20102010 AnnualAnnual yachtsman yachts man THE ALFREDS LFRE A D E C Y A N I C R H P T L C A L Y U O B R Official Journal of The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club For the information of members and their guests www.rpayc.com.au LFRE A D E C Y A N I C R H he lfred’s oatyard P T L C A L Y T U MODERNA PROFESSIONAL CBUSTOMER ORIENTED O B R IIssnn’’tt iitt ttiimmee yyoouu eexxppeerriieenncceedd 55 ssttaarr sseerrvviiccee && qquuaalliittyy?? ““FFuullllyy sseerrvviicceedd yyaarrdd ooppeerraatteedd bbyy bbooaattiinngg ppeeooppllee”” Proudly assisted by the following onsite contractors: All Inboards & Outboards Mechanical Engineers Riggtech Yacht Riggers Andersen Marine Electrician Paul Rudge Canopies Boatmate Shipwright Services Stewart Shipwright Services Bosuns Locker Ship Chandlery Vicsail New & Used Boat Brokers Lacey Marine Mechanical Engineers Yachtsmart Boat Detailing P: 02 9998 3751 I F: 02 9979 2864 [email protected] I W: www.rpayc.com.au Excellence in Sailing General From the Commodore. 4 LFRE General Manager’s Report . 7 A D E C Y A History of Club Trophies . 70 N I C R H P T Been Seen . 72 L C A L Y U New Members . 74 O B R Additions & Deletions to Yacht Register. 75 Club Yachting The Alfreds Yachtsman Race Review . 6 Official Journal of Annual Prize Giving Results . 8 The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club Pittwater to Coffs. 10 16 Mitala Street, Newport NSW 2106 Evolution Racing wins 2009/2010 Asian Yachting Grand Prix . 16 Telephone: 02 9997 1022 Melges 24 Australian Championships . 17 Facsimile: 02 9997 8620 Website: www.rpayc.com.au Fleet Captain Reports. 18 Whisper Mug / New Fleet for Pittwater . 22 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ladies fleet Report . 23 Commodore Russell Murphy The Race Management Team . 24 Vice Commodore Old Timers Race 2010 . 25 Rob Curtis Still Dangerous wins Hammo Week. 27 Chairman Celebrating AC33 - A Night to Remember . 28 Eoin Asker The Admirals Cup of the Jubilees returns to The Alfreds . 30 Ian Audsley Boatmate Force 24 OD Super Series . 32 Fred Bidwell Congratulations Colin Beashel . 34 Brian Gray Cruising ACTIVITY LEADERS Cruising Report 2009-2010. 36 Rear Commodore Activities Coral Coast Cruise 2011 . 40 David Pring Christmas Cruise 2009/2010. 41 Rear Commodore Centreboard Pru Bennett Bonifacio Yacht Rally 2010 . 42 Rear Commodore Cruising Youth Development Maurice Byrnes Youth Development Program in review . 44 Rear Commodore Membership Youth Development - the Class of 2010 . 46 Jill Connell A day in the life of Youth Development. 49 Rear Commodore Yacht Racing Allen Stormon Match Racing Australian Youth Match Racing Nationals . 50 Cover: Le Billet Photo by Tom Spithill RPAYC Women’s Match Racers in 2010 . 51 General Manager Tiller wins a thriller in an all RNZYS Final! . 52 Suzanne Davies Worlds Report: 26 September 2010 . 55 New Zealand Women's Match Racing Championships IS AF . 56 Publisher / Editor / Advertising Damian Devine Centreboard Email: [email protected] The 2009/2010 Centreboard Season. 57 Disclaimer Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin win Hobie 16 Worlds . 58 The views and opinions expressed in this magazine are Dan Fitzgibbon and Alyse Saxby are Athens Bound . 60 purely those of the authors and are not necessarily the official view of the RPAYC, nor that of the publishers. Pittwater School Teams Racing Regatta . 61 Jim Colley’s Victory at OZ Youth Champs . 62 Permission Reproduction rights in part or in full of the contents of this Record fleet for NSW Optimist Championships . 64 publication must be applied for from the Editor. 2010 Laser 4.7 World Championships. 65 29er State Championships / Crawford Boys and their 470 . 66 Design and Print: DPPP Pty Ltd: 02 9453 4404 White Knuckle Ride at the World Laser Masters. 68 Future Champions Program . 69 The RPAYC wishes to thank the following sponsors Summer 2010 3 FROM THE COMMODORE Dear Fellow Member, in our new season we hosted the inaugural “Alfred’s Festival of Sail” with one high priority of this event to attract yachtsmen and women to our club to experience its Welcome to the 2010 Annual Alfred’s geographical beauty, its facilities, its camaraderie and its spirit of warm competition. Yachtsman. The goal was to convert all that into membership to sustain us into the future. When I wrote my 30 April 2010 Similarly, we provide a very full training calendar catering for a wide range of Commodores Report for the RPAYC’s interests. Again, the object is to assist with skills development amongst our 143rd Annual Report, I provided a members, to encourage new participants into our sport and ultimately to convert summary of our economic performance new or developing sailors into active participants and into RPAYC membership. which I consider to remain sound, particularly given market influences that We will conduct a Coral Coast cruise into 2011 to enjoy