2022-2023 Yearbook

SOUTH of PERTH YACHT CLUB (Inc.)

Established 18th December 1945

YEAR BOOK 2022 - 2023

SOUTH of PERTH YACHT CLUB

Established 18th December 1945

YEAR BOOK 2022 - 2023

South of Perth Yacht Club (Inc .)

Flag Officers and Committee 2022/2023

SoPYC Management Committee (Left to Right) , Standing: Thomas Purdon (Works), Geoff Warwick (Pens & Mooring), David Markham (Membership), Chris Pearson (Treasurer), Timothy Beck (Training & Development).

Seated: Clive Blowers (Rear Commodore, Centerboards), David Ewart (Vice Commodore), Troy Dalglish (Commodore), Victoria Blanckensee (Rear Commodore, Regatta). Absent: Glen Flood (Sept. 22Oct. 22), Christina Heydon (Rear Commodore, Centreboards, Sept. 22Oct. 22), Mathew Selby (Security, Sept. 22Apr 23), and Bradley Abbott (Grand Sponsors).

Bradley Abbott Mathew Selby Christina Heydon Glen Flood

OFFICERS OF THE CLUB 2022/2023

PATRON

Life Member & Past Commodore Colin Cowden

VICE PATRONS

Kim Giddens MLA, Hon. George Gear, JP, Mayor City of Melville, Past Commodore/Life Member Rupert Leslie, Past Commodore/Life Member Les Swinton, Mr Len Randell

FLAG OFFICERS

Commodore Troy Dalglish

Vice Commodore David Ewart

Rear Commodore, Regatta Victoria Blanckensee

Rear Commodore, Centreboard Christina Heydon (Sept. 2022 – Oct. 2022)

Rear Commodore, Centreboard Clive Blowers (Oct. 2022)

HONORARY TREASURER

Chris Pearson

COMMITTEE

Geoff Warwick, David Markham, Timothy Beck, Thomas Purdon, Mathew Selby (Sept. 22 – Jan. 23), Bradley Abbott (Sept. 22 – April. 23), Glen Flood (Sept. 22 – Oct. 22)

SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON

House Vice Commodore, David Ewart

Regatta Rear Commodore, Victoria Blanckensee

Centreboards Rear Commodore, Clive Blowers

Finance Treasurer, Chris Pearson

Works Thomas Purdon

Functions Nikki Kukura

Pens & Moorings Geoff Warwick

Membership David Markham

Training & Development Timothy Beck

Security Mathew Selby (Sept.22 – Dec. 22)

Sponsorship Bradley Abbott (Sept. 22 – Apr. 23)

Sailing Captain Glenn Thomas

Sailing Vice Captain Wendy Jorgensen

Power Captain Glenn Swift (Sep. 22 – Apr. 23)

Power Vice Captain Doug Smith (Sept. 22 – Apr. 23)

Power Captain Michael Cook (May 23 – Jul. 23)

Power Vice Captain Jason Claricoates (Apr. 23)

Centreboard Captain Iain Somerville

Centreboard Vice Captain Mary-Ann Reid

Cruising Captain Mike Irving (Sept. 22 – Jul. 23)

Cruising Vice Captain Paul Stott

Ocean Captain Chris Hind

Ocean Vice Captain Vacant

General Manager Keith McLuckie (Jul. 22 – Oct. 22) Michael Sassella (Jan. 23)

COMMODORES LIFE MEMBERS

1945 - 1949 FR Sampson *

1949 - 1950 AS Heales *

1951 - 1953 MT Peacock *

1953 - 1954 WA Hall *

1954 - 1957 WE David *

1957 - 1958 DL Robins *

1958 - 1960 F Corser *

1960 - 1961 WJ Masel *

1961 - 1962 MR Gray *

1962 - 1963 A Berryman *

1963 - 1965 WR Vance *

1965 - 1966 IS Metcher *

1966 - 1967 D Rickman *

1967 - 1968 AN Print *

1968 - 1969 FL Billing *

1969 - 1970 RW Ellard *

1970 - 1971 SR Korner *

1971 - 1972 JW Long */R Ellard *

1972 - 1973 D Leggett *

1973 - 1974 C Wilson*

1974 - 1975 BL Williams *

1975 - 1977 H Brooker *

1977 - 1979 E Rodoreda *

1979 - 1981 GW O’Connor *

1981 - 1982 RW Ellard *

1982 - 1984 CN Cowden

1984 - 1985 GW Edwards *

1985 - 1987 JM Forde BEM*

1987 - 1989 R Richards *

1989 - 1991 D Locke *

1991 - 1993 MR Holst *

1993 - 1995 A Coddington *

1995 - 1997 R Sawyer *

1997 - 1999 R Leslie

1999 - 2001 L Swinton

2001 - 2003 H Samson LVO

2003 - 2005 G Skinner

2005 - 2007 M Cooper *

2007 - 2009 P Lammonby

2009 - 2011 G Drysdale

2011 - 2013 F Dalglish

2013 - 2015 P Ward

2015 - 2017 M Nicholas

2017 - 2019 P Warwick

2019 - 2021 J Midolo

2021-2022 M Cook

2022- Troy Dalglish

1949 FR Sampson *

1953 N Dawkins *

1957 JH Bellion *

1958 MT Peacock *

1960 JD Leach *

1961 DL Robins *

1968 TE Kempin *

1968 N Groom *

1971 F Corser *

1977 WE David *

1979 RJ Tough *

1979 EH Kelly *

1986 AN Print*

1987 KE Copping *

1988 G Strickland *

1988 WS Spargo *

1989 CF Wilson *

1989 JG Burnett *

1990 D Rickman *

1992 WB Kelliher*

1992 FA Kelliher *

1995 J Goss *

1999 P Archibald *

2004 R Ellard *

2004 C Cowden

2008 L Swinton

2011 P Colquhoun

2021 R Leslie

* Deceased

CHAMPIONS 2022/2023

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

125 Sid

SS22 Wildfire

SS27 Karina

S80 Miss Behavin

Optimist Salty

O’pen Skiff - Open Send It

O’pen Skiff - Int. Thylacine

125 Sid

Wingfoil

Wingfoil (Youth)

Wingfoil (Youth)

Division One Wicked

Division Two Not Contested

Cole 32 Colusion

Division Three Hellas

Red Witch Shenanigans

H28 Swiftsure Saga

SS22 Cross Roads

SS27 Abeelas

Ryan Sherburn

STATE CHAMPIONS

Bruce Uren

Paul Rees

Phil Slee

Murray Duthie

Murray Duthie

Skippy Vitales-Jones

Ryan Sherburn

Oliver Pabruwe

Noah Karantonis

Ben Robinson

CLUB CHAMPIONS

KEELBOAT - SATURDAY SERIES

Richard Evans

Barry Arnold

Nick Melidonis

Kelvin Uren

Bill Richards

Peter Lewis

Brian Saleeba

CENTREBOARD SUMMER SERIES

Optimist Open Double Trouble

Optimist Intermediate Splash

O’pen Skiff The Doctor

O’pen Skiff Intermed. Storm Stalker

Pelican Not Contested

125 Rush

Laser 4 197531

Laser 6 Silver Fox

Laser 7 Slide Rules

Flying 15 Best Foot Forward

29er Not Contested

Viper 640 Grey Nomad

Power Time Trial Dalusional

Victoria Chernoff

Teo Edwards

Sebastian Buckley

Charlie Purt

Byron Renfrey & Coel Renfrey

Luke Carrick

Ryk Batley

Michael Coote

Nick Jerwood & Brad Sheridan

Kim Leunig, Ben Griffith & Duncan Ray

POWER YACHT (2022)

Troy Dalglish & Victoria Blanckensee (Nav)

CLUB CONSISTENCY

KEELBOAT - SATURDAY SERIES

Division One Tapestry

Division Two Ballina

Division Three Hellas

David Atkinson

Colin & David Cowden

Nick Melidonis

CHAMPIONS 2022/2023

Red Witch Shenanigans

H28 Swiftsure Saga

SS22 Eutopia

SS27 Random Times

S80 Fair Game

Division One Skywalker

Division Two Shadowfax

Division Three Tembeya

Kelvin Uren

Bill Richards

Colin Delane

David Hanham

Dean Picot

KEELBOAT - MIDWEEK WINTER SERIES

Ian Stewart & Cliff Lawrence

Jim & Mark Gooding

Mark Landwehr

H28 Swiftsure Saga

Division One Helios II

Division Two Salimony

Division Three Wildfire

Bill Richards

KEELBOAT - MIDWEEK SPRING SERIES

Chris Higham

Andrew Thorpe

Bruce Uren

H28 Swiftsure Saga

Division One Skywalker

Bill Richards

KEELBOAT - MIDWEEK SUMMER SERIES

Ian Stewart & Cliff Lawrence

Division Two Olive Marie

Division Three Random Times

H28 Swiftsure Saga

Les Ballantyne

David Hanham

Bill Richards

KEELBOAT - MIDWEEK TWILIGHT SERIES

Division One Slippery When Wet

Division Two Ballina

Division Three Random Times

Division One Maxstar

Paul Harry

Colin & David Cowden

David Hanham

KEELBOAT - MIDWEEK TWILIGHT SERIES

Division Two Cover Drive

Division Three Eutopia

H28 Wynella

Division One Problem Child

Division Two King Canute

Division Three Swiftsure Saga

Graeme Monkhouse

Peter Were

Colin Delane

Glen Stanley

KEELBOAT - FROSTBITE SERIES

Glenn Thomas

Matt Rose

Bill Richards

CENTREBOARD SUMMER SERIES

Optimist - Open Double Trouble

Optimist - Int. The Doctor

Pelican Not Contested

O’pen Skiff - Open Bull Frog

O’pen Skiff - Int. Chewbica

125 Rush

ICLA 4 197531

ICLA 6 Silver Fox

ICLA 7 Slide Rules

Flying 15 Second Breakfast

29er Not Contested

Victoria Chernoff

Sebastian Buckley

Finn Van Duren

Miles Beck

Byron Renfrey & Coel Renfrey

Luke Carrick

Ryk Batley

Michael Coote

Karen Dawes & Russel Dawes

Power Time Trial Tikittyboo

POWER YACHT (2022)

Jason Claricoates & Caroline James (Nav)

SPECIAL EVENTS

PATRON’S TROPHY - KEELBOAT

Double B

Optimist - Open Hornet

Ken Baxter

PATRON’S TROPHY - CENTREBOARD

Optimist - Int. Wave Shreddar

Pelican Not Contested

O’pen Skiff - Open Bull Frog

O’pen Skiff - Int. PickleBic

125 Resting Beach Face

ILCA 4 SoPYC 1

ILCA 6 Hori.Zon

ILCA 7 Rhonda

Flying 15 Fractal

Viper640 Not Contested

Indiana

Emile Greenwood

Sijia Deng

Finn Van Duren

Lailah Beck

Renee Keating & Catrina Hodgson

Kasra Gripton-Mehman

Otto Hori

Anthony Wood

Simon McCracken & Claire Wood

PATRON’S TROPHY - POWER YACHT (2022)

Brian Smith & Tina Smith (Nav)

COMMODORE’S TROPHY – KEELBOAT OVERALL

Chelsea

Peter Clarke

COMMODORE’S TROPHY - CENTREBOARD

Optimist Open Double Trouble

Optimist Intermediate Splash

Pelican Not Contested

125 Black Magic

ILCA 4 197531

ILCA 6 Beeracuda

ILCA 7 BOD

Flying 15

Best Foot Forward

Viper640 You Get in the Bowl

Victoria Chernoff

Teo Edwards

Ben Horton & Mitch Stone

Luke Carrick

David Luketina

Nick Robinson

Nick Jerwood & Brad Sheridan

Rod Beurteaux, Simon Wilder & Jon Stubbs

COMMODORES TROPHY - POWER YACHT (2022)

Tikkityboo

Tapestry

Jason Claricoates & Caroline James (Nav)

FRANK SAMPSON TROPHY - OVERALL

David Atkinson

NORM COCK MEMORIAL TROPHY - (EUN-NA-MARA & YIMBALA)

Ballina

Dalusional

Troy Dalglish

David Cowden

CENTREBOARD SOPYC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Salty / Send It

Murray Duthie

KEELBOAT SAILOR OF THE YEAR

Wendy Jorgensen

Off-Shore Boat of the Year

King Canute

Matt Rose

VALE

95. David leaves behind his wife of 56 years Peta, his son David, our club bosun and extended family.

David’s yachting career began in 1942 when he joined RPYC as a junior member, sailing a cadet dinghy, and in 1952 became a senior member of that Club. He joined SoPYC in 1964 and actively sailed with John Court for many years both onshore and offshore, including the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in 1970-71.

Past Commodore David Locke Snr

There’s a ship on the sea, it is sailing to-night – sailing to-night: And father’s aboard, and the moon is all bright – shining and bright. Dear moon, he’ll be sailing for many a night – sailing from mother and me: oh, follow the ship with your silvery light, as father sails over the sea!

It is with great sadness that the South of Perth Yacht Club announces the passing of Past Commodore David Locke Senior. David passed peacefully on Tuesday 30th of May 2023, aged

Past Commodore Graham Edwards

During his time at SoPYC, David was very active with roles including Club Training Officer and House Committee member for over 5 years. In 1971 he joined the Management Committee where he served for more than 7 years including Commodore from 1989 to 1991.

David and Peta purchased Estoril and spent many long enjoyable summers at Geordie Bay, where he was eventually appointed an Honorary Bay Ranger.

David leaves behind many friends at SoPYC and a lasting memory of outstanding devotion to our Club. On behalf of the Flag Officers, Management Committee and members I extend our sincere condolences to Peta, David and his extended family and friends.

Troy Dalglish, Commodore

Past Commodore

Graham Edwards

Past Commodore

David Locke Snr

John Heppell

Jim Curry

Nancy Bourne

Keith Perry

Dorothy Quinn

John Baron-Hay

Peter Greenhalgh

Gary Hollis

Linda Stibbs

Ronald Cecil

Ronald Clyde Cecil

What does the cup of ocean hold?,Glory of purple and glint of gold

Tenderest greens and heavenly blue

Shot with the sunlight through and through,Wayward ripples that idly roam Tumbling breakers with gallant foam Sands and pebbles that chase and slide Mystic currents that softly glide Mighty spell of the ages old

This does the cup of ocean hold.

~ “The Cup of Ocean” by Amos Russel Wells

Once more on the deck I stand Of my own swift-gliding craft: Set sail! Farewell to the land! The gale follows fair abaft

~ “A Life on the Ocean Wave” by Epes Sargent

The Commodore and Management Committee of South of Perth Yacht Club wish to offer their sincere condolences to Graham’s family and friends. Graham served on many Club committees from the early 1970s, taking on a variet of Club roles, and served as Commodore from 1984 to 1985. As an avid sailor, Graham sailed division three yacht Belle Amie. Graham, we wish you smooth passage with fair winds and gentle seas.

