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
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