son of R . J . King . won the Manly Stare Championships sailed at Manly in 1962 , and the following year the Rear-Commodore ' s son . Robert Pritchett . won the Stare Championship on the Pittwater . Since then the Centreboard Division bas been a great training ground for chi ldren of members . For instance . Peter Antill won a natioruil title and Stephen McConachy won several national and Siare titles . In the Laser class . Col Beashel , Peter Isaacs and Geoff Gale have all won national and State titles since 1974 . Geoff Gale won heat six of tl1e 1977 World Laser Championships in nearly 40 knots of wind . He also finished fourth in the World Master Lasers at Sandringham in January 1987---0ut of 106 starters .
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The start of a Laser class race .
Jurtiors fitting out on the lawns in front of their clubrooms at ' Moonbar ' .
Coach Mark Hennessy . Manly Junior skippers Aaron Links and Garth Britton , and crews Rowan Evans and Jesse Frazer have every reason to smile after numerous victories during the 1986-87 sailing season .
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