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Ray Henry - 2008 Henley Hero |
 Ray “Scruffy” Henry joined the Rotary Club of Stuart in 1981. He served as President on two occasions in 1992 and 2005 and was a member of the Henley-On-Todd Board on a number of occasions during his time as a Stuart Rotarian
Ray was an active member with the club especially for practical jobs. He was a great supporter of Henley-on-Todd, but his special passion was the Nauteus and the Regatta “Battle”.
Ray took the Nauteus to local events such as the Bangtail Muster and Camel Cup and into the Todd Mall on the Friday before the HoT Regatta. He was a member of the team who took the Nauteus and the other two “Battle Boats” to Perth during the America’s Cup challenge events in 1988.
In 1993 Rotary International held their annual convention in Melbourne. Ray thought this was a great opportunity to give the Nauteus some Rotary International exposure, so he took the Nauteus on a road trip to Melbourne timing his arrival in Melbourne with the opening of the convention!
On the way he would call ahead to the Rotary Clubs in the towns he was passing through, the local Rotarians would let the townsfolk know. On arrival, sometimes with a Police or Fire Brigade escort, he would park the Nauteus in a park or sports field and as the towns people come along to have a look, Ray and his pirates had the collection bucket out collecting for the Rotary Foundation.
As well as making an appearance at the Rotary International Convention, he somehow managed to get the Nauteus and himself on the then popular channel 9 Saturday night program Hey Hey It’s Saturday with Daryl Somers.
Ray was the self appointed Commodore of the Central Australian Fleet and he and the Nauteus were listed with the International Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians.
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