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Last Friday was that night of nights, where some fun prizes were handed out, as well as the draw for the major and minor prize in the raffle for a Mariner Boating holiday to the Med! The major prize went to Graham Camier and the minor prize to Garry Holder, congratulations!

For Tim Armytage, a very satisfying part of the night was the "bucketing" of King Neptune.

For the full series of photographs of the night, have a look at the album in the centre column of this page (slideshow here). As usual, photos by Jim Cormack.

And of course thanks to Mariner Boating for a great prize!

Well, it was wet for someone last Friday! 

Jim and Adrene put on a great performance, together with Keith, as you can see in the album (centre column) or by watching the slideshow below. And yes, a few of us took a bath, even though we didn't even get close to the equator.

There were some interesting "door" prizes, good food and great company. Yes, we had a ball...

Later in the weekend, we had a bunch of boats at Smiths creek, where Jim Cormack and friends did their best to set a rafting record.

Anyway, Jim, Andrene and Keith were a class act and thanks to the others who helped make it a great night, particularly Janet Dell and Ann Asker. And of course a super special thanks to Jim Cormack for the fabulous pictures.

Sydney is experiencing a sandstorm of historic proportions and gale force winds are expected right through the day. I’m at the Club keeping an eye on Te Moana. Sofar it’s not too bad, gusting to 30 knots, but high tide might be a bit tricky later in the day. Check twitter for updates (http://twitter.com/temoana).

August First Friday had a sixties theme and the usual suspects entered into the spirit of the night.  There was some great music from our "regular band" with guest solist and a terrific quiz which stumped even those with Google phones.

A huge amount of credit goes to Janet and Ann for organising the night and together with the club putting on a great show! Well done!

Jim's pictures as always tell the story. They are in the slideshow below as well as the photo album in the centre column of this page. By the way, blame the undersigned for the captions.

The room was full for expectation for the official presentation of the 2008 Cruising Awards. The equivalent of the Oscars at the RPAYC.

Despite valiant attempts by other to draw attention to themselves by falling of their boats and dressing up with false beards. The award went to the right place....

Jim Cormack roamed around last Friday's Sinterklaas get-together with his trusty camera and (as usual) took some terrific pictures. You can see the photos in the web album in the middle column, or you can watch a slide show "below the fold".

By the way, there were some questions on the night about where to obtain the Dutch sweets. Try the Dutch Shop "'t Winkeltje"  at 85 Market Street, Smithfield.