From the GM

GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE SUPPORT OF

MAJOR PARTNERS

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CORPORATE MEMBERS

FROM THE COMMODORE

It is almost four months since I became Commodore and it has been eventful.

With the commencement of our new General Manager, Sarah Wiblin, there has certainly been a lot delivered, and every day it seems there is a new ‘opportunity’ to do things differently, or better!

You very likely know that the hospitality industry is under considerable pressure – as are the food and beverage, and event offerings at RNZYS. Costs are up, good people are hard to source, and our good people are working incredibly challenging hours to try to deliver great outcomes for members and visitors.

The good news is that our team is getting through it, and they get to take a break from 23 December. Let’s hope they return to us rested and reinvigorated.

The not so good news is that we have had to cancel and delay a number of events. Please remember when talking to our Food & Beverage team, many of them are working significantly more than a 40-hour week. The same goes for the kitchen team lead by Executive Chef Campbell White.

The new menu is consistently good, the weekly specials are great, and the food served up for events is fabulous – none of this happens without a lot of hard work.

We have hosted some fantastic sailing events already this summer – the NZ Women’s Match-Racing National Championship and the Barfoot & Thompson Women’s Match Racing World Championship. Sailing against the best in the world, our RNZYS Performance Programme teams achieved 2nd and 3rd in the world – a terrific result. One of the best parts of these events was that they were held right outside Westhaven with viewing from our Members’ Bar.

Reuben Corbett, while new to the role of Sailing Manager, is leading our very full club racing and youth sailing programmes, while ensuring Learn-to-Sail and our Mastercard Youth Training Weeks at Kawau deliver on their promise.

Our sailing calendar is set up some time in advance, and I know Reuben has some great ideas on how things can be improved in the future, so watch this space.

Talking with members around the club, everyone is busy. It’s great, though, to see so many of you coming in and using the club as your place. While there are clearly more opportunities to deliver more for you, right now I would suggest (plagiarizing the late John F Kennedy) “Ask not what your club can do for you, but what you can do for your club”.

For me, that might involve supporting the Food & Beverage team at events, or helping the race management volunteers. For you, that might mean organizing to meet friends and family for a meal at the club, participating in the racing, or cruising events, or simply taking an interest in what the club is up to via reading the Mainsheet e-newsletter and Breeze.

One of the great things about our club is that we offer many different things to many different people: from internationally ranked athletes to beginner harbour racers and offshore sailors, to cruisers, anglers and launch owners, and those that love to simply meet at the club to network or reminisce and tell tales of boating days gone by.

I encourage you to attend more of our events, and come in to meet some fellow members, be it a gathering in Cobwebs Corner, a quiet lunch or dinner, or party night after Havana Club Rum Racing – we do offer a wide spectrum. Please look for opportunities to use your club; it will be what you make it.

Looking forward to seeing many of you on the water, around our Westhaven clubrooms and at our Kawau base over the Christmas period and into the New Year.

Talk soon Andrew

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