It is with much sadness we announce that long time member Ronald Clyde Cecil passed away on 27th June 2023, aged 99 years. Ron joined SoPYC in 1974 and continued his membership to the present time.

In his earlier days he sailed with John Lewis on board his S&S 34 Airies, participating in the Geraldton and Bali races as navigator. In 1986, Ron purchased the H28 Kiwa and competed regularly in the H28 section for 15 years until he sold his beloved Kiwa for health reasons. Ron Cecil leaves behind his devoted partner Ailsa, two sons John and Geoff, four grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.

Fellow Club sailor and golfing partner Geoff Sneesby remembers Ron as a fine and honorable gentleman, a view held by all those who sailed in competition with him. Fondly remembered, now sailing in comfort downwind!

COMMMODORE’S REPORT

Tosay my first term as Commodore has not been easy would be a mild understatement. Stepping up and taking on the role I knew there would be challenges both from the Club’s perspective and for me personally. Having prior insight and knowledge into what the role would be like, still did not prepare me for the intricacies of the day-to-day operations at South of Perth Yacht Club.

At the start of my term the Club was realising the post covid effect of the rising cost of living, labour shortages and increasing costs, declining revenue, along with increasing repairs and maintenance requirements. These were certainly not unique to our Club with many clubs and associations having to deal with these challenges in their own way.

We have seen several significant changes within the club over the past twelve months. From the Flag Officers, Management Committee members, Captains, Vice Captains, and their respective Committees, and there have been numerous staff changes within the Senior Management from the General Manager with Keith McLuckie leaving at the start of my first term, to Past Commodore John Midolo Acting GM until the appointment of Michael Sassella in January 2023. We struggled with securing an F&B Manager with Blake commencing in late January only to receive an offer to ‘good to refuse’ leaving us to continue the search for a replacement.

The Finance Committee along with

the Finance and Administration team are continuing to review and work through the Profit and Cost Centres of the Club to identify issues, cost savings as well as ways to maximise revenue. Several opportunities and issues, many minor and some more significant have been identified and, in some cases, action has already been taken. At the Half Yearly Meeting the Members supported some significant increases in the fees and charges of the Club. It was not an easy decision for the Finance and the Management Committee to propose such increases and we thank every Member for your continued support.

The Works committee has been moving along with many projects particularly Jetty Repairs, the Wave Attenuator on Jetty 1, the Asbestos Roof replacements on the Main Club House, Centerboards Club House, and the Annex. The Centerboard’s outdoor area will be getting a makeover, this will commence during September just in time for the start of the Summer Sailing season.

In early 2022, after consultation with the members the Management Committee presented an updated Strategic Plan and there were three key areas identified: Members Participation, Membership Categories and Members experience. The sub-committees have presented some recommendations to the Management Committee, and we will be looking at conducting a number of Town hall style meetings for members to have your say before the end of the this year.

I thank all the Members that continue to support the Club’s Food and Beverage Facilities, in particular the Quarterdeck and Members Club Functions. I attribute this to the F&B staff and the Functions Committee, with the increased quality, service and types of events being offered to our

members. It is great to see members enjoying their Clubs facilities.

Numbers for our on-water activities remain steady and we continue to encourage every member to get involved whether it be competing out on the water or Volunteering in the many support roles required to run events each and every week.

We are lucky at SoPYC that we have a dedicated group of volunteers, across a wide range of roles, both on and off the water. Whether you are a Race Officer, Starter, Mark Layer, Support Boat crew, Check Points, Photographers and Drone Operators, Beach crews, Galley Volunteers, Rules and Protest Committees, Bosuns Club, Captains and Vice Captains, Committee members or volunteering with Sailability or SailOn. Without all these members we are not able to provide the vast variety of activities for members to enjoy. On behalf of the Club I extend a big Thank You to all of them. Members who want to get involved, there are plenty of opportunities to assist your club.

It has been a uniquely challenging year for the Club, with many tough decisions having had to be made to ensure the success of the Club well into the future. I would like to thank my fellow Flag Officers, Management Committee Members, our General Manager, and the Club’s Staff for their continued support over the past twelve months. I would like to thank our Past Commodores for the support and advice received during my first term, and of course, I would like to thank all the members for your kind words, support, advice, and feedback which will only help us drive the Club forward into the future.

Troy Dalglish Commodore

HOUSE REPORT

The end of the Club year is upon us; and what a year of change we have seen.

I am pleased to report that we are coming out of this year in a better position than started. We are fortunate to have recruited the very capable and energetic Michael Sassella to the role of General Manager; he has taken the challenge head-on and is already showing signs of turning the trend.

However, we still face ongoing challenges with staffing shortages and costs of material goods. Our General Manager is working hard to increase staffing efficiencies across the board which as a member you may notice slightly reduced staffing levels in the restaurant, kitchen and bar areas. Some of these measures have not been very popular and I urge you to support Michael as they are required to ensure the ongoing sustainability of our Club. We all are experiencing dramatic cost of living increases which directly affect our disposable income. The knockon effect is that both members and outside functions revenue is down at the same time as staff labour rates are increasing.

Several new incentives to attract members to the Club include, Friday Night Happy Hour with 20% off drinks, a new Cash Jackpot Members Draw and live music should boost numbers.

Thursday nights Chase the Ace has been immensely successful this year and with a new sponsor

program now in place we have a starting jackpot of $1000, increasing by $100 each week. This combined with 19 prize cards gives punters a 35% chance of winning a prize each week, and combined with free finger food ensures Thursdays continue to be a great night out at the Club.

F&B: Unfortunately, as I write, we are still trying to recruit a Food & Beverage Manager, which continues to add extra load upon all of our staff. We have, however, made good progress in converting casual and contract labour into permanent positions which will improve both the member experience and profitability. We have said goodbye to Vanessa, our Bar Operations Manager, who has moved interstate to be closer to her family. Executive Chef Andriy has shown us his culinary skills by greatly improving our food presentation. He is also planning on bringing back some fine dining options for the members.

The seemingly never-ending discussion of the need for weddings and functions at the Club continues, however the reality is that if the Club hopes to be able to maintain and improve facilities for our members the need for function income is paramount. We simply do not have the earning potential from our members to meet our current liabilities and objectives. We are faced with considerable maintenance challenges to Club buildings as well as our on-water vessel storage facilities. For us to meet these

demands, we need to ensure that we are providing excellent F&B options for our members as well as utilising our Club assets to generate additional income from Private Functions and Corporate Events.

Functions: The Functions Committee, chaired by Nikki Kukura, has run a number of great social events for our members including Commodore’s Cocktail Party, Darren Reid Band Night, Bogan Band Night, Melbourne Cup. The Functions Committee has many ideas for the upcoming year.

Parking: The ongoing parking issues we have experienced on competition days and events has been addressed this year by new signage, barriers and cameras to monitor the gate area of the Club. Hopefully you are seeing improvements in this area.

Clubhouse: Over the next month, as long as weather permits, we will see the asbestos roofs on our buildings replaced. This is long overdue and has meant we could not service much of our air conditioning plant and equipment. We hope the works will have minimal impact on the member experience.

I vigorously encourage you to make use of YOUR Club whenever possible and enjoy what is on offer. If you have any ideas for social events or how we can improve, please feel free to discuss with me.

Dave Ewart Vice Commodore

REGATTA

Taking on the role of RC Regatta was an exciting opportunity for me to contribute to the smooth operation of the Yacht Club’s on-water function and support events and activities that meet our members’ needs. Despite my limited experience on committees, I approached the role with enthusiasm and a willingness to learn as the Club moves into a post pandemic world and things return to a ‘new normal’.

While the rebuilding phase is in full swing, a focus has been placed on curbing unnecessary spending across the Clubs’ operations. In spite of this it is fantastic to see the sailing competition at a Club level continue to thrive! South of Perth is one of the strongest keelboat fleets on a Wednesday afternoon and the competition within our fleets remains hotly contested. Likewise, our Power fleets have produced improved numbers on last year and continue to fill the bar following their races seeing the Club boom through the winter months.

Along with our regular Club racing, Interclub and State Championship events are regularly entered by South of Perth sailors and powerboat competitors alike, producing some stunning results across the board. I would like to congratulate all competitors and lovers of our Club’s on water pursuits and a big thank you to our dedicated Start Teams, many volunteers and our On Water Group office team for making these season’s competitions possible!

As the Club enters future seasons of competition and regattas, an emphasis is being placed on building our volunteer base and encouraging more Club members to become involved where they can and wish. By helping grow the skills and experience of dedicated folk and creating an environment of support and appreciation, we hope to put our Club in a great position to see the competition of our sports continue and create memorable and enjoyable experiences for members and visitors alike.

With the return of the Geraldton Ocean race, a Worlds, National titles and Keelboat State Championships all taking place as part of our Club’s activities over the coming calendar, I’m excited to see everyone take an

interest and become involved in any way they can and continue to make South of Perth Yacht Club a great place to be!

Thanks to everyone who offered me support and advice over the past 12 months and I hope to see you all on the water soon!

VICTORIA BLANCKENSEE

Rear Commodore Regatta

Images: Fiona Lyons

CENTREBOARD

It’s interesting when I read back through last year’s Centreboard report from Carl, as I see quite a few similarities to his report and what I have seen and been involved in whilst in this role and using Carl’s terminology of “the beast” called the yacht Club, this year was no different, especially with an almost brand-new management committee in the roles they have undertaken.

I would firstly like to thank Christina Heydon, who initially took on the role until for personal reasons made the decision to resign, I applied for and was granted the honour to rejoin the management team to take on the role to represent the centreboard section for the remainder of 2022/23 and what a year it has been.

The centreboard section is a unique section of the Club, in that it is comprised of both juniors and their families who are just commencing their involvement in sailing, to members in the 70’s who started out just like the juniors and have spent a lifetime on the water pursuing their passion. One of the things I

have really enjoyed is seeing the community congratulatory joy on everyone’s faces when they see each other (no matter the age) come up to the podium to receive their flags and awards each week.

This spread of ages, outlook, and diversity of the section makes for interesting conversations and meetings to ensure everyone’s needs and wants are addressed and whilst not everything can be implemented, I do hope I, along with Iain Sommervile as your captain have been able to listen and take on board most things that have been brought to our attention.

One of my focus areas (passions) for the year has been on volunteers, their training and safety on the water. As you can imagine it takes a lot of volunteers to allow everyone to sail an Off the Beach race. To give you an idea of the numbers we generally have the start boat with 6 people, mark laying we have a minimum of 2 boats with 4 people and we generally aim for 1 safety boat for 10 OTB boats, so if we have 40 OTB craft on the water

– that’s 4 safety boats with 8 people. That works out to be an average of 18 volunteers each time we go on the water. I would like to personally thank all the volunteers and sailors who make this happen. Matt in the OW office has also worked hard to ensure we have both volunteers and watercraft available.

Some may have noticed the Club has 3 new safety ribs on the water this year! These were purchased last year and started operation during February/March this year. These will replace 3 of our oldest ribs which are at their “end of life” for Club use, and whilst this is a one for one replacement, we had one rib that was not being used as such we have increased our usable fleet by one. The other 2 old safety ribs will be replaced over the next couple of years.

For the Club to operate fully your continued input is very invaluable. There are various committees and subcommittees that any member (not just a voting member can join) whether it be representing and being part of the fleet, on the Centreboard Committee or any other committee such as membership, functions etc. all assist the management committee to have informed information from as many members as possible to make their decisions so please continue to provide your input passionately.

I have thoroughly enjoyed being Rear Commodore and representing the Centreboard section. It has been an honour to meet everyone and represent the section, and I do hope I have helped to make the Club better.

CLIVE BLOWERS

Rear Commodore Centreboard,

TREASURER’S REPORT

SOUTH OF PERTH YACHT CLUB (INC) YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023 TREASURER’S REPORT

Financial Performance

The Club’s 2022/23 financial performance was disappointing. A net loss of $381k was incurred during the period compared to a loss of $5k for the prior year.

Food and beverage revenue increased by a solid 12% and gross margins remained stable. This was partially offset by declines in non-trading income from new members subscriptions, pen entry fees, sailing operations, and the sailing academy. Non-trading expenditure remained on par with the previous period.

The Club’s cash reserves remain sound and sufficient reserves are set aside for completion of the Jetty 1 wave attenuator replacement project and the coming periods proposed capital works program.

Once again members strongly supported the Club’s food and beverage operations with gross revenue increasing by $350k during 2022/23. However, an increase in front of house payroll expenses of $392k, plus an increase of $99k in other trading expenses, offset the improved gross return in food and beverage operations.

The focus for 2023/24 will be on improving the ratio of food and beverage payroll expenses to sales revenue to align with industry standards.

Net profit from fuel sales was affected by several outages during the period. A replacement bowser is currently being sourced.

Non-Trading

Total non-trading income fell $246k during the year whilst nontrading expenditure fell slightly by $42k.

Administration revenue fell by the amount of last year’s Government donation of $81k and a decline of $61k in forfeited vouchers. Increased bad debts expense of $43k plus an increase in Administration payroll expenses of $119k resulted in Administration loss exceeding $302k on the previous period.

Membership revenue dropped $57k due to reduced new members subscriptions whilst associated membership expenses were steady during the year.

Pens and Moorings revenue corresponded to last year’s income and related expenses were $94k below the previous period. Tami Lift and Hardstand net income was $68k for the period, a turnaround of about $75k from the previous year.

Works expenses totalled $629k as compared with a budget forecast of $681k. Both Sailing operations and Sailing Academy operations were better than budgeted and Sponsorship was on par with the previous period.

Budget 2023-2024

The 2023/24 Budget forecasts a return to a net positive result. Membership Fees, Pens and Moorings charges, and other associated prices have been increased by 15%. Costs are forecast to increase 5%, with sound oversight, and trading revenue by 10% for the coming year.

Budgeted cash generation of $1,046k less annual loan repayments of $268k adds to cash available to spend of $778k. The Management Committee has proposed a very conservative Capital Expenditure program for the coming year of $550k. With this in mind total unrestricted cash is forecast at $542k as at 30 June 2024.

TREASURER’S REPORT

SOUTH of PERTH YACHT CLUB (Inc.)

Note: The attached Special Purpose Financial Statements are in condensed format for publication purposes only. The full detailed accounts will be made available on request to all voting members.

Chris Pearson (Honorary Treasurer)

CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2023

NOTES:

This condensed Financial Report has been derived from the audited special purpose financial report that is prepared in accordance with note 1 in that report.

