Thanks, "Somebody"!

And Charley Noble made a modest proposal:

"We was yardarm to yardarm in Sidney Head"

This line describes the start of the race from Sydney, Australia, and generally
people who have been there say "Sydney Heads", there being two of them at the harbor entrance. "In" Sidney Head makes no sense to me either. I [Charley] would suggest:

We was yardarm to yardarm off Sidney Heads

"In" is probably another typo of mine -- "off" is the only thing that makes sense. Well, maybe "at."

Thanks, Charley!

Linn