THE ROYAL MOTOR YACHT CLUBOF NEW SOUTH WALES

2009 - 2010YEARBOOK

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Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales Ltd

Patron-in-Chief of the Royal Motor Yacht Club

Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, AC

Governor-General of the

Commonwealth of Australia

Patron

Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, AC

Governor of New South Wales

Vice Patron

Rear Admiral Stephen Gilmore. AM CSC RAN

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Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South WalesOffice Bearers for 2009/2010

Board of Directors Michael Zammit Ian Dale Richard Poole Neil Webster Robert Paradis

CommodoreJohn Barbouttis

Rear CommodoreMichael Tess

Vice CommodoreMichael Courtney

Honorary TreasurerMatthew Scarf

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“It’s our home away from home,

for fishing and cruising around the

Whitsundays. Over the years, I’ve always

made time for getting out on my boat.

Otherwise, I would be mad or dead by

now. Even when you think you don’t have

time, boating is a means of getting some

perspective in your life.

“I’ve owned six Rivieras in the past

decade. The appeal of the brand is the

quality of the design and build, as well as

the back-up service.”

Peter Teakle and Nina MattingleyBorn to Battle

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“I bought my boat in 2009 based on

market share and reputation. Riviera is

a renowned brand of great quality and

years of experience in boat building

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“If I intend to invest in a large boat, it

needs to be money well spent. Even in

detail that’s not visible, there’s a pride in

workmanship that is not represented in

imported or competing brands.

“The boat allows us to escape day to

day living and enjoy the company of

friends, other boaties or solitude as a

couple.”

Alan and Kylie MosesSnow White and the Seven Aboard

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“The design & quality of the new 43

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at Riviera.

“Having carefully viewed other

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Riviera’s reputation as a market leader

in the design & and quality of luxury

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“What was also important to us was

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“Our friend recommended Riviera to

us and with all the value and quality,

we were sold. We bought it off the plan,

sight unseen and I think I added every

extra and option I could.

“The Offshore Express really suits our

style of boating. We wanted it all on one

level for the stability and ease of use.

“The IPS drive makes it highly

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Keith and Jayne SmithRed Xpress

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“We chose the 5800 sport yacht for its

one level, ample space and superb design.

With two kids and six grandchildren,

space is all important. We’re still glad

of the large accommodation, the king

master stateroom, three bathrooms and

all the outdoor space in the cockpit for

entertaining. I had clears fitted so we

could enjoy it in all weather.

“The garage underneath holds our

large tender and two kayaks. The kids

just love the transom for swimming and

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5800 Sport Yacht

“Riviera is synonymous with the word

quality. Also their after-sales service is

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“Our boat gives us a complete lifestyle

change when we are aboard. It enables

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Official Yearbook 2009 – 2010

CONTENTSPatrons 2

Office Bearers 3

Commodore’s Message 8

A Brief History 10

Crossing Places. The Bridges 16

Opening Day 2009 26

Royal Motor Yacht Club Gym 32

Shipwrecks of Sydney 38

Commodores Ball 2010 48

Harbourside Heaven, The Marina Restaurant 52

Charterers and other animals, Cruising the Whitsunday’s 56

Father Neptune’s Day 2009 62

Sydney’s Game Fishing Potential 68

Burgundy, the land of fine art & living 74

Climbing Kilimanjaro 80

On All Fronts – Book Review 84

Eating with Zest 86

Memorandum of Association of RMYC of NSW Ltd 88

Honour Roll of Life Members 91

Articles of Association of RMYC of NSW Ltd 92

Members List 103

Honour Roll of Flag Officers 112

Royal Motor Yacht Club Uniforms and Flags 115

Royal Motor Yacht Club Flags & Epaulettes 119

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Cover Photo: The new Riviera 5800 Sport Yacht

Nearly two years have passed since the

Cospas-Sarsat system ceased to monitor the

121.5 MHz distress frequency. The cessation of

satellite monitoring of 121.5 MHz was the greatest

change to the global search and rescue system

in many years. Now all boat owners in Australia

both commercial or recreational, sailing more than

two nautical miles offshore are required to carry a

registered 406 MHz Emergency Position Indicating

Radio Beacon (EPIRB).

With over 168,000 beacons now registered,

Australians are recognised as the biggest user

of distress beacons in the world based on our

population size. Only the USA has a larger

database. However, the Australian Maritime Safety

Authority (AMSA) believes that nearly 30 per cent

of distress beacons (EPIRBS, Personal Locator

Beacons and Emergency Locator Transmitters)

remain unregistered.

It is your responsibility to update you beacon’s

details and inform family and friends of your travel

plans. By taking such actions, you can save

valuable time in a search and rescue situation. You

can register your beacon, update your trip details,

emergency contacts and travelling companion

information online at any time at www.amsa.gov.au/

beacons. By having access to this key information,

the Rescue Coordination Centre in Canberra can

tailor the most appropriate response to

assist you in an emergency.

The proof-of-registration

stickers issued for EPIRBs

and PLBs are valid for two

years. The renewal process

is simple. A sticker reminder

notification will be issued one

month before the two year

expiry date if your registration

details have not been updated

in the previous six months. If your registration

details have been updated in the six months prior to

expiry, the AMSA system will automatically generate

a new registration sticker and send it to you one

month before the expiry date.

Some boat owners elect to share their beacon

amongst friends or co-owners. While this is not

encouraged by AMSA or the state police, sharing a

beacon requires careful attention to the registration

details provided to ensure that the contact details

reflect who will be carrying the beacon on the

day. Using the “Comments” box to provide further

particulars also provides essential information to

rescuers.

Boat owners considering buying a new boat or

EPIRB should be aware of the benefits of buying

a GPS capable distress beacon. GPS beacons

provide your distress position to the Rescue

Coordination Centre within minutes. Non-GPS

beacons rely upon the signal from the beacon being

picked up by a polar orbiting satellite which may

take over an hour to occur. GPS beacons have a

location accuracy of 120 metres, as opposed

to the 5 kilometre location accuracy of a non-

GPS beacon. This difference in search area

means that rescuers have a smaller

area to cover and can assist you

more rapidly.

In a distress situation time is critical,

but three simple steps can make a

world of difference – Register, Renew

and be Responsible. And remember,

GPS is best.

For more information on distress

beacons or to update your

details, please visit

www.amsa.gov.au/beacons or

call 1800 406 406.

The Three Rs of Beacons – Register, Renew and Responsibility

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Dear Fellow Members,

I am pleased to present to you our Yearbook for the 2009–10 year.

This year we have changed format somewhat in that we have included editorial pieces which we hope you will find to be interesting reading. Some of these include Ship Wrecks of Sydney Harbour and an article on the bridges that cross Sydney Harbour.

This year at the Annual General Meeting, past Commodore Ken Gresham was elected a Life Member of the Club. Ken was, for many years, also, Honorary Treasurer and played a pivotal role in the rebuilding of our Club; the honour bestowed on him was well deserved.

Each year as we prepare the Yearbook we reflect on and remember those Members who have passed away since the time of our last publication. As such, it is with regret we advise the passing of the following Members:

MRS NAIDA BLAKE

MR RICHARD MERER

MR NABIL GAZAL

MR (ANGELO) PETER HATSATOURIS

I also note the passing of my mother Lily Barbouttis, OAM who had been a long time member of the Club but had been in ill health in the last few years.

We hope you enjoy reading your 2009–10 Yearbook.

John M. Barbouttis

Commodore

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July 6, 1905A group of motorboat owners in Sydney formed a motor boat club - The Motor Boat Club – the second in the British Empire. The first one was formed in Victoria the year before. This meeting was held at Aaron’s Exchange Hotel Sydney.

The first Commodore was Phillip Mitchell Vice Commodore Dr George Read with Rear Commodore, Frank Albert.

The club was formed to promote motor boating which included racing and social activities.

November 5, 1905The Club opened its first season at Clifton Gardens. It was a Saturday.

December 10, 1910The club purchased a bungalow style clubhouse at Point Piper. This property had a jetty that ran into deep water which was ideal for the member’s boats. Social activities increased due to the new waterfront premises and boat racing became the Club’s predominant sporting event. Among the races was the renowned Griffith Cup which was competed for by different states. By 1912, with Frank Albert as Commodore, there were 25 racing days and 2 ocean races. These all came to a halt with the outbreak of WW1.

1927His Majesty, King George V, conferred on the club the right to use the word ‘Royal’. The club was then renamed the Royal Motor Yacht Club of NSW. The first motor yacht club in the British Empire to use the ‘Royal’ prefix. Boat owners were allowed to apply to fly “The Blue Ensign Defaced”. The first were approved that same year and became keenly sought after.

October 28, 1926A branch of the RMYC was opened at Broken Bay in Newport.

November 1, 1927A branch of the RMYC was opened on Lake Macquarie in Newcastle.

April 17, 1934A branch of the RMYC was opened at Port Hacking.

1939The club encourages the formation of a Yachtsman Auxiliary to the National Emergency Services. This was later absorbed into the Naval Auxiliary Patrol. Many members gave their services to this operation.

May 31, 1941Japanese midget submarines attack Sydney Harbour causing considerable damage to shipping. The RMYC boat ‘Serenade’ was one of the small naval patrol boats which was destroyed.

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A BRIEF HISTORY

1936The ‘Younger Set’ was formed. Members under 20 years of age. This stopped during the war years but was reorganised in the 60’s and membership rose to over 100.

1959Land form the Club’s northern boundary was purchased allowing the building of a BBQ area and bar.

1961The site expanded with a new marina being built, a new enlarged clubhouse and increased decking in front of the bar. Cocktails from the ‘Down under Bar’ became very popular. The official opening was held in 1963 and opened by the Governor General of the time, the right Honourable Viscount De Lisle.

1965The old Boatshed which had served as the bar for four years was demolished.

1967The waterfront on the Club’s northern boundary was purchased.

1970The swimming pool was constructed. An area that was very popular with families.

1980The Club celebrated its 75th Anniversary. This also established the Anniversary Cup and Port Hacking’s Harry Peel Trophy. The Anniversary Cup became one of the most prestigious events on the Club’s racing calendar.

August 27, 1984Disaster strikes the Club with a massive fire destroying the speedboat shed and bar, kitchen, stores, and part of the marina. Twenty three speedboats were destroyed along with equipment in the building. The operations of the Club had to be suspended.

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1988The waterfront rebuilding program was completed. The new building included a modern kitchen, Marina Restaurant, bar, dining room, showers and change rooms.

1993The Marina Restaurant was refurbished. A total redesign of the concept was developed.

1995 – 6Plans approved by council to start the redesign concept which created the renaissance of the club. A new elevator was built from street level to the marina area.

1998Further major building works were completed at the club.

August 2000The old timber marina was demolished and replaced by a new concrete floating marina.

The marina was opened on 5th August 2000.

2003During the summer season that year, the Club saw the opening of the new swimming pool for use by its members.

July 6, 2005The Royal Motor Yacht Club of NSW celebrated its 100th Anniversary – a significant milestone in the Club’s long and proud history.

2006The Marina Restaurant was refurbished.

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CROSSING PLACES

The topography of a harbour city is defined by its crossing places,

the bridges.

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SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE

When I asked my friend Otto for his favourite part of the Sydney Harbour Bridge he replied “The red light”.

Why?

“Sometime in the late 1950s”, he answered, “the drunken mob I was hanging around with decided to try climbing the arch.

“The gates near the road level were pretty easy to negotiate despite the barbed wire, and the beams seemed about as wide as a Balmain street. Sitting under the red light, replenishing the blood alcohol level, was a buzz”.

Those were the days.

For former WA Premier Geoff Gallop Sydney Harbour’s Bridge meant a beginning. He was on his way by ship from Perth to Britain to take up his Rhodes scholarship at Oxford. As the ship entered Sydney Harbour at first light, turned around Bradley’s Head and he caught sight of the coathanger, he thought it a stunning sight made more poignant because this was a pivotal moment in his life, a fresh and momentous start.

For me, it was the reverse; I was leaving Sydney by ship, but at night. I had narrowly escaped being drafted for the Vietnam War and was keen not to give the authorities a second chance. So as the

Bridge faded astern it became a symbol of escape from something terrible, as well as the start of something big. And so it proved.

For the occupants of a small tinnie heading down-harbour for a day’s fishing, passing under the Bridge can be like rounding Cape Horn if the wind is against the tide and the ferries have done a good job of chopping up the surface. If you are on a small yacht trying to sail to the east, you have to deal with the chop and the slop and the traffic as well the vagaries of the nor’-easter blowing around, over and under the great structure. Tension levels on board ease as the Opera House draws abeam, much as it must be when a craft rounds Cape Horn and reaches the latitude of the Falklands.

But I have one over-arching (!) memory. Off Bradley’s Head at dusk, having just finished a photography session, I was motoring slowly into Rushcutters Bay as the sun set, unmasked by cloud, in the dead centre of the beautiful old structure. At that moment the harbour around me was empty so I felt I was the only person to witness this sight, and at that moment the Bridge exemplified to me every bit of the legend of this city and its inhabitants. Marvellous.

Length or arch 503m; Height to top of aircraft beacon 141m above mean sea level; clearance for shipping 49m; Built between 1924 and 1932.

CROSSING PLACES

The original road bridge (there are two, side by side) is the one with the lifting centre which hasn’t been lifted since the 1950s.

Built in 1935 it now supports three traffic lanes. The second bridge was completed in the mid 1990s, and carries south/westbound traffic.

A distance upstream is the rail bridge, which looks like a kid built it from Meccano. Remember Meccano? Apparently it has recently made a comeback.

In a byegone age, the best thing about driving across the Ryde Bridge was seeing what was happening at the Halvorsen factory, not far downstream.

These days travelling under the bridges by boat is an exciting business as the Rivercat ferries approach from ahead and behind, very quietly and very fast. On a recent passage down Parramatta River I got so preoccupied with dodging the Rivercats I narrowly missed ramming one of the bridge pylons.

When it was built in 1964 it was the World’s longest concrete single-span structure. It replaced the original bridge

built in 1881, and you can see the original sandstone piers to the west of the existing bridge. That bridge had a swing section to allow ships to pass, including the fabled 60-milers carrying coal from Newcastle to the gas works at Mortlake. Now the area is known as Breakfast Point, and features an epidemic of apartment towers.

Adjacent to the Gladesville Span is Tarban Creek bridge, and a bit further north is Fig Tree, which spans Lane Cover River.

RYDE BRIDGE GLADESVILLE BRIDGE

My favourite feature of Gladesville Bridge can be heard most weekends. The historic steam craft pull over to one side of the arch and blow their steam whistles, and the nostalgic shriek echoes back and forth across the arch. Local old-timers worry that they can hear steam trains nearby and go home to sit quietly in a dark room.

Span 305m, clearance 40.7m

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Easily Sydney’s most contentious. The day after the new bridge was finished in 1958 it bridge had to be opened to allow a powder barge to pass through and peak-hour traffic banked up on the northern side. Since then, nothing has changed; the bridge still opens (though there are no powder barges these days) and traffic banks up and motorists get angry, as they have been doing for half a century. No politician has had the courage to tackle the problem so the controversy enters its sixth decade. No one can ever accuse we Aussies of rushing into anything.

The locals see the solution as simple; ban the boats. But that would cut off access to Sydney Harbour’s most beautiful reaches.

The most important thing for boaters to remember is that the speed limit is now 4 knots.

And to check opening times; at weekends 8.30am, 10am, 11.30am, 2.30pm, 4.30pm, 6.30pm, 8.30pm, 9.30pm.

SPIT BRIDGE

Photo with thanks to Manly Library collection.Top: Spit Bridge 1925. Above: 1920’s to 1030’s. Floating tram to transport the trams across the Spit. Passengers had to disembark and cross the bridge on foot. Below left: 1958 Demolition of original bridge with the current bridge in operation. Below right: Spit Bridge today.

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The new Iron Cove Bridge is well-advanced and will greatly assist the existing structure which opened in 1955. The idea is to

improve traffic flow along Victoria Road; locals strongly opposed the new structure arguing that the extra lanes would only move the bottleneck.

The real congestion problems are on the walkway, which is part of the immensely popular Bay Run, which circumnavigates Iron Cove. On the bridge, pedestrians, walkers, dogs and cyclists fight viciously for footpath space as they all try to cross the bridge. The new structure will fix this.

Boaters should take care with the elaborate buoyage system intended to separate boats from old and new pylons, barges and workboats. And keep an eye out for canoeists and rowers.

IRON COVE BRIDGE

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While this bridge was under construction a visiting American engineer told me he thought it was a great design. At the

same time, a bloke in a newspaper story labelled it ‘jungle technology’. Whatever that is.

There was also a story which claimed the bridge’s height was determined by the need for the cement ships to pass on their way to Blackwattle Bay. Whatever the cause, the soaring arch made possible the Rozelle Superyacht marina, a magnet for big-boats and big-boat perves. Which includes us all.

ANZAC BRIDGEThat clearance (27m minimum) was barely enough when I passed beneath it as guest on a 30m motor-sailer catamaran. All heads craned skywards as we approached, breaths were held, and the skipper muttered, “I hope I got the tide height right”. He had.

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With Glebe Island Bridge, Pyrmont represents the last remnants of the great Victorian tradition of structural design and construction.

The first Pyrmont Bridge was built in 1857. Work began on the current bridge in 1899 and it was opened in June 1902. Architect was Percy Allen, who supervised 550 bridges throughout NSW. His Allen Truss was used worldwide.

Pyrmont Bridge had one of the largest swing spans in the World, and was a very early user of electric power, seen as an American system and thus anti-British (who used steam).

The original electric motors are still there and are still used. In 1981 the bridge was closed and in time-honoured Sydney style ordered to be demolished. But the old structure had a stay of execution and in 1988 it was reopened for pedestrian traffic. The monorail track was discontinuous so span opening would not be impeded. Walk the bridge and see cyclists do battle with pedestrians for right of way. B.T.

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Sydney Harbour was looking its picture-perfect best for the Opening Day ceremony for the 2009-10 season.

The strength and length of RMYC Point Piper’s maritime history is underlined each year by the ceremony and the fleet sailpast.

The season opener marked 104 years of the club history, in the 100th year of the occupation of the Point Piper premises.

For the 2009-10 ceremony the special guest was Rear Admiral Stephen Gilmore, AM, CSC, whose career includes commanding a frigate, becoming a specialist in gunnery and air warfare, service on US cruisers in the Persian Gulf where he was responsible for all maritime security. He became a Rear Admiral in 2008 and fleet commander in October 2009.

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On a clear and sun-filled day, the waters of Rose Bay sparkle like a sea of diamonds. It’s a truly inspiring scene and those

endeavouring to get fit and healthy will understand just how important such inspiration is. That’s why it’s so fortuitous that one of the best vantage points for this breathtaking seascape is from the new gymnasium of the Royal Motor Yacht Club.

Allow me to set the scene. Crystal clear floor to ceiling windows reveal the spectacular view and flood the gym’s main cardio area with natural sunlight. The finesse of the state-of-the-art fitness equipment is reflected in expansive glistening mirrors. Glossy Redupol flooring, imported from Germany, stretches from wall to wall. The sophistication of this flooring belies its elegantly

IntImate, prIvate and unabashedly luxurIous – step away from the overwhelming commercial gym scene and experience a more bespoke health club experience. get fit on your own terms at the royal motor yacht club’s new gymnasium.

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simple appearance: constructed of 15 millimetre shock pad and topped with another 8 millimetre of rubber tiling, the flooring not only protects the machinery and weights in the gym, it also protects your body to the effects of jumping or skipping.

As for an overall summary: as far as gyms go, I can safely assume it is quite unlike anything you have ever experienced before. In essence, the only thing more polished and sculpted that this gym, are the body’s of the personal trainers who work here.

That said, perhaps its most valuable asset is the gymnasium’s over-riding atmosphere. This gym is a quiet and comfortable haven. Attention to detail was paramount in the design process. There is no denying that the Royal Motor Yacht Club’s newest facility is the epitome of a boutique gymnasium.

Opened in July 2010, the health and fitness facility was built on principles of positive health and physical maintenance. The vision was to create a space that had the warm tone of a ‘home gym’. And there’s no denying that vision has come to fruition.

The difference is, that unlike a ‘home gym’, members are supported by expert ‘one-on-one’ trainers and have access to the finest equipment and facilities. The staff comprises a group of five personal trainers, two massage therapists and two yoga stretch teachers all experts in their field, who are there to guide and support you during your quest for fitness. With such expertise, the end result is that members approach their gym sessions with confidence, injury is prevented and member satisfaction reigns supreme.

Our Cardio Section, which has the prime real estate position of overlooking the magnificent bay, boasts three flat screen television sets. It means you can work out to your favourite television program, or work out looking to the stretching expanse of the bay. The choice is yours.

If you’re interested in leveraging state-of-the-art equipment, you won’t be disappointed. We have an eclectic range of weight resistance and cardio training machines, like the TRX System. Also be sure to check out the innovative yoga rope wall, a unique system that allows you to use only your body weight to stretch. It’s an excellent way to stretch the body, promote a lean frame, perfect your posture and is excellent for providing spine traction.

But this gym is about more than excellent equipment and workout programs. There are many well-being options and smaller details that set it apart from the rest.

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the difference is, that unlike a ‘home gym’, members are supported by expert ‘one-on-one’ trainers and have access to the finest equipment and facilities.

From the second you walk through the doors, you’ll notice something different. For starters, the air is surprisingly fresh for a gym. Look out the windows of the gym to the bay and take a deep breath – with the deliciously fresh sea-salt infused air you could be forgiven for thinking you are conducting your workout outdoors. This is because of the unique ventilation system, which essentially draws fragrant fresh air from the bay into the gym. This fresh air is then sucked through special vents from the main gym area and the massage room, before finally being pushed back outdoors. This system is far better for well-being than simply exercising in an air-conditioned environment.

On this theme of well-being, let’s explore some of the more indulgent parts to the gym. Unsurprisingly, one of the most popular elements of the health club is the Balinese style massage room. Following a gruelling workout, nothing beats a relaxing massage. We have the benefit of two specially-trained massage thereapists to offer every service you could possible dream of.