NOMINATIONS FOR COMMODORE / VICE COMMODORE

TROY DALGLISH - COMMODORE

Date Joined Club: July 2001

Age: 43

Occupation: Accountant

Membership Category: Full Ordinary

Previous Positions held at Club:

2022/23 Commodore

2021/22 Rear Commodore Regatta

2020/21 Rear Commodore Centreboards

2019/20 Management Committee – Chair of Membership

2013/14 Management Committee – Chair of Functions

2011/13 Power Yacht Captain

2010/11 Power Yacht Vice Captain

2001/20 Power Section Committee Various Portfolios

2018/19 Cruising Section Committee

2017/19 CPYC Chair & Committee

Boating Activities: Club and CPYA Power Yacht Time Trialling events on Dalusional. I have competed successfully over the years in this sport. I have crewed on several keelboats and centreboard yachts and have always enjoyed Wednesday evening twilight sailing.

Experience:

I have been involved in one committee or another over the many years I have been a member at SoPYC. I have held numerous positions on Committees including Chairing Sections and Committees both at the club and within YWA as chair of the CPYC Committee.

Club Participation:

Power Yacht Time Trialling, occasional crew on keelboats and centreboard sailing, twilight sailing, Cruising Section events, CPYC/CPYA State Power Yacht Time Trialling, support and rescue boat duties, galley volunteer, various other volunteering roles including start crew, checkpoints, mark laying.

Reason for Nominating:

I have been involved in nearly all aspects of the Club, from competing, to volunteering and just simply enjoying the Club for its social activities, views, and facilities. I am of the opinion ‘what you put into something you will get back tenfold’, and that is exactly what SoPYC has given me. I wish to continue to be actively involved in building and strengthening a successful SoPYC into the future.

DAVID MARKHAM - VICE COMMODORE

Date Joined Club: April 2016

Age: 62

Occupation: General Manager of a medium size business (60 employees) & small business owner

Membership Category: Family

Previous positions held at Club: Cruising Committee, Power Vice Captain, Power Captain, Power Committee- Training Co-ordinator, Power Section representative on the House and Regatta committees, Current Chair of Memberships and Management Committee Member, Chaired a sub-committee for Membership categories.

Boating Activities:

Active Time Trialer, Active Cruising Section Participant.

Experience:

Over 30 years experience in managing medium to large size business in the mining, earthmoving and civil construction arenas. Senior Manager and Managed staff numbers up to 250 employees and budgets, forecasts and expenditure ranging from $10m to $200m.

Club Participation:

Regular user of the facilities, committees, Chase the Ace Host. Active Time Trialer since joining in 2016. Active Cruising Section activities participant, attend most Club functions.

Reason for Nominating:

First and foremost because of what the Club gives Sue and myself. We get great enjoyment out of being members at SoPYC and have been happy to give back to the Club and members through our involvement. I have enjoyed my time to date being involved and supporting the Club in small leadership roles as well as participating in the management of the Club for over a year now. I believe my involvement has given positive improvements in a number of areas. I believe that in some extremely difficult times following the pandemic and the associated skills and supply shortages the club and greater WA population have been facing, we have a cohesive and thoughtful Management Committee developing. I am hoping that by nominating again, my involvement will continue to assist making improvements for the Club and all of us as members.

NOMINATIONS FOR REAR COMMODORE/TREASURER

CLIVE BLOWERS - REAR COMMODORE

Date Joined Club: 2015/16

Age: 58

Occupation: Project Manager

Membership Category: Full Ordinary

Previous positions held at Club: Currently Rear Commodore Centreboards. Previously Grand Sponsors committee member, On Water Volunteer, Training Coordinator.

Experience:

Prior to joining SOPYC I was a member of TCYC in Rockingham for 20 years where I sat on management in both house and honorary treasurer roles, as well as for many years on the Cockburn Sound Regatta Committee. Prior to TCYC, I had been a member of the Scout Association, initially as a junior member and then adult volunteer in various roles from cub and scout leader, Training and Development as well as District Commissioner for the Peel Region. During this time, I was on many committees (local, state, and national levels) either as a committee member or as the chairman.

Boating Activities/Club Participation: Off the Beach Safety Boat, Off the Beach Mark Layer, Keel Boat Safety Support, Twilight Sailing, Keelboat sailing on Saturdays as well as frostbites, Time Trialling. I recently bought my first boat which I am enjoying learning all over again (sorry to sailors but it is a power boat!) ,My passion is ensuring our volunteers are suitably trained asking them to undertaking. It is for this reason the Commodore asked me in February this year to start developing the on-water volunteer register and training skills matrix in conjunction with the On Water Group. We have spent the past 6 months organising training courses and bringing the existing volunteers up to certification for the roles they have been undertaking. The next step is to find additional people so that the burden is not on the same few people every week.

Reason for Nominating:

I believe with my background experience and passion for the Club I can assist the team in further developing the club and all it has to offer.

CHRIS PEARSON - TREASURER

Date Joined Club: 1996

Age: 61

Occupation: Company Managing Director – Wilson Marine

Membership Category: Family

Previous Positions held at Club: Currently Hon.Treasurer, 2022 Chair Functions, March 2022 – September 2022.

Boating Activities: Power Boat Enthusiast, Long Time supporter of the Club’s Time Trialling and Cruising Section Events.

Experience:

I have been a Senior Manager in a large Corporate ASX Listed Company for over 15 years before becoming a Company Director of my own businesses for the past 20 Years. I am currently the Hon. Treasurer and part of the SOPYC Management Committee.

Club Participation:

I have actively been involved in many events and activity at the club. For Over a 25 Year period I have been responsible for Financially Sponsoring events such as Little Wheels Regatta (Naming Rights), Grand Sponsor, Power Section Sponsor, Chase the Ace Sponsor and currently the Naming Rights Sponsor for the Goolugatup Sailing Carnival.,You will find my wife and I at the club most Wednesdays thru till Saturday enjoying the great facility. We regularly attend Cruising and Power Events as well as attending as many Club Functions as we can. We over the years have made many friends at the Club.

Reason for Nominating:

I have nominated because I believe that is not a right but a privilege to be a member of the Club, which is now a sizeable business that requires a strong Management Committee with good business experience and the right skills to assist it to become a great Members’ Club. Having been elected mid-year to Management, I believe that my job is not yet done with lots to achieve and would like to continue the great work we have started.

NOMINATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

DAVE EWART

Date Joined Club: 2003

Age: 66

Occupation: Retired Mechanical/Electronics/ Communications Engineer

Membership Category: Full Ordinary

Previous positions held at Club: Cruising Captain (6 Years), Cruising Vice Captain, Membership Committee, House Committee, Power Committee, Regatta Committee, Licensed Trainer / Examiner for Radio Communications.

Boating Activities: Cruising, Time Trialling, Long Distance International Cruising, UK Commercial Skippers Licence.

Experience:

• 24 Years as International Sales Manager for Radio Communications Manufacturer.

• All aspects of International Business including marketing, contract management and training.

• 5 years WA Ambulance Service as State Communications Manager.

• Contract and Project Management

• 15 years hospitality: Managing family owned Scottish licensed hotel

• BSC Mechanical/Electronic Engineering

• Have continual boat ownership for 47 years including living abroad for 2 years.

Club Participation:

Regular Time Trials, Section Captain, Volunteer Club Trainer (Radio Courses).

Reason for Nominating:

Desire to support the Flag Officers and Management Committee to provide the best possible member experience.

TOM PURDON

Date Joined Club: 2021

Age: 57

Occupation: Managing Director of Commercial Air Conditioning Business

Membership Category: Full Ordinary

Previous Positions: 1 year Management Committee, 1 year Works Chairman.

Boating Activities: Cruising section to Rockingham twice, Busselton over New Year, Mindarie.

Experience:

Boating: 20 years’ experience across both power and sail including one trip from NSW to Perth.,Work: 40 years in the construction industry, facilities management, project management and business owner.

Club Participation: As listed in boating activities, multiple Club functions and Friday night drinks in the club bar.

Reason for Nominating: I believe my industry experience in construction, people management and facilities management, including running a large maintenance organisation would be useful to the management committee.

My wife Amy and I have built several relationships with members of the management committee over the past year, and knowing that they are looking for people to help, we thought it would be a way of having more meaningful participation within the Club.

GEOFF WARWICK

Date Joined Club: February 2020

Age: 65

Occupation: Retired

Membership Category: Full Ordinary

Previous positions held at the Club: Member Management Committee August 2021- current Former Committee Member: Gloucester Park Harness

Boating Activities: Current power boat owner. Power section cruises when available. Sailed Mirror Dinghys, VJs, 14 footers, Lightweight Sharpies, and Keel boats at Koombana Bay Sailing Club (1966-1976).

Experience: Recently retired after 30 years of owning my own business as a Certified Financial Planner, now one of the largest in WA.

Racing Former Committee Member: Fremantle Trotting Club Former Chairperson: Guardian Advice National Advisory Panel (part of Suncorp Bank).

I was seconded onto the Management Committee in August 2022 to fill a vacant role as Chair of the Security Committee.

I have been successful in the design, approval and installation of CCTV cameras now installed in and around the main Club house and car parks/boat ramp.

For the past 12 months I have been Chair of Pens and Moorings and in conjunction with my committee we have been proactive in upgrading the procedures for testing and tagging of power leads having now created a common due date for this. We have also embarked on a major cleanup of the western hard stand.

In order to promote sailing fleets we have created 8 new hard stand bays allowing for the introduction of additional Flying 15s and Vipers. During the off season and to further facilitate sailing fleets we are also temporarily housing some yachts in parking bays until full-time bays become available.

Being a believer in maximising income from our assets, we have also now commenced utilising empty water deed pens to temporarily house new vessels until permanent bays become available.

Reason for Nominating: Firm believer that any Club needs proactive volunteers who are prepared to get involved and make things happen. To this end, I want to continue to be actively involved in growing and improving the facilities and membership experience.

NIKKI KUKURA

Date Joined Club: 1991

Age: 67

Occupation: Primary School Teacher

Membership Category: Full Ordinary

Previous Positions held at Club: Vice-Captain of Sail (2 years), Management Committee (2 years), Current Chairperson of Functions (10 months).

Boating Activities: Sailing,SS 22 – Cliffhanger (1 year) River, S&S 36 – The Avenue (7 years) River, Sabre – Thea (1 Year) River, Ingis 58 Walk on the Wild Side (5 years) Offshore, Flying 15 – MiniFini; Phoenix (2 years) River, Buizen 52 –Napea (current) – Offshore, Women’s Sailing Team – Foundation 36 (2 years) Inshore and River, Geraldton Returns, Geographe Bay Race Weeks, Hamilton Island Race Week, Fremantle to Bali, various inshore races.,Power Yacht - Navigating on Bacci, Broometime, Foxy Lady II and relief navigating on various boats.

Experience: Leadership positions within my workplace; acting Deputy on several occasions. Current Chairperson of Functions Management position for two years, where I was the editor of Soundings.

Club Participation: am a regular at our Club, my second home. I have been involved in several major regattas including the Goolugatup, Flying Fifteen Nationals and State events, assistance with the organisation of Geraldton Return Races. I was a part of the Saturday Sailing Start team and the Centreboard Start Team for several years. I also assisted the Time Trialling Start Team.

Reason for Nominating: I have always been an extremely passionate and concerned Club member and I feel I would be of benefit to the Management Committee. As part of the Management team, I would work collaboratively and committedly to continue to implement our Strategic Plan 2002 – 2027, with our primary objectives being to improve our Member experience, including improving facilities and activities; increase on-water participation and assure financial sustainability. I believe I could provide objectivity where needed and a growth mind set in the implementation of our Club’s objectives. This is my way of paying it forward – by providing my time, knowledge, and skills.

NOMINATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

IAIN SOMERVILLE

Date Joined Club: 2015

Age: 51

Occupation: Principal Engineer, Drilling and Completions

Membership Category: Family

Previous Positions: Centreboard Captain, Centreboard Vice-Captain.

Boating Activities: Power cruising, Time Trialing, Family off the beach, Centreboard sailing.

Experience:

Engineering degree qualifications. 28 years of experience in the international Oil and Gas industry including service sector and operator sector. Positions held include Field Service Supervisor, Account Manager, Engineering Manager, Country Manager, Operations Superintendent, Engineering Team Lead, 8 years membership at SoPYC with experience across Centreboards, Regatta and T&D committees.

Club Participation:

We have been active family members since joining in 2015. Our two children who are 17 and 12 years old, have been sailing at the Club since they were around 6 years old. Our daughter Regan, who is 17 years old has been Junior Captain Centreboards and is currently an active sailor of a 29er. Regan is employed by SoPYC as a coach on casual/ part time basis. Our son Murray, who is 12 years old, sails Optimist and O’Pen Skiff.My Wife and I have been active volunteers at the Club, mainly on Sunday Cub racing days helping on beach and on water.

Reason for Nominating:

I would like to nominate for a position on the Management Committee to represent the varied member base of the Club, and to help drive ongoing and successful implementation of our Strategic Plan 2022 to 2027. Throughout my career in the international Oil and Gas industry, I have held various leadership positions including general business, operations, and project management. I have experience managing profit and loss, business strategy, human resources, major capital projects and technical engineering. Based on our family participation and my career experience, I feel I can offer valuable input to the SoPYC Management Committee as a volunteer.

CLAUDIO MANCINI

Date Joined Club: July 2004

Age: 65

Occupation: Accountant

Membership Category: Family

Previous positions held at Club: Finance Committee, Grand Sponsor Committee, Treasurer Power Section.

Boating Activities: Active Time Trialler / Active Cruising Section participant.

Experience: Over 40 years of running own accounting practice. Also 12 years on board of a NFP.

Club Participation: Regularly attend Club functions and regular user of the Club’s facilities.

Reason for Nominating: Keen to help the Club progress into the future and provide assistance where possible.

GRAEME PHILLIPS

Date Joined Club: February 2015

Age: 64

Occupation: Managing Director of medium-size steel fabrication company, importing products from overseas for the mining industry.

Membership Category: Family

Previous Positions: Grand Sponsor Committee, Power Boat Committee.

Boating Activities: Active Cruising Section, use of boat for VIP opening days, previous time trialer.

Experience:

Worked in a family steel fabrication company for 20 years before starting my own business in the same industry for the past 18 years.

In last 12 months I have been involved in the development of mobile Off Grid Solar container units and still in the development stage for further products. including development and supply of specialty storage units for the mining industry which we now import from overseas.

Club Participation:

Grand Sponsor, Chase the Ace sponsor, Power Boat Sponsor. Regular weekly attendance for Chase the Ace and dining in the Quarter Deck. Attend most of the functions held by the Club.

Reason for Nominating:

My wife Denise and I enjoy the social aspect the Club brings to our life, and the friendships that we have forged. I feel that if I can make a contribution to ensure the Club moves forward and stay strong in this,economic climate then I am more than happy to join my colleagues in this commitment.

GRAND SPONSORS

The past 12 months has seen some ups and downs for the Grand Sponsors program, with the resignation of our Chairperson and Marketing Manager, who is very important to its smooth running.

At the time of printing, we are awaiting the appointment of a new Chairperson and thank the outgoing Chair, Bradley Abbot, for his hard work and commitment.

