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25.01.2022 The December 2020 Heron Newsletter can now be downloaded from http://www.heronsailing.com.au/Newsletters/59-4_Dec_2020.pdf The National Heron Sailing Association wishes everyone the best for the festive season

25.01.2022 The July 2020 Heron Newsletter is now up at http://www.heronsailing.com.au/Newsl/59-2%20July%202020.pdf It's fab!!

23.01.2022 Matt Rowley's restored Herons hit the water - I think it is Cairn Curran Reservoir, Victoria.

23.01.2022 Heron action in Adelaide!

23.01.2022 Located Avalon, Sydney

22.01.2022 New side panels for the Queensland Heron trailer!

22.01.2022 Mk 2 GRP Heron available in Tassie for $1200 - 10151 Phantom ex Hard To Get https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/1253969726

22.01.2022 Solution for boats that need bag buoyancy! Jason in Sydney has restored 5810. He has used 60 litre canoe drums in the front and inflatable boat rollers as side buoyancy. Canoe drums: https://www.anacondastores.com//dune-4wd-60l-ca/BP90125132 Rollers: Whitworths Marine called Portata made in Italy approx 1200x250mm for 200kg https://www.whitworths.com.au/inflatable-boat-roller-200kg

22.01.2022 Chris Maylea has done a great job restoring 9969 Hornet. This is the boat from which the Mk 2 GRP plug was taken. Hornet is back on the water at Williamstown, Victoria.

18.01.2022 The September 2020 Heron Newsletter can now be viewed at http://www.heronsailing.com.au//59-3_Sept_2020_Heron_Newsl Thanks Kate and Justin!

18.01.2022 Wow - what a story. 4366 Trumps, built by Ken Betts in 1963/4, is now in the hands of the Betts family. An advertisement for the boat came up on Facebook Marketplace late on Thursday afternoon 13 August 2020. The seller's family had owned the boat since new and it is in original condition. Matt Rowley in Victoria advised Richard Gibson about the ad, and Richard remembered that the Betts family had emailed the Association earlier this year looking for a Betts Heron. Grant Betts, Ken's Grandson, drove from Camden to Wagga Wagga on Friday August 14 to pick the boat up. Ken died in 1967 at 36 years old. His son, Ian (Grant's father) helped his father build Herons as a child. The Betts family will restore the boat as a wonderful gift for Ian for his birthday in October.

17.01.2022 Confirming dates for the 62nd Heron Nationals: The regatta will be held from Saturday 8 - Saturday 15 January 2022 at Largs Bay SC, South Australia.

15.01.2022 Now here's something slightly different! No sure she'll measure......

15.01.2022 Just off the press - unfortunately, we have had to postpone the 62nd Nationals planned for 9-16 January 2021 at Largs Bay SC in SA. Continuing uncertainty surrounding border closures and quarantine requirements have made this decision inevitable. The Herons join a long list of other classes that have already cancelled nationals for next season. The good news is that we have booked Largs for similar dates in January 2022. Hopefully, the situation will have improved by then and we will be able to get together again. Other planned National regattas e.g. 57th Nationals in Canberra in 2022 will now be pushed out one year.

13.01.2022 Heron sailing dinghy, on a registered trailer. My kids have outgrown it. Free to a good home now. Needs some tidy up since photos but all there. Sydney eastern Suburbs. PM me for details

12.01.2022 The Smith family in Queensland are searching for their old family boat, 8098 - Hullaballoo... Ken Smith was one of the very original Queensland Heron sailors and he is keen to find his old boat and perhaps embark on a restoration project.

12.01.2022 Great roll up at South Brisbane Sailing Club on the weekend. 14 Herons on the water - it could have been an even larger fleet if more boats had been available. Here are 11 of them.

11.01.2022 This is 5079 Bluejacket, second in the 1964/65 Nationals, sailed by John Muston.

10.01.2022 7472 in fine trim

10.01.2022 Fascinating information from Michael Spies, son of Aussie Ian Spies who raced a Heron in the UK in 1967: My late father Ian had a Heron built in the UK for the Yachting World Bowl and Findlay Cup in 1967. It was intended to ship our recently completed 6464 to compete but the UK Association would not accept the Australian interpretation of the class rules. Unfortunately, the Nuns at my then school would not give me permission for the time off to sail with my father in Englan...d so my father sailed with a local crew in the UK on the locally built new built boat. As he couldn’t sell it after the regattas and my father thought it was a fast hull it was being shipped back to Australia when the Port Line ship it was on, Port Invercargill, got caught in the Suez Canal closure of the next 8 years. This was before shipping containers became the norm and the boat understandably perished. That Heron was never seen or sailed again. I think he reached a settlement over compensation in 1980 some 13 years later. Not sure of the hull number of the UK boat or if it was issued one there but it used the 6464 sail number. See more

08.01.2022 Does anyone know of the whereabouts of 6600 Gadabout? Ex owner Brian Malouf would love to buy her back for his grandchildren!

08.01.2022 Hi Heron lovers. I'm trying to track down our two Herons that we owned many years ago. They are Gypsy Sam 6616 and Shadowlands 9721. I would appreciate the current owners contacting me or ask them to contact me if they're not on FB. Thanks in advance.

08.01.2022 Available from Lysterfield Sailing Club in Victoria https://www.gumtree.com.au//heron-fibreglass-di/1264640243

08.01.2022 Heron for sale in Greystanes. If the boat is indeed 8334 she was first registered as Piper and measured A class. I am selling a Heron and a purpose-built trailer with a dolly. Ready to Sail Trailer, Dolly and Boat with Sails... Fully Registered for 12 months Price: $500 If you are interested please contact Jessica on 0476193354 Located in Greystanes 2145 Michael Valek

07.01.2022 Heron 4075 Zenith, Skippered by Charlie Grimwood. Concord-Ryde Sailing Club, Parramatta River. 1970 State Champion CRSC Heron Champion 10 years running

07.01.2022 I was the happiest kid in Hobart when Santa delivered a brand new Heron in 1973. Pictured here during the 1977 Nationals at Lindisfarne. If anyone knows the whereabouts of #8920, last seen in Devonport, I'd love to be reunited with her.

06.01.2022 Herons at Narrabeen!! Wonderful!

05.01.2022 Go Blue Heeler....oops, Hula!!

03.01.2022 Latest update from renovation central - 1986 National Champ 9671 Little Aussie looking good with new floor ready to go. The foam has been glued, faired, and glassed over. Trim and the sides up under the deck are painted and she is looking pretty good. For Little Aussie the Careys have trialled no coating over the glass, just a pigment in the resin and peel ply finish as non skid.

03.01.2022 Matt Rowley in Victoria has been creative again! Check out the cockpit and deck that he has put on an old clunker. Could this be the model for the next Heron design? Matt would love to put a set of reasonable second hand sails on her. Please message us if you have a set for sale.

02.01.2022 Can anyone help Roger out with a plan of the Heron Association trailer from the 60s, or one to copy?

02.01.2022 Does anyone know the current location of 9728 Kermie? Green GRP boat......

01.01.2022 Oh dear. The sail is from 4333 Mary Ann R May (Victoria) https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/1264378215

01.01.2022 Another new Heron about to hit the water.........

01.01.2022 8074 Vat 70 for sale in WA https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/1254203573