As an ultimate commitment to wellbeing, we also have the steam room. We’re all familiar with the discomfort of tight, stressed or strained muscles. Spend 20 minutes in our steam room and you will feel this pain melt away. The heat of steam has the power to penetrate deep into your muscles, and the sweat your body will shed will make your skin glow with good health.

Open from 5.00am until 10.00pm, this is an adult’s only gym – ensuring a calm, relaxing workout environment. The team is dedicated to enhancing your fitness and health experience. If you haven’t visited the gym yet, then come on down, to see what the fuss is about. It really does have to be seen to be believed.

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some things to remember: Swipe your membership card on entry. Your membership card is not transferable.

You must have your membership card with you and on display when using the gym.

Sign in on entry, sign out on exit. The book is located at the gym front desk.

For hygiene reasons, towels are compulsory. No towel – no entry.

Wear enclosed footwear and appropriate attire at all times.

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three of the worstdisasters from three eras of local maritime history

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A wild southeasterly gale had thrashed the seas until the swells were catastrophic, the sort of weather which these days forces the

Manly ferries to stay snug in their Balmain berths and the surfers to try their luck at Nielsen Park.

The sort of weather that left the Pacha Bulka stranded on Nobbys Beach in Newcastle.

On nights such as these, each one of us has sent thanks that we are not at sea.

On the night of August 20, 1857, the passenger ship Dunbar was closing on Sydney Heads after an 81-day voyage from Britain. Dunbar was no immigrant ship; she was well-fitted and luxurious, 201.ft and 1321 tons, bringing to Australia around 120 people, a mix of crew and well-heeled passengers. Perhaps the importance of his passengers weighed on the mind of Captain James Green as he approached the Heads in the horrendous weather. He may have wanted to spare his rich and powerful passengers an unnecessary night in shocking weather while the ship stood-to within sight of Sydney’s lights. The steamer Grafton, coming from the north, stayed outside the Heads and entered next morning.

This was Captain Green’s eighth visit; he knew the Heads to be set well apart and it was reasonable that he would assume a well-found ship capable of the entry. No doubt he had never seen the Heads as a mass of breaking waves, as we locals have.

Whatever his reasoning, Green turned to port and headed in, guided by the Macquarie light at Dover Heights. The only survivor, crewman James Johnson, reckoned he heard a cry of ‘breakers ahead’. The skipper believed he was too far north and turned to port. One report says Green had time realise his mistake, swing Dunbar to starboard and tried to

Dunbarit was a time of violent weather, violence of a level that sydneysiders know well.

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claw off but the ship was not carrying enough sail to do so. She hit the rocks almost broadside-on, midway between the light and The Gap.

Johnson spent that night, the next day and the night following, on a ledge three metres above the wreck. He was rescued on the morning of August 22.

The wreck was Australia’s worst maritime disaster and it shook the people of Sydney;

“Imagine a fully laden jumbo jet crashing into Botany Bay today,” says Kieran Hosty, marine archaeologist at the Australian National Maritime Museum. “The loss of the Dunbar, on the doorstep of Sydney, was catastrophic. ”

At the mass funeral more than 100 carriages passed through the assembled crowd estimated at 20,000, which lined George Street.

Many of the Dunbar victims were buried in mass graves at St. Stephen’s Church, Newtown.

The image that stays with me is that of James Johnson, wet, cold and in deep shock, perched on a rock ledge for two nights and a day watching, if contemporary reports are to be believed, sharks savaging the bodies of his former shipmates.

In a twist worthy of a Eugene O’Neil play he later became a lighthouse keeper and helped rescue the sole survivor of the wreck of the Cawarra.

Dunbar is the biggest wreck in NSW waters. She is one of 6500 wrecks nationwide; there are 325 in the Sydney coastal region and 90 within the Harbour.

Greycliffethe horror of this shipwreck is that the circumstances are so familiar to all sydneysiders.

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Shipwrecks of Port Jackson Dictionary of Sydney

To mark the 150th anniversary of the tragic wreck of the Dunbar on

20 August 1857, the Australian National Maritime Museum published Dunbar 1857 – disaster on our doorstep by the museum’s maritime archaeologist, Kieran Hosty. It brought together an in-depth account of the events of the shipwreck and its traumatic impact on the young colony, richly illustrated by material from the museum’s collection. This included a catalogue of the museum’s extraordinary collection of small and often intimately

personal passenger relics and other artefacts, recovered from the seabed by amateur sports divers in the 1960s before the site was protected by legislation.

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On November 3, 1927, the Sydney Harbour ferry Greycliffe left Circular Quay for Watson’s Bay at 4.15pm, on what was

known as the school run. It stopped at Garden Island then headed for Nielsen Park, to be followed by stops at Parsley Bay, then Watson’s Bay.

Greycliffe was a timber double-ender, with a wheelhouse at each end. She was carrying 120 passengers. Her skipper was Captain William Barnes, aged 52, with 30 years of maritime experience.

On the same course as Greycliffe, coming from behind, was RMS Tahiti, 7585 tons, carrying 300 passengers (approximately) for New Zealand and the United States. Her skipper was Captain Basil Aldwell, her pilot Captain Thomas Carson.

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Photos with thanks to the Collection of the Australian National Maritime Museum, reproduced courtesy of the museum.

Reports say that as Tahiti passed Bennelong Point Carson ordered ‘full ahead’ on the engines. By the time she was ‘somewhere between Garden Island and Bradley’s Head’ she was estimated to have been doing 12 knots. As she overtook Greycliffe, the ferry suddenly turned to port and Tahiti first pushed her along sideways, then cut her in two. 40 people died, aged between two and 81 years. Those in the inside cabins had little chance.

Captain Barnes was among the survivors. He reckoned that trouble had developed with the Greycliffe’s steering, attributed to slack cables, that he had corrected for it but that she had suddenly turned to port.

Pilot Carson said that when Greycliffe turned he had altered course and put the engines astern but to no avail. Initially Carson was blamed for the collision, but later some of the blame was shifted back to Barnes and the Greycliffe’s steering. The enquiries also revealed that it was difficult to see astern from the ferry’s wheelhouses.

It was, however, judged that Tahiti was going too fast, at 12 knots instead of 8. Carson and his family lived in Watson’s Bay and for years he had to carry the opprobrium of his community.

The horror of the Greycliffe collision is one we can all identify with. We often ride the ferries, the buses of Sydney Harbour, and we invest in them our complete trust.

Boaties know only too well how easily collisions can happen, as we have all been there. In hindsight it is hard to see how such a situation can develop and it is easy to apportion blame. Boats, however, are highly dynamic creatures. Mechanical failure or a tiny misjudgement can, in the blink of an eye, create a maritime incident whose consequences may be insignificant. Or horrific.

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PS. As recently as 2003 a new book was published on the disaster. Steve Brew is the great grand nephew of the Tahiti’s pilot Carson. He felt his forebear had been unfairly vilified, and produced a great deal of original research on the incident and the ensuing legal complications. Greycliffe; Stolen Lives was published by Navarine, and is available at a number of Sydney bookshops including the National Maritime Museum.

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In 1942 Sydney Harbour sheltered many ships from several navies. Port Jackson has always been a busy port; the additional wartime activity made

it a very congested place indeed.

There was also a lot of activity offshore. One of the under-appreciated stories of WW II is the amount of commercial shipping sunk off the Australian east coast; Japanese submarines raided constantly and many ships were destroyed, many lives lost.

But until Autumn 1942, Sydney Harbour was seen as a refuge.

On May 30 three Japanese submarines kept a rendezvous 35 miles NE of Sydney Heads. Just before dawn, one launched into a choppy sea and an American-style floatplane which flew to the coast, then passed slowly over Sydney Harbour. It circled the USS Chicago (moored at Garden Island,) then headed back east. No one in Sydney knew anything about it and nobody got too excited.

The floatplane returned to her mother sub, landed in rough conditions, turned over and sank. The rescued crew reported that the Harbour held “battleships and cruisers” including Chicago, so as dark approached on Sunday, May 31, the three submarines each launched a midget sub into a restless sea seven miles east of the Heads. Each midget had a two-man crew.

Australian War Memorial records track what happened that Autumn evening. Here is a rough summary.

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midget subs attack sydney harbour

WWII:

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At 8pm the harbour’s indicator loop showed that an object had passed through; it was probably Midget sub A. At 8.15 she was caught in an anti-torpedo net and spotted soon after. At 10.30 the channel patrol boat Yarroma requested permission to open fire. Five minutes later the sub’s crew set off demolition charges, destroying themselves and their boat.

At 9.48 another craft (later identified as midget sub M24) recorded an inward crossing of the loop. At 10.29 the general alarm was sounded. At 11.10 Geelong fired at an object near Bradleys Head.

At 11.14 all ships were darkened and the lights on the graving dock switch off. Finally. This probably saved Chicago because when M24 fired her torpedoes (which passed under the Dutch submarine K9) one hit the harbour bed beneath Kuttabul, a converted ferry used as a dormitory for sailors, killing 21 sailors (19 Australians two British). The second torpedo ran up on Garden Island but did not explode.

At 1.58am a third crossing of the loop was recorded, initially thought to be inward-coming but now believed to be M14 leaving the harbour. Her fate was to be the subject of conjecture for 60 years.

At 10.52 Lauriana, on patrol with Yandra, saw a flurry in the water. Yandra then spotted a conning tower, on a bearing of 28 degrees from Hornby Light, and tried to ram it. She spotted the sub astern, damaged. At 11.07 she started dropping depth charges

By now the harbour was full of activity. At last, ships got moving; several headed to sea, Chicago got ready to leave. A very busy night followed.

At 5am Sea Mist saw an object in Taylor Bay and dropped depth charges. Yarroma rushed over to join in. In the early morning light Yarroma and Steady Hour attacked an A/S contact, oil and air bubbles rose. Steady Hour reported her anchor caught on what they believed to be the sub.

Later that day a diver found her lying on the harbour floor, engines still running. On June 4 she was warped into shallow water and brought onshore. The Japanese crew had committed suicide by shooting themselves in the head.

Later, the bodies of the four Japanese sailors were buried at Rookwood with full honours. The remnants of the two submarines were combined to make one, still on show at the War Memorial in Canberra.

For more than 60 years pundits argued about what had happened to M24. Most people assumed she had sunk. One theory proposed the crew had abandoned her and walked south to keep their scheduled rendezvous with the mother subs off Port Hacking, where they had planned to wait until June 3 to recover the raiding crews.

In 2006, a team of seven amateur divers ended speculation forever. B.T.

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NAVAL PRESS RELEASEAugust 7, 2007, Minister Assisting the

Minister for Defence Mr. Bruce Billson

“The discovery of the M24 Japanese

Midget submarine in late November 2006

by a team of divers from the No Frills

Divers company represents an end to an

enduring maritime mystery,” Mr Billson said.

“As the M24 submarine is thought to

contain the remains of the two Japanese

submariners, Sub-Lieutenant Katsuhisa Ban

and Petty Officer Memoru Ashibe, Navy

divers collected sand from the site of the

M24 that was presented to the relatives of

the lost crew at the at-sea commemoration

today,” Mr Billson said

The Minister for the Environment and

Water Resources, The Hon. Mr Malcolm

Turnbull MP added that, “To protect the

M24 submarine, which is of international

historical significance, it has been declared

as a shipwreck under the Historic

Shipwrecks Act 1976 and a protected

zone has also been declared around the

site to ensure that the integrity of the

wreck, its relics and human remains are

undisturbed.”

The black and gold of the Commodore’s epaulettes provided the colour theme for the Pacific Room and the Commodore’s Ball in September.

RMYC’s most formal evening was full of laughs, provided by Darren Carr; music from dance band Big Boy Toy; and superb food from Zest, the club’s caterers.

The room was full to capacity, the decorations were full of style, the night was full of fun.

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It’s the perfect start to a perfect day: a Sunday morning spent lazing under a crisp white umbrella, gazing out to the harbour, the sun

warming your back. The only thing more spectacular than the bay littered with beautiful boats, is the delicious Sunday brunch spread across the dining table. Orange juice, champagne, fresh fruit, sweet pastries, eggs cooked just the way you like them… it’s harbour side heaven.

The most astounding thing about this scene? The location, ambience and culinary fair remains just as perfect whether it’s at breakfast, lunch or dinner. Sydney is famous for its harbour side fine-dining restaurants but none offers quite the same experience as the Royal Motor Yacht Club’s Marina Restaurant.

The Marina Restaurant’s inspired menu is phenomenal and one you will fall in love with – but we’ll save the best for last. Firstly, let’s set the scene.

The first thing you notice upon entering the restaurant is the beautifully polished timber that runs throughout. Polished wooden floors and high wooden beams set the scene of a classic ocean-side cabin – sprinkled with a little luxury of course.

Outside, the oceanside alfresco dining area, with its billowing palm trees and crisp white shade umbrellas, beckons guests to stay and relax in the resort-like atmosphere. As previously mentioned, breakfast here truly is the perfect way to start the day; and it’s not difficult to imagine whiling away an afternoon here with a crisp glass of chilled sauvignon blanc either.

For those who celebrate cocktail hour or love nothing more than a night time tipple, the bar is well-stocked with an impressive array of top-shelf liquor and has the remarkable enticing quality of seeming to invite visitors to pull up a stool and stay for a yarn.

EATIng OuT IS OnE OF lIFE’S gREAT PlEASuRES. And nOwhERE IS EATIng MORE PlEASuRABlE, ThAn AT ThE Royal MotoR yacht club’s nEwEST CulInARY TRIuMPh, the MaRina RestauRant.

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As for the type of table you would like to dine at, you have your pick: select from more formally arranged white-linen tablecloth clad tables, which are placed with silverware and overlook the bay. Or if you’re after a more relaxed dining experience, choose one of the sprawling white couches from where you can soak up the sun and the views, or an outdoor table setting protected by a beautiful umbrella.

Of course, the restaurant’s greatest achievement is a culinary one. Restaurant Manager Mark Kennedy has a great understanding of the principles of good food and has brought experience and flair to the extensive menu.

ThE lOCATIOn, AMBIEnCE And CulInARY FAIR REMAInS juST AS PERFECT whEThER IT’S AT BREAKFAST, lunCh OR dInnER.

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The oeuvre of culinary work on show in the Marina Restaurant boasts a modern Australian flavour. Mark’s commitment to superior ingredients is reflected in this menu. Fancy a Swiss brown mushroom, golden eschalot and gruyere tart with zucchini and tatsoi salad? Or perhaps you’d prefer the blue swimmer crab and avocado terrine, with white radish, bean shoot and mint, with citrus drizzle. And those are just some of the entrees.

Cast your eyes over the mains menu and expect to be dazzled by gastronomic delights such as duck breast on soft polenta with sambuca marinated cranberry and blueberry glaze. Or for something different, you could try a pan seared veal fillet with glazed truss cherry tomatoes, potato cake, wholegrain mustard and chorizo cream.

If you’re after more simple fare, there is also an All day Café menu with more casual meals, like the mouth-watering marina burger with beetroot relish, lettuce and tomato, or a traditional fish with beer battered chips.

The restaurant is open wednesday through to Sunday. For gastronomes looking for a casual, elegant and delicious dining experience, you’ll be enamoured with the Marina Restaurant experience.

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we were at anchor on a quiet balmy morning in nara Inlet. On the hireboat moored nearest we could see signs of

activity. One by one, two couples (this we assumed; there were two men and two women) all stark naked, emerged from the boat’s interior and headed for the boarding ladder.

They had obviously decided to embrace, fully, the tropical lifestyle; they wore nothing but sunglasses and a sense of optimism. And, perhaps, sunblock.

They drew the aluminium dinghy around to their boarding ladder. One by one they climbed in. no one attempted to sit until they were all aboard. A strange sight, I thought. Four naked people standing to attention in a 10ft tinnie.

Then, all at the same time, they sat down. It was about 10.30am and for quite a few hours the sub-tropical Queensland sun had been doing what it does best, heating everything it could find. The sparkling metal dinghy was no exception. It had no seat cushions.

we were about 100 metres away and I swear we could hear the sizzle as eight buttocks squished onto the two aluminium thwarts.

The owners of the buttocks all screamed. Then they all stood to attention again. Then they climbed back

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on board and vanished. I have often wondered what happened next. did they rub burn cream into the affected parts? I will never know but nothing stops my imagination. Perhaps it is best not to know.

On another trip we were chugging gently at 5-6 knots down the centre of the whitsunday Channel, no rush to get anywhere as several anchorages were within range. The weather was perfect; enough breeze to cool, bright sun to draw the colour from the water and delight the eye. we had had a few champagnes for morning tea; all was well with the world.

One of the women in the crew climbed down from the flybridge to start lunch. A minute later I looked aft and saw, about 200 metres away and right in our wake, a human arm, waving. heart misses a beat, stomach lurches. I spin the wheel, open the throttle wide which gives us about 7 1/4 knots. It took an eternity to cover the distance.

As we neared the waving arm I shouted for the crew to crab a lifejacket, boathook, anything. But as we got closer, the waving arm didn’t look right. what we had set out to rescue was a female turtle. An immense male turtle was having his evil way with her; at least I think that was what he was doing. As we pulled alongside her left eye looked straight at me. It was a look of resignation, a look which

They had obviously decided to embrace, fully,

the tropical lifestyle; they wore nothing but sunglasses and a sense of optimism.

said ‘I’m sick of this, hasn’t he finished yet?’ her look was strangely familiar ; where I had seen it before. we turned away and left them to it, feeling like intruders. Voyeurs. Perves.

For more examples of human behaviour, ask your charter operator about funny radio messages they receive from their clients. here are a couple of classics.

client (a bit cranky): “hello base. Can you please send us out more anchors”.

base (long pause): ”umm, good morning. what has happened to the two anchors on board?”

client (still a bit cranky): “we’ve used them up”.

base (longer pause): “umm, used them up?”

client (building up a head of steam): “we’ve been out two nights and there were only two anchors”.

base (the longest pause of all): “um, most people lift them back on board when they are leaving the anchorage. The idea is to use the same ones over and over”.

client: Silence.

If you have ever chartered a craft in the whitsundays you will be familiar with the excellent guidebook which has all the information you need, including detailed instructions on where to anchor. In the book, these spots are often marked with a big X.

client (a bit cranky): “hello base. we are in our bay and we can’t work out where to anchor”.

base: “um, not sure what you mean”.

client: “we’ve motored right around the bay twice, and we can’t find the X on the bottom”.

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My favourite was the call from a woman aboard a yacht.

client: “hello base, we are having trouble with our motor”.

base: “what seems to be the problem?

client: “Every time we start the motor the big sail goes up”.

base (long pause, thinking): “umm, is there a piece of rope hanging over the side?”

client (pause, muffled conversation with husband): “Yes”.

base: “we call that the halyard, it’s the rope that hauls up the mainsail. It must be wrapped around the propeller shaft. Stay where you are and we’ll come out and fix it”.

whitsundays wildlife takes many forms.

You will see dolphins, whales at the right time of year, white-bellied sea eagles.

One dusk, moored at whitehaven Beach, I watched a young woman swimming from the beach out to one of the big yachts which carry large numbers of backpackers out to the islands.

The tide was moving fast and she swam in a long arc, curving steadily out to sea. I hoped she could speak French because she was heading for new Caledonia.

In time, a crewman from her mothership jumped into the dinghy and motored out to pick her up.

I was sitting in the stern of a powercat, feet in the water, entertained by the mini drama of the wayward swimmer. I was full of tranquillity. life can’t get any better, I thought.

A large turtle surfaced two metres away, looked me right in the eye and spat all over me. nicest thing that could have happened.

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The Club’s most popular event of the year is Father Neptune’s Day, a pre-Christmas bash for 200 or so children.

Give the kids a gift, some face-painting and Neptune - a white-bearded figure clad in green and assisted by mermaids – and they can’t fail to have a good time.

There was plenty of dancing, the joy of bouncing in an inflatable castle, the terrifying dunk tank (Neptune’s favourite) and jetboat rides.

The kids loved the live entertainment and the parents could not only recognise the stars but could identify with them as towering figures from their own childhood. The Loony Tunes characters – Bugs, Daffy, Sylvester, Tweetie and the rest – are both timeless and universal.

And there was plenty of food. The menu, which included fairy floss, lollies, popcorn, ice cream, chips and a great sausage sizzle – confirmed that the important things in life never change.

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Sydney’s Game Fishing Potential

By John Ashley

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in handy, so all the lures can be spread out neatly where they won’t get tangled up. Some anglers also prefer to use live baits, such as slimy mackerel and this method works really well when the marlin are concentrated around the bait schools on the various offshore reefs. Slow trolling live tuna, such as frigate mackerel or small striped tuna can also be very effective. Marlin can be found anywhere from the heads out to the 100 fathom drop-off over the continental shelf and beyond. Finding the current lines and a lift in water temperature can have a great bearing on where these fish will be caught.

The other gamefish that are caught in numbers off our great city is the yellowfin tuna and they can turn up anytime of the year, but autumn and spring seems to be the best time. Again, trolling lures

I often get asked, “Are there any marlin off Sydney”? The answer of course is “yes”.

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In fact, we catch all 3 species of marlin found in the Pacific Ocean, the black, the blue and the striped.

When the warm summer east-coast currents push to the south in December we find black and blue marlin turn up and stay till at least the end of May. The striped marlin has a much wider temperature range and is far more comfortable in the cooler, more temperate currents. Usually they can be found here for most of the year and have even been caught in the middle of winter months when the water temperature gets as low as 18 degrees.

The favoured technique to catch all 3 species of marlin is trolling a spread of artificial lures at a speed of around 8 to 9 knots. We like to run a pattern of 5 lures ranging from 8” to 14-inches in length. This is where outriggers on a boat come

account for most of the tuna these days and the best lures to use are the medium size jet and bullet-head patterns. As a rule, it’s the deep water out over the continental shelf where the tuna schools move through. Keeping an eye out for our feathered friends the shearwaters and terns wheeling over the swells is one way to locate the tuna. Another trick is, if you come across schools of porpoises or melon headed pilot whales whilst trolling the wide grounds, always try and stay in the vicinity of them. The yellow fin tuna often hang around these mammals eating the same bait fish they’re feeding on.