With the COVID restrictions of the past few years we had to cancel our annual regatta but are hopeful that the Grand Sponsors will be back on the water early in 2024 for another fast-paced afternoon of sailing competition and fun. Watch this space!

It’s important to remind the Grand Sponsors of how their money is being used to help get more junior sailors onto the water to discover the joys of sailing and boating; whether they go on to make a career of competitive sailing or embark on a life-long sporting hobby as part of the SoPYC membership, it’s money well spent. Sailing is a wonderful sport no matter your skill or participation level.

On Friday June 16, passionate junior O’pen Skiff sailors Ophelia and Lailah Beck treated a bunch of interested Grand Sponsors to an engaging talk about their sailing experiences at the July Sundowner in the beautiful Wardroom. The girls are a great example of how the Grand Sponsors program continues to help our junior sailors get onto the water and follow their dreams.

And as a bonus, we managed to raise $1600 towards the Club’s purchase of some new skiffs so that we can offer pathways to all kids who want to get into the wonderful sport of sailing.

We look forward to the new season, and hope to welcome some new Grand Sponsors into the scheme, so that we can get more young people involved in sailing and boating, and, in the end, as members of this wonderful Club.

WORKS

The works team this year have been focusing on several projects and whilst not all completed, they are all underway.

Our challenges have been the West Australian lack of labor and consequent delays in getting suitable contractors together with the financial pressures and escalating costs.

Our main project has been the jetty one wave attenuator replacement which is well under way and looks to be completed for the summer season.

Dan and his team of bosuns have been focusing on jetty maintenance as well as the myriad of other tasks they perform around the club. The jetty works have included Joint inspection maintenance and repairs, Replacement of storm damaged sections, Electrical and lighting upgrades, flooring replacement to name some of the activities.

The club is looking a lot tidier with a focus on getting rid of unwanted equipment having made a big impact.

We are still working through the red tape associated with the asbestos roof replacement in order that our contractor can procced with the works in the three areas of concern. I’m expecting that you will see some action on this project within the next couple of months.

There have been some general upgrade and repair works around the club which has included switch board upgrades and oven replacement to name a couple. One urgent upgrade that is underway is the fuel pump replacement on jetty one scheduled for completion in about 8 weeks.

Finally, we are working on the Centerboard outside area upgrade which will comprise of new flooring, shade sails and a BBQ area. Coupled with some exciting artwork on the walls to give the area a real sense of fun and brighten things up around this important sailing area. Estimated completion November 23.

My thanks to the team of hard working volunteers that make up the works committee and the paid staff who work tirelessly to keep our club fully operational and looking as good as it does despite the never ending breakages and challenges that mother nature and the marine environment throws at them.

I hope we have all served you well and look forward to the coming year.

TOM PURDON Chairman - Works

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

a budget surplus, while supporting worlds, nationals and state events.

Looking ahead, the Sailing Academy has ambitious goals. We aim to establish scholarship programs to provide access to sailing training for talented individuals who might not otherwise have the means to participate. Additionally, we plan to introduce advanced training programs, targeting competitive sailing events at the regional and national levels.

As the Chair of the South of Perth Yacht Club’s Sailing Academy, I want to express my heartfelt thanks for the incredible opportunity to contribute to the growth and development of aspiring sailors. The Sailing Academy has been a cornerstone of the Club’s commitment to nurturing talent and fostering a passion for sailing. This report outlines the achievements, challenges, and future prospects of our training and development programs.

Over the past year, the Sailing Academy has achieved several significant milestones. Our training sessions have witnessed an increase in participation from both beginners and experienced sailors. The integration of modern coaching techniques, has greatly enhanced the learning experience. This innovative approach has enabled us to provide personalized feedback and tailored training plans for each participant, resulting in accelerated skill development.

South of Perth Yacht Club’s comprehensive coaching staff has been pivotal in the success of the academy. We have renowned sailing instructors, current and former competitive sailors to provide top-tier training. Their passion for the sport and extensive experience have been instrumental in shaping the future of our young sailors.

Furthermore, the Sailing Academy has extended its reach beyond the club’s membership. We have initiated partnerships with local schools and

community organizations, organizing outreach programs to introduce sailing to a broader audience. These efforts have not only raised awareness about the sport but have also fostered a sense of community and camaraderie among participants.

Despite the remarkable progress, we have faced certain challenges that have tested our determination. Club wide funding constraints have posed obstacles in expanding the academy’s offerings. However, with the support of the Club’s members and generous sponsors, we have managed to overcome these hurdles, maintaining

As the Chair of the Sailing Academy at the South of Perth Yacht Club, I am grateful for the unwavering support of the Club’s members, the dedication of our coaching staff, and the enthusiasm of our participants. The Sailing Academy’s commitment to excellence, inclusivity, and environmental consciousness has not only shaped the future of sailing but also contributed to the development of well-rounded individuals. As we set sail into the future, I am confident that our continued efforts will produce a lasting impact on the sailing community and beyond.

TIMOTHY BECK Chair, Training & Development

FUNCTIONS

great nation.

Friday nights have become popular due to the Members’ Happy Hour. During Happy Hour, on purchasing a drink, two lucky members become eligible to win $50 which is accredited to their relevant Club accounts.

With COVID restrictions minimalising and then finally lifted last year, our members and guests were finally allowed to enjoy the facilities of our beautiful yacht Club and the functions organised by the Functions Committee and the Bar Operations Manager, in the absence of a Food and Beverage Manager. I would like to personally thank Vanessa (BO Manager) and her team for ensuring that all relevant functions were successfully managed and, above all, ensuring members and guests enjoyed the offerings. Vanessa has now left us to live in Victoria.

The Commodore’s cocktail party was well attended and enjoyed by many. The theme was “black and bling” as requested by the Commodore’s “First Lady”, Maria. Members and guests mingled with dignitaries from other yacht Clubs. Michael “Cookie” Cook was enjoying his last function as the Commodore.

The AFL Grand Final was held in the Yachtsman’s bar and the Quarterdeck. Apart from Geelong winning the premiership, there were many other winners on the day that benefited from the various football sweeps. Punters were happy with their “winner take all” earnings.

Our annual Melbourne Cup event was another successful event for those in attendance. Tables and seating were set up so that current and new members were

seated together, with everyone happily “networking” and enjoying the canapes and delicious mains afterwards. Not many remained seated when the band was in full swing, with everyone dancing the day away. A brilliant day!

Thanks must go to Vice Commodore Dave Ewart for organising a highly successful Christmas Eve event. This is to become a regular feature.

New Year’s Eve was another highly successful event, with 350 people in attendance. The Ballroom, Quarterdeck and lawned area were made available for members and guests. For those who were not able to reserve the a la carte restaurant fare, a variety of pizzas were available. Unfortunately, for those on the lawn, the night was hindered by cold weather. Who would have thought rugs were needed in the middle of summer!

Australia Day was well attended with many people ordering a la carte and enjoying the views of the Yacht Club. Nikki Rose and her band entertained us for 3 and a half hours, while we were served Aperol Spritz cocktails organised by our new Food and Beverage Manager, Blake. Unfortunately, the drone display was not visible; however, the fireworks were remarkable even though a little more distant this year. The Functions Committee will endeavour to enhance this evening in 2024, so that members can still enjoy this annual event to celebrate the achievements of this

The Meat Raffle is also held during most weeks and has raised a significant amount and the proceeds are distributed to sections of the Club such as Youth Sailing. The TVs that you may have seen have also been purchased from the Meat Raffle revenue. For those who are unfamiliar with the Meat Raffle, each ticket is sold at $5. Members of the various sections of the Club make themselves available to sell tickets for a $100 voucher from Melville Heights Meats. Non-members are also eligible, and you do not have to be present at the draw. The winner is normally drawn early Friday evening. We will contact you if you are a winner.

Of course, our famous “Chase the Ace” on Thursday evenings is still a draw card (excuse the pun).

We have also enlisted two more members to our Committee, Leesa Spanos and Sue Markham. The Committee also includes Maria Cook, Lana Kaaks, Ann McCluskey (COTS), Toby Williams, Victoria Blanckensee and

me. I wish to thank all of my Committee Members for their help with suggesting events, assisting with organization and their unwavering support.

On February 14, Valentine’s Day was an absolute success, with our F&B Manager, Vanessa, at the helm. The Wardroom was packed out with couples, celebrating love and romance! The success of this event is now an annual event on the calendar.

St Patrick’s Day this year was well supported having fallen on a Friday, coinciding with Happy Hour. The Raglan Irish Band contributed to the event’s success, providing Irish music and covering music of Irish musicians. The Chef provided some unique Irish fare including Guinness Pie. A variety of Irish whiskeys and a pint or two of Guinness stout made for a very merry time!,The Club hosted its annual ANZAC Day commemorations, with a large group in attendance, to pay their respects to our War Heroes and Veterans. Coffee and ANZAC Biscuits were on the menu, and many remained to enjoy our new winter menu in the Quarterdeck.

Our Power Section season commenced in early May with a wellsupported Power Section Cocktail Party held in the Sunset Marquee.

The Grazing Plates created by our Chef were sensational. A great time had by all.

Band Night held on Saturday, May 27, was a huge event at our Club. With a cover charge of only $30, 214 members and their guests were

treated to non-stop music by Daren and the Soul City Groove. Daren was vibrant and totally engaging, singing and mingling simultaneously with members and guests. Couldn’t choose the most popular song; however, the Queen of Rock, Tina Turner, was “Simply the Best”!

The next event was Bogan Night on Saturday, July 29. The band, The Sheds, proved very popular with members, guests and visitors from other Time Trialing Clubs dancing the night away. Special mention must go to Leesa and John Spanos who most certainly looked the “bogan” part!

Our next Functions event was The Commodore’s Cocktail Party, held on Saturday, August 5. This was another outstanding event with a Bowie and Queen Tribute Band promising to entertain us. Guests enjoyed a glass of sparkling white on arrival and an assortment of canapes/cocktail fare plus great entertainment.

The Functions Committee has organized mulled wine to be available for purchase every Saturday in the Yachtsman’s Bar after time trialing Club competition. A nice way to warm up after being challenged by some of the not-so-nice wintery days.

Look out for the following events:

Frankland Estate Fine Wine and Dinner – August 25

SoPYC 20 Year Dinner (members of 20 years or more) – September 8

Austen Tayshus Dinner and Show –September 16

AFL Grand Final – September 30

Oktoberfest – October 13

Gin Night – November/December 23

News Year’s Eve Party – December 31 Concert on the Swan (COTS) –February/March, 2024

I look forward to seeing you at one of our many events over the next year or around the Club

NIKKI KUKURA Chair, Functions

MEMBERSHIP

Another unusual and challenging year continuing to be shaped by COVID and the various nuances we have learnt to expect in this global pandemic climate. The first half of the year saw COVID restrictions still play a part in our everyday lives and Club activities, but somehow we did get to fit in the Power Section’s end of Time Trialing Season and a highly successful Summer Opening Day.

Another year has flown by continuing to be shaped by the aftermath of COVID. Broken supply chains and ‘An Employee Famine’ have restricted many businesses not only in WA but the whole of Australia and beyond.

SoPYC has not escaped the frustrations of this current situation with staffing, especially in the Food and Beverage arena, being continually tested. The fact that we are still able to function at higher than ‘just acceptable’ levels is a credit to our staff – both full time and casual.

We have maintained our level of membership over the past year with a steady flow of new members joining our Club each month. Our monthly induction nights are continually attended by 15-20 new members and partners. January and February were the exception with the numbers bolstered to 47 and 30 respectively.

Our Membership Liaison Officer, Nicole Taylor monitors all resignations from the Club, following up with each member for feedback on why they have chosen to resign.

This feedback is a valuable source of information the Club needs to recognize our strengths and weaknesses for maintaining a happy and healthy membership.

As mentioned in Soundings, the appointment of Nicole Taylor as our Club’s full-time ‘Member Engagement Officer’ has been like a breath of fresh air for all things relating to Membership and members’ participation. Nicole’s enthusiasm coupled with her warm, friendly nature, has opened a pathway for new members to get quickly orientated with the Club and the activities available to them. It has also allowed seasoned members easier access to sorting out any issues they may have, as well as helping them get better access to our Club activity options.

Both of the ‘New Members Cocktail Parties’ were reasonably well attended this past year. It is an ideal time for new members to engage with members who have enjoyed the Club and its facilities for several years, helping them to become more familiar with the Club and the opportunities for new members to engage in a variety of activities.

One of the three key focus points of the Club’s Strategic Plan over this past year was to investigate the possibility of a reduction in our membership categories. The Club currently has in excess of 23 membership categories, some of them technically not legal because they have no proper alignment with the categories listed within our Rules and By-Laws.

To get a good cross section of membership categories represented, a sub-committee was formed from members of our existing membership committee – Angela Irving, Ann McCluskey, Dave Kazim, Debbie Swain, Helen Chernoff, John Spanos, Lana Kaaks, Sonia Johnson and Wendy Jorgensen, coupled with 2 additional volunteers and longstanding dedicated members in Barry Arnold and Ian Blanckensee.

The investigation involved looking at each category currently in play, checking the details listed in our Rules and By-Laws (if any). The purpose or goal of having the category, the number of members listed under that category as well as fees, and comparisons with other Clubs and their categories. The results of the various avenues of investigation became an education for all involved and really did give us all a better insight into our diverse and sometimes complex Club structures.

Two very definite streams of thought came about from this investigation. The first one was, as per the strategic plan, on how we can reduce the number. The second was the need to update the categories to suit our current and future needs.

To tackle the first task, it became equally clear that most of these Membership Category do serve a purpose and cannot easily be deleted. For example, some clever members, several years ago determine doing a recruitment drive through the Sea Scout fraternity could offer up some

new recruits for our sailing categories. A scout Membership was formed and whilst not a legal membership based on our Rules and By-Laws, it has served a purpose and resulted in doubling our Red Witch yachts on the water and enabling them to have their own fleet for competition sailing. What we did note throughout the investigation was that many of the categories are closely linked to each other i.e. Crew Membership, Introductory Crew Membership, Scout Membership are all about crewing boats in a variety of classes. This helped evolve the simplistic but effective approach of having a main category with a number of subcategories listed underneath it.

The end result is a reduction of Membership Categories to less than 10, fulfilling the requirement of the Strategic Plan Focus Point, whilst still keeping the range of category options and the benefits to the Club in tact through the sub-category options. The sub-committee presented the recommendation to the Management Committee who approved it to be presented to members for discussion and voting at the Half Yearly General Meeting. This will be done of course, after review by our Governance Committee for correct wording and compliance alterations.

The off-shoot from looking at our category numbers was the closer inspection of the individual categories, their usage by members, how they

compare with other similar Clubs and are there changes needed to better serve our members for the future?

