy schedule of custom boat building, boat repairs and boat modification jobs. Tony’s target was to transport his workmanship to Hobart to exhibit the…