Another trick is, if you come across schools of porpoises or melon headed pilot whales whilst trolling the wide grounds, always try and stay in the vicinity of them.

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One area that consistently produces good size yellow fin tuna is Browns Mountain, situated 21 nautical miles east-south-east off the Sydney heads. This huge sea-mount in 300 fathoms rises 80 fathoms off the ocean floor and game fishing vessels can often be seen trolling around the area. Another technique that often works well here for the tuna, if the conditions are kind and there’s not too much wind or current, is drifting over the sea-mount with live baits such as slimy mackerel or large yellowtail. We find these baits are best dropped down deep in mid-water where the tuna are often feeding on the baitfish or squid. What we do to get the bait down is wrap-up a metre of line and attach a heavy lead sinker with a thick rubber band, so when the tuna eats the bait and stretches out the line, the weight falls off. Using this method we have caught a number of tuna here up to 180lbs.

The other game fish of course that Sydney waters are famous for is its big sharks and we have a variety of species here including, whalers, tigers and makos, most of the year round. The most feared of all is the great white, but gone are the days when these big beasts were captured and brought back to Sydney Game Fishing Clubs weigh station at Watson’s Bay. The great white or white pointer is now protected worldwide and if one happens to get hooked-up un-intentionally, it must be released immediately.

The most exhilarating shark that roams our waters though is the mako and they are a true animal of a fish to hook and try to catch. The mako has the nic-name blue dynamite and they’re very un-predictable nature is what makes them so good to hook. Many a novice angler has been stunned when hooked-up to their first mako shark, as their astonishing spirited speed and aerial jumps and summersaults can make it a memorable moment. This animal is totally fearless and many a mako has been known to attack the boat and a few over the years have actually jumped into vessels creating havoc. A few years ago, I personally experienced a wild 500-pounder trying to eat my outboard motor. The scars on the Yamahas cowling from the makos razor sharp fangs are still a good talking point today!

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Burgundy offers plenty to entice curious travelers – and there is no better way to explore the celebrated vine-covered region than by water.

the land of fine art and living

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I discovered this first hand when I partook in Mariner Boating’s Burgundy Food and Wine Canal Cruise, where we explored this charming

French province from the comfort of a luxury canal barge.

Our story begins at the exquisite Hotel Castille in Paris – located just a stones throw away from quintessential tourist sights like the Louvre, the Opera Garnier and the majestic Place Vendôme.

After becoming a little more acquainted with Paris, the next morning we said ‘au revoir’ to Paris and departed for Burgundy. Our final destination is St Leger sur Dheune, where we boarded what would become our home for the next week: the “penichette”, or canal barge.

With the sun on our backs and the breeze in our hair, our convoy said set sail down the Canal de Centre. Meandering down the waterways and through the countryside, we were afforded a unique perspective to this world-famous region. It’s surprising to see first-hand how much of Burgundy is waterside –there is, in fact, a 1,700 kilometre river and canal network in the region.

Here we dined at a three star Michelin rated restaurant Lameloise, an establishment that certainly lives up to its reputation. After an exhausting first day, we were ravenous and satiated our appetites by feasting on fabulous food of the area.

The next few days were spent wending peacefully down the Canal de Centre, past fragrant and colourful fields of sunflowers and wheat and occasionally a herd of Charolais beef cattle or contented dairy cows quietly grazing in the long

The wonderful thing about travelling by boat is it truly gives you time to stop and smell the roses.

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grass. For those wanting to stretch their legs and explore the countryside, a bicycle path ran adjacent to the canal.

The wonderful thing about travelling by boat is it truly gives you time to stop and smell the roses. Take some time to go ashore, walk about and enjoy the charming towns dotted along the canal. Do as the French do and pick up a few provisions in the local ‘deli’. It’s all part of the wonderfully unique experience.

By day we explored the region by water, at night, we stepped ashore and got to know the towns of Burgundy. Our overnight stays were at the delightful towns of Fragnes, Chalon sur Saone, Tournos and Loisy.

There’s no denying that Burgundy is most famous for its wine, so of course, we were lucky enough to visit some of the world’s best wineries. One experience that perfectly encapsulates the romance of France was visiting wineries by horse drawn carriage.

With all these wonderful experiences, it’s hard to imagine that we fit in time for boating. But that’s what drew us all here in the first place and it certainly underpinned everything we did and added to the experience. Over the week, we negotiated 19 locks on the Canal de Centre and later the River Saone.

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We disembarked on a Saturday morning and were met by a driver who took us to one of the classic Grand Cru regions, Poilly Montrachet, for a wine tasting and lunch.

From then on, we visited a wealth of other restaurants, wineries (of course), a berry farm and also spent a few hours in Dijon where we were surprised to learn that the famous mustard seeds are now imported from Canada! Is nothing sacred?

Our last evening was spent at Hostellerie de Levernois, which is situated in the grounds of a grand mansion on the outskirts of Beaune. What a way to finish – it was absolutely gorgeous.

After two blissful weeks meandering through picturesque countryside, dining on croissants, sipping wine and sailing down canals from Paris to Burgundy, there’s no denying it: I found myself completely romanced by France.

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There’s no denying it: I found myself completely romanced by France.

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In early August club member Anton Goldman was part of a team of nineteen that climbed

Mount Kilimanjaro. The reason was to raise money for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation who buy medical equipment for children in need. The aim of the climb was for each climber to raise $50,000 for the charity, the target being $1 million overall which they did achieve.

With this money work has begun at Westmead Children’s Hospital on a diagnostic centre to assess kids with spasticity. It’s called a ‘gate centre’. With better diagnosis, these kids will likely face fewer operations in their life. This centre is the only one in Australia.

The team called the climb The March of the Dead Penguins. The climb took seven days of which the first five days were relatively easy. Getting to the summit and then the descent was extremely difficult

ClimbingKilimanjaro

For the love of kids.

Peter Hillary and Jamling Tenzing also did the climb representing the second and third generation of the original first summiteers.

Seventeen members of the group made it to the summit.

“Equivalent to running a marathon”

Anton explained.

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On a very cold morning of September 17th 2010, Angelo Hatsatouris and Peter McKeon

reached the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro along with the club’s pennant

Keen walkers, the party consisted of Angelo & Peter, Peter’s son Daniel, two guides and 10 porters. It was a long an arduous ascent which in Angelo’s words was done ‘comfortably’. In total the climb took seven days – five to go up and two to come down and was one of the most beautiful walks the party had ever done.

RMYC’s Pennant rises to new heights.

They trekked through a tropical rain forest at 1800m, through the cloud forest above 2500m and onto the tree line at 3000m on the first day camping at Machame. Day two was a spectacular day, ascending into sunshine above the clouds with views of the Kilimanjaro peak to the Shira camp.

The next day (3) was an acclimatizing exercise where the team ascended to 4600m to a place called the Lava Tower and skirted the mountain to go down to the Barranco camp at 3900m. Day four started with the challenge of scaling the Barranco wall, which was about 200m high, then crossed to Camp Karanga at 4100m.

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Day five was a short walk of 3 hours to Barafu base camp where the team rested before the midnight ascent to the summit

The team made it to the top from the Barafu base camp (4600m) to Uhuru (at 5895m the highest part of Kibo) in 7 hours 40 mins taking time on the way up to wait for the sunrise at Stella Point before going up to the peak. On the same day after a short rest, the team made the descent to 3100m to Mweka camp – a very tough day for all.

The following morning took them through a beautiful rainforest to the park gate ending a most rewarding and satisfying week on a mountain of remarkable beauty.

It was an experience of a lifetime where they passed through four seasons in four days, from the misty and mystical rainforests of the lower slope through to the heather and moorland of the upper slopes, the alpine desert of the saddle and the Shira plateau, and the arctic chill and waste of the summit each zone with its spectacular and unique beauty.

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On All Fronts

Australia’s World War 11

From North Africa to the home front, the big part played by a small nation.

By Jim Haynes

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World War II changed everything about Australia. For a young nation it was the most defining period in our history.

More than a million Australians served in campaigns against Germany and Italy in Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East, and against Japan in southeast Asia and other parts of the Pacific.

In order to understand the massive changes that occurred as a result of this conflict, Jim Haynes looks at the key milestones of Australia’s participation in the major theatres of World War II - from the tenacity of the Rats of Tobruk to the bitter battles of Greece and Crete through to the Allied triumph at El Alamein. Once Japan entered the war, the Australians were called to serve in the Pacific, bravely doing their duty when Singapore fell and struggling against a fierce and unrelenting enemy on the notorious Kokoda Track. The realities of war finally came to our own shores in 1942, when Japanese aircraft bombed towns in northwest Australia and Sydney Harbour came under attack from Japanese midget submarines.

Jim Haynes presents little known accounts of the battles that Australians troops were called to, giving a glimpse into the human and social impact on Australians. ON ALL FRONTS celebrates the strength and determination of Australians who rose up to meet the extraordinary challenges faced on the frontline and back on the home front.

In Jim’s words it was a book he had to write.

ABOut thE AuthORJim Haynes, a Sydney local, is a professional entertainer and writer with two master’s degrees in literature. He has published eleven books with ABC Books and has released many albums of his own songs, verse and humor. He has won the Bush Laureate Book of the Year’ award four times.

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The quality and impact of cuisine can never be underestimated – it can make or break a function, which is why Zest Waterfront

Venues are considered one of Sydney’s preeminent and most trusted caterers.

Their kitchen prowess is well documented. Zest has received numerous accolades, including winning the prestigious “Caterer of the Year” in the Australia-

wide Restaurant and Catering Associations Awards. This, of course, isn’t just because of their exceptional food – they have also made a name for themselves in actively choreographing events to create the right ambience, offering sophisticated mood lighting, staging and decorating concepts.

But there’s no denying that in the end, it really comes down to what your guest’s are eating.

It’s a general rule of thumb that delicious food is the cornerstone of a memorable event.

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Eating with

Working from the perfect setting of Royal Motor Yacht Club, Zest has enough confidence in their ability to serve innovative and inspiring fare. Each flavour is thoughtfully considered; each morsel is creatively inspired. Their catering creates masterpieces: gorgeous individually portioned creative culinary - creations that almost look too good to devour.

Expect platters of shiny green Betel leaves laden with minced chicken, mint, coriander and lime, or an ice cream-inspired cornet of beetroot salad with goats curd and baby herbs. Wash it down with a shotglass of Vodka Gazpacho, and you’ll quickly garner an appreciation for what all the fuss is about. Of course, they also create sit-down meals and degustations. If you’re hosting a party or function, you’ll be glad to have the Royal Motor Yacht Club connection to Zest.

Zest recently catered for the RMYC’s annual Commodore’s Ball which again was a huge success. The room décor was majestic with such exciting features as the Ice Seafood display – certainly a very different way to present the humble ‘seafood platter’.

In wonderful news for foodies everywhere, Zest’s culinary inspirations are no longer just limited to the guests’ at your function. In a bid to share their gastronomic pearls of wisdom, Zest has also started hosting corporate ‘Chef ’s Challenge’ cooking classes.

The corporate ‘Chef ’s Challenge’ is an easy way to learn to cook difficult meals – but it’s about more than that too. It’s about team building and entertainment – a great idea for the office or company Christmas party.

Brigid Treloar, a renowned chef, media personality and author, hosts the challenge and provides hand-on demonstrations to participants.

There is a plethora of popular classes to select from, including: sushi made simple, finger food for entertaining; tapas; quick and easy dinner party food; or tempting desserts. Zest is also happy to design a special class to suit your requirements.

You and your staff will leave the classes feeling capable and confident in your cooking ability and ready to take on any culinary challenge… But let’s leave the event catering to the professionals.

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Companies Act, 1961Company Limited by Guarantee and not having a Share Capital

Memorandum of association of

Royal Motor Yacht Club of new South wales Ltd1. The name of the Company (hereinafter called “the Club”)

is ‘ROYAL MOTOR YACHT CLUB OF NEW SOUTH WALES LIMITED.’

2. The objects for which the Club is established are:(a) To acquire and take over all the assets and liabilities of

the present unincorporated body known as “Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales” and to enable that Club to comply with the relevant provisions of the Liquor Act 1912 as amended

(b) To promote the use of all classes of power boats to promote seamanship and teaching of navigation and to formulate rules for and conduct trials of speed, endurance, navigation and seamanship and such other pastimes, entertainments and recreations as the Club may deem expedient to promote social intercourse between members of the Club and other clubs.

(c) To establish and maintain Club houses, boathouses, marinas, dwellings, workshops, garages, and other conveniences in connection with the Club’s activities.

(d) To purchase, hire, make or provide and maintain and to sell or otherwise dispose of all kinds of meals, food provisions, refreshments, furniture, plates, glass, books, periodicals, billiard table, tools, implements, machines, engines, utensils, and other things required or which may be conveniently used in connection with the Club’s activities or premises.

(e) To purchase and/or apply for a licence or permit or other authority under such act or acts as shall for the time being be in force in the State of New South Wales for the purpose of selling or distribution of soft drinks, intoxicating liquor, tobacco, cigarettes, and other supplies and the operation of automatic machines.

(f) To subscribe to, become a member of and cooperatewith any other club, association or organisation, whether incorporated or not, whose objects are altogether or in part similar to those of the Club provided that the club shall not subscribe to or support with its funds any club, association or organisation which does not prohibit the distribution of its income and property among its members to an extent at least as great as that imposed on he Club under or by virtue of Clause 3 of this Memorandum.

(g) To purchase, take on lease or in exchange, hire and otherwise acquire any lands, buildings, easements or property, real and personal, and any rights or privileges which may be requisite for the purpose of or capable of being conveniently used in connection with any of the objects of the Club. Provided that in case the Club shall take or hold any property which may be subject to any trusts the Club shall only deal with the same in such manner as is allowed by law having regard to such trusts.

(h) To enter into any arrangements with any Government or authority, supreme, municipal, local or otherwise, that may seem conducive to the Club’s objects or any of them; and to obtain from any such Government or authority any rights, privileges and concessions which the Club may think it desirable to obtain; and to carry out, exercise and comply with any such arrangements, rights, privileges and concessions.

(i) To appoint, employ, remove, or suspend such managers, clerks, secretaries, servants, workmen, and other persons as may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of the Club.

(j) To establish and support or aid in the establishment

and support of associations, institutions, funds, trusts, and conveniences calculated to benefit employees or past employees of the Club or the dependants or connections of any such persons; and to grant pensions and allowances; and to make payments towards insurance; and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable or benevolent objects, or for any public, general or useful object.

(k) To construct, improve, maintain, develop, work, manage, carry out, alter or control any houses, buildings, groundwork or conveniences which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to advance the Club’s interests, and to contribute to, subsidise or otherwise assist and take part in the construction, improvement, maintenance, development, working, management, carrying out, alterations or control thereof.

(l) To invest and deal with the money of the Club not immediately required in such manner as may be permitted by law for the investment of trust funds

(m) To borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the Club may think fit and to secure the same or the repayment or performance of any debt liability contract guarantee or other engagement incurred or to be entered into by the Club in any way and in particular by the issue of debentures perpetual or otherwise charged upon all or any of the Club’s property (both present and future) and to purchase, redeem or pay off any such securities.

(n) To make, draw, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bills of lading and other negotiable or transferable instruments.

(o) In furtherance of the objects of the Club to sell, improve, manage, develop, exchange, lease, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal with all or any part of the property rights of the Club.

(p) To take or hold mortgages, liens and charges to secure payment of the purchase price or any unpaid balance of the purchase price, of any part of the Club’s property of whatsoever kind sold by the Club, any money due to the Club from purchasers and others.

(q) To take any gift or property whether subject to any special trust or not, for any one or more of the objects of the Club but subject always to the provision in paragraph (g) of this Clause 2.

(r) To take such steps by personal or written appeals, public meetings or otherwise, as may from time to time be deemed expedient for the purpose of procuring contributions to the funds of the Club, in the shape of donations, annual subscriptions or otherwise.

(s) To print and publish any newspapers, periodicals, books or leaflets that the Club may think desirable for the promotion of its objects.

(t) In furtherance of the objects of the Club to amalgamate with any companies, institutions, societies or associations having objects altogether or in part similar to those of the Club and which shall prohibit the distribution of its or their income and property among its or their members to an extent at least as great as that imposed upon the Club or by virtue of Clause 3 of this Memorandum.

(u) In furtherance of the objects of the Club to transfer all or part of the property, assets, liabilities and engagements of the Club to any one or more of the Companies, institutions, societies or associations with which the Club is authorised to amalgamate.

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(v) To make donations for patriotic or charitable purposes.(w) To transact any lawful business in aid of the

Commonwealth of Australia in the prosecution of any war in which the Commonwealth of Australia is engaged.

(x) To do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects and exercise of the powers of the Club. The powers set forth in the Third Schedule to the Companies Act 1961, shall not apply to the Club except insofar as they are included in this Clause 2.

3. The income and property of the Club, whencesoever derived, shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the objects of the Club as set forth in this Memorandum of Association and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred, directly or indirectly, by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise howsoever by way of profit, to the members of the Club. Provided that nothing herein shall prevent the payment, in good faith, of reasonable and proper remuneration to any officer or servant of the Club, or to any member of the Club, in return for any services actually rendered to the Club, nor prevent the payment of interest at a rate not exceeding interest at the rate for the time being charged by Bankers in Sydney for overdrawn accounts on money lent, or reasonable and proper rent for premises demised or let by any member to the Club; but so for that no member of the Council of management or governing body of the Club shall be appointed to any salaried office of the Club, or any office of the Club paid by fees, and that no remuneration or other benefit in money or money’s worth shall be given by the Club to any member of such council or governing body except repayment of out-of-pocket expenses and interest at the rate aforesaid on money lent or reasonable and proper rent for premises demised or let to the Club. Provided that the provisions last aforesaid shall not apply to any payment to any company of which a member of the council of management or governing body may be a member and in which such membershall not hold more than one-hundredth part of the capital, and such member shall not be bound to account for any share of profits he may receive in respect of such payment. It is further provided that no member of the Club shall practice his trade, professions or other calling in or on the premises of the Club and shall not employ any persons to do so on his behalf.

4. No addition, alteration or amendment shall be made to or in the Memorandum or Articles of Association for the time being in force, unless the same shall have been previously submitted to and approved by the Minister of the Crown for the time being administering the Companies Act, 1961 (hereinafter called “the Minister”).

5. The third and fourth Clauses of this Memorandum contain conditions on which a licence is granted by the Minister to the Club in pursuance of Section 24 of the Companies Act, 1961.

6. The liability of the members is limited.7. Every member of the Club undertakes to contribute to

the assets of the Club, in the event of the same being wound up while he is a member, or within one year after he ceases to be a member, for payment of the debts and liabilities of the Club contracted before he ceases to be a member, and of the costs, charges, and expenses of winding up and for the adjustment of the rights of the contributors among themselves, such amount as may be required, not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00).

8. If upon the winding-up or dissolution of the Club there remains, after satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, any property whatsoever, the same shall not be paid to or distributed among the members of the Club, but shall be given or transferred to some other institution or institutions having objects similar to the objects of the Club, and which shall prohibit the distribution of its or their income and property among its or their members

to an extent at least as great as is imposed on the Club under or by virtue of Clause 3 hereof, such institution or institutions to be determined by the members of the Club at or before the time of dissolution and if and so far as effect cannot be given to the aforesaid provision, then to some charitable object.

9. True accounts shall be kept of the sums of money received and expended by the Club, and the matter in respect of which such receipt and expenditure takes place, and of the property, credits and liabilities of the Club; and subject to any reasonable restrictions as to the time and manner of inspecting the same that may be imposed in accordance with the regulations of the Club for the time being in force, shall be open to the inspection of the members. Once at least in every year, the accounts of the Club shall be examined by one or more properly qualified Auditor or Auditors who shall report to the members in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1961.

10. The full names, addresses and occupations of the subscribers are as follows:

NAME, ADDRESS AND OCCUPATION OF SUBSCRIBER

Frederick George Harvie, 44 Coolong RoadVAUCLUSE, Managing DirectorHarry Philip Castle, 246 Old South Head Road,VAUCLUSE, RetiredRobert William Mirrington, 45 Liverpool Street,DOVER HEIGHTS, General ManagerRonald Edward Tildesley, 24 Beresford Road, ROSE BAY, Builder and InvestorPercy James Thomas Swain, 2a/8 St Mervyns Ave, POINT PIPER, Managing DirectorJohn Joseph Minahan, 1 Calga Avenue, BRONTE, Production MgrMichael George Barbouttis, 62 Gilbert Street,DOVER HEIGHTS, Public AccountantPhillip Raymond Paraggio, 21 Paton Street,KINGSFORD, Customs OfficerHarry Charles Bowden, 10 Golden Grove Street, DARLINGTON, DirectorJohn Charles Needham, Roxton House, 29 Berry Street, NORTH SYDNEY, SolicitorArthur William Titterton, 40 Coolong Road,VAUCLUSE, Company Director.

11. We, the several persons whose name and addresses are subscribed are desirous of being formed into a company in pursuance of this Memorandum of Association.

Signatures of Witness to signature Subscribers and address of witness F. Harvie F.M. Murray,

6/21 The Avenue, Rose Bay R. Mirrington F.M. Murray,

6/21 The Avenue, Rose Bay P.J.T. Swain F.M. Murray, 6/21 The Avenue, Rose Bay M.G. Barbouttis F.M. Murray,

6/21 The Avenue, Rose Bay Harry C. Bowden F.M. Murray, 6/21 The Avenue, Rose Bay A. W. Titterton F.M. Murray, 6/21 The Avenue, Rose Bay H.P Castle F.M. Murray, 6/21 The Avenue, Rose Bay R. Tildesley F.M. Murray, 6/21 The Avenue, Rose Bay John J. Minahan F.M. Murray, 6/21 The Avenue, Rose Bay P.R. Paraggio F.M. Murray, 6/21 The Avenue, Rose Bay John Needham F.M. Murray, 6/21 The Avenue, Rose Bay Dated this 14th day of November, 1972.

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1916 * Mitchell P.C.

