LITTLE SHIP CLUB eNews May 2016

Member profile

Meet Graham “Fairway” Latchford … and, no, it’s not because he’s a keen golfer. (OK, we made up the moniker but what else should someone with this boat history be called?) Current boat “Whitewash” (a Fairway 36); immediate past boat “Nebo” (a Fairway 36); prior boat “Delilah” ( a Fairway 36); the one before that …? You get the picture. Why the fascination? “They have wonderful headroom, draw 3 feet, and at 13 knots cruise comfortably.” Naturally enough, he’s a member of FOGs – the Fairway Owners Group – which hold regular social functions. Although Graham has a long history in boating (“it’s in my blood”) he is only a recently joined member of LSC. Graham joined in March 2015 thanks to the good work of Geoff Tickle (also a Fairway owner), formerly of the membership sub-committee under the Immediate Past Commodore. Graham had previously done most of his boating “from Blakesley’s - south”. He is though forever grateful to Geoff for ‘twisting his arm’. “It’s a place to come, a place to belong and a wonderful facility on the bay. Everytime we come in here, we’re meeting new people.” Graham is very much enjoying the new ‘vibe’ at the club under Craig and Julie. Favourite tipple? Graham is not particular. “Wine or beer. I will drink both happily.”

Funniest moment on the water? “When I fell in attempting to transfer from tender to boat after a FOGs function at Southern Haven. I had celebrated a little too much and needed all hands on deck to pull me up. It was late at night and, to make it worse, mid-winter!” Something people won’t know about me … Graham’s father worked in the Magistrates Court (formerly known as the Court of Petty Sessions) until he became Chief Stipendiary Magistrate. Consequently, the family moved extensively and regularly throughout Queensland and Graham attended eight different schools in his twelve years but did grade 12 at Wavell Heights High with ‘the Big Marn’, Darryl Brohman. Graham went on to become a financial planner and retired in 2010. Graham’s attitude to boating friendship is the epitome of what we should strive for at the club.

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