Royal Yacht Club of Victoria Yearbook 2019/2020

at the Cub has been well
Sailing
and it was great to have
attended
Melbourne-Geelong come on
Vicsail
as a sponsor of the Wednesday
board
Our offshore sailors were again
twilights.
in major ocean races. Bruce
active
with Bruce gaining a fourth in
Hobart
3. On the local scene, we had a
Division
of boats participating in ORCV
number
to Tasmania. Saltair , Soziree Bleu¾,
Races
Alieno entered the Westcoaster to
and
and AfrayÝed Knoozt raced to
Hobart,
COVID-19 restrictions have required
The
to cancel a number of functions the
us
would normally hold during the
Club
months, including Presentation
winter
The awarding of trophies
Night.
some rethinking on the part of
required
Sailing Committee as most racing
the
Christmas was postponed. Thus,
after
trophies, such as the Phoenix
some
will not be awarded this year
Trophy,
aggregate and series races will be
and
based on reduced completed
awarded
runs on the unstinting efforts
Royals
by our volunteers. Our
provided
and Committee Chairs
Committees
many hours to ensure
contribute
smooth operations. My sincere
our
to all committee members for
thanks
time and effort. Due to various
their
reasons we saw Tony Johnson-
personal
Patrick Clarke and Peter
Sneddon,
resigning from General
Roberts
after many years of great
Committee
My thanks to all of them
contribution.
their tireless efforts supporting the
for
Club.
have been able to fill these
We
with Tim Olding taking up
vacancies
chairperson position, Ian Barclay
Tony’s
House and Social Committee
chairing
Andrew King taking on an ordinary
and
These three members
position.
well placed to assist the Club with
are
term succession planning for
long
so well demonstrated during the
As
Championships, our volunteers
Optimist
always there to support our Club. My
are
thanks to all our volunteers.
sincere
my two years as Commodore and the
In
preceding it as a Flag Officer, I
years
appreciated the great support from
have
of the Club and a strong spirit
Members
cooperation and commitment to the
of
It has made my period as
Club.
rewarding and enjoyable. I
Commodore
had the privilege of working with
have
great people, some of whom are
some
Members of the Club. I thank
unsung
for this opportunity and I say a big
you
you for the support I have
thank
DUFFIN
JOHN
COMMODORE
R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0
in Chu¾tzçpah and Matt Fahey in
Taylor
Fas¨ter Fozrw×ar entered the Sydney
d
stability on the General Committee.
Devonport.
been given.
races.
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