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CHAMPAGNE
OCCASION: PO Phil Durnan (I/C ADFA Boatshed), FLTLT Peter
Whittaker (ADFA Sailing Supervising Officer) and the CN
VADM Russ Shalders.
Photo: David Paterson.
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A DFA has welcomed the latest addition
to the RAN fleet with a naming ceremony for a new yacht.
Franklin, a 25-metre Hunter yacht, can be sailed solo or with
a crew of up to six people.
Following the blessing of the boat the Chief of Navy VADM Russ
Shalders broke the customary bottle of champagne (or in this
case, the champagne was poured over the yacht to avoid any damage).
The Commandant, ADFA, CDRE James Goldrick then toasted Franklin.
The name commemorates the original tender to RANC, HMAS Franklin,
a steam yacht, and the sailing yacht Franklin, built for the
RAN at Garden Island Naval Dockyard, which operated out of RANC
in the 1960s and 1970s and took part in a number of Sydney to
Hobart races.
