By
Graham Davis
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RADM
Gates reviews the T.S. Sirius cadets. He is escorted by
Cadet MIDN Adam Anderson.
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Photo:
LSPH Damian Pawlenko
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The
Maritime Commander, RADM Raydon Gates has thanked the Royal Motor
Yacht Club/ Port Hacking for its support of HMAS Kanimbla and
her activities in The Gulf.
Club members took 18 of their craft from Port Hacking to join
40 other launches from three other RMYC clubs in providing a welcome
home escort for Kanimbla when she returned from The Gulf earlier
this year.
RADM Gates’ thankyou remarks came when he was the principal
guest at the club’s official season opening last month.
Mrs Gates accompanied her husband to the function, attended by
about 150 people.
Also to attend were the commanding officer of HMAS Penguin, CMDR
John Shevlin, and members of his family.
They were hosted by the club’s commodore Keith Bowden.
Twenty-four cadets from T.S. Sirius provided a guard of honour
for RADM Gates.
Some of the cadets wore heritage uniforms.
The afternoon’s program saw a sail past of sailing craft
under spinnaker followed by a sail past of ten cruisers.
Firing of a cannon marked the commencement of the season for the
club.
The official party along with the cadets then boarded the cruisers
and toured the Hacking River.