This too brought about a number of possibilities and some thoughtful options to increase membership opportunities. This, however, is much more complex and possibly emotive in some instances. Whilst a number of ideas and recommendations were presented to the Management Committee, it was decided that the best way to present these to our members was to hold one or two forums (commonly known as Town Hall Meetings), where they can be displayed and discussed with members to ensure we have all looked at the advantages and disadvantages of these proposals before voting on them at the Half Yearly AGM. I would suspect after Governance Committee review, the ‘Town Hall Meetings’ could be scheduled into the early months of 2024.

A big thanks to the volunteers

who attended these sub-committee meetings and offered up sensible and thought-provoking input both for and against each item discussed. In each instance, they were mindful of the fact that we have over 2000 members and collectively, recommendations need to be for the Club as a whole, not just individual sections or categories. This too, should be said about our Membership Committee who meet every month and are always very focused on Membership engagement and satisfaction.

We have approximately 20 committees at the Club, ranging from Management, the various boating sections through to Sponsorship, Functions, Ladies Lunches and the Bosun’s Club.

Collectively these committees contain about 170 positions with a number of those positions having 1 volunteer sitting on 2 or more committees. In essence that is about 80 members out of 2286 at the Club carrying the load. Not a great percentage.

I urge ALL MEMBERS to think about their participation at the Club and ask for your help. Please enquire about joining one of our committees. Most only meet once a month and they are usually contained to no more than 1.5 hours. A small commitment that can have a huge impact.

DAVID MARKHAM Chair of Membership,

PENS & MOORINGS

Hello from your Pens and Moorings Committee.

During the year we experienced considerable demand for both hard stand bays and water pens, with some 104 new entries and relocations. Such was the demand on the Western Hard Stand we had to create eight new bays opposite the bosuns sheds. This demand has continued at the end of the sailing season with new Flying 15s and Vipers wanting to come to the Club. The Committee is very conscious of assisting the growth of sailing fleets and therefore given its off season, we are temporarily housing some of these in car bays whilst awaiting a permanent bay to come available.

Given the considerable cost increases the Club is experiencing, and the P and M Committee’s desire to maximise income from our assets, the decision was made to also temporarily house new vessels in vacant water deed pens, many of which have been vacant for some time, until a permanent water pens become available.

In all, we are doing the most we can to bring new vessels to the Club, boosting membership and generating much needed income.

Your Committee also undertook a major clean up of the Western Hard Stand, taking away two large skip bins of rubbish that had accumulated over the past couple of years and accordingly the area now looks much

more like a prestigious yacht club. The Committee will be monitoring this to ensure the area remains clear of rubbish and debris.

Unfortunately we experienced storm damage to two of our water jetties requiring vessels to be penned elsewhere until repairs could be completed. Whilst we are still awaiting jetty 6 to be finalised, work was completed on jetty 3 enabling vessels to return to their allocated pens. Thanks to Dan, our Facilities Manager, for getting this job done.

The Committee also embarked on a program to bring the testing and tagging of power leads into a common due date for renewal, rather than all over the year. This is now 30th June each year, with testing from May to June. This now means this job is much easier to manage. A big thank you to the owners of all vessels who embraced this and helped us achieve a 100% result by the June 30 deadline.

So what’s happening in the future?

The P and M Committee has commenced an audit of our Marine Safety Compliance on all applicable vessels so as to bring these up to date, as our records indicate we have too many vessels that are well overdue. Managing safety compliance is key to minimising risk to both the Club’s and member’s assets. We are asking the owners of vessels that have out of date compliance (check the sticker on your vessel) to get on the front foot by

completing the online audit form and arranging an inspection with Casey, our Facilities Administrator. This will save us the time of having to do the chasing.

We will also be undertaking an upgrade of the lock/chain on the boat ramp. New keys will be required to operate this and notification of what is required to obtain a key will be issued shortly, if not already.

Last, but certainly not least, can I say a big thank you to the members of the Pens and Moorings Committee, Frank Dalglish, Anton Jennings, John Cooper, Doug Smith, Gordon Dunbar, Neil White and Ashley Hicks for their considerable contribution throughout the year. I would also like to thank our Safety Compliance Officers, Frank Dalglish, Jason Claricoates, Ian Stewart, Bruce Uren and newly appointed Ashley Hicks for their time in undertaking compliance checks. Finally our Facilities Administrator Casey Skinner for his hard work. Our P and M cannot operate without the support these members provide.

In summary, your P and M Committee has worked hard and will continue to do so to ensure we have a modern and compliant marina facility that makes SoPYC Western Australia’s leading yacht Club.

GEOFF WARWICK Chair-Pens and Moorings

ARCHIVES & HISTORY

This year has been demanding as the archives and history group works toward establishing an online presence amongst other things.

The first step was to rebuild the erstwhile ‘History’ Page and tell our story a little better.

The next step will be to build a series of pages where members can access images taken over the years; the Club’s publications including the Year books, the early newsletters followed by the Club magazine Soundings and of course some recollections and stories presented to the history group by members of the Club in their earlier years.

Along with these moves, we have also had an email address put in place for the A&H group and it is archives@sopyc.com.au

The Club has changed over the last 45 years and the changes have been fairly dramatic as the profile of our members has become older. There has been a shift to power yachts and larger racing yachts on one hand, while youth of today now favours the new foiling classes and personal craft such as the windsurfer and kite classes. The comment is that it’s still all a matter of going fast, but instead of building it, you buy it and that is perhaps an indication of the changes on the way.

The A & H team have been a resource of use to both the staff at the Club and individuals within the club and without going into names, we have helped the following:

a) Old sailors in the fleets with requests for information about past members from partners and friends.

b) Requests for material and information from Club management (both staff and flags).

c) The Almanac that charts the structure of Member and Staff management teams over the years along with a documentation of the members achievements since the start of record keeping has been returned to the Club’s safe keeping after a lost year or three.

d) The ships badges that adorned the top of the trim in Yachtie’s bar have been found and replaced on the timber trim and we are currently working on signs for the trophy cabinets.

d) The Archives have also supplied a steady stream of stories to Soundings and Coffee pointers to keep the interest up in the Club’s history. We look forward to your enquiries and hope that you can help us with stories of the present and tales of the past to add to our collection of information.

Archives and History hopes to record verbal interviews with senior members and we look forward to you contacting us. We do have a questionnaire that may help you in ordering your thoughts and we will be happy to offer coffee and or tea to keep your wits about you during the interview.

The Archives and History group looks forward to meeting with people of similar interest and we are actively looking for members who can help with the research.

Thank you team – Amanda, Kate & Di.

RICK STEUART

Archives & History Group

Ph 0418 907792

• archives@sopyc.com.au

LADIES LUNCH

In January, 2022 a new Ladies Luncheon Committee was formed consisting of Val Barron, Ladies Coordinator, Rose Midolo, Lana Kaaks, & Kristine Pettersson. This Committee is strong and active, ensuring luncheons included interesting guest speakers covering a broad spectrum of subjects and entertainment throughout the year. The Committee is still working hard and already have planned the 2023 calendar.

February was our first luncheon for 2022, with ladies enjoying our guest speaker Belinda McCawley, presenting “Mindful in Nature”. Belinda reminded us of how we connect with nature.

Our March luncheon provided 120 ladies with a “Drag Time” Show. These “queens” definitely didn’t disappoint and gave an outstanding performance.

In April a fashion parade was provided by Kindred Spirit Boutique of Attadale. Our own members modelled a full range of practical

clothing, footwear and accessories.

The May luncheon featured “Maritime Misbehavior”, a light hearted, water-logged history of South Perth, presented by local history librarian for the City of South Perth, Anthony Styan. Who would have thought that a ‘history’ lesson could be so informative and entertaining.

The literary theme continued in June with the talented author Karen Whittle-Herbert introducing her new novel, “The River Mouth”.

Christmas in July luncheon saw 106 ladies enjoy a wonderful day. Father Christmas arrived with the ladies all singing “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”. Music was provided by the “Jim Jam Band”. Once again the Club staff were incredibly helpful and supportive.

Our August guest speaker was Kayleen Poon, who presented “Sojourners to Settlers”, covering early Chinese settlement in WA. Kayleen was inducted in the WA Hall of Fame for her voluntary work in the

Chinese community for over 30 years.

In response to the many ladies who no longer carry cash and found it hard to participate in raffles, a ‘card reader’ was purchased, and now enables guests to participate in the purchase of raffle tickets.

The Good Grocer has generously sponsored the Ladies Luncheons for 2022, providing 3 beautiful hampers to be raffled each month. Money raised from the raffles enables funding towards the annual coach trip, which this year will take us to Araluen Botanic Gardens, and Avocados Restaurant in September.

Although the club was not immune to staff shortages due to Covid, our Food and Beverage staff have been incredibly helpful and supportive throughout the year, ensuring the meals presented were creative, tasty and good value.

One of the endearing strengths of the Ladies Luncheon Group is its diversity. Regulars include long term members like Peta Locke and Lee Holst, but they are joined by a host of newer members, social members and members of kindred clubs whose company we always enjoy. Many also bring guests and we can only hope that when they enjoy the ambience of our beautiful South of Perth Yacht Club Luncheons, they might one day be persuaded to join us in a formal sense.

Finally without your attendance these above events would not be possible, so come along and support the Ladies Luncheon Group.

Val Barron

BOSUN’S CLUB

Building the St Ayles Skiffs and other adventures.

The Bosuns have come back with great flair this year as Bob Harrap lead a team of bosuns in the Jetty two refurbishment.

Every week over the last twelve months, something has come along to remind us of what we are trying to achieve. Be it how to shape the perfect oar; to get the two pack paint on the hull in a day that’s already hitting 35 degrees C by 11am. To take a boat out onto the water and then prove it by taking it for a row, not once, twice or even three times, but row it up and down the Canning like demented pirates on steroids.

The first skiff was, as all new things are - an experiment. How to bend the laminated sections, what to coat the finished hull with inside and out, to find a name for the skiff and finally to take her out in front of a number of other Clubs for a 5 km row. Many thanks to Club Patron,

Past Commodore Colin Cowden who officiated for the christening/naming of the Skiff on the day. The second hull is already sitting in the dolly and will be nearing completion by the time this Year book edition goes to print.

However the work continues and the unseen jobs continue with more work on the chafers for jetty two and the small maintenance runs on jetty 6 and 7 to look for loose screws and timber beginning to deteriorate. But the real heroes are the team that quietly service the rescue and safety boats. Washing them, filling them with petrol before the weekend and essentially keeping the boats running for the club. No big deal... it’s just part of the volunteering. Well done to Brian Cross, who for the second time has restored the bench seats that sit on the Nor-west side of the club lawns over looking Melville Water East.

More works are at hand with plans to change the flooring of the centreboard club house and building pathways around the club lawns using recycled pavers from past endeavours. One of our team leaders is still away in Europe so a new

person has been asked to step up to take his portfolio.

Many thanks to these people who have continued with their work. Doug Cowie, Dave Roberts, Bruce Cadee, Bruce Uren, Bob Harrap, Ken Baxter, Eric Schwab, Ernie Little, Theo Berden, Brian Cross, John Midolo, Campbell Stewart, Rick Steuart, Mark Abercrombie, Bob Motteram, Kevin Doig, Alan Sharpe and everyone else whose names I have inadvertently missed.

The Bosuns club is currently at work on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings and always welcomes visitors for coffee around 10.30 am. Even more so if you dropped in with a freshly baked tray of biscuits or a banana cake ready to go.

We are looking for people to populate the Skiffs and a brief chat with Bob Harrap as the lead in the build would make him a happy man. We are looking for teams to take these boats out this summer and are happy to work with the rowers to make it an adventure worth the attempt.

RICK STEUART

For the Bosuns Club

POWER SECTION

The 2022 season was a welcomed change from previous 2 years of Covid 19 restrictions. We saw a steady number return to the Club and Power Section Time Trailing Competition. With encouragement from outgoing Captain Dave Markham, Glenn Swift took on the Captain’s role with Doug Smith his Vice Captain. With changes to work commitments, the leadership role was shared throughout the year. The Power Yacht Committee has a dedicated core portfolio holders each striving to support the section activities. Maria Cook can take the credit as she is in charge of our power section social and functions event’s making sure the Power Section keeps up the reputation as the party crowd and keeping the bar tills ringing. The section enjoyed coming together socially for the traditional preseason Cocktail Party, Bogan Band Night, AFL Closing Day and Power Prize Night. New large screen TVs have improved the member experience for viewing the big sports events in the bar. Graeme Philips in the role of sponsorship helped the section by bringing more Power Section sponsors onboard. This has helped Treasurer Claude Mancini to report section account balance remains very healthy. The Start Team has gone through a change with Margaret Cooper leading the start team in 2023, taking over from John Meldrum. Darryl Wilkes has represented SOPYC Power at the newly formed CPYA. Jason Claricoates has done a sterling job as trophy officer in 2022 & 23 and is elected as the Vice Captain. Dave Markham in the training portfolio

updated Power Point presentation for prospective time trailers. Thank you to our volunteer Courses and handicaps team, and we recognise Brian Smith for his volunteer role as the Race Officer for many of the CPYA heats, working through the set up of the new association and the timing devises being trialed. The Power Section members thanks all of our volunteers.

The position of OWG Power Administrator was absorbed back into mainstream OWG staff duties with Matt Doyle taking on the Power Administrator’s duties. Thank you to Bernie Kaaks for filling OWG Power Administrator and section Secretary’s role on Committee.

Congratulations to the Winners! 2022 Season Champion Boat 400

winners was Dalusional Commodore Troy Dalglish and Rear Commodore Victoria Blanckensee and 401 Consistency Champions winners, Jason Claricoates and Caroline James onboard Tikkityboo. The Greton Trophy for Best First Year Competitor was won by River Run, Brian and Marion Boswell. Dalusional won the Aub Berryman trophy for best Starts and Finishes. Championship 400 runners up and RIP recipients were Jason Claricoates and Caroline James, this season competing on The Dolphin. Congratulations to all the seasons trophy winners.

Season 2023 has seen strong fleet numbers with 8 new teams registering to collect their yellow boat numbers. The start of the 2023 season has results spread across the top competitors at weekly presentation. A battle for 400 looming between Dalusional, and Jason Claricoates and Caroline James in their new boat, The Dolphin. There are 8 CPYA State Heats in our calendar, with most events included in our Club results. Royal Perth and Freshwater Bay Yacht Clubs have increased fleet numbers in recent years, resulting in keen rivalry and strong competition, challenging the SoPYC decades long dominance of Time Trialing on the Swan River.

Amanda Watson

Image: Iron Bark Photos

Commodore Troy Daglish & Rear Commodore Victoria Blanckensee on Dalusional

CRUISING

The team at the Cruising Section at South of Perth Yacht Club would like to thank our members for their support over the last 12 months. The section has gone from Strength to Strength during 2022 and 2023. Momentum has continued after COVID, with our members enjoying the fun, social side of boating and the club. This wouldn’t happen without you and your interest and involvement in the section.

