Midtsream DRAFT March 2012 - Claremont Yacht Club

Checkpoint -♦Archive email address is— Archives@claremontyachtclub.org.au. Messages can be left for usat Reception. We meet each Thursday between 11.00am and 3.00pm.♦ We now have an Archiving programme which has been installed on our computer, so 2012will be the year of entering data relating to the archival material of CYC. John Readhead,RPYC Archivist has been of invaluable help assisting The Archive Crew in setting up thecomputer, and we are beginning the input the information we hold at CYC into the‘Tapestry” programme. We have a long way to go as yet, though after the huge amount ofsorting and recording we have undertaken over the past five years, we should soon be able to‘find’ the information that you are seeking.♦CYC Archive News - March 2012The Archive Crew would like some extra help with the care of the CYC Trophies and Cups,and archival material we hold at the club. If you are interested would you contact us please.It would be on a casual basis, and the first meeting we are planning is for the Old Salts Meet-ing on Thursday 5th April, if you would like to be involved please call in for Morning Tea, at10.30am.♦ We are looking for information about a past CYC gaff rigged yacht “Vagabond”.“If you havewould you contact us at CYC, by email, otherwise call in to see us on Thursday between 11am and 3pm.The Archive CrewCommodore’s Cup“On March 25th (1905) we held our first race—aclub event—for a handsome cup presented by CommodoreStubbs. Twenty—six boats entered and eighteenstarted.After a good race ‘Alexandra’ got home first, closelyfollowed by ‘Ozone’, ‘Minora’, ‘Nyrvea’, only eighteenseconds separating the last three, which speaks volumesfor the good work done by the handicappers, MessrsSharkey and Bonney.”As it was late in the season, this was the Club’sonly event but it still had its prize giving. Toquote Mr Lernon again:“This took the form of a smoke social held in the ParishHall on June 22nd. The attendance was exceedinglygratifying, about 120 being present including representativesfrom the affiliated clubs. An excellent musicalprogramme was carried out and a highly enjoyable eveningspent.”- Quote from CYC 100 Years of History 1905—2005.