Marine Trivia Quiz 162

Compiled by Jim Broadside
1. SS Titanic was owned by:
-    White Star Line
-    Cunard Line
-   Shaw Savill Line
2. Line Honours in the 2009 Rolex Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race went to:
-    Wild Oats XI
-    Alfa Romeo
-    Ran
3. Overall Winner (IRC) of Handicap Honours in the 2009 Sydney-Hobart was:
-    Wicked
-    Next
-    Two True
4. These canal systems in order of length are:
-    Suez, Panama, Saint Lawrence Seaway
-    Panama, Saint Lawrence Seaway, Suez
-    Saint Lawrence Seaway, Suez, Panama
5. The designation ‘DUKW’ for a WWII military amphibious vehicle indicates:
-    Decked Universal Keeled Watercraft
-    Ducklike Utility Kentledged Watercar
-    1942 design amphibious AWD vehicle with two powered rear axles
6. The first RAN action in the Pacific War was:
-    Rescue by HMAS Vampire of survivors from HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse
-    Rescue by HMAS Yarra of survivors from troopship Empress of Asia
-    Attack by HMAS Vampire on a Japanese landing force at Endau
7. The 145-year-old rowing boat now restored and home in Hobart is:
-    Commodore
-    Commander
-    Admiral
8. Sydney Harbour Australia Day yachting events included:
-    CYCA Short Ocean Race from Sydney Harbour to Botany Bay
-    RYCP Cruising Yacht Race from Pittwater to Brisbane Water
-    RCYC Race from Middle Harbour to Farm Cove
9. The 2010 Australian Tasar Championships will be held early July at:
-    Mounts Bay Sailing Club, Pelican Point, Perth
-    Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, Williamstown, Victoria
-    Whitsunday Sailing Club, Pioneer Bay, Queensland
10. Use of ‘palletting’ in early warships:
-    Kept powder barrels above the level of bilge water
-    Provided deck defences against enemy boarding parties
-    Secured locations where official navy artists worked

Last month’s winner –  

Janet Porter, Woy Woy, NSW.

Answers to Quiz No 161

    1.    Ben Lexcen, designer of the famous winged keel was born Ben Miller in Newcastle NSW. He died suddenly in 1988, aged 52.
    2.    The 55 metre 1902 three-masted schooner that visited Sydney in late November was The Shenandoah of Sark, after a refit and spruce-up in Auckland.
    3.    The northern extremity of the Port of Brisbane is near Caloundra.
    4.    The number of formal entrants in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race when entries closed at 1700 hrs on 2 November was 116.
    5.    The Female Sailor of the Year in the 2009 Australian Yachting Awards event in November was won by Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson, from WA.
    6.    The 36th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race was won by Ian Kiernan in Sanyo Maris.
    7.    A ‘ratline’ is a series of steps that ascend the shrouds of a mast and provide access to the yards.
    8.    To ‘seize’ is to bind one rope to another or create an eye in the end of a rope.
    9.    ANZAC class Frigate HMAS Toowoomba, just returned from counter-terrorism/piracy operations in the Middle East, is based at Fleet Base West, WA.
    10.    The theme of the 26-29 January 2010 RAN Sea Power Conference is Combined and Joint Operations from the Sea.