We had a great end to 2022 as reported in the last year book, with events that brought us to Rottnest Island, Fremantle Sailing Club, and the Christmas Party on the Jetty.

Our longest event of the year was December 2022 / January 2023 - the South West Rally to Busselton / Dunsborough. The longest distance travelled for the year, and impressive as we had 10 boats travel down to Port Geographe Marina for the Christmas / New Years period. We enjoyed a BBQ on the Jetty to welcome everyone, and then a great lunch at Shelter Brewing Co. Next up was New Year’s Eve at The Deck, which was a great night with a few sore heads the next day. On January 3rd, we all jumped in a bus for a wine tour, followed by another bbq on the jetty that night. The rest of the trip involved exploring the Bays along the coast of Dunsborough, impromptu BBQ and lunches, and lots of beverages. This is an absolutely spectacular trip, and I can’t wait to come back and organise another one, as this is my personal favourite of the year.

Another very special event occurred from February 17th - 19th - the Bremer Bay Orcas Experience with our partners at Naturalist Charters. Paul Stott and Jan Culver did an amazing job organising this trip, and again we had an absolutely perfect day for it, which normally means that the Orcas might not engage too much… not this time! We had perfect weather, flat seas, and loads of entertainment from the Killer Whales all along the Bremer Canyon. I can’t recommend an inland Event more than this trip. I’ve now been two years in a row, and would go back again next year. It’s the best wildlife experience I’ve ever had in Australia.

We then had the long weekend March 4th, 5th, 6th with a trip down to Mandurah. What a great event! Another great party on the Jetty on the Saturday, followed by a brilliant wine tour on the Sunday, finishing off with an excellent slow-cooked BBQ meat and salads on the jetty provided by Chris Townend and his team.

June saw a fantastic event organised by Amanda Watson where we were lead by Len Randell on a tour through the WA Shipwreck Museum which showcases the history of our coast. Len was in fine form and we enjoyed a drink at Darling Darling in Fremantle after the tour finished.

On July 1th 2023, the Cruising Section had it’s largest event of the year thanks to the efforts of our committee, and particularly Rob Willis and Dave Barton. We had over 65 members come down to East Fremantle Yacht Club for lunch and a day on the water that was also attended by our Commodore, Troy Dalglish, and Vice Commodore Dave Ewart. This was a sensational afternoon and we were truly blessed with a great Perth winters day of sunshine.

This event was my last as Captain of the Cruising Section, as I’m heading off overseas with my wife for at least six months. Thank you to the Committee and Club members who have made this a thoroughly enjoyable experience for me.

It’s been a blast, and I can’t wait to see what the section get’s up to over the next 12 months! Thanks for being part of the fun.

Commodore Troy Daglish & Rear Commodore Victoria Blanckensee on

MIKE IRVING

Cruising Section Captain

DIVISION 1

sees Sky Walker over Problem Child over Maxstar. Around the pens, and we see David Thoms’ K Factor has now regained a mast and has started racing again, The Avenue has a new owner, but the same skipper (Len Randell still out-foxing many of us with his knowledge of river winds!), and here I must mention that the previous owner, Joe Rapanaro has very generously donated The Avenue to “Sail On” and the intention is to have many retired ex-servicemen get into sailing her. Ian Andersons’ Dart IV has not been out in ages, so maybe crew might be an issue?

The spring racing season ordinarily promises some fine sailing. The cold and wet southerlies subside, the warmer weather returns and with that, the predictability of a brisk mid afternoon sou’wester. Well - that’s what we have come to expect - but this spring was very different, with the winds highly variable in both direction and in strength. For K Factor, a broken mast saw them sitting out most of the championship in the pens. For Problem Child, a close encounter with ‘Maxstar’ resulted in the top of the mast electronics finding a new home on the riverbed, while Tapestry had a bad run of gear breakages that forced their retirement from at least two races. On the brighter side, a spring metamorphose saw Argo transformed into Helios II.

The heavier winds favoured the bigger boats, with Helios II ultimately taking out the double, winning both the Leeuwin Estate Spring Consistency series and the ORC, with Farrago taking out the Saturday series. For the Frank Sampson Memorial Pursuit Race, it was Tapestry taking line honours, with Farrago in second and Wicked completing the podium. The shifting breeze made for an interesting race, especially for those who opted to hoist a kite on the downward run from the start line to Sampson. On this occasion, for those sitting on

the shore, several race boats were momentarily transformed into fishing boats as they ‘trawled’ the river, unsuccessfully, for prawns.

Across the river, for the combined SoPYC and Royal Perth invitation race, Farrago finished first, with Tapestry in second and Problem Child in thirdthe perfect quinella. For Problem Child, these invitational races are eagerly contested as they face off against the other two Farr 30s on the river.

Christmas Day saw our Club’s vice patron and sailing legend Len Randell grace our TV screens as Channel 7 broadcasted a good news story highlighting Len’s remarkable achievements over the past nine decades. We should all follow Len’s outstanding example, for its immediately evident that good things come to those who continue to sail. The summer series has now ended and the results so far: Saturday Consistency saw Tapestry win over Farrago from Problem Child.

The Club Championship series saw a reversal of last year’s results with Wicked scoring over Naughty Black Shorts. As a negative, we seem to be losing regular competitors for Saturday races; what can we do to reverse this?

Wednesday afternoon races are becoming much more popular, and results for Spring Series sees Helios II win over Slippery When Wet, over Mistress Quickly. The Summer Series

After many, many months of hard labour, Peter Vlaar has wetted the bottom of Freo Doctor and she now sits over on Jetty 2, but Peter is still campaigning Farrago in our Winter Frostbite Series. The mighty little Wicked is for sale and hopefully another clever skipper will continue to compete with her. Richard Evans has opted for the travel bug and we wish he and Fran ‘all the best’. Richard has held the Handicapper position for 11 years and has done an outstanding job.

With Division One fleet finishing many races with little more than a minute separating them, it is a testament to his fine command of handicapping. Chris Higham and George Ruul have stepped up to continue the handicapping role, and we wish them well, (as long as we win occasionally!)

My beautiful old Eun Na Mara is currently undergoing a bit of a refit, and the balance of the rusted steel work has been removed replaced with wooden laminated ribs, and the filthy old diesel has been replaced with a state-of-the-art electric motor: 2023 technology in 1907 history!

Most of us love our sailing, competing and, hopefully, the occasional win, but it all comes down to getting good happy and regular crew. Here’s a ‘hats off’ to those wonderful gals and guys who keep the skippers and owners on their toes, and even, sometimes, come and do the anti-fouling! Yikes, what a job!

“Sail Fast and Bonnie”

Ralph Newton

Len Randell at the helm of The Avenue

DIVISION 2

Colusion - a Successful Crew

I was asked why the crew of Colusion are successful. The question should be framed “why the crew of Colusion seem to enjoy themselves on Saturdays”. Winning is good but enjoyment is better.,Here are some ideas I have employed to build a crew.

Finding Crew

Don’t complain you don’t have crew, be proactive. Seek crew through advertising via Gumtree, Facebook and other media including the club website. Try local IGA notice boards as well. It takes time to build a good crew, 3 to 5 years.

Interviewing Crew

Interview prospective crew and explain clearly the time commitment needed to enjoy yacht racing. Explain crew need to work as a team and enjoy sailing with the team. Have you played team sport? Emphasise racing is hard work. No spitting the dummy when the going gets tough! Ask them to think about it and call back if they still want to sail. Some don’t. Ask your most experienced crew to interview with you.

Try Sailing

Offer a day to prospective crew to come and try sailing, saying “see if you like it and if we like you”. Don’t just accept the first person you interview. Be selective. Get the right person to fit with your crew. Be prepared to say no to applicants, even after they come for a couple of sails. Team dynamics are vital. It takes time.

Training

On water and off water training is valuable. Many of us, me included, expect that training can occur on race day. What sport trains on game day? Most have at least one training session per week. Why do we sailors expect the crew that does not train to perform well? Yelling at a crew on race day when they don’t know what is expected does not work as we all know.

Before the race explain the race plan, what tactics we will employ. Explain their roles.

After the race when you are having a drink on the boat, ask the crew to say what went well and what did not. Discuss the successes and areas needing work. Set the team members a task for next week to work on and improve. Make notes on the successes and things needing improvement. Of course, on water and off water training on non-racing days or evenings can be very productive. Written notes and materials can be emailed to crew as well. My crew tell me they value the time taken to train.

As skipper, don’t try to do all the training yourself, delegate. I was initially afraid to do this however I found it works for the skipper but most importantly, the crew become more involved and responsible and therefore derive more enjoyment. Develop a competitive crew. You are racing. Crews like to win.

The Boat

Make sure to boat is in good condition. Everything works. Involve the crew on things needed to make their job easier and more effective. Ask their advice. Involve them in boat maintenance, slipping, general maintenance. My crew also report group maintenance activity develops team spirit. As does of course, social activity.

Leadership

Do your homework for race day. Course, weather, tactics etc. Involve the crew in your thinking and preparation. Get them to advise on tactics, wind, other threats and so on. You are the skipper and generally have the most knowledge. However, aim to skill the crew in decision making and leadership. Value their advice and encourage them to share their knowledge and expertise.

General

As skipper, you are probably expected to be the leader in all things sailing. That does not mean you lead in all things sailing. Respect and involve your crew in decision making and racing will be more enjoyable for all. Good luck and enjoy sailing with your crew.

S80s within Division II

Wednesday Sailing

Wednesdays saw several S80s compete regularly in Division II over the season. Congratulations to Jim and Mark Gooding and the team on Shadow Fax for taking out 2nd place overall in the Div II Autumn series and 3rd place in the Summer series, and to Dean Picot and Sue Game on Fair Game for a 3rd place overall in the Autumn series.

S80 Sailor Development Training

The S80 Association ran the Sailor Development Program for all keelboat sailors in all divisions within the club again this season at SoPYC. A Spinnaker Handling course and a Racing Skills course were run in the period up to Christmas. Six Division II sailors took advantage of the courses offered and all had nothing but compliments for the courses and coaching. A massive thank you goes to John Boswell (S80) and John Connell (Div III) for taking on the lead training roles and all those many other sailors who have stepped up and volunteered their time and energy to support others learning to become better keelboat sailors. The S80s plan to run the SDP courses again next season – so if interested keep an eye out for the dates. If you are experienced and want to get involved in coaching, you would be very welcome – contact S80 section rep Mark Gooding on mark_gooding@ outlook.com

Next Racing Season

The S80 section is looking to encourage more S80s to sail on both Wednesdays and Saturdays next season. They are trying to increase sailing numbers with a plan of attracting new S80s and keeping current S80s at the Club. So if you are interested in sailing or racing why not become an owner and share great yachting enjoyment and satisfaction in a one-design fleet. We have a number of boats waiting for a keen skipper and crew.

Contact S80 section rep Mark Gooding on mark_gooding@outlook. com

WOMEN’S SAILING SQUAD

count back from close second Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, adding a new SoPYC etching on the perpetual trophy. Team Padme, skippered by Mara Lowry, brought home the final race with a victory just before lunch.

The SoPYC Women’s Sailing Squad aims to encourage participation of women in sailing through skills development, competitive racing, connections, friendships and mentoring. The Squad welcomes like-minded female sailors of any skill or experience level.

The Women’s Squad has developed under the leadership of some of our most experienced female members. Names Mara Lowry, her sister, Sonja Vlaar, Victoria Blanckensee, Wendy Jorgensen, Christina Heydon and Kirstin Norris are family names many of our members will recognise from generations of club families. Added to the strength of the teams are regular keelboat crewmembers Bridget Bell, Debbie Swain, Fiona Lyons, Amanda Watson, Melissa Baines, Tess Trouchet, Tonia Joyce, Deb Conroy and Rachel Baveye. Jenna Everett from our youth squad, juggled study and exams to compete with the squad. It is notable that many of the Women’s Squad started their sailing journey as crew and are still regulars, with the Spacesailer 27 fleet. The squad acknowledges skippers for encouraging women into their crew.

Earlier this year, for five weeks on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings, two teams of women took to Melville Waters in preparation for competing in two annual Swan River Sailing (SRS) events. Training initially commenced on the Club-owned BW8s, moving on to member-owned Foundation 36 yachts Skywalker and R2D2, graciously loaned by long-

time supporters of women’s racing, Ian Stewart and Cliff Lawrence, in preparation for racing the SRS Foundation 36 fleet on competition day.

The key focus of the Squad this season was to develop two strong teams with a focus on participation and inclusion and a drive to fill the teams with a combination of skill levels. The skills group was divided between the two nominated entries, Team Padme and Team Leia, named in honour of our gracious supporters with a nod to the Star Wars theme. Established racers leading the development of Team Padme were Mara Lowry (Helm), capably aided by Christina Heydon (Main), Sonja Vlaar and Melissa Baines (Trim), Deborah Conroy (Strings), Rachel Beveye (Bow) and Jenna Everett (Mast/Tactics).

Kirstin Norris took the helm aboard Team Leia with Amanda Watson (Main), Wendy Jorgensen with Debbie Swain and Fiona Lyons interchanging between races on trim, Therese Trouchet (Strings), Victoria Blankensee (Mast) and Bridget Bell (Bow).

April 1st saw the Women’s State Keelboat Championships take place, this year hosted by SoPYC. Race Officer Les Swinton and the team marked a short course on Melville Water West to stage six windward/ leeward races in light wind conditions that proved challenging for all racers, testing the ladies tactics, teamwork and concentration.

Team Leia, skippered by Kirstin Norris, finished first in two races securing the overall victory on a

On 22nd April, the Interclub Championships were hosted by Mounts Bay Sailing Club. Permitted only one team entry, the Squad pooled resources for one dynamic team headed up by Mara Lowry (Helm), with Christina Heydon (Main), Wendy Jorgensen and Melissa Baines (Trim), Deb Conroy (Strings), Victoria Blankensee (Mast) and Rachel Baveye (Bow). The ladies finished in 3rd place after four races in the Women’s category, again in light conditions, contributing to a 4th place overall result for SoPYC when combined with the Veterans and Opens category results. Mara Lowry’s team won the Women’s category last year in 2022.

The Women’s Squad recognise and thank Ian Stewart and Cliff Lawrence for the vital practice sessions, coaching and midweek racing on R2D2 and Skywalker. And to the many other club members who offer support, time, sponsorship or an encouraging word, we thank you.

The Squad thanks the coaching staff for on water coaching, training and skills sessions with Head Coach Denis Jones, and the incredibly patient coaches Niall Morrow and Richard Maher. Many thanks to Rick Steuart, for the on-water photography and write ups after the events.

In recognition in part for her efforts with the Women’s Squad and in her broader role as Sailing Vice Captain, Wendy Jorgensen was awarded the SoPYC Keelboat Sailor of the Year.

The Women’s Squad look forward to welcoming likeminded female sailors with a view towards further strengthening Women’s participation and competition within the club

For further information contact the On Water Group who can put you in touch.