1916 * Arnott S.

1919 Marks (Lieut) W.H.

1922 * Albert F.

1929 * Milne J.

1930 Griffith E.C.

1932 * Doyle S.F.

1935 Paul A.

1936 Norris C.

1938 Davies A.H.

1948 * McDonald A. S.

1950 * Lawson G.D.

1950 Halloran A. O.B.E

1951 Adams S.M.

1953 Cant R. A.

1955 Cross S.W.

1958 French W C.

1959 Hannan F.N.

1960 Harrington E.G.

1963 Potter B.

1965 Raymond C.H.

1967 Rettenmaier K.

1970 Storey R.T.C.

1970 Richardson Norma

1972 * Harvie F.G.

1973 * Anderson A.J.

1974 * Auswild R.W. O.B.E

1975 * Bowden H.C.

1976 Sharrock W.J.

1977 Fausett T.H.

1978 Meagher B.D.

1979 Swain P.J.T.

1981 * Barbouttis M.G. M.B.E.

1982 Muddle B.

1984 Jacoby Elsa M.B.E.

1988 * Mirrington R.W.

1989 Nikolaidis J.M.

1992 Roche W.

1993 * Calligeros G.P.

2009 Freeman D.D.

2010 * Gresham K.J.

* Denotes Past Commodore

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Interpretation

1. In these Articles “the Code” means the Companies (New South Wales)

Code. “the Club” means the Royal Motor Yacht Club of New

South Wales Limited, the premises of which are situated at number 21 Wunulla Road, Point Piper.

“the unincorporated Body” means the unincorporated Body which was known as the Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales the funds and other assets and liabilities of which the Club is authorized to take over by clause 2 (a) of the Memorandum of Association.

“the Board” means the Board of Directors of the Club within the meaning of the Code.

“Flag Officers” means such of the members of the Board as have been elected by a General Meeting to the offices of Commodore, Vice Commodore and Rear Commodore, of the Club.

“Secretary” means an “approved Secretary” or an “acting Secretary” as defined by section 33 and 34 of the Registered Clubs Act 1976 as amended appointed by the Club to perform the duties of the secretary.

“State” means the State of New South Wales “Member” unless otherwise indicated by a prefix or by

the context of the relevant Article means any member of the Club irrespective of the class of membership to which he may belong.

“Register of Vessels” means the register containing the names of the boat-owner members of the Club and the names, the descriptions and the class of their vessels, pursuant to Article 101.

“month” means a calendar month “notice” means any communication in writing. “the seal” means the Common Seal of the Club. Expressions referring to writing shall unless the contrary

intention appears to be constructed as including references to printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form. Words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender and words importing the singular number only shall include the plural number and vice-versa. Words or expressions contained in these Articles shall be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of the Interpretation Act 1897, of the Code of the Registered Clubs Act 1897, as amended or any other relevant statute in force at the date on which the Articles become binding on the Club.

2. The Club is established for the purposes set out in the Memorandum of Association. The name of the Company (hereinafter called “the Club”) is “ROYAL MOTOR YACHT CLUB OF NEW SOUTH WALES LIMITED.”

Membership

3. The number of members of the Club (not including Junior Members or Honorary Members) shall not for the time being exceed two thousand (2,000).

4. The subscribers to the Memorandum of Association and such other persons as the Board shall admit to membership in accordance with these Articles shall be members of the Club.

5. If the whole of the funds and other assets of the unincorporated Club become the absolute property of the Club forthwith after its incorporation then every

person who at the date of incorporation of the Club is a member of the unincorporated Club and who on or before the thirty-first day of December, 1972 agrees in writing to become a member of the Club shall be admitted by the Board to membership of the Club in the appropriate class. Every member of the Club who previously to his agreeing to become a member of the Club has paid his subscription due on the first day of July 1972, as a member of the unincorporated Club shall not be liable to pay any further sum by way of annual subscription to the Club for the period prior to the first day of July, 1973

Classes of Membership

6. The Club shall consist of five (5) classes of members but Boat Owner members, General members and Life members only shall have the rights accorded by the Articles to full membership of the Club and shall be entitled to use all of the facilities and amenities of the Club and the right to nominate or second any person for membership and have credit facilities. Notwithstanding anything contained in Article 6 of these Articles and in order to make clear the voting rights of the various classes of members only Boat Owner members, General members and Life members (who immediately prior to being elected to Life membership were either Boat Owner members or General members) shall be eligible to vote for the election of the Board of Directors and vote on any matter at a General Meeting of the Club.

(a) BOAT OWNER MEMBERS An application of this class of membership must

be either solely or jointly with another member or members of the Club, an owner of a vessel eligible to be included in the Register of Vessels and must immediately upon being admitted as a member apply to have his name and the name, description and class of his vessel entered in the Register of Vessels.

The members of this class shall have all the rights accorded by these Articles and shall be entitled to the enjoyment of all the facilities and amenities of the Club.

For the purpose of this paragraph a Boat Owner member who disposes of his vessel with the intention of replacing same and within seven (7) days of such disposal notifies the Secretary in writing of his intention so to do shall be deemed to belong to his class for a period of three months from the date of the disposal of his vessel notwithstanding the fact that he will be owning no vessel during such a period. The Board may at its discretion grant extensions of the aforesaid period on being requested in writing by the member concerned and being given satisfactory reasons for such a request.

(b) GENERAL MEMBERS General Members shall be: (i) Those persons who at the date of the Special

Resolution adopting this Article are recorded in the Register of members as General Members or as Social Members.

(ii) Such other persons who in the opinion of the Board of the Club are suitable for General membership.

(c) LIFE MEMBERS The Board may once during the term of its office if

it so resolves, by the vote (taken by ballot) of three

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fourths (3/4) of its members make a recommendation to a General Meeting for the conferment of a Life Membership on a member who having been a member for a period of more than ten (10) years and in special circumstances for a shorter period, has rendered exceptional services to the Club beyond call of duty. On the Board’s recommendation being endorsed by the vote (taken by ballot) of the three-fourths (3/4) of the General Meeting the nominee of the Board shall be declared Life member of the Club. The conferment of Life Membership apart from the honour which is intended to be bestowed upon the recipient and the privilege of paying a nominal amount only in lieu of the full annual subscription of his class shall not be deemed to accord to him any rights which he did not have theretofore, nor shall exempt him from any other financial obligations to the Club.

(d) JUNIOR MEMBERS The sons or daughters of a member or of a deceased

member or such other young persons as the Board may consider suitable for admission to the Club’s membership who are over the age of eight years and under the age of eighteen years shall be eligible to this class of membership, and on being admitted, shall have the right to remain in this class until they attain the age of eighteen years. The members of this class shall have only such rights and shall be subject to such restrictions and conditions as regards the use and enjoyment of the Club’s facilities and amenities as the Board may from time to time accord to or impose on them and they shall at all times strictly observe the provisions of the Liquor Act 1912 (as amended) and the Registered Clubs Act 1976 (as amended) concerning the supply and consumption of alcoholic and spirituous liquors to the operation of poker machines by and the presence in restricted areas of persons under the age of eighteen (18) years.

Patron of the Club

7. There shall be at all times a Patron-in-Chief and a Vice-Patron of the Club

8. The Board from time to time may request a representative of Her Majesty the Queen of Australia in the Commonwealth of Australia or in the State of New South Wales to be Patron-in-Chief of the Club and who upon acceptance of such invitation the Board shall appoint as Patron-in-Chief of the Club.

9. A serving Admiral of the Royal Australian Navy provided he accepts the Board’s invitation in that respect shall be appointed Vice-Patron of the Club.

Honorary and Temporary Members

10. (a) The following persons may be made Honorary members

of the Club in accordance with procedures established by the Board from time to time.

(i) the patron in chief, the patron and vice patron for the time being of the Club

(ii) any prominent citizen or local dignitary visiting the Club(b) Honorary members shall be entitled to only the social

facilities and amenities of the Club and shall not be entitled to attend or vote at any meeting of the Club, nominate or be elected to the Board or any office in the Club or participate in the management, business and affairs of the Club in any way.

(c) When Honorary membership is conferred on any person the following particulars shall be entered in the Club’s Register of Honorary members:

(i) the names in full of the Honorary Member (ii) the residential address of the Honorary member (iii) the date on which Honorary membership is

conferred (iv) the date on which Honorary membership is to

cease

11. (a) The following persons in accordance with procedures

established by the Board may in the absolute discretion of the Board be made Temporary members of the Club:

(i) Any visitor whose permanent place of residence in New South Wales is not less than a distance of 5 kilometres from the Club or such greater distance as may be determined from time to time by the Board by By-law pursuant to these Articles.

(ii) Full Members (as defined in the Registered Clubs Act) of other clubs which are registered under the Registered Clubs Act and which have objects similar to those of the Club;

(iii) A full member (as defined in the Registered Clubs Act) of any registered club who, at the invitation of the Board of the Club or a Full Member of the Club, attends on any date at the premises of the Club for the purpose of participating in an organized sport or competition to be conducted by the Club on that day from the time on that day when he so attends the premises of the Club until the end of that day.

(iv) Any interstate or overseas visitor11. (b) (i) Temporary members shall not be required to pay

an entrance fee or annual subscription (ii) Temporary members shall not be entitled to vote

at any meeting of the Club, nominate for or be elected to the Board or any office in the Club or participate in the management, business and affairs of the Club in any way.

(iii) Temporary members shall not be permitted to introduce guests into the Club

(iv) A Director or the Secretary of the Club may terminate the membership of any Temporary member at any time without notice and without having to provide any reason therefore.

(v) No person under the age of 18 years may be admitted as a Temporary Member of the Club

(vi) When a Temporary member (other than a Temporary member admitted pursuant to paragraph (a) (iii) of this Article) first enters the Club premises on any day the following particulars shall be entered in the Club’s Register of Temporary Members:

(a) the name in full of the temporary member;(b) the residential address of the temporary member;(c) the date on which Temporary membership is granted;(d) the signature of the Temporary member.

Honorary Life Members

12. The Board may pursuant to a resolution passed by three-fourths (3/4) of its members recommend to a General Committee the conferment of Honorary Life Membership to any outstanding citizen not being a member of the Club who has rendered valuable and distinguished services to the Club or to the Nation as a token of the Club’s appreciation of such services. On such recommendation being endorsed by the vote of the General Meeting the nominee of the Board and his spouse shall be declared Honorary Life Members of the Club.

13. The conferment of Honorary Memberships to either of a temporary or of a permanent nature shall entitle the recipients of same to the enjoyment of all the amenities and facilities of the Club but shall not however bestow upon them any other rights whatsoever connected with the management of the affairs of the Club.

Entrance and Subscription Fees

14. The entrance fees payable by the applicants for membership and the annual subscription fees payable by the members (not being Honorary Members) shall be such as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

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15. When a member transfers from an existing class of membership and the entrance or subscription fees for the other class are greater than those for the existing class, the member shall be liable for the difference in fees but no reimbursement shall be made to the member where the entrance or subscription fees for the other class are lower than those for his then existing class.

16. Junior members applying to be transferred to any other class of membership upon attaining the age of eighteen (18) years and provided they have been members of the Junior Class for a period of not less than two years shall not be required to pay entrance fees.

17. Members admitted after the Thirty-first of May in any year shall be only liable to pay a pro rata part of the annual subscription of the then current year.

18. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore contained members who have been members for a continuous period of more than twenty five (25) years and who have attained the age of sixty (60) years shall be entitled to apply to the Board, if they so desire, to have their annual subscriptions reduced to one-half of the prescribed fee. Such reduction, however, shall not be deemed to effect the basis of the determination of any other obligations due by the member or imposed on the members generally.

19. The Board shall have the right in its absolute discretion to grant exemption from the payment of the full annual subscription or of a portion thereof for a limited period of time or until the Board otherwise resolves to unemployed widows or orphans of a deceased member or to such other members whose financial or health conditions deserve such consideration

Payment of Entrance and Subscription Fees

20. Entrance fees are payable simultaneously with the lodgement of the application for membership.

21. Annual subscription fees shall become due and payable in advance on the first day of December in each year.

22. On or before the First day of November in every year, the Secretary shall cause notices to be sent to all members calling upon them to renew their membership. Such notice shall specify the amount of subscription payable by each member according to the class to which he belongs and shall state that the same shall be paid on or before the first day of December next.

23. If any subscription remains unpaid after the expiration of the month of December the Secretary shall cause a final notice to be sent to the member in default in which he shall draw the attention of such member to the fact that failure to pay his subscription by the end of the month of January shall render his membership liable to termination by the Board.

Payment of Other Debts24. At the expiration of every month the Secretary shall

cause accounts to be sent to all members who are indebted to the Club for services rendered or for goods purchased or for license fees or rent of facilities licensed or rented to them or for charges imposed by the Board under these Articles, requiring settlement of such debts before the expiration of the month in which the account was rendered.

25. If settlement of any account is not effected by the end of the month in which the same was rendered, the secretary shall cause a further and final account to be sent to the defaulting member requiring immediate settlement of his account and drawing the attention of the member to the fact that failure to settle same shall not only render his membership liable to termination by the Board but also to the imposition of interest at the bank overdraft rate payable by the Club at the relevant time plus 5% and the Board shall have the power to impose such interest on unpaid accounts in accordance with this Article.

26. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore contained debts which were incurred by a member obtaining money in cash from the Club or through its employees against a cheque on his Bankers or any other negotiable instrument which is not honoured on first presentation for payment shall be payable on demand or within twenty four (24) hours thence.

Consequences of Late Payment and of Non-Payment of Debts

27. If debts of whatsoever nature owing by members to the Club remain unpaid after the expiration of the month in which the account for same was rendered, they shall bear interest at the rate prescribed in Article 25 hereinbefore. Such interest shall be computed as and from the end of the month in which the account was rendered and in addition, the rights, if any accorded to the member in default by the Articles shall be suspended and the facilities of obtaining services or goods from the Club on a charge account may be denied to him during the continuance of the default.

28. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article in the event of the aforesaid debts being still unpaid after the expiration of the month in which the final notice was given or after twenty four (24) hours from the time demand for payment was made under Article 26, the Board shall have the right to forthwith terminate the membership of the defaulting member unless in its discretion the Board considers that there are mitigating circumstances deserving its leniency.

Admission of Members

29. No person who is under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be admitted to the membership of the Club except as a member of the Junior Class.

30. The procedure to be adhered to for admission of members not being members in respect of which these articles otherwise provide, shall be as follows:

(a) All applications for membership must be proposed and seconded by two members of the Club who are either Boat Owners or General members and who have been such members for at least five (5) years standing.

(b) Applications must be made in the form for the time being prescribed by the Board and obtainable from the Secretary on request, which when duly completed by the applicant and signed by him and his prosper and seconder must be lodged with the Secretary together with the appropriate entrance fee.

(c) On receipt of the application form duly completed and the appropriate entrance fee, the Secretary shall cause the names of the applicant, his address, the name of his nominator and seconder to be posted on the Club’s Notice Board for a period of two weeks. At the same time he shall notify the Membership Committee which shall appoint forthwith a day and a time for an interview with the prospective applicant, his nominator and/or seconder. Fourteen days notice in writing shall be given to these parties.

(d) The Membership Committee will endeavour to obtain as much information as possible about the applicant to assist in its deliberation.

(e) Any member shall be at liberty to attend the said interview and speak in support of the applicant

(f) In the event of the Membership Committee not being satisfied with the adequacy of the material submitted to it concerning any application it may direct the Secretary to conduct further and more extensive enquiries in respect of such applicant.

(g) Following upon such interview the Membership Committee shall report its findings to the Board and shall make appropriate recommendations as to the acceptance or otherwise of each applicant.

(h) In light of the Membership Committee’s report and recommendations the Board shall resolve by secret

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ballot as to whether it should accept, defer its decision, or reject any application provided that no application shall be accepted unless a resolution to the effect is passed by the vote of three-fourths (3/4) of the members of the Board present at the meeting dealing with such application.

(i) The Board’s decision shall be forthwith communicated to the applicant by a notice in writing and in the event of the application being rejected or its consideration being deferred the entrance fee paid by him hall be refunded in full. In the event however of the application being accepted the notice to that effect shall contain a request to the applicant to forward to the Secretary within fourteen (14) days from the date thereof the subscription fee of the class to which he has been admitted. Under no circumstances will the Board be obliged to give any reasons for the rejection or the deferment of any application.

(j) Upon payment of the subscription fees and as from the date of such payment the applicant’s name shall be entered in the Register Book of members as required by the Code, he shall have the rights and/or shall enjoy the benefits of the class to which he has been admitted.

(k) The entrance fees paid by an applicant who having been notified that his application has been accepted fails to remit his subscription fees within fourteen (14) days of the date of the notice shall be forfeited unless a satisfactory explanation to the Board of such failure is offered in writing.

Cessation of Membership

31. The membership of any member shall be terminated on the happening of any of the following events:

(a) If he on his own volition resigns his membership by a notice in writing to the Secretary of his intention to do so.

(b) If his membership is terminated by the Board pursuant to Article 28 herein before.

(c) If he is found guilty of an indictable offence by any Court of Law of Australia or of any Country the decision of the Courts of which are recognised as valid by the Australian Courts.

(d) If he is declared bankrupt or enters into a Deed of Assignment of Composition with his creditors generally pursuant to the provisions of any Bankruptcy Act in force for the time being.

(e) If he is declared of unsound mind or insane or he is dealt with in any way under the Law relating to mental health.

(f) If not being an Australian subject pays allegiance to a country with which Australia is at war.

(g) If he is expelled from the Club in accordance with the provisions of Article 96 hereinafter.

(h) Upon the death of a member(i) If he has been found to have falsely completed his application for

membership.32. Except in the case of voluntary resignation the Secretary shall

forthwith notify in writing the member concerned of the termination of his membership and of the date as from which same became effective. Non-receipt of the said notice shall not invalidate the termination of membership.

33. The termination of membership under any of the aforementioned circumstances shall not release the former member of his outstanding debts or obligations to the Club which had become due and payable prior to such termination nor shall release him or his liability to contribute a sum not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) as provided in clause 7 of the Memorandum of Association.

34. Notwithstanding Article 31 the Board shall always have the right to reinstate a member whose membership has been terminated if on being requested in writing to reconsider the matter the Board is satisfied that there are special circumstances justifying such action.

General Meetings

35. General Meetings of the club shall be held annually as required by the Code during the month of September at the premisis of the Club and at a date and time the Board may determine.

36. The afore said General Meetings shall be called Annual Generel Meetings; all other General Meetings shall be called Extraordinary General Meetings.

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quorum of members is present at the time the meeting proceeds to business. Twenty members present at the time and having the right to vote shall be a quorum.

38. Extraordinary General Meetings may be convened whenever the Board thinks fit or whenever it is required by at least three (3) members of the Board or by not less than five per centum (5%) members having the right to vote at a General Meeting.

39 A Requisition for the Extraordinary General Meeting shall be made in writing to the Secretary stating the objects of the meeting and the Board shall within the fourteen (14) days thereafter cause notices of the meeting to be sent to each member entitled to vote. Such notices shall specify the general nature of business, the place at which the meeting shall be held, the date of the meeting which shall not be less than 21 days after the date on which the notices are sent, the hour of the meeting and shall advise members of the provisions of Article 42 hereof. If the notices are not sent within the aforementioned period the requisitions may themselves cause the said notices to be sent to each member entitled to vote and they shall be entitled to reimbursement by the Club for any reasonable expenses incurred in the preparation and postage of the notices.

Proceedings at General Meeting

40. If within fifteen minutes of the time appointed for a General Meeting there is no quorum present, the meeting, if it has been convened on the requisition of members, shall be dissolved; in any other case, unless the Chairman, in his discretion, adjourns the meeting to another date and time, the meeting shall be adjourned for one half (1/2) hour at the same place. The members present at the adjourned meeting provided always that they are not less than ten (10) shall form a quorum in either of the aforementioned cases.

41. The business of an Annual General Meeting shall be confined to the following:

(a) apologies;(b) adoption of the Minutes of the last Annual General

Meeting and any other prior general meetings of the Club

(c) business arising from Minutes;(d) the presentation of the Board’s Annual Report;(e) the presentation by the Honorary Treasurer of the

Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Accounts and the Auditor’s Report:

(f) the declaration of the ballot for the election of Flag Officers, Honorary Treasurer and other Board members;

(g) the appointment of auditors (should a vacancy occur) subject to Article 117;

(h) the transaction of such other business as may be transacted at an Annual General Meeting as special business in accordance with these Articles and not being business which is required by law to be transacted at an Extraordinary General Meeting.

42. Any member entitled to attend and vote at a General Meeting may submit motions for a resolution by it provided that when a special notice is required by the Code such notice is lodged with the secretary not less than twenty eight (28) days prior to the date of the meetings and when the motion is intended to be moved as a special resolution not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to such date. Concerning motions involving special business a prior notice of not less than ten (10) days shall be adequate. All notices as above shall be signed by the proposer of same.

43. Copies of intended motions lodged with the Secretary under Article 42 shall be given to each member entitled to attend and vote at the relevant meeting in the case of an ordinary resolution not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of such meeting and in the case of a Special Resolution not less than 21 days prior to the

date of such meeting.44. Subject to the provisions of the Code relating to special

resolutions and agreements for shorter notice, fourteen (14) days notice at least (exclusive of the day on which notice is served or deemed to be served and exclusive of the day on which notice is given) specifying the place the day and the hour of the meeting and in the case of special business, the general nature of that business shall be given to such persons as are entitled to receive such notice from the Club.

45. The Commodore or in his absence the next in seniority Flag Officer shall preside at the General Meetings. If within fifteen (15) minutes from the time appointed for the meeting there is no Flag Officer present or being present is unwilling to preside there at the immediate predecessor of the incumbent Commodore or in his absence any former Commodore or former Flag Officer may be appointed by the meeting as the Chairman thereof.

46. No member shall be entitled to vote at any General Meeting if any debts of whatsoever nature owing by him to the Club remain unpaid after the date upon which same were payable in accordance with the provisions of Article 24 hereinbefore.

