Even before the Mercury Surf Safari, we had our own safari from Hobart to Park Beach via Betsy Island. This our original ""A" Boat crew.
Dennis (Patto) Patterson - Bow, Denis (Coley) Cole - Second Stroke, John (Scrotum) McLae - Second Bow, Selwyn (Stinkie) Burrows - Stroke, Eoin (Mac) McDonald - Sweep
This is our team for the first Mercury Surf Safari
Click this link for 50 years of podium finishers and a link to the 1974 race on YouTube.