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Two men rescued from water after boat fire between coogee and carnac island.

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Two people have been taken to Fiona Stanley Hospital after a boat fire off Coogee in Perth’s south on Wednesday.

Just after 5pm, a boat caught fire between Coogee and Carnac Island people prompting a sea rescue mission.

Water Police and Fremantle Sea Rescue managed to rescued two men from the water with no serious injuries.

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It’s understood one man sustained superficial burns to his hand, while the second escaped unharmed.

St John Ambulance collected the duo from Royal Perth Yacht Club Fremantle Annexe at 5.30pm and arrived at the hospital in Murdoch just after 6.15pm.

Fremantle Sea Rescue have advised boaties to stay clear of the vessel, which is located in Cockburn Sound west of the old Fremantle Power Station.

The cause of the fire is still unknown.

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Fire rips through boat and jetski at port coogee marina in perth’s southern suburbs.

Boat and jet ski go up in flames in Port Coogee

Emergency crews have raced to contain raging boat and jetski fires in Perth’s southern suburbs .

A 15-metre long boat and the smaller recreation watercraft went up in flames at the Port Coogee Marina on Thursday morning, with the alert raised just before 11am.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Boat and jet ski go up in flames in Port Coogee.

Six fire crews from Fremantle and Cockburn raced to the marina in North Coogee where they were able to contain the jetski fire and then extinguish the boat blaze.

Pictures captured from the scene showed firefighters working to put out the blaze and thick black smoke billowing from the boat and across homes.

“Wow! Drama at Port Coogee Marina. Smoke on the water. A boat went up in flames and also set fire to a jetski,” witness Michael Meehan posted on social media.

A DFES spokesperson said the fires were dealt with in about 30 minutes.

Crews remained on the ground to ensure there were no flare-ups.

An electrical fault has been blamed for sparking the fires.

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Boat explodes in East Fremantle

East fremantle boat fire: man taken to hospital with burns after boat catches fire and sinks.

A man has been taken to hospital with burns to his face, neck and hands after a boat moored at East Fremantle’s Aquarama Marina went up in flames.

Emergency services received reports of the boat “spontaneously” catching fire and exploding about 9.20am on Monday.

It is understood the 52-year-old man was on board the vessel with another person when the fire ignited.

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He has been taken to Fiona Stanley Hospital — home to a specialist burns unit — for treatment and is in a serious-but-stable condition. His injuries are not considered life-threatening.

One person has been injured after a boat caught on fire in Perth this morning.

Plumes of thick black smoke could be seen rising above the boat before it completely sunk to the bottom of the Swan River.

Firefighters from Fremantle and Murdoch rushed to the yacht club and had to tackle the blaze from the club’s jetty as shocked onlookers watched the boat being engulfed by flames.

Authorities were seen dragging black debris from the scorched vessel out of the Swan River.

The cause of the fire is yet to be determined, but police don’t believe it is suspicious at this stage.

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South of Perth Yacht Club (SoPYC)

Location:         Coffee Point, 2 Canning Beach Road, Applecross, WA 6153

The South of Perth Yacht Club enjoys a spectacular location on the southern side of Melville Water at the confluence of the Swan and Canning Rivers.  The yacht club overlooks Perth City and caters for keelboats, power boats and dinghy sailors.

Located less than 10 minutes from Perth CBD, the Club offers a complete range of sailing, power boating, social activities and opportunities for all. Facilities include water pens, hard standing for trailerable yachts and powerboats, under-cover storage for racing dinghies and marine travel lift and slipping facilities. SoPYC also runs a Sailability program and radio-controlled yacht racing.

Two St Ayles Skiff kits were bought with the generous support of Club members, and both skiffs are now available for rowing by general Club members.  Fifteen Club members (mostly retired gentlemen) were involved with the construction of the skiffs over about 15 months, mostly working on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.  This built up a great camaraderie and many lasting friendships have been made.

Building started in June 2022 and “Valkyrie”, the first skiff, was launched in April 2023, whilst the second skiff “Ballina C” was completed in only 5 months and launched in October 2023.  Both skiffs are rowed using hollow Oregon timber oars with Spotted Gum handles.