47. A resolution put to vote of a General Meeting shall be decided on show of hands unless a poll is (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands) demanded:

(a) by the Chairman, or(b) by at least three members of the Meeting having the

right to vote. Unless a poll is so demanded a declaration by the Chairman that a resolution has on show of hands been carried or carried unanimously or by any particular majority or lost in an entry to that effect in the book containing the minutes of the proceedings of the Club shall be conclusive evidence of such fact without proof of the number or of the proportion of the votes recorded in favour or against the resolution. The demand for a poll may be withdrawn.

48. If a poll is duly demanded it shall be taken in such manner and either at once or after an interval or adjournment or otherwise as the Chairman directs and the result of the poll shall be a resolution of the Meeting at which the poll was demanded; but a poll demanded on the question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith.

49. The demand for a poll shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which a poll has been demanded.

50. In the case of equality of votes whether on a show of hands or on a poll the Chairman of the Meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is demanded shall be entitled to a second or casting vote.

51. Accurate minutes of the proceedings and of the resolutions passed at any General Meeting shall be kept by the Secretary and shall be signed by the Chairman of the next succeeding General Meeting and if purporting to be so signed shall be receivable as prima facie evidence of the matters stated in such minutes.

Board of Directors – its Office Bearers and their Eligibility

52. The Board of Directors shall consist of the Commodore, Vice Commodore, Rear Commodore and Honorary Treasurer as the Office Bearers thereof and of five (5) other members of whom three (3) shall be boatowner members and two (2) shall be general members.

53. The qualifications for eligibility of the Office Bearers and of the other members of the Board shall be as follows:

(a) A candidate for Directorship must be a member of the Club for not less than five (5) years standing.

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two (2) terms of office; and(c) A candidate for the office of Flag Officer in addition to

the qualifications of paragraphs(a) and (b) must be the sole owner of a vessel on the Register of Vessels.

(d) No Office Bearer of the Board or of any Committee appointed or ratified by the Board who served in the same office for a continuous period of five (5) years shall be eligible for re-election to the same office at the elections immediately following the completion of the same period of five (5) years.

Election of Board of Directors (including Office Bearers)

54. At every Annual General Meeting the Board of Directors and its Office Bearers shall be held. The resigning members of the Board shall be eligible for re-election.

55. The Board may resolve for the voting to take place within not less than four (4) hours immediately preceding the time appointed for the commencement of the Annual General Meeting provided always that voting shall cease at the time so appointed.

56. Nominations shall close on a date and at a time to be fixed by the Board and all nominations shall be in the hands of the Secretary not later than such date and time.

57. The Board shall, within seven (7) days from the date of fixing the date and time for the closing of nominations, appoint an Election Committee consisting of three (3) members, none of whom shall be a member of the Board or a candidate for election to the Board and one of whom shall be nominated by it as the Presiding Officer thereof. Such Committee shall be empowered to conduct the elections under its sole control and supervision including the right to determine the eligibility of the candidates in accordance with these Articles.

58. Every candidate for election, provided he is eligible under these Articles must be nominated by two members having the right to vote at the elections as at the time of the nomination.

59. No member shall be nominated as a candidate for more than one position on the Board.

60. Every nomination must be submitted in writing, must be signed by the nominators and the candidate and must be accompanied by a short biography of the candidate of no more than thirty (30) words.

61. The Secretary shall within forty-eight (48) hours from the nominations being closed caused to be posted on the Club’s Notice Board the names of the candidates, the positions to which they have been nominated and the names of their nominators. Such notice shall remain so posted until the conclusion of the elections. A similar notice together with each candidates biography, as above shall also be sent by the Secretary within seven (7) days from the closing date of nominations, to every member of the Club having the right to vote.

62. If the number of candidates is equal to the number required to fill a position or positions the Chairman of the General Meeting shall declare the candidates nominated as duly elected for the respective positions.

63. If the number of candidates is less than the number of the positions to be filled, the Chairman of the General Meeting shall declare as elected the candidates nominated for any particular position or positions and shall call upon the General Meeting to nominate and forthwith elect by show of hands or by a ballot (as the Meeting may determine) a member or members from those present and qualified for the position or positions to be filled.

64. In the event of there being more candidates than are required for the number of the positions to be filled, elections shall be conducted by ballot for the position or positions as the case may be, which are contested by more than one candidate. The Secretary shall, if

so requested by a candidate, appoint an independent facilitator to conduct the ballot.

65. When a ballot is necessary the Secretary shall seven (7) days prior to the election date prepare or cause to be prepared ballot papers covering any or all contested positions which shall be defined in three (3) sections as follows: Office Bearer Candidates

This section shall contain the positions of the Office Bearers to be filled and the names of the candidates for each position.

Boatowner candidates This section shall contain the names of the boat-owning

candidates General Member candidates This section shall contain the names of the General

Member candidates. The names of the candidates in each section shall be set

out in alphabetical order and those of the candidates who are members of the Board seeking re-election shall be marked with an asterisk. In front of each name shall be a square for voting purposes and at the top of the second and third section shall be stipulated the number of the positions to be filled for that particular section. At the bottom of the ballot paper there shall be a note explaining the meaning of the asterisk and directing the members to record their votes by placing a cross or a tick in the square in front of the name of the candidate for whom they wish to vote and cautioning them that more or less votes than the number of positions to be filled shall render their ballot paper as regards the section to which it relates, informal.

66. On or before the election time the Secretary shall furnish the Election Committee with a complete list in alphabetical order in triplicate of all the members who are entitled to attend and vote and with adequate ballot papers each of which the Secretary has initialed. In compiling the said list, the Secretary shall comply with the provisions of Article 46 concerning the members who have become disentitled to vote at a General Meeting. If for any reason a member is unable to be present in person to vote at the times provided for in Article 55 that member may make written application to the Secretary for an initialed ballot paper to the member and it shall be the responsibility of the member to return the ballot paper with his vote recorded on it to the Secretary prior to the time that voting shall cease in accordance with Article 55. Upon receipt of the ballot paper the Secretary shall hand it to the Presiding Officer of the Election Committee who will deposit it in the ballot box. The non receipt of a ballot paper by a member who has requested one to be sent to him or the non receipt by the Secretary of any ballot paper returned by any member shall not invalidate the election.

67. The Presiding Officer shall counter-initial each ballot paper and he and his Committeemen shall hand one ballot paper to each of the members contained in the Secretary’s list of members entitled to vote.

68. The completed ballot papers shall be placed by the members, in a sealed ballot box which shall remain under the control and supervision of the Election Committee until the time for the counting of the votes.

69. As soon as practicable after the opening of the General Meeting the Chairman thereof shall have elected three scrutineers to assist the Election Committee in the counting of the votes ad upon the ballot box being opened by the Presiding Officer in the presence and sight of the Election committee and the scrutineers the counting of the votes shall commence.

70. A ballot paper which contains more or less votes than the number of the positions to be filled for any particular section shall be regarded as informal only as regards that particular section.

71. The decision of the Election Committee regarding any ambiguity or doubt as to the validity of the ballot paper or any section thereof shall be final.

72. The results of the counting shall be reported by the Presiding Officer to the Chairman of the General Meeting who shall forthwith declare as elected the candidates who received the greater number of votes for each position to be filled.

73. Any candidate or candidates who failed to be elected to a certain position by less than six (6) votes may demand a recounting of votes in which event the candidate or candidates who are deemed to have been elected to such position by receiving no more than five (5) votes over the number of votes received by the unsuccessful candidates, shall each have the right to appoint a scrutineer to attend at the recounting of votes by the Election Committee. The results of the recounting shall be reported by the Presiding Officer to the Chairman of the General Meeting who shall forthwith declare as elected the candidate or candidates as the case may be, who have received the larger number of votes for the position to be filled.

74. In the event of two or more candidates receiving an equal number of votes entitling them to be elected to the same position or positions and the number of candidates required to fill such position or positions is less than the number of candidates who had received equal numbers of votes, the Election Committee shall conduct a second ballot in respect of such candidates. If the second ballot results again in an equality of votes or fails to determine the candidate or candidates to be elected for the position or positions the matter shall be determined by a draw of lots.

75. At the conclusion of the elections the Election Committee shall place the ballot papers in a properly sealed envelope, and shall hand such envelope to the Secretary for safekeeping until he is otherwise directed by the Board. The Board may at any time after the expiration of one month from the date of the elections instruct the Secretary to destroy the ballot papers.

Vacancies in the Board of Directors

76. The position of any member of the Board shall become vacant if the member:

(a) resigns from the Board on his own accord by a notice in writing to the Secretary of his intention to do so.

(b) ceases to be a member of the Club on his own volition or by a termination or suspension of his membership pursuant to these Articles;

(c) being a Flag Officer is no longer qualified to retain such office

(d) become prohibited to be a Director of a company of Section 226 of the Code or by an order made under the Code;

(e) absents himself from the meetings of the Board for more than six (6) months during the term of his office, without the Board’s permission;

(f) becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally

(g) becomes of unsound mind or a person whose person or estate is liable to be dealt with in any way under the Law relating to mental health;

(h) holds any office of profit under the Club, or ;(i) is directly or indirectly interested in any contract or

proposed contract with the Club and does not disclose his interest to the Board as soon as practicable after the relevant facts have come to the Director’s knowledge.

PROVIDED always that nothing in this paragraph shall effect the operation of Clause 3 of the Memorandum of Association of the Club.

77. The Club in General Meeting may by an ordinary resolution of which special notice has been given remove any Office Bearer or other member of the Board

before the expiration of the term of office and may by resolution appoint a qualified person in his stead; the person so appointed shall hold office until the next Annual General Meeting.

78. Any vacancy created by virtue of the provisions of the foregoing Articles may be filled by the remaining members of the Board calling upon any member of the Club qualified for the position vacated to fill the same for the unexpired period of the then current term of office.

79. The Board may continue to act although its number is reduced for any reason whatsoever provided that if at any time its number is reduced to below the majority of the total number of the Board, the continuing members shall only act for the purpose of filling up vacancies until the aforesaid majority is attained.

Proceedings of the Board of Directors

80. The Board shall meet together at least once in each month for the dispatch of business adjourn or regulate its meeting as it thinks fit. A member of the Board may at any time, and the Secretary shall on the requisition of such member summon a meeting of the Board.

81. The meetings of the Board shall be held at the Club’s premises and due notice of not less than two clear days specifying the day and the time of the meeting shall be given to each member thereof.

82. The quorum at every meeting of the Board shall be the majority of the total Board as provided by Article 52 or such greater number as the Board may fix and unless such quorum of members is present no business shall be transacted at such meeting.

83. The Commodore or in his absence the Flag Officer next in seniority shall be the Chairman of the Meeting.

84. Subject to these Articles, questions arising at any meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of votes and a determination by a majority of the members of the Board present at the meeting shall for all purposes be deemed to be a determination of the Board. In the case of equality of votes the Chairman of the Meeting shall have a second or a casting vote.

85. The Board shall cause minutes to be entered in the books provided for that purpose;

(a) of all appointments of officers and servants;(b) of the names of the members of the Board present at

the meeting;(c) of all proceedings and resolutions passed at the meeting. Such minutes shall be signed by the Chairman of the

meeting or by the Chairman of the next succeeding meeting and if purporting to be so signed shall be receivable as prima facie evidence of the matters started therein.

86. A resolution signed by all the members of the Board shall be valid and effectual as if it has been passed at a meeting of the Board duly called and constituted. A telegram cablegram or facsimile message addressed to and received by the Club and purporting to be signed by a member of the Board shall for the purpose of this Article be deemed to be writing signed by such member.

All acts done by any Meeting of the Board or of a Committee or by any person acting as a member of the Board or of a Committee shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such member of the Board or of a Committee or a person acting as aforesaid, or that the members of the Board or of a Committee or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a member of the Board of Committee.

Powers and Duties of the Board of Directors

87. The business of the Club shall be managed by the Board of Directors which shall be the governing body of the Club. The Board shall have full power to do all things

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and acts as the Club could itself do which are not required or directly by the Memorandum and Articles or the Code or by any Statute to be done or exercised by the Club in General Meeting and which are not inconsistent with the Memorandum and Articles or with the provisions of the Code or those of any Statute or with any resolution or rule made from time to time by the Club in General Meeting, provided that any rule regulation or by-law of the Club made by the Board may be disallowed by the Club in General Meeting and provided further that no resolution or rule so made shall invalidate any prior act of the Board which would have been valid if such resolution or rule had not been passed or made.

88. The Board unless so authorised by a special resolution of an Extraordinary General Meeting convened for that purpose shall have no power to purchase any real property or to sell lease mortgage or in any way or for any purpose whatsoever encumber or dispose of the Club’s real property or invest the Club’s funds with the exception of leasing of the Club’s facilities to members or investing the Club’s funds not immediately required for any other purpose on interest bearing deposits with Banking or Government guaranteed institutions.

89. The duties of the Board shall be to ensure that:(a) the affairs of the Club are properly and efficiently conducted(b) the assets and interests of the Club are adequately protected.(c) the financial position of the Club is maintained at a reasonably

sound and stable level.(d) the good name and reputation of the Club remains unsullied(e) the resolutions and regulations passed by a General Meeting

are promptly put into effect.(f) the provisions of the Code and of any Statute applicable to

Registered Clubs and those of the Memorandum and Articles of Association are strictly observed.

90. For the more effective exercise of its power and performance of its duties the Board shall, without in any way limiting the generality of Articles 87 and 89 have the rights and powers more specifically set out hereunder.

Delegation of Powers and Duties

91. The Board may delegate any of its powers and duties (not being powers and duties required by the Code or by any Statute to be exercised or performed by the Directors of a Company) to any Committee or to any Member appointed by it or by a group of members under its authority as it considers fit but it shall in any event appoint or authorize and ratify the appointment of such Committees and delegate to them such powers and duties as it has been at all times heretofore the accepted practice of the Club to have appointed and delegated for the more effective conduct of its activities and the better attainment of its objects.

92. Such mandatory appointments or ratification of appointments of Committees and delegation to them of powers and duties shall be made by the Board as its first meeting following upon its election and shall be the following.

(a) THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE which shall consist of three members of the Board two of which shall be Flag Officers and the senior of which officers shall be the Chairman thereof. The functions of the Committee shall be such as are set out in Article 30 hereinbefore.

(b) THE HOUSE COMMITTEE which shall consist of the Vice Commodore as the Chairman thereof and a minimum of two (2) other members of the Board. The powers and duties of this Committee shall be to manage the affairs of the Clubhouse to keep the premises thereof and furniture, furnishings, plant and equipment therein in good condition and state of repair, to ensure that the services supplied to the members, their guests and the guests of the Club are of high standard and efficiency, to control the staff engaged for such services and make recommendations designed to improve the said services as it considers fit.

(c) THE MARINE COMMITTEE which shall consist of the Rear Commodore as the Chairman thereof and a minimum of two (2) other members of the Board. This Committee

shall be in charge of the affairs of the Marina and its functions shall be to ensure that such premises and the equipment thereof or therein are adequately protected and maintained; that the services to the members who use same are efficiently conducted by the staff employed thereof and make such recommendations to the Board as it considers appropriate.

(d) THE FINANCE COMMITTEE which shall consist of the Treasurer as the Chairman thereof and a minimum of two (2) other members of the Board. The functions of this Committee shall be to devote its constant attention to the Club’s financial state and keep the Board at all times informed of same: to recommend to the board measures which in its opinion should be taken to enhance the Club’s finances; to submit to the Board every three (3) months an itemised statement of profit or loss of each section of the Club’s activities for the preceding three (3) months and cause such statement together with any resolutions which the Board may pass in relation thereto to be exhibited for a period of fourteen (14) days in a conspicuous position in the Club’s premises.

(e) THE SAFETY COMMITTEE which shall consist of the Rear Commodore as the Chairman thereof and three (3) other members, one of whom shall be appointed as the Chief Safety Officer. The duties of this Committee shall be to concentrate its attention to and ensure that all safety rules and regulations of the Maritime Services Board and those of every competent authority for the prevention of fires or other hazards are

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strictly adhered to at the Marina, or on board any vessel berthed or housed thereat or therein. In the performance of their duties as above the Committee members shall have the right to board and inspect any vessel berthed or housed thereat or therein. In the performance of their duties as above the Committee members shall have the right to board and inspect any vessel using the subject facilities without being responsible for trespassing. The Committee shall make to the Board whatever recommendations considered appropriate for the better protection of the Club’s or its members’ property and the safety of the members and that of their invitees.

(f) SOCIAL COMMITTEE. The Social Committee shall consist of two Board Members, the senior of which shall be the Chairman thereof and such number of other members as the Board may determine from time to time.

General Provisions Concerning Committees

93. All the aforementioned Committees or any committee which the Board may think fit to appoint shall be answerable to it at all times and shall strictly conform with any directions or conditions which the Board may give to or impose on them.

94. The elections, the meetings and the proceedings of all Committees appointed by the Board or by its authority or by the Club in General Meeting shall be governed by the provision contained in these Articles for regulating the meetings and the proceedings of the Board of Directors or the General Meetings of the Club so far as same are applicable thereto.

Powers of the Board to Determine Charges and Other Obligations

95. The Board in the performance of its duty to maintain the financial soundness and stability of the Club shall have the powers, from time to time, as the requirements of the Club may warrant –

(a) to determine or increase the license fees and rents of facilities licensed or rented to the members and/or impose charges in conjunction with such license fees or rents.

(b) to impose charges on services supplied to members in order to defray the expenses of or incidental to such services; and

(c) to levy per capita contributions from each member as may be required for the purposes of the Club provided that the total amount of such contributions shall not in any financial year exceed the amount of the annual subscription payable by members for that financial year. For the purpose of this paragraph, the levy payable by life members shall be proportionate to the annual subscription of the class to which they belonged prior to being conferred Life Membership and likewise the levy payable by the members whose annual subscription has been reduced by virtue of Article 18 shall be proportionate to that which is applicable to the Class to which they belong. The Board making such levy may exclude any class of members therefrom.

Disciplinary Powers of the Board

96. The Board for the purpose of ensuring the strict adherence by the members to the provisions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association or any rules, by-laws or regulations prescribed thereunder and for the purpose of preserving the good name and reputation of the Club and ensuring the smooth and unobstructed executing of its duties shall have disciplinary powers exercisable in the circumstances and in the manner following:

On receiving a complaint or on becoming otherwise aware that a member:

(a) willfully infringes the provisions of the Memorandum

and Articles of Association or any rules, by-laws or regulations made thereunder; or

(b) acts in a manner prejudicial or detrimental to the interests of the Club or in a manner obstructing the progress or effectiveness of the Board’s work; or

(c) conducts himself on the premises of the Club or in the precincts thereof or in functions or gatherings of people to which he attends on behalf of the Club or by virtue of his being a member of the Club, in the manner which reflects discredit to the Club or which is objectionable to other members or their guests or to his hosts; or

(d) ignores or defies any reasonable direction of the Board or its duly authorised officers or Committeemen or employees in the execution of their duties; or

(e) being a member of the Board of if a Committee is guilty of gross negligence of duty or of breach of confidence; may summon such member to appear before it in order to give an explanation, if any, of what is alleged against him, and if such explanation is unsatisfactory and not less than seven (7) of its members consider that the allegations against the member concerned are well founded, may in case of a minor offence, reprimand such member or reprimand and also fine him for an amount not exceeding that of his annual subscription as provided in Article 95(c) concerning the determination of levies or suspend the privileges of membership for such period as it thinks fit but not more than six (6) months.

If however the aforesaid seven (7) members of the Board are of the opinion that the offence committed is of such gravity as to deserve a severe punishment involving his expulsion from the Club it shall adjourn the meeting dealing with the subject matter for a period of not less than fourteen (14) days in order to afford the member a further opportunity to explain or defend his conduct before a final decision is made. A notice in writing of at least seven (7) days shall thereupon be given to the member of the place, date and time of the meeting inviting him to attend thereat, if he so desired and once again either verbally or in writing offer an explanation in his defence. Such notice shall also state the intention of the Board to decide upon his punishment, shall reiterate the allegations made against him and shall draw his attention to his right to elect for his case to be dealt with by General Meeting of the Club instead of being dealt with by the Board. If the member fails to exercise his right of election as above by notice in writing delivered to the Secretary not less than twenty four (24) hours before the time appointed for the meeting and also fails to attend at the said meeting, a resolution of the Board carried unanimously at the meeting at which a quorum shall be not less than seven (7) members, of the guilt or innocence of the member and in the former case his expulsion from the Club shall be final and effective as from that date. In the event, however, of the accused member electing by a notice as aforesaid to have his case referred to a General Meeting of the Club for its decision, the Board shall at the earliest convenient time convene an Extraordinary General Meeting for that purpose.

A resolution of such Extraordinary General Meeting carried by the vote of not less than three-fourths of the members present and having the right to vote shall be a final determination of the case, and if the member is found guilty, he shall be expelled from the Club.

97. A member whose membership has been suspended by virtue of the provisions of the immediately preceding Article shall be deprived of all his rights, if any, he had and of all the benefits he theretofore enjoyed, shall be forbidden to enter the premises of the Club at any time during the period of the suspension of his membership but he shall however remain liable to fulfil all his financial obligations to the Club whether accrued or becoming owing during the said period.

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98. In either case of punishment the Secretary shall forthwith notify the member or the former member concerned of the decision of the Board or of the Extraordinary General Meeting, as the case may be, and of the date as from which same becomes effective.

99. A member expelled from the Club under Article 96 or whose membership has been terminated under Article 31 shall not be entitled to a refund of his annual subscription or any other prepaid obligations, or any part thereof unless the Board or the Extraordinary General Meeting, as the case may be, shall otherwise decide.

Limitation of Appeals and Actions

100. No appeal whatsoever shall lie from the decision of the Board or from that of the Extraordinary General Meeting under Article 96, nor shall any member whose membership was terminated or suspended or who was expelled have any right of action or other remedy whatsoever against the Club, the Board or any member therefore or any officer or employee of the Club by reason of such suspension or expulsion or by reason of any act done or notice given or complaint made or caused to be done given or made resulting in or incidental to such termination, suspension or expulsion.