Contributors:

Wendy Jorgensen, Amanda Watson, Bridget Bell, Mara Lowry

SPACESAILER 27

The SS27 Association enjoyed another well contested State Championship competition with hosting of the six heats being shared by four of the most prominent clubs on the river. A dominant performance by Paul Rees and his crew, saw Karina (SP191) secure the State Championship at heat five of the competition and for the second season in a row. While in the Consistency competition, the final places were only determined after the last heat. SoPYC continues to house the majority of Spacesailer 27s in the metro area. Participation numbers in the Club competition remained steady. From the registered racing fleet of 11 yachts at the Club, we saw an average participation rate at six yachts, with the biggest fleet being seven. The fleet remains strong with a depth of competition.

Four yachts sailed in all Club Championship races.

In the State Competition, the registered racing fleet of 14 yachts saw an average participation rate of eight, with the biggest fleet being nine. Six yachts sailed in all State Championship races.

We have enjoyed some very close competition in both, the Club, State or Association level competitions in an enthusiastic yet always sporting spirit. In the Wednesday afternoon autumn racing series for Fleet C, David Hanham on Random Times placed third.

In the Wednesday afternoon spring racing series for Fleet C, David

Hanham on Random Times placed third.

In the Wednesday afternoon summer racing series for Fleet C, David Hanham on Random Times placed first while Matt Rose on King Canute placed third.

In the Wednesday afternoon winter racing series for Fleet C, David Hanham on Random Times was placing third at time of publication.

None of the SS27 fleet participated in the Windward / Leeward Racing Series this season. A non-competitive

highlight of the season was again the annual Twilight Cruise for the Parkinson’s Association. Of the now 20 SS27s on the Club registry, 10 turned up on a pleasant evening in February to take out a party of 45 Parkinson’s Association Members and carers on their annual sailing outing. We were blessed with a very pleasant evening which was enjoyed by all. No new Life Memberships of the Spacesailer 27 Association were bestowed this season. Garrick Aberle.

The Club Championship Outright:

1st Abeelas Brian Saleeba (SP20)

2nd Karina Paul Rees (SP191)

3rd Force Five Mark Popham (SP21)

The Club Championship Consistency:

1st Random Times David Hanham (SP163)

2nd Force Five Mark Popham (SP21)

3rd Abeelas Brian Saleeba (SP20)

The State Championship Outright:

1st Karina Paul Rees (SP191)

2nd Abeelas Brian Saleeba (SP20)

3rd Carrageen II Elise Manners (RF190

State Championship Consistency:

1st Force Five Mark Popham (SP21)

2nd Iolanthe Mal Cronstedt (RF58)

3rd Carrageen II Elise Manners (RF190)

The Most Improved over the Season in the State Competition: Carrageen II, Elise Manners (F190)

Congratulations go to all skippers and crews.

Office Bearers for the Spacesailer 27 Association and SoPYC SS27 Class for 21-22:

Chairman: Malcolm Cronstedt [RFBYC]

Secretary: David Hanham, taking over from Brian Saleeba

Treasurer: David Staniforth-Smith

Handicapper: Brian Easterbrook / Mark Popham

Measurer: Paul Rees

Fleet Captain/Sailing Committee Rep: Matt Rose

Section Scribe: Garrick Aberle continuing.

HERRESHOFF 28

H28 60th Year Celebration.

The highlight for the year was the 60th anniversary of H28s sailing as a class division.

Club records show that a meeting convened by 12 SoPYC members on Thursday 28th February 1963 resulted in a successful proposal put forward by Frank Corser and seconded by Loyal Weaver for H28s to sail as a “class fleet”. The resolution saw the fleet commence sailing as a class division from the 1963/1964 season to the present day. Such a historic milestone surely deserved a proper celebration.,On Saturday 1st March 2023 the largest fleet of H28s seen for several years, with 12 yachts crossing the start line. They included Aloha, Anna, Corella, Georgina, Mariner, Napea of Carrick, Swiftsure Saga, The First Jindarra, and Wynella, with visiting yachts, Bella, Manta and Tehana. A very hot 38c day with a delayed start finally saw the boats drift northwards on a very light fickle easterly to Sampson. The breeze swung to a light but more encouraging southerly.

Fastest on the day was Mariner skippered by Kate Lammonby, 1st on handicap was Aloha skippered by Andrew Minto, and the 1st visiting yacht was Manta skippered by Geoff Barr. All three winners were presented with trophies marking the anniversary event.

Following the race results, over 90 members and associates of the H28 family moved to the Wardroom for a night of fine dining, fellowship and reliving memories of the past 60 years. The evening began with a welcome by Commodore Troy Dalglish. Invited guests included Rear Commodore Victoria Blanckensee and Vice Patron Len Randell.

The Chairman of the Division, Ernie Little acted as MC and he opened his comments, congratulating Glen Stanley for his enormous contribution to the H28 fleet as Chairman for the previous 13 years. He spoke about the camaraderie within the sailing group which has prevailed throughout the years and was pleased to see so many representatives, past and present, of

a special evening for all.

Keelboat Prize Night

Prominent night enjoyed by all at 2023 Keelboat Prize Night. Perpetual sailing attendees Swiftsure Saga and Wynella rewarded by taking out most trophies.

Summary of the main results as follows:

H28 Championship –

Swiftsure Saga, Wynella, Aloha

Saturday Consistency (Spring & Summer) – Swiftsure Saga.

Midweek Autumn Series – Wynella

Midweek Spring Series –Swiftsure Saga.

Midweek Summer Series –Swiftsure Saga.

Midweek Winter Series –Swiftsure Saga.

Well done to all H28s in a year of racing.

the families who have left their mark on the character of the fleet. Many thanks to all members of the sub-committee formed to organize the celebration to provide

The Australian Wooden Boat Festival Hobart 2023

H28 sailors spent a long weekend at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival last February. They were invited by the organizers to represent the state of WA and originally the Herreshoff 28 was viewed as the representative class. With the assistance of a WA built, Hobart based H28 originally called Anita, we were able to show off the H28 class to the people of Hobart.

With 14 WA visitors from SoPYC, we were able to man a booth in the Wooden Boat Builders marquee and kept the flag flying while accompanying Len Randell who was a guest speaker at the symposium on the Sunday. The assistance of the club was most appreciated and it was noted that several WA visitors who found us were delighted to have the Club represented at the festival.

Rick Steuart

Christmas Get Together

A H28 pre-Christmas get together was held on a Friday night in December. The event was attended by many current and former sailors, their partners and friends. A great night of food, drinks and conversation was experienced by all with many tall tales shared.

JOHN PIERZAK

Images courtesy of Rick Steuart

Another great season on the water with the S80 Association and our SoPYC section fleet. Many varied and enjoyable sailing and racing activities were conducted.

SoPYC S80 Club Series Shootout

The five race S80 SoPYC Club consistency series was ran again to encourage wider participation, and all came down to the last race of the season. Congratulations to Fair Game skippered by Dean Picot who won the S80 Club Series from Shadowfax helmed by Jim & Mark Gooding by just one point. Don’t Panic II sailed by Mat Selby took out third place. Well done Mat who has only recently joined the fleet.

A great series and last day on the water was rounded out with a jetty drinks get together on the Western Hardstand with the beers put on by the Association!

Wednesday Sailing

Wednesdays saw several S80s compete regularly in Division 2 over the season. Others such as Hobo

(Mark Abercromby), Alchemy (Con Macarlino) and Don’t Panic II (Mat Selby) also sailed numerous times as commitments allowed.

Congratulations to Jim & Mark Gooding and the team on ShadowFax for taking out 2nd place overall in the Div 2 Autumn series and 3rd place in the Summer series, and to Dean Picot and Sue Game on Fair Game for a 3rd place overall in the Autumn series 2023

Legends taken out by Skid Robbins for Second Time

Wednesday 5th April saw SoPYC host another S80 Association Legends race with 13 boats and crews from Royal Perth and South Perth yacht clubs hitting the water. The day saw a moderate breeze arrive with the event kicking off with lunch in the wardroom where everyone got a chance to catch up with old friends and have a beer before getting out on the water, in true legend fashion.

Mark Robbins on Abby Road made the most of the mid-river start and after some tactical moves found a clear lane. The rest of the fleet were

left to tussle with each other up the first beat to Sanders mark. Mark went on to hold his lead to the finish to take line honours and the trophy – for a second time since winning the first event held. John Hassan (another prior Legend winner) on Shadowfax finished second with Les Marshall on The Fifth Element a close third.

Back at the clubhouse one of the highlights of the presentation was a retrospective and memorabilia display of the S80 fleet over the years, kindly provided by life member John Holder. To commemorate Alan Tough’s legacy, his sister Diane Airey and her family were present for the award of their perpetual trophy to the race winners. Overall, the S80 Legends Race was a terrific event that brought together past sailors and legends of the S80 fleet for a chance to catch up with old friends and enjoy a race on the beautiful Swan River.

S80 Association Racing

The 2023 South West Championships were conducted once again in Kombana Bay Bunbury with SoPYC’s Shadowfax (Jim Gooding) finishing a close second overall after some very close racing. Miss Behavin (Phil Slee) took out first with just 3 points separating 1st and 3rd over 7 races.

In other S80 Association events Shadowfax helmed by Jim & Mark Gooding took out both the SoPYC Swan River Championship short series event and the RPYC UK Halsey Sailmakers Trophy short series event. Fair Game (Dean Picot) finished a creditable 5th overall (from 10 boat) in the Association Bay Marine Metropolitan Championships.

Don’t Panic II (Mat Selby) and Shadowfax (Mark Gooding) both represented SoPYC in the S80 Ron Tough Match Racing championship event hosted by RPYC. After the first round robin series Frakka, Don’t Panic II and Shadowfax were tied having beaten all other yachts and each other. After the tie break was sorted Frakka went on to win the best of 3 final showdown from Don’t Panic with ShadowFax taking out third place overall in a petit final against Balancing Act. A great day of close match racing to round out the season.

S80 WA State Championships

The 2023 WA S80 Association State Championship event was held again in Cockburn Sound and conducted from the RPYC Freo annex and jointly run with the S97 and the Farr 9.2 State Champs. Shadowfax (Jim Gooding skipper) finished 3rd overall with Miss Behavin (Phil Slee) taking out a comprehensive win. Mat Selby on Don’t Panic II in his first S80 States took out the Consistency Trophy and an impressive heat win with some great light weather sailing.

S80 Sailor Development Training

The S80 Association ran the Sailor Development Program for all keelboat sailors in all divisions within the club again this season at SoPYC. A Spinnaker Handling course and a Racing Skills course were run in the period up to Xmas.

Some 20 trainees clocked up 450 hours of on-water and seminar training, supported by some 150 hours of coaching support. A massive thank you goes to John Boswell (s80) and John Connell (Div 3) for taking on the lead training roles and all those many other sailors who have stepped up and volunteered their time and energy to support others learning to become better keelboat sailors.

We plan to run the SDP courses again next season – so if interested keep an eye out for the dates.

Next Racing Season

The S80 section is looking to encourage more S80s to sail on both Wednesday and Saturday’s next season and has a target to get a minimum of six yachts racing regularly. We are also trying to increase yacht numbers with the idea of attracting new S80s and keeping current S80s at the club. To this end we have put together a Fleet Development Plan with the full support of the Club’s Management team and Regatta committee.

So if you are interested in sailing or racing why not become an owner of an S80 and share great yachting enjoyment and satisfaction in a one design fleet. We have a number of boats waiting for a keen skipper and crew. Contact S80 section rep Mark Gooding on mark_gooding@ outlook.com

VIPER

Another busy season for the local Viper Fleet. The Viper State Championships were again held at SoPYC with 9 boats competing. The championship was sailed across one weekend in December with generally mild conditions in the morning races. The new State Champion and first time winner was Murray Howson sailing with son in law Jordan Mears and brother Tom Mears. Second was Brad Sheridan sailing with Jon Stubbs and Simon Wilder. Team Monkhouse with Graeme Heather and Josh took out third. A gourmet BBQ at the centreboard Clubhouse rounded out the weekends sailing activities.

The Rumble in the Reach saw 14 sportsboats including 6 Vipers battle it out in gusty easterly conditions. Always a fun day and this year was no exception with plenty of wipe-outs, great viewing and commentary from the EFYC balcony.

Six Vipers made the trip to Geographe Bay in February for Race week. Conditions were magnificent

and the organisation superb. The Vipers had their own windward leeward course over a 3 day regatta. In a repeat of the State Championship results first went to Murray Howson, second to Rod Beurteaux and third team Monkhouse. The mothership Shentika was moored in the pen adjacent to the Vipers providing après drinks and a luxury ferry service to presentations at GBYC. A fantastic regatta and we are expecting more Vipers next year.

Welcome to new Viper sailors Rob Senior and Brett Sharpe who have purchased AUS279. This brings down the average sailor age to an almost respectable number. The Viper fleet is growing with Shaun Hughes being enticed to SoPYC from RFBYC and Kim Leunig looking to campaign a new boat. This will increase the number of Vipers at SoPYC to 10 active boats. We are all looking forward to a bigger and more competitive 2024 sailing season.

Graeme Monkhouse (08) 6262 3929

graeme@boatsonline.com.au

RED WITCH

As the summer sailing season closes and we congratulate all the winners and champions, we should pause to say thank you to all the skippers and crew members for participating on the water this season. So, thank you to all.

It has been a busy time with good comradeship between the RW crews and good teamwork. The Red Witch called Shenanigans, skippered by Kelvin Uren has won the RW Club Championship with Witch Doctor second and Oracle third on countback, making Bewitched fourth place, Escapade fifth place, Madge in six place and Hornblower in seventh place. The overall RW Club Consistency results were similar with Shenanigans finishing in first place, Witch Doctor in second place, Bewitched in third place, Escapade in fourth place, Madge in fifth place, Hornblower in six place and Oracle in seventh place.

The winner of the Jeff Claflin Tri series was Escapade, skippered by Isaac Wyatt. This three-race event is based on handicap results. Proving Isaac can sail very well when the pressure is on.

Comradeship

What to do when your opposition (fellow competitor), finds cracks in his rudder blade ... You roll up your sleeves and offer to fix it for them. Such was the situation for Witch Doctor. It was discovered after the 30-hour sailing event, called Swanabout, and the rudder blade was found to be flopping around in the rudder box. So, after a lot of grinding and gluing it back together with epoxy glue, then applying four layers of woven fibreglass matting with epoxy resin, the blade was strong again. A couple of coats of primer and top coats, the rudder blade is now ‘scout proof’ and looks awesome (if I say so myself).

Red Witch called Striker

You don’t often get asked “If I can borrow your boat trailer”.

Firstly, we must welcome new members Peter and Candice, and their children, to the Red Witch fleet after purchasing the Red Witch called Striker.

The previous owners, Paul and Burke, had taken the yacht home for the winter to tidy her up before selling it.

