Somers Yacht Club. Younger Set of the Yacht Club building a land yacht.

OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Somers Yacht Club. Younger Set of the Yacht Club building a land yacht.

MEDIAImage

PHOTOGRAPHERRod Nuske, photographer for Westernport News in the 1960s and 1970s.

COLLECTIONBalnarring and District Historical Society

REG NO.P1715

HISTORY

Somers Yacht Club
A group of the Younger Set of the Yacht Club building a land yacht using a ‘Mirror Class’ sail. Those responsible for this project were John Kelly in white hat, Greg Otto, Bruce Harrison, and Peter Hayes.
Hatted, in the middle: John Kelly (became a dermatologist), Nicholas Bailey to his right, Malcolm Otto in striped hat.

DESCRIPTION

A group of nine young men beside a ‘land yacht’ clubhouse attending to a yacht on wheels.

SUBJECTS

Yacht clubs, youth

KEYWORDS

Bailey, Harrison Bruce, Hayes Peter, Kelly John, Malcolm Otto, Mirror Class, Nicholas, Nuske Rod, Otto Greg, Somers, Somers Yacht Club, Yacht clubs, Younger Set, youth