Royal Yacht Club of Victoria Yearbook 2020

Ver tigoz had a terrific year as overall
of the 2019 Launceston to
winner
taking out both IRC and AMS
Hobart
last year’s success taking out
followed
Club trophies. I would also like
four
commend: Rozzçinoanote II for her
to
up the ladder with Div 2
climb
win; As¨s¨ailanot putting
Aggregate
on the S80 fleet her first year
pressure
Bill Hales Trophy; and Magic for
PHS
the Tripe & Onions Series.
winning
particular note was our hosting of
Of
2020 Musto Optimist Australian &
the
Championship in January 2020 in
Open
midst of extreme weather
the
and hazardous smoke from
conditions
bush fires. Indeed, at times the
the
Officer and competitors could not
Race
from one end of the course to the
see
Despite these testing conditions
other.
on advice from a dedicated
and
Officer, the Race Committee
Medical
able to get in a full program with
was
all races held as scheduled
nearly
in a very successful regatta of
resulting
competitors, coaches
230
families. The regatta also clearly
and
our capability to
demonstrated
run a major international
successfully
in the lead up to the 2020 Cadet
event
& Australian Championships
World
that these have since been
(noting
due to COVID-19). The Club
cancelled
demonstrated its capacity to
also
the logistics of a very large
handle
team did an amazing job
RYCV
this event.
executing
those of you who were not able to
For
it was wonderful to experience
attend,
atmosphere, the quality of our race
the
and to be so proud of the
management,
job organising the 2019 Lipton
stellar
Regatta. Under Patrick’s leadership
Cup
the hard work of our staff, we saw
and
jump in race entries as well as
another
increase in competitor satisfaction
an
all measures. Many thanks to all
across
success of this flagship “Top of the
the
regatta.
Bay”
events, to further our strategic
sailing
to enhance our reputation for
objective
include: Sail Melbourne where our
year
Director was invited by World
Race
as an accredited International
Sailing
Officer to formally mentor an
Race
delegate seeking
Australian
accreditation; Festival
International
Sails Passage Race and the
of
League Sailing event
Champions
by representatives from all
attended
Australia in Geelong.
over
Women’s teams achieved great
Our
in the Port Phillip Women’s
results
Series with Up-no-Goz 2nd
Championship
Galatea 3rd across IRC, AMS and
and
R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 2 0
Divisions with Clare Olding at the helm;
Pr ivÖate Equ¾ityÝ had a great regatta at
Club, our staff and volunteers.
Island winning Div 1 as the
Magnetic
boat in the fleet and Lau¾relle
smallest
thanks also go to Patrick Clarke,
My
Roberts and Allicia Rae for the
Peter
winning Div 3 Aggregate; Mainos¨tayÝ
out
the Wednesday Twilight Div 1
winning
partner clubs HBYC, PMYC, WSC,
our
and volunteers who helped with
RMYS
Club continues to provide worldclass
Our
race management for a range of
world-class international,
hosting
and state events. Highlights this
national
After sole possession of The
PHS.
Trophies Perpetual Teams
Kingston
Trophy by RMYS since its inception in
and international contingent.
national
Allicia, Ryan, David and all the
Michael,
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