Registration of Vessels

101. The Board shall maintain the Register of Vessels which shall show alongside the name of each vessel, a description of the vessel and the name in full of the owner or where there is more than one owner the name of each owner and the percentage of equity held in the vessel by each owner. For the Purposes of Article 53(c) a vessel shall be a power boat not less than seven (7) metres in length.

102. The Board shall have the power to remove from the Register of Vessels the name of the member or members and the name of the vessel and have the latter removed from the berth, or mooring of the Club, if:

(a) the exterior of the vessel has been allowed to deteriorate to such an extent as to present an unsightly appearance and render the vessel unworthy to wear or fly the insignia of the Club, provided however that the owner of same has been previously directed by the Marine Committee to rectify such condition and he has neglected to do so within a reasonable time.

(b) the owner of the vessel who uses same for commercial purposes or as a means to derive personal gain or benefit and fails to give prior notification to the Secretary of the circumstances in which he proposes to use the vessel for commercial purposes or as a means to derive personal gain or benefit and provided that the boating facilities of the Club will not be used for commercial purposes of any nature and provided further that the Board may in its absolute discretion consider that such commercial use as is notified to the Secretary is detrimental to the Club or the rights and enjoyment of the facilities of the Club by any member and the Board may require such member to cease using the vessel in the manner notified.

(c) the vessel fails to comply with the safety regulations of the Club.

Guests of Members or of the Club

103. Any member can invite guests to the club provided they are not persons whose membership has been suspended or who have been expelled from the Club or persons who have been forbidden by the Board to enter the premises of the Club.

104. All guests of members must enter their names in full or their surnames and the initials of given names, their address and the date of that day in the guests book to be kept by the Club as required by the provisions of Section 30 (i) of the Registered Clubs Act 1976 (as amended). The Member who has invited the guest must

also sign in the appropriate place of the said book.105. The guests shall comply with any conditions or

restrictions which the Board may from time to time impose concerning guests and the members on whose invitation they are allowed into the Club’s premises shall be responsible for the conduct of his guest whilst he remains on the premises or on the precincts thereof.

Observance of the Liquor Act And Registered Clubs Act (as amended)

106. No alcoholic or spiritous liquors shall be supplied or sold on the premises of the Club to any person who is under the age of eighteen years nor to any guest unless he has complied with the provisions of article 104 and he is in the company of the member who has invited him to the Club.

107. No person under the age of eighteen years shall use or operate or be allowed to use and operate the Club’s poker machines nor shall enter or be allowed to enter into areas of the Club’s premises where liquor is supplied or sold, disposed or consumed or where poker machines are located except in the former case into such areas which are not ‘restricted areas’ within the meaning of Section 43 of the Registered Clubs Act.

108. The Board may make reciprocal arrangements with approved Clubs having objects altogether or partly similar to those of the Club and subject to any condition which the Board may impose in that respect the members of such Clubs shall be entitled to all the facilities and amenties of the Club without being required to be the guest or in the company of any particular member. Liquor shall not be sold, supplied or disposed of on the premises of the Club to any person other than a member except on the invitation and in the company of a member provided that this Article shall not apply in respect of the sale, supply or disposal of liquor to any person at a function in respect of which authority is granted to the Club under Section 23 (1)(b) of the Registered Clubs Act.

109. The Secretary of the Club shall furnish the Clerk of the Licensing and the District Licensing Inspector with copies of any amendments or alterations to the Memorandum and Articles of Association or to the By-laws of the Club duly certified by him as to their correctness with fourteen (14) days of such alterations or amendments being duly passed.

Accounts and Audit

110. The Board shall cause correct accounts and books to be kept showing the financial affairs of the Club and the particulars usually shown in books of account of a like nature and without limiting the generality of this Article showing:

(a) All sums of money received and expended by the Club and the matters in respect of which the receipt and expenditure takes place.

(b) All sales and purchases of goods by the Club.(c) The assets and liabilities of the Club111. The Books of Accounts shall be kept at the Registered

Office of the Club or at such other place as the Board thinks fit and shall always be open to the inspection of the members of the board, or any other person authorised or permitted to do so by and under the Code.

112. The Board shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions the acounts and Books of the Club or any of them shall be open for the inspection of the members and no member not being a member of the Board shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Club except as conferred by the Code or authorised by the Board or by a resolution of General Meeting.

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113. The financial year of the Club shall commence on the first day of December and end on the last day of November in each year.

114. The Board shall comply with the provisions of Part VI Division 2 of the Code and once every three (3) months cause to be prepared a Balance sheet and at the end of the Club’s financial year cause to be prepared an annual balance sheet and income and expenditure accounts made up to the end of the financial year which shall together with the report of the Board and the Auditor’s report be tabled before the Annual General Meeting of the Club as provided for in Article 119(c) hereinafter.

115. The aforesaid report of the Board shall include statements showing:

(i) the amount written off for depreciation; (ii) the amount if any which the Board proposed to

transfer to the reserve fund or funds of the Club: (iii) the number of members of each class registered in

the Register of Members at the date of the preparation of the report;

(iv) the names of the Members of the Board.116. A copy of the Balance Sheet, Auditor’s Report and

Income and Expenditure account accompanied by a copy of the report of the Board shall be posted to every member other than Honorary Members at least fourteen (14) clear days before the date of the General Meeting at which the said accounts and reports are to be presented.

117. Auditors shall be appointed and their duties regulated in accordance with the provisions of Part VI Division 3 of the Code.

118. Every account of the Board that is audited and approved by a General Meeting shall be conclusive except as regards any error discovered therein within three (3) months next after approval therof. Whenever any such error is discovered within that period, the account shall forthwith be corrected and thenceforth shall be conclusive.

Honorary Treasurer

119. The Honorary Treasurer shall be elected to the Board of Directors as an office bearer thereof at the Annual General Meeting of the Club as hereinbefore provided and his duties shall be:

(a) to promptly pay all accounts authorised by the Board;(b) to keep proper records and books of accounts showing

the financial state of the Club and all particulars usually shown in records and books of accounts of like nature or required to be shown therein by the Auditors or the General Meeting of the Club;

(c) to present to the Annual General Meeting of the club a duly audited Balance Sheet and Accounts; and

(d) in his capacity as the Chairman of the Finance Committee promptly comply with his duties – set out in Articles 92 (d).

Secretary

120. The Secretary or Secretary Manager shall in accordance with the Code be appointed by the Board for such term and at such remuneration and upon such conditions as it thinks fit and any Secretary so appointed may be removed by the Board. No person shall be appointed Secretary unless he is an ‘approved secretary’ or an ‘acting secretary’ within the meaning of sections 33 and 34 of the Registered Club’s Act 1976 as amended.

Seal

121. The Board shall provide for the safe custody of the Seal which shall only be used by the authority of the Board or of a Committee authorised by the Board in that behalf, and every instrument to which the seal is affixed shall be signed by a member of the Board and shall be countersigned by the Secretary Manager or by a second member of the Board or by some other person

appointed by the Board for the purpose.

Notices

122. A Notice may be given by the Club to any member either personally or by sending it by post to him at his registered address or, if he has no registered address within the State, to the address if any, within the State supplied by him to the Club for the giving of notices to him. Where a notice is sent by post, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting a letter containing the notice and to have been effected in the case of a notice of a meeting on the day after the date of its posting, and in any other case at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post provided always that non-receipt of notice by or the accidental omission to give any notice to any of the members entitled thereto shall not invalidate any resolution passed by any meeting.

Winding-up

123. The provision of Clause 8 of the Memorandum of Association relating to the winding-up or dissolution of the Club shall have effect and be observed as if the same were repeated in the Articles.

Exoneration from Liability

124. No member of the Board or of a Committee or any any loss or damage to the Club occasioned by an oversight or by an error in judgement in the course of the execution of his duties, nor shall be held liable for any loss or damage to the Club occasioned by the wrongful or negligent acts of another such member or officer by reason of having in bona fide and for mere conformity with the provisions of these Articles joined with the latter in the receipt or payment of the Club’s funds or in the signing of any documents on behalf of or concerning the Club unless he himself is guilty of patent negligence or breach of duty or breach of trust.

Indemnity

125. Every member of the Board, or of a Committee or the Secretary, or other officers of the Club or any person (whether an officer of the Club or not) shall be indemnified by the Club against any liability arising out of the execution of the duties of his office which is incurred by him in defending any proceedings whether civil or criminal in which judgment is given in his favour of which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under Section 535 of the Code in which relief is granted by the Court.

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Member’s ListRoyal Motor Yacht Club

The Hon Derek Freeman Ken Grasham

Robert Mirrington William Roche AM

Nicholas ChristodoulidisFather Milton ChryssavgisRear Admiral Stephen Gilmore AM CSC RANPeter DebnamWilliam GainJeffrey GoedeckeHon. Robert J. Hawke ACBenedetto LatteriCaptain Raymond Leggatt

Commander RAC Macdonald AM RANThomas MacDonaldSusan MacDonaldRear Admiral Rowan MoffittGuido StockRear Admiral Davyd ThomasVassilios ToliosCommodore Michael Van Balen

Honorary Members

Life Members

Boatowner Members

Bruce AndersonKim AuswildPeter BakaricJohn BarbouttisPeter BeswickRichard BlairJohn BrickwoodEdward CadryPeter CalligerosPaul CarrMichael ClarksonNigel CorneMichael CourtneyBart CummingsIan DaleRobert DanckertSteve DavidJohn DavisHenry Dawson-DamerMaryo DerofeGreg DuncanLarry EmdurRobert FianiStephen GeisslerHenry GelbartMatt GriffinMichael HannanGeorge Harris

Warren HartmanCherie HayesMarcus HeronKeith HillsNorman HingSpiro IsakPaul L’EstrangeDavid LedgerGary LevinRichard LongesKenneth LoweAndrew LyallDavid MaloneyMichael MaloufKevin MaloufLewis MaloufRobbie MayerJames MaysonChristopher MitziJoseph MorrisJohn MurrayRon Murray AMMax NotleyRory O’MooreDenis O’NeilHarley ParoulakisMichael PittRick Poole

Ron PorterSheldon PozniakLaurence RodnyPeter SatourisRichard ScarfDavid Scarf AMPaul ScharrerFritz SchroederGeorge SenesTzion ShaoniDerek SimonsAlan SladeRichard SpanosMichael SpartalisJonathan StretchJonathan StanleyNeil SuttonJim SweenyMichael TessBevan TowningMalcolm TurnbullFrank VenturiPeter WadsworthMichael Warczak OAMAndrew WilyAdrian YatesScott YoungMichael Zammit

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General Members

Richard AbbottSophie AbbottAnnabel AboudLucinda AboudRussell AboudStephen AboudLionel AbrahamsNikki AbrahamsRick AbrahamsElaine Adair Ian AdairJohn Adair Tony AdamEstelle AdamekEdwin Adamek George AdlerJonathan AdlerBenjamin AdlerRodney AdlerJessica AdlerFrancesca AgostiniPatricia AkopiantzChristopher AlcottKeith AldridgeKate AldridgeTracy AlexakisLisa AllenDianne AllenMatt AllenRonald AllenGillian AltmanGrace AndersonMartin AndersonAngelique AndrewsMary-Anne AndrewsNick AndriotakisRobert AngusJohn Antico AMGarth ArmstrongWarwick ArmstrongEvelyn AroneyJim AroneySpiros ArvanitakisMichael AsprosNicholas AssefTaofi AtoaRonald AuswildBarbara AuswildCaroline AuswildJames AuswildJames AuswildDanny AvidanPeter BablisMaggie BablisJay BacikMarina BaillieuAlan BainesNicole BakaricMitchell BakerGary Baker

Andrea BanksMathew BanksNicole BanksMelissa BanksMichael BarakatLisa BarakatAntoinette BarbouttisKaren BarbouttisAngelo BarbouttisLily BarbouttisMaria BarbouttisMadeleine BarbouttisGeorge Barbouttis OAMJanet BarlowJeremy BarlowLucinda BarlowScott BarlowJoanna BarlowAlina BarlowPhilip BartCleopatra BartaSteven BartaTracey BartholomewSean BartholomewRobin BartonJonathan BatesCharles BatesJanette BeavisLeonie BebingtonGillian BeckerKarl BeckmanLarry BehrmannLeah BekiarisEmmanuel BekiarisMarie BekiarisAlan BellDonald BellChristopher BellCheryle BellMelinda BellDonald BellMarie BelzCely BenchoamGeraldine BergmullerJoy BernasconiChristopher BetarPeter BettiniRobert BiancardiHarvey BiermanJoseph BitarDaniela BitlanMal BlackadderSteven BlakePamela BlakeAdam BlakeRobert BlannPatty BloomDaniel BloomMichelle BlumAdrian Bo

Joe BongiornoElizabeth BongiornoMartin BorderBernard BouchardVictoria BouchardGeorge BoukatosMark BourisJohn BourneJudith BourneJeanette BourneAlex BoyarskyAndrew BoyarskyTaryn BoyarskyVera BoyarskyJohn BoyceJohn BoydZoe BoydJackie BoyerMichael BoyerAdrian BoyerDavid BoyerMarianne BoyerJohn BoyerSimon BoyerWilliam BraceyMargaret BrackenSteve BrackenMarguerite BradyPeter BreedJoy BreedColin BrenchleyPeter BrentAnthony BreuerDavid BrickwoodSir Ronald BrierleyNeil BroekhvizenMichelle BroinowskiCatherine BrownCatherine BrownDarren BrownAylie BrutmanCharlie Brown-AvidanCathryn BrysonCarole BuckeridgeMelissa BurcherStephen BurcherDeborah BurdettGraham BurdettPeter BurgerMark BurgessSamuel BursillWayne BurtGeorge BuschmanJohn BushJoseph ButtaElizabeth ButtroseEdward ByrneJessica CadryAri CadryJared Cadry

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General Members

Robert CadryEva CadryMark CadryMarly CalladineSimon CalleiaAnna CalligerosSacha CalligerosRobert CameronJoyce CampbellJulie CampbellMichael CampbellBerry CampbellKrystalla CampbellMarisa CampionKate CannonJohn CannonTomas Cannon-MurrayPamela Cannon-MurrayDennis CardakarisJohn CaridadMatthew CarolanEleni CarolanDavid CarrElizabeth CarrKim CarrAndrew CarrClive CarrollGeorgia CarterTimothy CaseyAnne Marie CaseyPaul CastaldiFabio CavigliaPacifico CavigliaPerla CavigliaDaniel ChallisSarah ChallisShannon ChandlerNiall ChangMark ChapmanCorinne Chareton-SchmidtVittoria CheungRebecca Chin-AmiesFiona ChristianakisMargot ChristiePaul ChristieJudith ChryssochoidesJohn ClackCindy ClarkDean ClarkJane ClarkGavin ClarkJuliet ClarkeDavid ClarkeClaudine ClarkeLucy ClarkeTimothy ClarkeKatherine ClarksonPierce CodyToni CodyGenelle Coghlan

Michael ColeMatthew ColemanMary CollakidesGraham CollinsCeline CollinsGillian CollinsVictor CominoChrissy CominoDyan CominoNicholas ConfosGeorge ConfosIrene ConfosBruce ConnellRon ConradStephen ConradPeter CoombesArthur CooreySheila CorneJames CorneShauna CorneSamantha CorneNorman CorreyOliver CoreyJanet CorreyDavid CorrickThomas CosgroveJohn CostiganChristopher CoudounarisAntonia CoudounarisDavid CoulterBryce CourtenayBobbie CourtneyGregory CowanSandra CowanJack CowinJohn CoxRobin CrawfordJudith CrawfordJoe CrossRobert CrossmanMichael CunninghamFrank CurrentiOliver CurtisGreg CusackAlexander DahdahKirsty DahdahKirsten DaleGrant DaleBrad DaleSaccha DaleBrett DaleEmma DaleMark DalgleishTerrence DaltonTanya DamianakisTheo DamianakisAndreas DammannPatricia DanckertJennifer DanckertClive Daniels

Kathryn DanzaStewart D’ArriettaJo-Ann DaveyBruce DaveyDonna DaveyBraedon DavidJohn DavidKaren DavidBenjamin DavidArchie DaviesRebecca DaviesCameron DavisJennifer DavisMichele DavisonAlexandra Dawson-DamerEdward Dawson-DamerFrank De AngeliKazuko De AngeliMichael DaySonya DealeDennis DeaneChris DedesMichael DelaneyBarry DempseyVeronica DempseyDaniel DerofeAlyssa DerofeSally DevlinDarryn DevlinSandra Di BellaMarilyn Di BellaGillian DibbleGuy DillonDavid DinteJudy DinteDenise DinteMichael DinteBart DoffRobert DrakeRobert Drury OAMMarie DuchenPaul DuchenGlenda DuncanJulia DuncanMathew DuncanDon DunnMichael DunnRobert DussolVicki DwyerStuart EatonHelene EckerUdo EdlingerRainer EhrhardtDiana EilertZein El HassanNasser ElkordiRoy EllisRobert EllisSylvie Emdur

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General Members

Julian EmeryJudy EmeryGillian EvansPeter EvansWarwick Every-BurnsEugene EvgenikosNicholas FalloonGeorge FarkasDonna FarkasTony FarrugiaSonia FattalAmelia FayJohn FeitelsonDavid FellerChristopher FennellNeil FergusColin FermanisRosaline FermanisTess FernanTrudy FernanJohn FernanSimone FerryLeila FiedlerGarry FillerMichael FingerLauren FinkBruce FinkMichael FinkelsteinJacky FinkelsteinBernice FinkelsteinJudah FinkelsteinCharles FinkelsteinGeoffrey FisherAmanda FisherJoanna FisherMark FishwickErin FlahertyAngela FlemingDonald FletcherPauline FletcherMark FlitcroftJohn FormosaJacqueline FrankPeter FrazisPhyllis FreemanMichael FrickerMichele FrickerSusan FullerIrene GaffneyBasil GarianoHelen GazalDavid GazalMichael GazalJacklyn GazalNicholas GazalNabil Jnr. GazalRichard GazalMaud GazalNora GazalChristine Gee

Peter GeisslerMark GeisslerJordan GelbartRyan GelbartKim GelbartAnn GennerDamian GeorgeJoAnne GeorgeJane GeorgePhilip GeorgeJohn GleesonAlexia GleesonKaren GloverPaul GobitsEli GoldDavid GoldCharlotte GoldJeffrey GoldIan GoldHarold GoldJill GoldAnton GoldmanBarry GoldmanJoanne GoldmanAstrid GoncharoffDavid Gonski AODavid GoochCharles GoodmanBarbara GoodmanPatrick GoodmanManfred GorshekJohn GowingMalcolm GracieJoanne GrantFabio GrassiaVentry GrayAlicia GrayFelicity GrayLouise GreenRuth GreenPhillip GreenVivien GreenAngela GreigMark GreigSara GreshamJohn GriffinWolfgang GrimmReg GrinbergHessie GrossbergManuel GuerreroMaria GuerreroNihal GuptaMonica GuptaMichael GutmanLachlan GydeJames HallJames HallDaniel HamieriJames HannanDeidre Hannan

David HannanAngus HannanBenjamin HannanJohn HannanBrian HannanStephen HannesMary HardingSteve HaritosTal HarpazPeter HarrisEmmanuel HarrisSophia HarrisRaymond HarrisTherese HarrisAngelique HarrisPaul HarrisKaren HarrisBrian HarrisbergJennifer HarrisonGai Hart-HughesJacqueline HartmanRhonda HartmanRaelene HartmanPeter HatsatourisMichael HatsatourisAngelo HatsatourisGeorge HatsatourisJohn HatsatourisTina HatsatourisChristopher HatzidisGeorge HatziplisAlan HawesMaribi HayDonald HayAmie HayesGreg HayesEvelyn HegyesiAlexandra HegyesiGary HendlerMichael HendlerChris HerbertSally HermanAllan HeronPaul HeronElisabeth HewittLisa HicksonChristel HigginsCara HigginsRobert HillKylie Hilliar-HayesGrant Hillier-HayesMartin HillsKirralee HillsNarelle HillsRoy HirschowitzArthur HirshowitzSandie HodgsonRachelle HofbauerDaniel HofbauerColin Holben

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General Members

Lin HollandRabbit HollandDolores HollandIvan HollandAlex HollandRoy HolmbergFraser HopkinsAnthony Horton RADMMark HowardWayne HowseGwendoline HudsonLady Bonnie HumphreysJan HupfauWilliam HurleyLeslie HutchinsonAnna Maria HynesJulia IngallDiane IpkendanzRuby IraniIan IrvineSue IrvineTheo IsakFaye IsakJames IsakidisGeorgia IsakidisClive IsenbergPeter IvanyAnthony JacksonBruce JacksonTeresa JacksonGordon JacksonAshok JacobDudley JacobsAndre JakuAnthea JamesCon JamesMaria JamesJennifer JamesWilliam JamiesonJennifer JamiesonHayley JamiesonWilliam Jnr. JamiesonNorman JamiesonVerna JamiesonSteven JarvinAlex JarvisMaureen JeanesAnnie Jeffrey-HeronJoy JenkinsSamantha JenkinsFelicity JensenAshley JohnsonGregory JohnstonGregory JonesKim JonesEugenia JonsonJohn JonsonDavid JosephJanine JosephTom Joseph

Jack JosephDaniel JosephChristopher JoyeMargaret JoyeStanley KahnRaphael KahnJames KaklamanisNicole KallinicosJenna KallinicosAngela KallinicosJohn KannaneLynette KannaneIrene KarageorgeGeorge KarageorgeGregory KaredisMarguerite KassMartin KassRobert KayeAdam KayeMichelle KearneyJohn KeithJohn KeithVicki KekatosJerry KekatosRoxanne KekatosKate KellyFiona KennedyPeter KennedyAlana KennedyMartha KennedyJohn KennedyDebra KennedyJohn KennerleyZoltan KeriMichael KerslakeShahnaaz KerslakeMartin KhunLucinda KhunAmanda KielSandra KingJames KingAileen KingJeff KingMurray KingLeanne KingSophie KingstonDuncan KinnonKatelyn KirwanHelen KitasAnthony KnightBinda KnightJulian KnightsChristopher KnoblancheBelinda KohenMilenka KolendaConstantine KotisMadeline KoureasChris KourtisStephen KovacsKathy Krits