Peter, the new owner, was towing it to his house when the old trailer decided to collapse in the middle of Flinders Street. Luckily, it was Saturday afternoon and not peak hour, but a yacht lying in the middle of a busy street is always going to cause a traffic jam.

The Red Witch fleet had just finished their Saturday race and I was met on the boat ramp with an urgent plea, “Can I borrow your RW boat trailer”. So, after organising a crane and tow truck, in amongst contending with traffic jams and police assistance, we now welcome Striker back to the Club, albeit with a modified paint arrangement on her port side, plus a brand-new RW trailer.

The Daniel Wyatt Memorial Trophy was won by Shenanigans. Daniel Wyatt was a dedicated and patient leader who shared his passion for sailing with his crew (son’s) and many other people.

The Red Witch crew person for the year was Johann Lasmana.

The wind strength since Christmas has been pleasant and enjoyable. This has allowed us to bring on four new crew members and fit them into our existing teams of crew members.

Check your wheel bearings on your boat trailer

It was only two weeks since hearing a strange sound coming from the trailer wheels, that the wheel bearings actually collapsed. This prompted us to check all our trailers and indeed change out both wheel bearings on Shenanigans’ and Hornblower’s trailer.

So, a lesson for us all, especially if you’re dunking your trailer in the river every week. Check your wheel bearings regularly.

Johann Lasmana,

SAILABILITY

Sailability at SOPYC continues its mission providing people with disabilities an opportunity to experience the joy of recreational sailing. Sailability originated in the UK and has since been replicated at many yacht clubs around Australia but also in several other countries. It is designed to be a self-funding, ‘not for profit’ organisation offering opportunities for people with disabilities regardless of their ability, mobility, or personal circumstances.

A variety of vessels are utilised by Sailability at SOPYC, from stable 2-person dinghies to 20-foot and larger yachts and power boats under the control of experienced volunteer skippers and crew. Hoists are available to transfer wheelchair participants into boats. The sailing areas are in safe protected waters, and all activities are supported by a safety boat and trained volunteers, many of whom have first-aid certification.

The SOPYC Sailability program in 2022/23 had 25 possible days (always Wednesday) and only 5 of these days had to be cancelled predominantly due to excessive wind.

On average 34 volunteers turned out to assist the programme each week from our pool of about 60. This commitment equates to around 120 direct volunteer hours with at least another 100 hours of boat maintenance, sponsorship liaison, participant and volunteer

administration and other general activities across each week of the season.

Importantly, we managed to get our participants (and sometimes their carers) out on the water for a grand total of 729 hours! Whilst this impressive performance may seem to be a lot of time and people on-water, there is certainly plenty of scope to take on more if we can increase the pool of Volunteers.

Sailability at SOPYC is made possible, first and foremost through the provision of support and services from the Club itself, but also because of our volunteers and the generosity of our sponsors. We would therefore like to acknowledge the following businesses and individuals who have contributed to our success throughout 2022/23:

•Healthways - Act Belong Commit –grant.

• SOPYC Members who supported Sailability’s meat raffles

• Bunnings Melville (Hollie Boyce)

- assistance with the sausage sizzle fundraiser and various hardware items including fibreglass kits, marine ply & rust remover

• Wilson Marine (Chris Pearson)

– Various items including a new Halyard, sail repair tape, 2-stroke oil, and shock cord.

• N Signs (Guy Skinner) - sign writing on our Windrush and Wildfire yachts

• Port Kennedy Tyrepower (Alan Marshall) - repairs to our trailer tyres

• Parker Black and Forrest (Liz Warman) - square reader and padlocks

• Boating Hardware (Murray Smith) - discount on rigging costs

• Wayno’s Welding (Wayne Merry)a generous labour discount

• Coles Melville (Liam Bodey)

- discount on sausages for the Sausage Sizzle

• Officeworks O’Connora generous voucher

• Jason Poutsma – sail for our Etchell

• Extreme X Sailmakers (Carl) – discounted sail repairs

• Matt Rose - individual donation.

Thanks sponsors, one and all. But thanks also to: SoPYC management, the Bosuns (especially David Locke) and the On Water group, our team of committed volunteers, and, most of all, to our fabulous and enthusiastic participants who we look forward to joining us again next season.

FLYING 15

The 2022-23 summer season for the Flying Fifteens focused squarely on the World Championships which were sailed in the pristine waters off the Fremantle coast during March and conducted by the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club. The event had been postponed twice due to the intervention of some pesky disease and the extra time well spent by competitors and event organisers to make everything just right.

Typically, for Western Australia the sailing conditions were as good as you get anywhere with a range of breezes that would produce a worthy champion. Having won the championship 4 times previously, UK sailors Graham Vials and Chris Turner established an early lead in the regatta and were never headed, winning with a race to spare. Showing the benefits of extensive preparation and coaching at the hands of Denis Jones, South of Perth boats occupied 4 spots in the top 10 with the best, Nick Jerwood and Brad Sheridan finishing in second place. In a fleet of nearly 80 boats, South of Perth boats made up a quarter of that number clearly relishing the opportunity to get involved when major events come our way. Class measurer, Neil White, ran his tape over more than 60 new sails in the 3 months leading up to the event. That’s a lot of dacron!

For those interested to see what sailing in a large fleet one design is

all about, have a look at the range of videos and drone footage taken at the Worlds at www.flying15.org.au

Closer to home, our Sunday racing program is eminently suitable for our class of yacht and gives a solid preparation for tackling major events. Past Commodore Les and his dedicated team always seem keen to run one more race which is always appreciated even if some of the more mature bodies protest about the extra effort required.

Thanks to all the on and off water people for making it all safe, pleasant and possible. The sailing, coupled with an

imaginative and adventurous social program co-ordinated by Mary-Anne Reid, has completed another fun-filled season. Bring on next season!

O’PEN SKIFF & PELICAN

O’pen Skiff

O’pen Skiff Australian Championships

January continued to be a busy month for the off the beach fleets with SoPYC hosting the 2023 O’pen Skiff Australian Championships. 67 competitors from all over Australia, NZ, India, and Thailand took to the Swan River, some experiencing a good sea breeze for the first time. The racing officer set a variety of courses such as slalom and trapezoid allowing for some great reaching performance in the lightweight skiffs. Feedback from the national organization suggested that SoPYC have set the bar for what to expect at an O’pen Skiff Championship.

SoPYC ROs set a great balance of mild to moderate morning races with a few good sea breeze races to test the bravery and in some cases the creativity this class allows within a one make fleet. Special mention must be made to Kaison and Hudson who both, despite being lighter than many of their competitors, have discovered some trim settings that allow them to continue to sail higher and faster than their competitors, especially in a full breeze.

Club Training Fleet

Demand has continued to increase in all skill levels in the O'pen Skiff. The training fleet currently includes 25 kids as young as 7 up to 15 years of age. The three sail size options in this class allow the same boat to suit a lightweight beginner on Sunday morning, and an Open class racer Sunday afternoon. The lightweight poly hull is self-draining and offers some forgiveness for those who dare to port start. Congratulations to our Club Champion for Summer 2022-23 Flynn Wallford.

Pelican

Peli Power Up

Pelican Power Up was held at SoPYC this year with 21 boats and 42 sailors. We welcomed families traveling from Esperance, Geraldton and Busselton to take part in the three-day training event run annually by the Pelican Sailing Association.

Special guests included Len Randell the grandfather of the Pelican to hand out a most improved award and tell a story or two to the kids. SoPYC are looking forward to hosting Peli Power Up later in 2023. If you have a Pelican and some kids make sure to bring it down for this fun training event, perfect for beginners.

Easter Regatta

SoPYC’s solo Pelican Ogopogo travelled to Bussleton for their second shot at the Easter Regatta after finishing 10th in the previous year. With both Lailah and Miles Beck having trained in their O’pen Skiffs this year they were ready to see if

they could convert this practice into Pelican action. Extremely light winds and seas for most races favored a smaller team using some interesting tactics. On one light morning with shifting winds Miles was extremely excited to land on the beach to inform his dad that he had flow the Gennaker! Pole all the way forward, holding the tiny spinnaker in a gorgeous shape when the wind went almost forward on the downwind leg. Sometimes 2 knots can feel like 10 when you get it right!

When the tally was taken Ogopogo finished tied for 3rd, and ended up 4th on count back. A great improvement on last year, showing what two equally trained and confident sailors can do when they come together as a team. Ogopogo is often out for a casual sail at SoPYC, and the team’s always happy to take an interested junior out for a spin. Come down to say hello the next time you see Ogopogo on the beach and find out what the Pelicans are up to in WA.

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POWER 888 Darren Brown

A Judd Andrew Judd

Absolutely Adrian Mtungwazi

Accrewed Interest Christopher Patten

Achilles Paul Musca

Adagio Simon Stone

Akela Neil Clarke

Allegra Milvia Poli

Allegretto Joel Weston

Allouette Jayson Oates

Amazon Steven Wall

Angel Anthony Julien

Angelica Colin Cowden

Annaliese Grant Craig

Anteres Adam Kisiel

Aperitivo Benjamin Burchill

Apollo Craig Billings

Argyle Adam William Harry

Aspects Matthew Rummer

At The Office Ray Gullotto

Audacity III Stephen Melsom

August Moon Anthony Walther

Auspicious Michael Palmer

Austin'S Power Darren Austin

Australis 2 Marek Kwiecien-Fisher

Awatea Stephan Wynne

Awatea 2 Stephan Wynne

Bacchus Denise Phillips

Back In Black Glenn Irvine

Bada Bing Ron Reddingius

Bayliner Mark Hardcastle

BB443 Kyle Putland

Beacon 2 South Of Perth Yacht Club

Bella Jan Glancy

Bessie Lee Robert Velletri

Bianca Bella Adeline Scrafton

Big Picture Jamie Gilkison

Bingarra Stephen Ferguson

Black Magic Wesley Tweedie

Black Magic Larry Cipriani

Black Pearl Karen Egan

Black Pearl I Shelley Birch

Blue Bayou David McCutcheon

Blue Flame John Wood

Blue Riband William Peters

Bluewater Michele Delle Donne

Boat Torque John Levingston

Bonecrusher Matthew Van Riessen

Bootlegger Rory Vassallo

Brazen Tracy Leveridge-Smith

Brig Daniel Grant

Brigg8 Stewart Bailey

Briggy Brendan Taylor

BY569 Peter Alp

C Jet James White

Capt Mac Sparrow Rhett Macpherson

Carma Mark Harper

Carramia David De Luca

Casamer Antony Middleton

Casuarina II William Johnson

Cest La Vie Kerran Campbell

Cest La Vie1 Sanae Kazim

Challenge Damien Golding

Chandon Andrew Lange

Chandon1 Merfyn Jones

Char-Tay Chris Somas

Cheaper Than A Misstress Ian McEwan

Chianti Oscar Sorci

Chilax Frank Natoli

Chilin Nathan Bergmans

China Doll Craig Beveridge

Coconino II Matthew Birney

Coffee Point South Of Perth Yacht Club

Cohiba Leonard Fretwell

Connoisseur

Conquest 2000

Debbie Bennett

Bernard Pickett

Cross Tender Brian Cross

Crystal C Ian Howard

Dai Job Ross Markham

Dalusional Troy Dalglish

Dances With Waves

Anthony Spiteri

Dark And Stormy Brian Adams

Desiderata

Detour

Detour

Vince Acalinovich

Malcolm Taylor

David Markham

Diamond Fred Roberts

Dionysus Michael Price

Dividend

DL542

Bruce Williams

Timothy Brand

Dos Tintos Kirsty Lane

Dottie Matthew Fry

DP100 Peter Sangalli

DS368 Murray Tegart

DS758

Jason Buchan

DT307 Brendan Williams

Ducs On The Pond Marc Ducler

Dun Reel

Eagle Point

Steven Dunning

Kelvin Brown

EB736 Kristopher Townend

EC832

EE977

Richard Lambe

Nick Chernoff

Egbert 2 Mark Lewis

Eggsactly Michael Price

Elaine

Russell Francis

Elangi Brendon Andrews

Elysium Glen Bajars

Emily May

Robert Wright

Emira Derek Bryant

Endlesshorizons

Eneabba IV

Enigma

EP868

Mark Wilkinson

Douglas Brooks

Vincent Whyte

Robert Martin

Escapade Marcel Every

Estoril

Michael Pearson

Exclusive Agent 3 Darryl Francis

EZ716

Dean Trezise

Fin Cat Tobias Kane

Fish Hawk Travis Simmons

Formula 11

Foxy Lady III

Free Styler

Free Styling

Antal Pinter

Alan Wilson

Brendan Quinn

Brendan Quinn

Freelance Warren Westphal

Galivant Peter Coghill

Game On Jodie-Louise Harders

GB239

Oscar Winter

GC952 Gary Rich

Gemini Graham Spalding

Georgie

GG608

GG673

GK503

GL310

GM097

GM544

Golden Eye

Grand Cru

Granda

GU219

GU350

GW391

Hansen Rib

Happy Days

Happy Place

Hard Yards

Haven Mark McDonnell

Heathcote South Of Perth Yacht Club

Hey Jude

High Seas

Holidaze

Robert Willis

Thomas Vermeltfoort

Vernon Bailey

How 'Bout It Olaf Frederickson

Hydro Therapy

Iao

Illusion

Imluvnit

In Salt

Inamorata

Inca

Indiana

Invincible II

Irelene

Islay Mist

Isola

It'S All G

Its Yunderful

Jaybird

Jenna II

Joint Venture

Jola

Jolly Bouy

Just Heid

K.L.D

Katmandu

Keiko II

Kerrawa

Kerry

Khe Sahn

Kikenbak

Kokoda

Koollines

Kudos

La Vita

Lab

Lady Caroline

Lazy Dollar 2

Lazy Lodge

Legacy

Lexus

Lifestyle

Lindy Lou

Steve Biscoe

Ieng Cheong Iao

Ian Staples

Mark Conacher

Paul McVittie

Christopher Hind

Jarrad Eaton

Brian Smith

Angelo Tatulli

Dean Clarke

Peter Stevenson

Nick Zinni

Kristy Merks

Mark Sawyer

Leonard Ainslie

Adrian Maddy

Darrell Rice

Michael Douthie

Kenneth Jolly

Richard Blythe

Peter Harris

Julia McDowell

Neil Martin

Brooke Dunning

Brian Culver

Gregory Hill

Jaron Mott

Ronald Coote

Carmine Barbato

Peter Shere

Ian David

Ben Conick

John Edwards

Deanne Hewitt

Steven MacMillan

Claude Mancini

Joseph Zito

Jeremy Greaves

Ronald Bomford

Little Australian Richard Clamp

Little Itch

Little One

Lone Star

Longshot

Lucky Skunk

M&Ms

Macee

Maestro

Magnifique Too

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Random Times

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H28

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Judith Magee

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Spot The Difference

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ILCA 4

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ILCA 7

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OPEN SKIFF

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