April 2017
Queensland Sporting Hovercraft Club
AUSTRALIAN HOVERCRAFT FEDERATION Inc (Qld Branch)
Dear Air Cushion Vehicle enthusiast,
The Queensland branch of The Australian Hovercraft Federation held a planning meeting on Tuesday,
18th April 2017, at the Coopers Plains Library in Orange Grove Road.
This meeting was attended by:-
President:- | Ben Woodhead |
Vice President:- | Peter Venn |
Treasurer:- | Phillip Audsley |
Secretary:- | Steven Odgaard |
Publicity Officer:- | Steve Stephens |
Other members attending were James King, Micheal Stephenson, Dieter Renisch, Gunter Prischl, Kim Allen, Dwayne Morgan, Angus Kerr, Arthur Stead and Les Taylor.
Visitor for the evening was Winsome Anderson.
Cruise report - Muriel St, Redland Bay - Sunday 9th April 2017.
The last club cruise was held on Sunday 9th April 2017, launching from 96 Muriel Street, Redland Bay
courtesy of Peter and Elaine Venn.
Those attending the cruise with craft were:-
Peter Venn | Turbo TP6 | |
Ben Woodhead | Turbo XP960 | |
Les Taylor | Turbo 235 Superwedge | - Phoenix. |
Kim Allen | Turbo Wedge 240 | - Zesty. |
Peter Venn | Expo Turbo 240 | - Static Display |
Steven Odgaard | Bill Baker Vehicle 2 | - Static Display |
Late summer rains ushered in cooler weather and President Ben showed off his reliable 4 stroke
powered Turbo XP960 and carried his entire family on the cruise to Russell lsland. Kim Allen took
Christine and Hayley in Zesty and Les Taylor carried James Allen in Phoenix.
Peter Venn sat with Melvin, Deepa, Rose, and Ryan Muthusamy in the TP6 for a photo shoot then took
Melvin and his daughter for a joy ride in the passage before departing with a repaired Yamaha engine for
delivery to Steve Stephens on Russell Island. lan Lind went for the ride in the TP6 to catch up with the
other 3 craft.
They delivered the engine to Steve Stephens at the Lions Park / Jamie Hall memorial and swapped
seating on the return due to higher than expected wind on the broadwater.
![]() Phoenix |
![]() Zesty |
![]() XP960 |
![]() Turbo TP6 |
Ben returned with Gowan at 11:30am in the Turbo XP960, Les Taylor carried Hayley in Phoenix and Kim Allen returned with Christine and James at 11:33am. Peter Venn followed up on rear guard with Narelle and Calum Woodhead and lan Lind and landed back at base at 11:35am in time for a cup of tea at Elaine's diner. Steven boiled the billy at the sand patch near the ramp for his work colleague Melvin Muthusamy and family.
![]() Ben Woodhead |
![]() Les Taylor |
![]() Kim Allen |
![]() Peter Venn |
After lunch Ben Woodhead and Les Taylor went for a cruise to the end of the Redland Bay Channel, then Ben let Steven take his new craft for a test run at 2:00pm. Peter Venn had the original number 3 Expo Turbo from World Expo 88 available but it was not used and Steven Odgaard brought the Bill Baker 2 along for a static display.
![]() Steven Odgaard |
![]() Ben Woodhead |
![]() Expo Turbo |
![]() BBV2 |
Those attending the cruise for today were:-
Ben, Narelle, Gowan, and Calum Woodhead, Les Taylor, lan Lind, Kim, Christine, Hayley, & James Allen,
Arthur and Judy Stead, Dwayne Morgan, Steven Odgaard, Melvin, Deepa, Rose and Ryan Muthusamy,
Don Stone from the Mirrianne 42ft timber 1954 boat, Peter, Elaine, Stephen, Beren, Samantha and
Daphne Venn. 25 people plus grandchildren.
Left at 3:45pm after watching a video clip of the TP6 taken from Stephen Venn's quad-copter.
