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Carmen Bell, Sunday, 27 January 2008 Organised by the Queenscliff Couta Boat Association.
Supported by the Borough of Queenscliffe, Parks Victoria and Queenscliff Harbour P/L.
Lighthouses have always been important at the Borough of Queenscliffe and therefore it is lighthouses which feature on the poster for the Queenscliff Maritime Weekend 22-24 February 2008 – a community event organised by the Queenscliff Couta Boat Association which brings couta boats from around Port Phillip to their place of origin.
And, although the Queenscliff Harbour is under construction, visiting couta boats will be allowed to come in.  More detailed instructions will be available closer to the event.
The weekend kicks off with ‘Fishy Tales’ on Friday, 22 Feb 2008 at 7:30 pm at the Couta Boat Shed of the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum. This year’s speakers will be Bill Huggins (lighthouse keeper, retired), ‘Snow’ Lacco (son of boat builder Ken Lacco) and Dugga Beazley (still active Port Melbourne fisherman).
Couta boats will be rafting up at Queensciff Harbour from 10:00 am onward on Saturday, 23 Feb 2008 (those who want to attend Fishy Tales can come in Friday afternoon). Following lunch at the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, the ‘Blessing of the Fleet’ will be conducted in the Harbour at 2:00 pm and the Queenscliff Couta Boat Regatta starts at 3:30 pm. A Reception and trophy presentation by the Borough of Queenscliffe's CEO will be around 6:00 pm back at the Maritime Museum.
On Sunday, 24 Feb 2008, there will be Crew breakfast with compliments of the CBA President in Fisherman's Flat at 12 Beach Street, Queenscliff between 8:30 and 10:00 am, and the start of the Memorial Sail-Past and Passage Race to Portsea with Lew Ferrier’s fishing boat Rosebud as the turning mark at Lonsdale Bight is at Noon, allowing some time in between to visit the popular Queenscliffe Community Market.
The Queenscliff Fort will fire a salute at the start time of the Memorial Sail-Past (for those who may have missed the Queenscliffe Maritime President's antique starting cannon!) and as a special treat for the Sea Scouts.
For further information and to obtain tickets for Fishy Tales ($12.00 ea) and the Lunch ($15.00 ea), contact the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum at (03) 5258 3440 or wrecks@bigpond.net.au
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE SSCBC CLUB CAPTAIN.
Special thanks to June Negri of the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum for administrative support and to Andrew Watson for designing the poster.
Download - Queenscliff CBA Regatta Order Form
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