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Located less than 10 minutes from Perth CBD, the Club has land and water pens, slipway, swing moorings, sailors with a disability hoist, ample car parking, restaurant with views across Swan and Canning Rivers to Perth city, three bars, alfresco dining, and a function centre. The Yacht Club has a licensed restaurant, with some of Perth’s best views overlooking the Swan and Canning Rivers with a clear view of Perth city.

The restaurant caters for lunches and dinners, as well as special functions. Three bars meet the needs of members and their guests, while two outside areas cater for informal al fresco dining.

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43rd NACRA NATIONALS

Congratulations to our Nacra sailors who recently sailed at the 43 rd NACRA Nationals at Speers Point Sailing Club, Lake Macquarie.

Andrew Wilson  ‘Fast Energy’

Rob Wibaux        ‘Se7en’

Nigel Lawrence  ‘Slipstream’

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**photo courtesy NSW Nacra Association

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CAT Weekend sponsored by Gold Coast Canvas is happening from the 10th-11th of February 2024.

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2024 MUSTO AUSTRALIAN OPTIMIST DINGHY CHAMPIONSHIP, BRIGHTON & SEACLIFF YACHT CLUB, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Nate McCarthy ‘Splash’

Mila Gan ‘Glitter Bomb’

Addison Greenwood ‘WizzFizz’

Evie McGuire ‘Ocean Spirit’

Lucas Dickson ‘Sonic’

Jack McGuire ‘The Jackal’

Lyla Greenwood ‘ZigZag’

The Southport Yacht Club was well represented in South Australia over the weekend with 7 out of 100 competitors at the 2024 Musto Australian Optimist Dinghy Championship . Special mention to Nate McCarthy on ‘Splash’ who made the finals in the Gold Fleet, coming 11 th and 15 th in his 1 st and 3 rd races.

**photo courtesy Hayley Greenwood**

AUSTRALIAN 9er CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024, SOUTH OF PERTH YACHT CLUB

16 th       Emerson Wheeler & Ross Beedle

A big week in Western Australia for Emerson Wheeler & Ross Beedle representing SYC at their first 9er nationals. It was a test of resilience and a fantastic learning opportunity including a broken charter boat (starboard bar broke off in the first race on Day 2 and they only just made it to shore) which knocked them out of all races that day. Replacement boat secured they pushed on and came 16th in the open fleet and 6th juniors.

** Words by Victoria Beedle  |  **Photo courtesy Victoria Beedle**

2024 O’PEN SKIFF AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, LAKE COOTHARABA SAILING CLUB

16 th       Leo Sparshott ‘Firebolt’ (Gold Fleet)

SYC is proud to have been represented by Leo Sparshott at the 2024 O’pen Skiff Australian National Championships at Noosa, in what turned out to be a great week with some gnarly conditions on Lake Cootharaba (wind peaked at 27kts!). Leo completed every one of the 14 races on ‘Fireshot’ to land Second Place in Gold Fleet under 12s, and 16 th overall.

**photo courtesy Russell Witt Photography

2024 OCENIA & AUSTRALIAN ILCA OPEN & YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS, ADELAIDE SAILING CLUB

18 th       Ava  Wilson (ILCA4 – Gold Fleet)

35 th       Addison Newlan (ILCA4 – Gold Fleet)

6 th         Myles Wilson (ILCA6 – Gold Fleet)

43 rd      Ben Stroebel (ILCA6 – Gold Fleet)

19 th       Joe Thompson (ILCA6 – Silver Fleet)

20 th       Wayne Greenwood (ILCA6 – Silver Fleet)

Congratulations to our SYC Squad who were on fire in Adelaide, with Myles, Ava, Addison and Ben finishing in Gold Fleet, and Joe and Wayne finishing in Silver. A great representation of the club! Special mention to our best performers Myles Wilson who finished 9 th in ILCA6 and Ava Wilson who finished 18 th in ICLA4.

**photo courtesy Queensland Laser Association

RL24 51st NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Great results for our SYC sailors at the annual RL24 51st National Championship Series, held at Port of Yamba Yacht Club last weekend.

6 th            Paul Harris           ‘Steel Away’ (Swing Keel Division)

7 th            Joe Kelly               ‘Kokomo’ (Swing Keel Division)

5 th            Tim Jackman      ‘Dodgy Vindaloo (Drop Keel Division)

9 th            Peter Howe         ‘Argo’ (Drop Keel Division)

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Sailor of the week.

