2007 Geelong Wooden Boat Festival 10-12 March - We were there
Carmen Bell, Thursday, 8 March 2007
Not just a static display but poetry in motion
The 2007 Geelong Wooden Boat Festival shows the public the art of wooden boat building and displays a variety of wooden craft, including the couta boats.
The Festival is not just a static display of wooden boats, but the Classic Yachts of Williamstown and the Couta Boats converge in Geelong at the completion of their individual Passage Races in the course of the afternoon on Saturday, 10 March 2007. And there is a Grand Parade of Boats and Cavalcade of Sail past Cunningham Pier on Sunday, 11 March 2007 at 11:30 am, followed by the Corio Bay Couta Boat Cup and the Corio Bay Wooden Yacht Cup at 12:30 pm - a true feast for the eye.
Photo: Ewen Bell (2005 Geelong Wooden Boat Festival)
2007 RACE WINNERS (updated 11/03/07):
Williamstown to Geelong Passage Race:
RENENE SM23 Kent Bacon
Portarlington to Geelong Passage Race:
LYNDAL LEA C911 Carmen Bell
Corio Bay Wooden Yacht Cup:
RENENE SM23 Kent Bacon
Corio Bay Couta Boat Cup:
IT'S ALL GOOD 'NELLIE' C148 Russell Watson