Max KurzAmanda L’EstrangeNicholas Laletin JnrJohn LambrosLina LamensRichard LamportFerne LanderMichelle LandererLeslie LandererJohn LandererScott LaneDesmond LastCaroline LawsJohn LawsJudy LazarusKirk LazarusMichael LazarusDavid LeachJohn LeaverPaul LedererEva LedererAlison LedgerPhillip LeighGary LendichPam LeonSam LeonGarry LeonardZoe LeonardAmanda L’EstrangeJohn LevasLewis LeviDavid LevinRoz LevinJules LevinGeoffrey LevyMarcus LevyDavid LevyElizabeth LewinWalter LewinToni LewisMarnie Lewis-MillarElton LiScott LockleyJohn LockleyNorma LockleyElizabeth LongesJoanna LoveMaree LoweNathan LoweJustin LoweDavid LowingerJodie LowingerSteven LowySusan LyallDavid LyonsStuart MacdougallSkye MackayJames MackayKate MaclarenGrahame MacRae

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General Members

Ross MacRaeKatherine MacraeAmanda MahoneyBrooke MaloufGreg MaloufDiane MaloneyKim MaloneyWilliam MaloufDavid MaloufLarissa MaloufChristine MaloufIan MaloufRaelynn MaloufAmanda MaloufStephanie MaloufGina MaloufMichelle MaloufJames MaloufJamie MaloufSharon MaloufCraig MaloufFrank MamasioulasGeorge ManettasSusan ManfredJohn MangosMichel ManiettaRick ManiettaMary ManningChristopher ManningKerry ManolasIan MansellYasmin ManttanMichael ManttanJonathon MarchantMelinda MarishSteven MarkAllan MarmotJohn MarshallJames MarshallJulie MartinLewis MartonSimon MasnickLyn MathesonJane MathewsSimone MayerDarlene MayerIan MayerEmma MaynardMurray McArdleNicole McCannMichael McCannMary McCarthyStephen McCarthyJacqueline McCormackMadaleine McCowanJames McCowanSylvia McCoySarah McDonnellAndrew McGillCatherine McGill

Gerry McGowanAdrian McGrathPeter McGrathSusan McGrathDavid McGrathPaul McGrealMargaret McGrealAngela McHughKim MckendrickPeter McKeonRaina McKeonKate McKillopAbbey McKinnonAndrew McKinnonBryan McMahonMichael McMahonJohn McNivenSandra McPheeKarl McPheeKent McPheeMaurice McPhersonBruce McWilliamOdetta MedichAdam MedichChristopher MeehanMichaela MeehanMathew MeerkinNancy Melick OAMJoanna MercurioEllen MererEnza MessinaGary MezeiPeter MezeiAgnes MezeiBambi MichaelRaymond MichaelJan MichaelAndrew MichaelJudd MichelMaree MiddlemassMark MikolaitisPascale MikolaitisAdrian MillerRobert MillerMichael MillerLeonard MilnerAugustus MinettHenry MinterValerie MirringtonDeke MiskinStephen MistilisJohn MitakosJohn MitchellClaudia MitchellKate Mitchell-InnesDimity MitsisGeorge MitsisEdwin MokMark MoranKym Montgomery

Mark MorelandKatherine MorelandVictoria MorelandRobert MorelandAlexander MorelandChristina MormanisCon MormanisLorraine MoroneyRonnie MorrisSybella MorrisJoseph MorrisAsher MorrisKevin MosesMargaret MosesAlfred Moufarrige OAMDenis MuddleDavid MulhamClare MulhamSarah MullanWilliam MundayVince MuritiColleen MurphyTimothy MurphyMark MurphyRegina MurphyShaughn MurphyKerry MurrayIain MurrayJohn MurrayJohn MurrayWendy MurrayKenneth MusgrovePhilip MussaredJenny MustonAndrew MustonAdam MustonLawrence MyersSandra MyersLoretta NasaLorna NawranDeborah NealIrena NebenzahlPeter NeustadtNeville NewtonPeter NewtonRobert NeilsonLeon NikolaidisAlexander NikolaidisChristopher NikolaidisDoreen NikolaidisBeryl NimmoMark NinioConrad NixonNeisha NobleChristopher NorthLois NotleyMaurice NowytargerLeon NowytargerJason NowytargerAriane Oates

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General Members

Robert OaydaBarbara O’BrienKim O’ConnorJane O’ConnorAdrian O’ConnorRichard O’ConnorIrene ODouardPhilippe ODouardWilliam O’KeeffeCharlotte O’NeilRodney O’NeilNicole O’NeilColin O’NeilGarry O’NeilJanette O’NeilNed O’NeilTheo OnisforouBernadette O’ReganRicardo OrellanaKatherine OrellanaPeter OrtnerKevin O’SheaChio OwPatricia OwenMaria PaceRichard PageRobert PageCorina PainoPhil ParaggioMelinda ParidisAdriana ParidisRobert ParidisMichael ParoulakisMichael ParrasColin Michael ParrasTina ParrasColin Peter ParrasMahesh PatelSimon PatersonAmanda PaullRoss PaullJames PeachThe Hon Andrew PeacockPenne PeacockCyril PeelKate PerkinsMyrna PerryMichelle PerryEdwina PetrieHarry PetropuolosAlex PetropoulosRenee PetropoulosCharles PhillipsDaniel PittDebra PittAnna PittNicholas PittAnthony PittTimothy PittDarian Pizem

Wolfie Pizem OAMPeter PlacekAdam PocheMelissa PocheAndrew PointingDanielle PoliLeslie PongrassTom PongrassLeigh PongrassNicolas PongrassJoanna PongrassCraig PonteyBrendan PooleAmanda PooleAmanda PooleNicholas PorterBrent PottsCatherine PouldenTeresa PourpourasCarolyn Powell-LucianoBrian PowellBrian Clifford PowellCorin PowellJason PowellElizabeth PozniakCharles PrattenDebbie PrattMartin PrattKim PreeceValerie PreketesAngelo PreketesAndrew PriceJane ProutTerry PullingerAdrian PurdieJanelle QuinnellAnne RadfordSilvana RaftosPaul RaftosJames RaissisBruce RathieBarry RaymondDamien RaynerBella ReadPaul ReadingPeter RedfordDamien ReedVictoria ReesDaniel ReganJonathon ReganToni ReganAnne-Louise Reilly-AkersPeter ReismannCharalambos RevelasJoseph RicciUmberta RicciJohn RicciJohn RichardsonAndrew RichardsonAngus Richardson

Martha RichardsonGeorge RiedelDavid RitchieDiana RitchieStephen RobertsAmanda RobertsRobyn RobertsAndrew RobertsAndrea RobertsMeg RobinsonPeter RobinsonPeter RobinsonDamian RocheDominic RocheMargaret RodenRobert RodenStan RodgersBrad RodgersSara RoneyWilliam RoneyColin RookeJan RookeStuart RoseBryan RoseRachelle RoseSean RoseRobert Rose AMMargaret Rose AMPauline RosenbergJustin RosenbergLance RosenbergNicoletta Rovis-HarrissonRoger RoweTrevor RowePenny RowlandRobert RowlandR. Adm.The Hon. ARowlands AOToni RozenElliot RusanowBrian RussellDanni RussoBrett RuthLee RuthWilliam RutledgeBryan RutterTerence RyanMichael RyanLouise RyanSally RyanPeter RybaAlan RydgeLynne RydgeVernon SachsRichard SackelariouGary SadlerKoula SalakasPeter SalakasElizabeth Salakas

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Maurie SallickPeter SamiosJohn SampleGillian SamuelsWilliam SandersonAja marie sandovalChris SanfordAldo SantamariaChrista SatourisPaul SatourisMaryanne SatourisTiana SaundersDaphne SauvageNick SavasElizabeth SavasNick ScaliAnthony ScaliYvonne ScaliDonna ScaliCharles ScarfEmily ScarfThomas ScarfAndrew ScarfDamien ScarfNathan ScarfKatina ScarfMadelaine ScarfGabrielle ScarfVanessa ScarfGenevieve ScarfSimon ScarfSusan ScarfMatthew ScarfPam ScharrerNicole ScharrerJonathan ScharrerRachael ScharrerMarjorie ScharrerMargit SchlagTracey SchofieldFiona SchroederLaurence SchwartzJanine SchwartzRaymond SchwartzDavid SeargeantPeter SeargeantChristopher SeargeantMaria SechosBarry SechosRaymond SeidlerBenita SenesAaron SenesInge SenesGeorgina SenesBen SenesGreg ShandBriar ShaoniCharles ShawKaren ShawMark SheldonJessica ShepherdMaxwell ShepherdLorraine Shine

Valerie ShorRaymond ShorrocksSandra ShortJames ShoulderBrett ShoulderGideon SilvermanJacob SilvermanRobert SimonsAidre SinclairGregory SinclairPaul SinclairIris SinclairResham SinghArthur SinodinosTerri SissianAngelo SklavosFiona SklavosAnne SladeLawrence SmallRod SmartStephen SmartDonna SmithHilarie SmithAnna SmithKevin SmithIan SmithRichard SmithKate SmithSandra SmorganBarry SmorgonSabrina SnowGavin SolomonDavid SolomonHenry SolomonThomas SolomonAmelia SolomonBruce SolomonCatherine SolomonGreg SolomonJacqueline SolomonHarry SolomonGavin SolskyRochelle SolskyEro SpanosMaria SpartalisKaren SpartalisMaxwell SpartalisChloe SpartalisMarie SpiesHenry SpiraJacques Spira OAMDorothy SpryGrace SpyrouFionna StackPaul StackJustice Conrad StaffKaren StainesDaniel StangMarc StangMaurie StangVivien StangJonathan StanleyRachael Starr

Phillip StaubSarina StavridesRobert SteelLee SteelWendy SteffensenPeter StepanekHelen StevensMaria StevensGary StevensonGregory StewartFrancene StorieJohn StrangerPeter StrasserPhillip StrickerZalman StruloviciJosephine SukkarAntony SukkarMelissa SurianoJoshua SusskindWarwick SusskindAngus SuttieScott SuttonBen SuttonKatherine SwainCharles Sweeney QCJohn SweenyBrad SweenyJonathan SweetStephen SymondJames SymondJohn Symond AMSandi SzangoliesJohn SzangoliesJoanne TaitJosephe TaloAnn-Marie TathamGrant TaylorBrett TennantMichael TeplitskyCon TetradisNanette TheakstoneSteven TheakstoneClive ThomasTrevor ThieleKathryn ThompsonGraeme ThompsonJoy ThompsonGabrielle ThompsonNeil ThompsonAndrew ThompsonBenadict TilleyFrancesca TilleyJanelle TilleySimon TilleyWarren TisdaleColleen TobiasJustice Murray TobiasIlana TockarRobert TockarMarshall TockarNicole TockarMartin TsangValerie Tsoukaris

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Aidan TudehopeDavid TudehopeRobert TurbiarzSusan TurbiarzRonald TyleySir. William TyreeTerry TzanerosArthur TzanerosPeter Van Der SleesonPeter Van WyheKatrina VanstoneSimon VanstoneChristopher VassSean VenturiSusan VialJames VicarsJane VicarsAllan VidorErvin Vidor AMPeter VogliottiAlexander von KotzeTheo VourakisSally WadeAnne WadsworthAlicia WadsworthLucy WadsworthSamantha WagnerAlain WaitsmanTetsuya WakudaJohn WalkerLangley WalkerBruce WallisBeverley WalshRobert WaltonVictoria WaltonCarlah WaltonJacqueline WaratSteve WarczakPaul WarrenTrent WashingtonMike WatanabeRyan WatsfordRiki WatsfordGraham WatsonMargaret WatsonPeter WaudKristen WebsterNeil WebsterWalter WedderburnFiona WedderburnPhilip WedderburnEric WegmanPeter WeinertAnita WeinertGeoff WeirBrendon WhalanAndrew WheelerKarel WheenLisa WhelanChristopher WhelanGlenda WhippsLola WhippsCamilla White

John WhiteheadRobert WhyteNeil WickendenRichard WildMeg WildRosemary WilkinsonDeborah WillettGregory WillettScott WilliamsPaul WilliamsNicole WilliamsLeslie WilliamsDiana WilliamsKaren WilliamsGai WilliamsVanessa WilliamsRobert WilsonBrian WilsonPeter WiltshireSue WilyKerrie WinningJohn WinningKaren WintonAndrew WintonAub WisePhillip Wolanski AMRemy WolanskiAlbert WongWilson WongBrenton YatesMatthew YenckenDavid YiendStewart YoungClovis YoungWing YuenMichael ZachariaKim ZachariaJulie ZamelDaniel ZammitGail ZammitTeresa ZamoraVirginia ZanariniJane ZarfatiFabio ZarfatiJean ZiadeNick ZissisPhillip ZoldanDavid ZylstraPhilip ZylstraLisa Zylstra

Junior MembersSimone BarakatLewis BarakatKonrad BeckmanSarah-Eleni BekiarisZoe BoyerTess BoyerAllie BoyerHamish BoyerNicola- Harriet CampbellGeorgia CampbellBenjamin ChallisJeremy CorneBlake DaleJye EmdurGrace FernanSamuel FernanEmma FinkelsteinJessica FinkelsteinAnnabel FinkelsteinJoseph GeorgeKatelin GreggMitchell HewittConnie IsakidisMadaleine JamiesonKristen KallinicosEmily KassBarbara KekatosArthur KekatosJordan L’EstrangeNicholas LamensEllie MaloufEdward MaloufChad MayerBeau MayerAngus McNivenJames MokKathryn PetropoulosGiorgia PetropoulosWilliam PongrassIsabella PouldenWilliam PouldenDaniel SchwartzJackson SenesBianca SenesDaniel ShaoniStephanie SpartalisAdriana SpartalisMartina SpartalisTheana SpartalisMax StanleyArabella StanleyDaniel StangZak StaubHarry StaubOskar SzangoliesBenjamin WebsterNicholas Zylstra

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Honour Roll of Flag Officers^ Denotes Life Member * Denotes Foundation Member

Season Commodore Vice-Commodore Rear-Commodore

1905-06 ^* Phillip Mitchell Geo. Read Frank Albert

1906-07 ^* Phillip Mitchell Frank Albert Fred Empson

1907-08 ^* Phillip Mitchell Frank Albert Fred Empson

1908-09 ^*Phillip Mitchell Fred Empson J.B. Holdsworth

1909 ^* Phillip Mitchell W.E. Adams S. Arnott

1910 * S. Arnott W.E. Adams W.C. Crawford

1910-11 * S. Arnott P.B. Reaney J.A. Ingham

1911-12 * S. Arnott L.J. Davies Frank Saunders

1912-13 ^* Frank Albert J.A. Ingham R. Louat

1913-14 ^* Frank Albert L.J. Davies R. Louat

1914-15 ^* Frank Albert Frank Saunders R. Louat

1915-16 ^* Frank Albert G.S. Purssey C.P. Cohen

1916-17 ^* Frank Albert G.S. Purssey C.P. Cohen

1917-18 ^* Frank Albert G.S. Purssey C.P. Cohen

J. Milne (acting)

1918-19 ^* Frank Albert G.S. Purssey J. Milne

1919-20 ^* Frank Albert G.S. Purssey J. Milne

1920-21 * J. Milne J. Spencer-Nolan C.A. Copeland

1921-22 * J. Milne C.A. Copeland A.A. Allan

1922-23 C.A. Copeland E.F. Wilks C.E. McIntosh

1923-24 C.A. Copeland E.F. Wilks S.G. Littlejohn

1924-25 G. Weymouth S.G. Littlejohn P.A. McIntosh

1925-26 G. Weymouth S.F. Doyle P.A. McIntosh

1926-27 * S.F. Doyle J.F. Jackson R. Walder

1927-28 * S.F. Doyle R. Walder Bradford Potter

1928-29 * S.F. Doyle R. Walder C. Jacobs

1929-30 * S.F. Doyle R. Walder H. McEvoy

1930-31 * S.F. Doyle C. Jacobs Geo. Marner

1931-32 C. Jacobs Geo. Marner Alexis Albert

1932-33 C. Jacobs S.F. Doyle Alexis Albert

1933-34 S.F. Doyle Bernard Bayley Alexis Albert

1934-35 Bernard Bayley Victor Heine W.D. Lawson

Victor Heine W.D. Lawson C.P. White

1935-36 C.P. White T.W. Green E. Milburn

1936-37 C.P. White F. Harris R. Vaughan

1937-38 W.D. Lawson J.S. Bruce F. Pointing

1938-39 W.D. Lawson E.G. Glass H.C. Bowden

1939-40 A.S. McDonald J.S. Bruce S.L. Tyler

1940-41 A.S. McDonald S.L. Tyler W.G. Marshall

1941-42 A.S. McDonald S.L. Tyler W.G. Marshall

1942-43 A.S. McDonald S.L. Tyler W.G. Marshall

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1943-44 A.S. McDonald S.L. Tyler W.G. Marshall

1944-45 A.S. McDonald S.L. Tyler W.G. Marshall

1945-46 A.S. McDonald S.L. Tyler W.G. Marshall

1946-47 S.L. Tyler F. Harris N.J. Suckling

1947-48 F. Harris N.J. Suckling A.B. Pickering

1948-49 F. Harris N.J. Suckling A.B. Pickering

1949-50 N.J. Suckling H.C. Vaughan M. Herford

1950-51 N.J. Suckling H.C. Vaughan S. Oldfield

1950-51 N.J. Suckling (resigned) H.C. Vaughan

1950-51 H.C. Vaughan S. Oldfield T.A. Field

1951-52 H.C. Vaughan R. Allan B. Bayley

1952-53 H.C. Vaughan T.A. Field L.A. Bartlett

E.M. Woods

1953-54 H.C. Vaughan T.A. Field F.G. Lender

1954-55 F.G. Lender G.D. Elliott (resigned) N.C. Hughes

1955-56 F.G. Lender N.C. Hughes S. Bussell

1956-57 F.G. Lender G.D. Lawson A. Cousins

1957-58 * G.D. Lawson A. Cousins Malcolm Campbell

1958-59 * F.G. Lender A. Cousins R.L. Wills

1959-60 * F.G. Lender R.L. Wills (resigned) F.G. Harvie

F.G. Harvie A.F. Bluett

1960-61 * F.G. Harvie D.E. Barwick R. Cant

1961-62 * F.G. Harvie A.J. Anderson R.Cant

1963-64 * F.G. Harvie A.J. Anderson A.I. McRae

1963-64 * A.J. Anderson A.I. McRae (resigned) H.H. Barton

P.L. Maine

1964-65 * A.J. Anderson P.L. Maine H.C. Bowden

1965-66 * P.L. Maine R.W. Auswild H.C. Bowden

1965-66 * R.W. Auswild M.F. Herford H.C. Bowden

1966-67 * R.W. Auswild M.F. Herford H.C. Bowden

1966-67 * R.W. Auswild E. Sunman H.C. Bowden

1967-68 * R.W. Auswild E. Sunman H.C. Bowden

1968-69 * H.C. Bowden P.H. Ports H.E. Davis

1969-70 * H.C. Bowden P.H. Ports (resigned) R.J. Coshott

M.R. Murphy

1970-71 * A.J. Anderson M.R. Murphy (resigned) R.J. Coshott

A.W. Titterton

1971-72 R.J. Coshott R.H. Barton P.R. Gardiner

1972-73 R.J. Coshott R.H. Barton P.R. Gardiner

1972-73 * F.G. Harvie R.W. Mirrington P.J.T. Swain

1973-74 * F.G. Harvie R.W. Mirrington P.J.T. Swain

^ Denotes Life Member * Denotes Foundation MemberSeason Commodore Vice-Commodore Rear-Commodore

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Honour Roll of Flag Officers (cont.)

1974-75 * R.W. Mirrington M.G. Barbouttis P.J.T. Swain

1975-76 * R.W. Mirrington M.G. Barbouttis P.J.T. Swain

1976-77 * M.G. Barbouttis P.J.T. Swain G.P. Calligeros

1977-78 * M.G. Barbouttis P.J.T. Swain G.P. Calligeros

1978-79 * R.W. Mirrington G.P. Calligeros G. Charlton

1979-80 * R.W. Mirrington G.P. Calligeros G. Charlton

1980-81 * G.P. Calligeros W. Anderson G. Charlton

1981-82 * G.P. Calligeros R.W. Aston J. Middlemass

1982-83 R.W. Aston J. Middlemass O.B. McGeachie

1983-84 R.W. Aston D.F. Bell O.B. McGeachie

1984-85 W. Anderson R. Mirrington O.B. McGeachie

1985-86 W. Anderson R.T. King O.B. McGeachie

1986-87 D.F. Bell R.H. Roden O.B. McGeachie

1987-88 R.T. King M. Manchee J. Baker

1988-89 R.T. King M. Manchee J. Baker

1989-90 J. Baker P. Paraggio E. Adamek

1990-91 J. Baker P. Paraggio J. Davis

1991-92 A. Dunn P. Paraggio J. Davis

1992-93 A. Dunn J. Auswild E. Adamek

1993-94 R. Roden E. Adamek J. Davis

1994-95 R. Roden J. Barbouttis D. Freeman

1995-96 J.M. Barbouttis E. Adamek D. Freeman

1996-97 J.M. Barbouttis E. Adamek D. Freeman

1997-98 J.M. Barbouttis W.J. Hartman D. Freeman

1998-99 J.M. Barbouttis M. Tess D. Freeman

1999-2000 J.M. Barbouttis K. Gresham M. Tess

2000-01 K. Gresham M. Tess N. Corne

2001-03 J.M. Barbouttis N. Corne M. Tess

2003-04 J.M. Barbouttis N. Corne S. Isakidis

2004-06 J.M. Barbouttis M. Tess S. Isakidis

2006-07 M. Tess J.M. Barbouttis S. Isakidis

2007-09 J.M. Barbouttis M.J. Courtney M. Tess

2009-11 J.M. Barbouttis M.J. Courtney M. Tess

^ Denotes Life Member * Denotes Foundation MemberSeason Commodore Vice-Commodore Rear-Commodore

RMYC YEARBOOK 115

Royal Motor Yacht Club

Uniforms and Flags

Club Crest

The crest of the Club shall be a badge formed to an oval around which shall be the words ‘ROYAL MOTOR YACHT CLUB OF NSW’ in the centre of which there shall be a fouled anchor, a propeller and the Club Pennant superimposed upon the inner oval. Surmounting the oval shall be the Royal Crown of the day. This crest shall be the Club’s Crest, seal and blazer pocket.