Congratulations to ADDISON NEWLAN , our SAILOR of the WEEK!

Competing in Gold Fleet at her first Laser Nationals, placing 35th in the ILCA 4

Congratulations to our other SYC Laser sailors competing

9 th           Gold Fleet           ILCA 6    Myles Wilson

43 rd        Gold Fleet           ILCA 6    Ben Stroebel 19 th          Silver Fleet          ILCA 6    Joe Thompson

20 th          Silver Fleet          ILCA 6    Wayne Greenwood

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Yacht's owner says his trips are no 'boat ride'

• PAUL SWIDER

The adage is to never mix business and pleasure, but for Chris Robbins, his business is his pleasure as he plies the waters of the Intracoastal chartering his historic Trumpy yacht Chesapeake.

"There are lots of charters, but those are boat rides. This is an experience," said Robbins, 60, a retired Air Force and airline pilot who runs the wooden 50-year-old yacht out of the Holiday Inn Harbor Side marina. "When you're in this, you can relax and go back in time."

Robbins has been running trips on the 60-foot boat for about 18 months now. The 90 charters to date are enough to keep the business afloat, but that's not his concern, he said. He'd keep the boat even if he had no business.

"There are a lot of wonderful, beautiful fiberglass yachts," Robbins said. "This is different. This is history on the water."

Trumpy yachts date to the middle of the 20th century. John Trumpy Sr. started building boats in 1910, his most famous being the longtime presidential yacht USS Sequoia, built in 1925. Other clients were the moneyed families of the day: DuPont, Guggenheim, Morgan, Chrysler.

Trumpy yachts closed in 1973, due in part to John Sr.'s death, a fire at the Annapolis, Md., boatyard, and the advent of fiberglass for boat building.

That only about 450 Trumpys were ever built and fewer than 100 remain adds to the cachet of owning - or even seeing - one.

"The biggest thing is, after a charter, when we get back, people don't want to leave," Robbins said. "So we sit and talk about history."

Chesapeake doesn't have the history of the USS Sequoia, which served every president from Hoover to Carter, but it's seen some sights.

A prior owner lived aboard the three-bedroom boat in Washington, D.C.'s Capital Yacht Club and entertained the likes of astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Tom Stafford, U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, and the musician Yanni.

"The yacht club style of life is interesting," said Dutch von Ehrenfried, who owned Sea Baron III, later named Chesapeake, from 1988-95.

Von Ehrenfried attracted astronauts because of a long connection with NASA both as a contractor and as a flight controller for the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions

Von Ehrenfried, who now works as a financial adviser for Raymond James, sold the boat when he moved to Florida, mainly because of its expensive maintenance costs.

Robbins said he's put almost $500,000 into fixing the yacht he paid half for in 2003.

Don Avoures, a retired naval architect, has rebuilt more than half of the Chesapeake over the years for Robbins and von Ehrenfried, and has worked on other Trumpys as well.

Historically, the high maintenance costs didn't matter to the wealthy owners because owning a Trumpy was a sign you'd made it, he said.

The boats also were built for cooler climes and for near-shore cruising. "They weren't intended for open water," he said. They were intended to allow barons to spend cool summers in coastal waters. "You wouldn't take a Ferrari for a drive in the mud either."

Robbins confines his trips to the Intracoastal and Tampa Bay, sparing the wood planking from the punishment of waves.

Spending so much on maintenance, Robbins said he's had little spare cash to advertise his sunset cruises, intimate wedding services, or spa cruises. He's considering moving the boat to downtown St. Petersburg to improve his exposure. Word of mouth is already increasing his customer base.

"I've been getting more calls lately," he said. "I just want to have it here so people can enjoy it."

Paul Swider can be reached at 892-2271 or [email protected] or by participating in itsyourtimes.com.

A historic boat

-Chesapeake was built in 1957, and was originally christened Aimie, later known as Sea Baron III.

-It weighs 95,000 pounds and is made of mahogany with teak decks.

-It still runs on two original Detroit Diesel engines, which at full speed can reach 10 knots.

-There is 2,040 square feet of living space on the 60-foot boat.

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