The Bash was organised jointly by RINA (NSW Section) and the IMarEST (ACT & NSW Branch). About 200 guests came from the full spectrum of the marine industry, including naval architects, marine engineers, drafters, boatbuilders, machinery and equipment suppliers, regulators, classifiers, surveyors, operators, managers, pilots, navigators, researchers, and educators. Equally importantly, the full spectrum of age groups was represented, from recent graduates to the elders of the marine community. It was also great to see intrastate and interstate visitors in the throng, including Brendan Egan from Lake Macquarie, Liz Hay from Brisbane, Gregor Macfarlane, Nic Bender and Gabriel Tooker from Launceston, Ian Coker and Katie Tribe from Adelaide, and Gavin Stewart from Perth, among others.