Uniforms

Day Uniforms The uniform shall be a dark blue, double-breasted

coat (Reefer Jacket) which shall have four Club embossed (dark) buttons on each side, white shirt and black tie, long white or cream trousers, white shoes and socks, white cap cover.

The dark uniform shall be a dark blue, double breasted coat (Reefer Jacket) which shall have four Club embossed (dark) buttons on each side, white shirt and black tie, mid-grey trousers, black shoes and socks, black cap.

White day uniform shall be white shirt (open neck and short sleeves) with shoulder epaulettes as elsewhere described, white shorts, long white socks and shoes, white cap, optional long white or cream trousers.

Dress Uniform The Evening Dress Uniforms shall be either white,

cream or black Mess jacket with black bow tie and black trousers, black shoes and socks. The white or cream mess jacket shall have two gilt RMYC buttons on either side and fastened centre with two jigger buttons, and epaulettes shall be worn on the shoulder, as provided elsewhere.

The black mess jacket shall have no epaulettes, but gold braid shall be worn on the sleeves as elsewhere provided and three gilt RMYC buttons fastened centre with two jigger buttons. White cap cover to be worn. White or black vest or cummerbund optional.

Lounge Uniform The Lounge Uniform shall be a dark navy,

singlebreasted blazer, with pocket badge described elsewhere, mid-grey trousers, black shoes and socks.

Club Cap The Club Cap shall consist of a naval cap with

Club badge.Club Cap Badge The Badge of the RMYC shall be a fouled anchor,

with the letters RMYC across it, surrounded by a laurel wreath and surmounted by the Royal Crown of the day. The badge to be worked in gold.

Club Pocket Badge The Badge of the RMYC shall not exceed 65mm

x 40mm. The inner oval formed by two gold ropes (one large and one small) shall be embroidered “ROYAL MOTOR YACHT CLUB OF NSW” in blue on a white background. The inner oval shall be a gold background on which shall be a fouled anchor the full size of the inner oval and superimposed on the anchor shall be the Club’s pennant below which shall be a propeller. The Pennant shall be as described elsewhere, the anchor and propeller shall be in gold bullion. The

Royal Crown of the day shall be superimposed upon the oval at the top centre in bullion.

Club Tie The official tie of the Club shall be a royal blue tie

on which shall be the Crown of the day above the letters RMYC flanked by two diagonal stripes, red over gold.

Officers’ Uniform The Flag Officers’ uniform shall differ only from

the above in the following manner:• TheCommodoreoftheparentClubshallhave

four 10mm black bands on each sleeve. The top band with a small loop. The Vice-Commodore shall have two 10mm black bands. The top band with a small loop.

• RearCommodoreshallhaveone10mmblackband. Such band shall have a small loop.

• TheHonoraryTreasurerandHonoraryRaceSecretary shall have on 7mm black bands, with one rope band above it, with a small loop in rope band.

• TheHonorarySocialSecretaryshallwearone7mm black band with one black rope band above it. No loop. Directors shall each wear one 7mm black band.

• Ondarkuniforms,theblackbandsaretobewornon each sleeve, the bottom band to be worn 65mm from the sleeve end and to be placed 10mm apart.

• Thebuttonstobewornondarkuniformsshallbeblack RMYC embossed buttons.

• PastCommodoresoftheparentclubshallwearfour 10mm black bands. No loop.

Epaulettes The epaulettes to be worn shall be:• Theepauletteitselfshallbe130mmx50mm,to

be cut to a point at the collar and fastened with a small gilt RMYC embossed button. The bands to be worn are 7mm gold, spaced 10mm apart, the first band to be 13mm from the shoulder end of the epaulette.

• Thegoldbandsandropeandloopsaretobethesame size for each Officer as worn on the sleeve of the dark uniform, the first band to be 13mm from the shoulder end of the epaulette.

Uniforms for Branch Officers and Members The uniform shall be the same as that worn by

the Parent Club Officers in each case, excepting that of the Branch Commodore, who shall have three black bands with a loop on the top band, and in addition the designation of such Branch shall be distinguished by a 13mm black letter worn on each sleeve within the loop. In the case of white uniforms, the letter is to be worn on each epaulette, 13mm in size below all other designations which must match in each case.

The letter for the Toronto Branch is ‘T’, Broken Bay ‘B’, Port Hacking ‘H’. All Club Officials should wear their uniforms at all Club functions.

Branch Members shall be distinguished by a 13mm black Branch designation letter 90mm up from the sleeve end. Branch Members shall at all times wear their designation.

Past Commodores shall wear three black bands on sleeve of dark uniform and the same number on epaulettes, but with no loop.

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Registered Cruiser and Power Boat Owners Registered Cruiser and Power Boat Owner Members of

the Club shall be entitled to wear a small black fouled anchor on each lapel of the reefer jacket and black mess jacket and a gilt anchor on the epaulettes.

Club Flags All small ships are now permitted to fly either the

Australian blue or red ensign and for those RMYC vessels authorised by Admiralty Warrant prior to 1981 the Blue Ensign of Her Majesty’s Fleet duly defaced may still be flown until such time as the United Kingdom Parliament amends the Legislation withdrawing such warrants.

Club Pennant (may be worn by all Members) The Club Pennant shall have a blue field with a Royal

Crown in the centre of two gold stripes, one horizontal and one vertical. Such centre to be one-third the length of the Pennant from the mast. The width of the gold stripes shall be one-fifth of the width of the Pennant at the mast. The Pennant shall be worn at the masthead on cruisers or on forward jack staff.

Club Burgee (to be worn by Flag Officers and Past Commodores ONLY) The Club Burgee shall be a square flag with a swallow

tail. Such flag shall have a blue field with two gold stripes, one horizontal and one vertical crossing in the centre of the square and surmounted with a Royal Crown in the centre of the cross. The stripes to be one fifth the width of the Burgee.

The Burgee shall be worn at the masthead or jackstaff in lieu of the Pennant where applicable.

Flag Officers’ Flags The Commodore’s Flag shall be the Club Burgee. The Vice-Commodore’s Flag, a similar Burgee, with one

gold ball in the upper canton, nearest the mast. The Rear Commodore’s Flag, a similar Burgee, with two gold balls in the upper canton in the balls to be placed horizontally nearest the mast.

Branch Flag Officers‘ Flags The Flag Officers’ flags of the Branch Club shall be the

same as the Parent Flag, except that the Club letter shall be designated in the lower canton, nearest the mast. No Flag Officers’ flags shall be worn on any vessel unless such Officer or owner is on board. Flag Officers shall always fly their Flags when aboard their vessels. The Past Commodore’s Flag (Parent Club and all Branches) shall be the club Burgee. Parent Past Commodores with four horizontal straight bars in the upper canton nearest the mast and three horizontal straight bars in the upper canton in the case of the Branch Ex-Commodore.

By-laws governing Marina and Moorings1. The licence shall be personal and may not be assigned by

the Boatowner Member(s) and does not confer on the Boatowner Member(s) any interest in the marina berth or mooring. The legal possession control and custody of the Vessel shall at all times be in the Boatowner Member(s) and no bailment or assignment of the Vessel to the Club is hereby granted or created, subject however to the further specific provisions herein below.

2. The Vessel is located at or on the berth or mooring entirely at the risk of the Boatowner Member(s) and at all times shall remain at the risk of the Boatowner Member(s) and the Club shall not either directly or vicariously nor shall any servant agent or employee of the Club be liable in negligence or otherwise for any damage to or theft or loss of the Vessel or any tackle, goods, gear, machinery or other property thereon no matter how or from what cause such loss or damage may arise or occur including (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing) loss or damage caused by

the use or removal of the Vessel by any person not authorised by the Boatowner Member(s) to so use or remove it whether such use or removal shall be permitted by the Club or not.

3. The Vessel shall comply with the safety requirements as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of the Club and upon written notice being given in each year of the licence the Boatowner Member(s) agrees to present the Vessel to the Rear Commodore of the Club (or his duly appointed delegate) for inspection to confirm whether the Vessel complies with the said safety requirements. If the Vessel does not meet the safety requirements prescribed for it the Boatowner Member(s) shall have one (1) month to comply with such safety requirements and failure to comply with such notice shall render the Boatowner Member(s) in default of this Licence and this Licence brought to an end.

4. The Club shall not either directly or vicariously nor shall any of its servants, agents, employees or invitees be liable in negligence or otherwise for any injury (other than the liability of the Club for provable negligence directly causing personal injury) loss or damage sustained or suffered by the Boatowner Member(s) or by the Boatowner Member(s)’s servants, agents or invitees at the berth or mooring whether on the Vessel or not, or on or adjacent to the marina no matter how or from what cause such loss or damage may arise or occur.

5. The Boatowner Member(s) shall at all times steer manage and control the Vessel and property theron so as not to cause injury to any person and damage or cause to be damaged the property of the Club or its members, servants, agents or invitees or of any other persons and in particular shall avoid damage to the marina or any mooring or other equipment or any other vessel thereat or thereon.

6. The Boatowner Member(s) shall at all times maintain and keep current for public and other legal liability an insurance policy in the Boatowner Member(s)’s own name(s) indemnifying and otherwise covering the Vessel and persons using the Vessel and the relevant facilities of the Club for, inter alia, third party property and personal damages for a sum of not less than $10,000,000.00 (ten million dollars) per category of risk and fully comprehensive insurance.

7. Whilst at the berth or mooring no person shall stay overnight on board the Vessel for more than three (3) consecutive days nor more than six (6) days in any one month.

8. The Boatowner Member(s) shall at all times comply with the requirements of the relevant authorities and in particular shall not dispose of sewage refuse or garbage into Sydney Harbour and the Boatowner Member(s) shall not carry or permit to be carried on any, business activity on the Vessel while at the berth or mooring or in the precincts of the marina or mooring except at the direction of or with the consent of the Board of the Club first hand and obtained in writing and no Vessel other than the Boatowner Member(s)’s Registered Vessel shall use the said berth or mooring so allocated.

9. Only the Boatowner Member(s) and his/her duly signed in guests shall use and go upon the marina or mooring. Any other person shall obtain the prior authorisation of a proper officer of the Club.

10. The Boatowner Member(s) shall be responsible for and shall pay for all ropes which shall be provided by the Club to moor the Vessel and shall be responsible for the adequacy, sufficiency and condition of same. The Boatowner Member(s) shall not bring onto and/or affix to the allocated berth any item of whatsoever nature or kind without the written authorisation of the Club.

11. Any Boatowner Member(s) whose Vessel is absent from their allocated pen or mooring for a period longer than three (3) months without the Board of the Club’s

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written permission shall be obliged to give reasons why their berth or mooring should not be declared vacant and this Licence be at an end.

12. The Vessel may only be moved or removed from the berth/mooring by the Boatowner Member(s) or persons authorised by the Boatowner Member(s); or by a servant agent or employee of the Club if the Club or such servant agent or employee of the Club in its or his absolute discretion decides. In the event of the Boatowner Member(s) requiring any servant agent or employee of the Club to move the Vessel or in the event of a servant agent or employee of the Club moving or removing the Vessel by virtue of the exercise of its or his absolute discretion as aforesaid or pursuant to Clause 14 or Clause 15 hereof such servant agent or employee shall for that purpose be the agent of the Boatowner Member(s) and the Club and such servant agent or employee shall not be liable in negligence or otherwise for any damage to or loss or theft of the vessel or property thereon occurring as a result of such moving or removing.

13. The Boatowner Member(s) hereby indemnifies and will keep indemnified the Club against all actions suits claims demands debts obligations or other liabilities arising out of any act or omission of the Boatowner Member(s) or of the Boatowner Member(s)’s servants agents employees or invitees.

14. On the termination of this Licence the Boatowner Member(s) shall promptly remove the Vessel and all related equipment, goods, chattels and other personal effects (“Goods”) from the marina/ mooring and shall remain liable for payment of license fees until the Vessel and Goods are so removed and in default of the Boatowner Member(s) so doing the Club shall be entitled to remove to any convenient place the Vessel and any Goods left by the Licensee at or on the Club’s property as a result of this Licence and the Club may contract for the safe keeping thereof and for payment of storage and insurance fees as agent for the Boatowner Member(s) and all expenses thereby incurred shall be payable by the Boatowner Member(s) and the Boatowner Member(s) hereby indemnifies and shall keep indemnified the Club against all liability, fees and expenses incurred in respect of such removal or storage or any matter arising thereout and whatsoever the Club shall do in good faith under this clause shall be deemed to be done as agent for and with the full authority and at the risk of the Boatowner Member(s).

15. In the event of the Boatowner Member(s) being in default of Article 24 of the Club’s Articles of Association the Boatowner Member(s) hereby agrees that in such circumstances this Licence shall be at an end and Clause 14 shall apply and further the Club may take a lien over the Vessel and any such Goods thereon pending payment of all expenses fees and other liabilities incurred under this agreement whether under Clause 13 or for any unpaid license fees, although no such lien shall be created until such time as the Club gives written notice of such taking of a lien to the address provided by the Boatowner Member(s).

16. In the event of a default by the Boatowner Member(s) as defined in Clause 15 and where the Club has taken the aforesaid lien, the Club may after giving to the Boatowner Member(s) forty five (45) days written notice of the Club’s intention to sell, exercise a right of sale over the Vessel and over any Goods which are held by the Club. Any such sale shall be by tender or public auction. The Club shall be under no duty to obtain the best price for the Vessel and/or Goods when it auctions or sells by public tender the Vessel and/or Goods, but shall otherwise act reasonably and in good faith. Any proceeds obtained from any sale by the Club of the Vessel and/or Goods net of outstanding fees and

expenses and net of all costs and expenses of sale shall be paid to the Boatowner Member(s) or shall be held in trust or paid to the appropriate place for Unclaimed Monies if the Boatowner Member(s) does not apply to the Club for the proceeds.

17. The Boatowner Member(s) acknowledges that the berth/mooring is for usage of the Vessel of the Boatowner Member(s). No vessel is to remain in a berth or on a mooring unused by the Boatowner Member(s) and in the event that the Vessel is not used by the Boatowner Member(s) for the period of six (6) months without the written permission of the Board of the Club this Licence shall be at an end and Clause 14 hereof shall apply.

18. The Boatowner Member(s) shall prior to or upon the making of this agreement provide to the Club all particulars of the Vessel and of the Boatowner Member(s) as might be reasonably required by the Club for the purpose of maintaining the Club Register of Vessels and otherwise and the Boatowner Member(s) shall in particular complete accurately and deliver to the Club any form set aside for this purpose.

19. AND IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED that this Licence may be terminated by either party giving to the other thirty (30) days notice or by the Boato\vner Member(s) paying to the Club thirty days licence fees in lieu of notice AND notwithstanding the foregoing this Licence may be terminated by the Board of the Club forthwith upon any substantial breach of any of the terms or conditions hereof by the Boatowner Member(s) or by his servants agents or invitees.

20. The address for services of notices on the Boatowner Member(s) shall be the address given by the Boatowner Member(s) to the Club on his/her membership application unless the Club has received from the Boatowner Member(s) his/her written notification of change of address prior to sending the first mentioned notice. (The Boatowner Member(s) shall otherwise take all reasonable steps to promptly give notice to the Club however the Club shall not be obligated to undertake investigations or searches to locate the Boatowner Member(s)).

21. If there is more than one Boatowner Member(s) hereunder, their individual liability in all respects in relation to this Agreement shall be joint and several, but notice to or from one of them shall bind them all and they shall nominate as between them the master of the Vessel who shall receive all notices referred to on this Licence.

22. In the event of the Boatowner or joint Boatowner, as appears on the Club Register of Vessels, ceases to retain seventy five per cent (75%) share in the beneficial ownership of such Vessel, the Board of Directors of the Club may exercise its power to have such Vessel removed from its allocated pen or mooring. The provisions of Clauses 12 and 14 shall apply to such removal. The new owners or joint owners of the vessel so removed may apply in the usual manner to be placed on the waiting list for a berth/mooring.

23. In the event of an owner or joint owner who has disposed of his or her interest in a Vessel then any berth/mooring allocated shall be deemed vacant, however, if such Boatowner Member(s) intends to purchase another Vessel and advised the Board of the Club of such intention in writing then in order to retain the allocated berth/mooring he or she must apply in writing to the Board of the Club for permission to retain his or her pen, or mooring for a period of six (6) months at such fees as may be decided by the Board of the Club. If a further extension is required he or she must apply in writing stating the reasons for requesting such further extension. The Club reserves the right in its absolute discretion to extend or reject such period and upon

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such terms as it thinks fit.24. Notwithstanding anything herein contained the

Boatowner Member(s) shall advise the Marina Manager if his berth or mooring is to be vacant for a period of longer than two (2) days during which vacancy the Club shall be at liberty to allocate such pen or mooring for the period of this vacancy to another Boatowner Member(s) at a fee to be decided at its absolute discretion and the Boatowner Member(s) shall continue to be obliged to pay the Licence Fee.

25. Whilst the Vessel is moored at the berth, the Boatowner shall not carry out any material repairs or other material work to the vessel save for work which has been authorised by the Marina Manager. Notwithstanding anything herein contained the Marina Manager does not have the authority to authorise work to be carried out on any Vessel between the hours of midday on Saturdays until 8:00am on the following Monday.

26. If goods and services tax (GST) or any similar tax is imposed and has application to any supply by the Club under this licence the Club may, in addition to any other amount payable under this licence, recover from the Boatowner Member and the Boatowner Member must pay the said amount in addition to the licence fee at such time as the Licence Fee is paid.

27. Notwithstanding anything herein contained no sailing yacht shall be entitled to a permanent berth allocation on the marina.

28. The Boatowner Member(s) recognises that the facilities of the Club are provided for use of Boatowners and undertakes to purchase food, fuel and beverages from the Club. Further, the Boatowner Member(s) acknowledges that the licence fee paid herein is lower than other comparable commercial marinas and has been so set on the basis that Boatowner Member(s) will avail himself/herself/themselves of the Club’s facilities. The Boatowner Member(s) further acknowledges if in the opinion of the Board of the Club the Boatowner Member(s) is not availing himself/herself/themselves of the Club facilities and in this regard availing of facilities means the purchase of food, fuel and beverage from the Club, then the Board of the Club shall be at liberty to write to the Boatowner Member(s) and advise that his/her/their continuing failure to utilise facilities will bring this licence to an end, if in the absolute discretion of the Board of the Club the Boatowner Member(s) fails to utilise such facilities thereafter then the Boatowner Member(s) will be deemed to be in default of this agreement entitling the Club to terminate the agreement.

29. Notwithstanding anything herein contained all Boatowner Member(s)’ Vessels registered on the Club’s Register of Vessels must be predominantly used for

leisure boating activities and participation in Club events. All vessels which are registered by the Waterways Authority as being in survey are deemed by the Board of the Club not to be used predominantly for leisure boating activities and, as such, application in writing by the Boatowner Member(s) of those Vessels must be delivered to the Board of the Club prior to entering into this agreement. Such application must commit the Boatowner Member(s) to use the vessel predominantly for leisure boating activities and not commercial activities. In view of the fact that such vessels are used at times for commercial purposes and to ensure that those Boatowner Members in respect of such Vessel are utilising the facilities of the Club each such Boatowner Member(s) will be charged in addition to the licence fee an amount to be decided by the Board of the Club from time to time but not less than $1,500.00 per quarter (+GST) (such quarter ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 in any year). Such amount may be used for credit as to $500.00 (+GST) for fuel purchases and as to $1,000.00 (+GST) for food and beverage per quarter such amount may be credited against fuel, beverage and food sales only during the quarter in which it is incurred and no carry forward to the next period will be allowed.

30. No Vessel shall carry any advertising or “For Sale” sign whilst moored/berthed at the Club facilities and whilst flying the Club burgee.

31. The Boatowner Member(s) acknowledges the Club does not permit the use of the Marina facilities for the sale of Vessels. The Boatowner Member(s) shall advise the Marina Manager if his/her/their Vessel is being offered for sale and the name of the boat broker appointed to sell the Vessel. The Marina facility will not be available for Vessels to be inspected for sale from midday on any Saturday until 8:00am the following Monday.

32. All Vessels shall be moored and/or berthed in accordance with the directions of the Marina Manager. The Boatowner Member(s) acknowledges that all Vessels on the northern side of the main arm of the Marina shall be moored aft toward the Marina. Vessels on the southern side of the main arm of the Marina shall be moored aft towards the Marina. Vessels on the northern side of the second arm of the Marina shall be moored aft toward the Marina and vessels on the southern side of the second arm shall be moored bow toward the Marina.

33. No Vessel is to moor at the fuel pen or at the eastern end of the Marina overnight without the consent of the Marina Manager. No Vessel is to berth at a vacant berth on the Marina or on a vacant mooring without the consent of the Marina Manager.

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Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales Ltd

1. Commodore2. Past Commodore3. Vice-Commodore4. Rear Commodore5. Treasurer (Race Secretary also if

a member of Board of Directors)

6. Secretary/Manager (Social Secretary also if a Member of Board of Directors)

7. Boat Owner/Director8. Club Director9. Race Secretary (if Board

Member same as 5. Treasurer)

10. Marina Manager11. Social Secretary (if Board

Member same as 6. Secretary/Manager)

12. Spare13. Boat Owner Member14. General Member

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Royal Motor Yacht Club Flags

PENNANTTo be flown by all members except Flag Officers and Past Commodores

BURGEETo be flown by Flag Officers and Past Commodores only

Commodore Vice-Commodore

Commodore Broken Bay Commodore Port Hacking

Rear Commodore Commodore Toronto

Past Commodore Parent Club Past Commodore All Branches

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