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Mr [Percy Simpson] was found shortly before 1pm yesterday afternoon at a shopping complex in Hornsby, nearly 20km from the zoo at Mosman where he was last seen, a police spokeswoman...

[Quong Tart] used his pidgin English to work for [Percy Simpson] as an interpreter. In return, Simpson's wife helped care for and educate him. When the Simpsons left the goldfields, they left Tart an interest in an important gold claim. He employed about 200 Chinese and European miners to work for him and within a few years became a wealthy young man. It was at Bell's Creek that Tart became friendly with many Scottish families on the diggings and learnt their customs, music and poetry. Late in the 1870s however, Tart suffered an economic slump in the goldfields and although he recovered, he soon got out of mining. * The Life of Quong Tart or How a Foreigner Succeeded in a British Community, compiled and edited by Mrs Quong Tart, RRP $48. A special event is being held at the State Library of NSW. Ph: 9273 1770.

[Andrew Simpson] again trained with [Iain Percy] in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympics and they gained a silver medal in the Star class at Weymouth after going head-to-head with their old rivals, Sweden. Percy said at the time, \"It is gutting but we sailed well all week. In hindsight, we made too many mistakes in terms of reading the wind-shift. We have to take it on the chin.\" Simpson said \"We didn't get it right. Fair play to the Swedes, they had a great regatta and did a great job.\" His friend, fellow sailor Andy Green, said of the move: \"Once you've shown your mettle in the Olympics, the opportunity to get involved in the America's Cup is often very appealing for amazing sailors like Andrew.\" Green noted that Simpson \"was questioning whether he wanted to continue sailing, but because his friend Iain Percy was at Artemis he went over there in February and started racing with them as a valuable asset.\" Paul Cayard, chief executive of the Artemis Racing team, made the announcement, saying, \"It is with immense sadness that Artemis Racing confirms the tragic death of crew member Andrew 'Bart' Simpson... The entire Artemis Racing team is devastated by what happened. Our heartfelt condolences are with Andrew's wife and family.\"

\"Generally we are lucky: most of the places we sail - and obviously the sailing site for 2012 in Weymouth - has great launching and recovery slipways for our coach boat, and a small crane to lift our boat in. But when we choose a training venue we need to know we can get access to a crane and a slipway. Public slipways are always a winner.\" 1) Take the trailer board electrics off, they don't like water 2) Remove the trailer tie-downs, straps and any engine supports or straps (but keep one rope tied to the boat - you don't want your craft sailing off without you) 3) Load the boat with any equipment and personal items you would like to take with you (especially fuel if you have an engine) 4)Make sure you have enough life jackets. Sounds obvious but when your friends turn up, you need some for them too 5) Attach your ropes (bow and stern) so that you can tie the boat up or you may be swimming after it. We have seen this done a fair few times by unlucky people. Remove any engine supports or straps Remove lightboard Load boat with any equipment and personal items you would like to take with you, eg fuel if you have an engine Remove trailer tie-downs Keep boat attached to winch It might be necessary to attach lines to the bow and stern to keep control of the boat once it has been launched Once the boat is in sufficient depth of water to float offthe trailer release it from the winch and tow out the trailer. If you have an engine, make sure it is tilted down into the water before starting it

Britain's Olympic champions are having a rough ride at the Skandia Sail for Gold regatta, particularly Ben Ainslie in the Finns and Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson in the Stars.