Local News:- Ex-Cyclone Debbie causes major Logan River flooding
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Rally Competitor Profile
Winsome Anderson will be doing the Australian National Rally commentary at Lake Coolmunda in July
and would like all rally competitors to submit their profile asap so that spectators and competitors
have some interesting information-flow during the weekend.
Ths should include your name and background, craft details including model, registration, name, colors,
engine, power, history, etc.
Please put yours together and e-mail it to winsomeanderson@hotmail.com NOW.
Example Rally Competitor Profile
Out Of Town Visitor
James King was in town after returning from 6 weeks in Singapore while upgrading his piloting skills for
the A330 Airbus. He attended the meeting to address us regarding his large pile of correspondance with
the department which has lead to a meeting in the George St offices later this week.
As if that wasn't enough, James also announced that Elisha is now expecting their first child early in the
new year! Congratulations!
Name Change for the Club
A vote was put for the club to have a name change, and after some discussion and a divided opinion, it
was decided to include a poll in the newsletter so everyone gets to vote on it.
Options are:
- Leave it as the current name: Qld Sporting Hovercraft club.
- Change it to Qld Recreational Hovercraft club.
- Change it to Qld Hovercraft club.
This name change will not come into effect until after the National Rally.
Please send in your vote to vk4khq@ozemail.com.au and stevenodgaard@telstra.com asap so that we
can get a balanced view of everyone's wishes.
Seagrass and Bird disturbance Avoidance
Interstate News:-
AHF meeting
There will be an AHF meeting to discuss the National Rally on Wednesday 7th June 2017 at 7:00pm.
This meeting will be held at at Ben Woodhead's place for the Qld Division and on skype for the other states.
Paul Moody asked for more text input into the forum to secure reader interest.
Hovercraft Club Of Victoria re-location at Lake Narracan to the North Shore.
Annual General Meeting:- The Club AGM was held following the regular monthly meeting. All positions were declared vacant and the election of office bearers proceeded as follows:- |
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President | - Ben Woodhead | continue as President |
Vice President | - Kim Allen | |
Treasurer | - Phil Audsley | continues as Treasurer |
Secretary | - Steven Odgaard | remaining as Secretary |
Publicity Officer | - Steve Stephens | keeps doing publicity & newsletters |
AHF state delegates | - Steven Odgaard | |
- Les Taylor | ||
- Ben Woodhead |
Australian National Rally:-
The next Australian National Rally will be held from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th July 2017 at Lake
Coolmunda near Inglewood in southeast Queensland. This rally is being organised by the Queensland
Sporting Hovercraft Club on behalf of the Australian Hovercraft Federation.
The local State Member Lawrence Springborg has advised he wishes to attend the rally.
Check the rally site for details - rally.qhover.com
A $250 advertising budget for the Australian National Rally has been approved. This will be spent on
adverts in the local regional newspapers and will encourage publication of media releases from the club.
Next club cruise:-
The next club cruise will be held on Sunday 7th May 2017 at Moogerah Dam near Aratula.
Some members will be out there from Saturday afternoon.
Check in at the caravan park kiosk in Muller Park Road, then go through the boom gate and veer rightish to the weedy area
on the right-hand side of the boat ramp for a 9:00 am start.
Contact for the event is Steven Odgaard on 0400 798 404.
Next Queensland branch meeting:-
The next club meeting will be held on Tuesday 16th May 2017 at 7:30pm.
It will be held in the Coopers Plains Library at 107 Orange Grove Road, Coopers Plains.
There is plenty of parking at the rear of the library building via Bosworth Street off Orange Grove Road.
UBD Reference - Map 200 D-13.
Anyone with an interest in air cushion vehicles is welcome to attend.
We discuss technical topics and plan cruises.
You are welcome bring something for “show & tell” that may interest other members, and we have a
good audio visual setup so you can show your pix or short video clips too.
Regards
Steven Odgaard
QSH secretary