Royal Yacht Club of Victoria Yearbook 2019/2020

strip back and revarnish the bar and
to
bench tops to a finish that is as
foyer
or better than the original. Ryan
good
and his yard staff have lifted
Blackstock
floating pontoons under the
the
hardstand crane for
western
and, with all sail training
refurbishment
cancelled, Ian Fox has inspected
being
replaced faulty mooring lines
and
the marina. Your
throughout
have been learning new
Committees
to run meetings on Zoom; this was
skills
when we run our AGM on
demonstrated
Zoom.
the financial side, I am pleased to
On
that in the past 12 months we
report
made good progress towards
have
our financial position. We
improving
been able to reduce our overdraft
have
$554,999.95 to $397,499.95. This
from
been a very good result on the part
has
our financial team of Treasurer
of
Norman and General Manager
Warwick
Neumann. Prompt actions
Michael
resulted in favourable outcomes
have
Parks Victoria and the Jobkeeper
with
have been able to pass some savings
We
to Members with reduced
on
fees however, with the
membership
restrictions in place, we have to
current
Members to continue to be patient
ask
support our Club with continued
and
until we can return to full
membership
operations.
operations continue to be ably led
Our
Michael Neumann. He is well
by
in the office by Gary
supported
(Finance), Jennifer Russ (HR
Cockinaras
Wisbey (Membership and
Melissa
Administrator), Camilla Bett
Sailing
and Communications) and
(Marketing
Rae (Sailing and Club
Allicia
Lead). The Yard operations
Development
under the able leadership of Ryan
are
Manager) has continued to run
(Training
very successful Sail Training
our
and our on water racing was
Programme
well run by David LeRoy (Race
again
Manager). Michael now leads a well co-
team managing our day to
ordinated
operations.
day
hosted the 2020 Musto Optimist
We
& Open Championship in
Australian
this year. This was a major event
January
the Club with an entry of 230
for
from several countries. With
dinghies
230 competitors plus coaches and
the
was a major exercise to organise the
It
and storage of boats and
measuring
with only 6 months
containers
time. It was well planned
preparation
that had to be unpacked and
containers
which meant the yard and
stored
needed to be cleared of
hardstand
to make space.
keelboats
started on time, but the regatta
Racing
with serious bushfires north of
coincided
This presented a new and
Melbourne.
dimension to the regatta.
challenging
only did our Race Director David
Not
have to check wind conditions
LeRoy
day, but also reports on smoke. The
each
not only reduced visibility but
smoke
a health risk to competitors, race
posed
and volunteers.
officials
R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0
(Waterfront Manager)
Blackstock
by Luke Poperinskas. Ian Fox
assisted
family, the Club was a very busy place.
programme.
by Allicia Rae and ran seamlessly.
out
entries arrived in shipping
International
and Finance Administration),
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