camaraderie and scenery, have dampened our spirits over the past but the broader intent is to provide members with a reason to actively participate at two or three years. For those interested, our club. our business results are summarised in detail in our 30 April Financial Accounts. We will pursue a proactive interest in Yachting NSW where some of the key deliverables are to entice new entrants into our sport and to promote skills Perhaps of equal or greater relevance, I then turned to our performance on water. development in order to propagate our sporting growth across future seasons. I stated that it remained very strong and by way of substantiation evidenced events like our Short Offshore Racing, Blue Water Racing, our Pittwater & “destination” At a slightly different level, when you next visit your club you will see that during Cruising, Broken Bay Series, Ladies Day Team Racing, Gwen Slade Trophy, Audi the off season a number of upgrades were completed in the RPAYC clubhouse to Bill Buckle Twilight Series and the like. preserve the amenity for members and their guests. In their own way these works illustrate the determination of our Board and Flag Officers to prepare for the future In the months since that report our on water performance has remained strong and build on the Alfreds sense of pride. I trust that this determination will act as and just to prove that’s not just idle patter, I note RPAYC members have very recently yet further encouragement to members to bring along stalwarts or newcomers to enjoyed success in, amongst other things, the 2010 Interclub Challenge Cup sail on Pittwater, enjoy the hospitality of our Club, enjoy skills development and where our two Youth Development teams were victorious in competition with RSYS participate in Alfred’s style cruising or racing. & CYC. We had a hugely well supported Force 24 Super Series which is another pathway for our younger members & which despite world class competition was Of course, our momentum relies on a strong human element and under the tutelage finally won by “a local,” Pat Langley. Our Youth Development Teams also figured of our General Manager, Suzanne Davies, we have some fabulous people making particularly well in the event. On another tangent, our Juniors did a great job at it easier to deliver services that include our frantic calendar, our training, our house, OAMPS Queensland Youth Week Regatta incorporating Australian Winter Youth our marina, our boatyard and more. I thank all our management for joining us as Championships at the RQYS. Jim Colley took gold in the Optimist fleet and there we accelerate into the season. were a number of our members who either brought home medals or showed remarkable improvement over the regatta. I mentioned this latter group, in particular, As I look into 2011 and beyond, my role as Commodore is to provide the RPAYC at the Annual general meeting. Dan Fitzgibbon & Rachael Cox marched onward with the means to flourish and as you read this magazine you will encounter content to the 2012 London Paralympics with gold in the Skud 18 class at Weymouth. from volunteers who are the beachhead for our future endeavours. I thank them Nicky Souter and Nina Curtis along with crew member Olivia Price took a similar for their volunteer time. The RPAYC future relies on us all to enjoy sailing and path with Gold in the Women's Match Racing. Katie Spithill, Jess Eastwell and build on that enjoyment by involvement of others. Angela Farrell finished with a 7th in the Women's Match racing. Jason Waterhouse To conclude my message about the future, whilst I remain satisfied with so much won the Hobie 16 Youth World Championships in Weihai, China. Rod & Kerrie that we have achieved and remain excited about our 2010-2011 season, I also Waterhouse blitzed the Masters in the same event and proving that genetics count, remain mindful that we should constantly reach out for improvement. Two aspects Evelyn Curtis took Gold in the Grand Masters category, also in Weihei. In the where we may better prepare for our future are our method of governance and our Sydney - Gold Coast Race, Bob Oatley, Mark Richards & Iain Murray are to be member classifications and if I am able to garner support for certain Constitutional congratulated for their 1-2 finish with Wild Oats X and XI. revisions during the year, I will bring some thoughts forward, again with the objects Locally, Ross Hennessy and his crew took out Division 1 of the Waterford winter of preserving our club by encouraging new participants into our sport and into series, with Joachim Fluhrer and Richard Pearse taking out Division 2 & 3 membership of the RPAYC. respectively whilst in the Saturday Winter Series it was Robin Tedder, Anthony In the meantime, I wish you a fabulous season of sailing at the Royal Prince Alfred Doyle & Andy MacPhail and Brian Gray winning their respective Divisions and to Yacht Club.