FROM THE HELM
How good is it to see some favourable weather settling in so let us hope this summer is a standout one with consistent boating conditions. This will be very good for the soul, with some long overdue on-water fun after a very torrid winter period. The recent Opening Day was a fantastic success and was once again embraced by the members and their guests in a way to truly make the Club proud. A big thank you to the Opening Day Committee consisting of all Flag Officers, Jacqueline, Adrian and Jeff, along with Rosemary Gould and CYCSA team members, Sarah Belton and Frank Mammone, without whom it would not have gone so smoothly. All CYCSA employees contributed in some way to the day so thanks to all for their efforts. Feedback from the day has been very positive with one of the standout items being the renaming ceremony of our new Marine Academy boat Southern Investigator. Thank you to Trevor Kipling for delighting the crowd with his very thorough, champagne flinging, bread throwing and seaweed scattering ceremony! Also, great to see boat numbers growing for the sail past participation with a couple of standout novelty sailboat dress-ups. I would like to welcome two new staff members to the CYCSA family: Ann-Marie Gaffney and Guy Wogan-Provo. Ann-Marie has joined our administration team at reception. She is from the local area and has long standing family links to the Largs Bay Sailing Club. Ann-Marie has settled in quickly and has already stated that meeting members has become one of her favourite parts to her role. We say farewell to Hugh Longbottom in the position of Boating Operations and wish him all the best for his well-deserved retirement. Hugh has had a fantastic impact through both
managing the CYCSA assets as well as training through the Marine Academy. We are excited to announce the appointment of Guy Wogan-Provo to the Boating Operations role and he brings a great background in boating and sailing knowledge as well as shipwright experience having been around the industry for many years. Guy is also part of our new batch of training instructors currently going through their pathway/journey and we wish him well in his new role. Knowing that most topical subjects at the Club will be covered in other reports, I would like to give a quick update about the Member Point application. Implemented at the commencement of the Wednesday night Twilight season, the take-up by the skippers and crews during Twilights has been fantastic. We are still experiencing some minor teething issues from time to time but to be over 85% compliant after only a couple of months demonstrates a great effort by the racing fraternity. We will continue to assist, educate, and develop the application to become the fastest Club to achieve 100% compliance in Member Point history. Wishing you all safe boating and a wonderful festive season. Adam Hays General Manager
Adam Hays and Trevor Kipling
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