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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 Tim Barrett AM, CSC, RAN
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of New South Wales
Office Bearers for 2013/2014
Commodore
John Barbouttis
Vice Commodore
Matthew Scarf
Rear Commodore
Michael Zammit
Honorary Treasurer
Robert Paridis
Board of Directors

Neil Webster
Michael Courtney
Stephen Geissler
Michael Finkelstein
Peter Calligeros
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Official Yearbook 2O13 2O14
CONTENTS
Patrons 2
Office Bearers
Commodores Message
Published by:
A Brief History
10
International Fleet Review
16
Opening Day 2013
24
The Boats That Flew
28
Margaret River
34
Commodores Ball 2013
40
The Jewel of Jervis Bay
46
Boating 80 years on
52
Albatross Exclusive to the Roaring Forties
58
Father Neptunes Day 2012
62
Life Members
67
Memorandum of Association of RMYC of NSW Ltd
68
Articles of Association of RMYC of NSW Ltd
70
Members List
81
Honour Roll of Life Members
88
Honour Roll of Flag Officers
89
Royal Motor Yacht Club Uniforms and Flags
92
Royal Motor Yacht Club Flags & Epaulettes
96
Cover Photo: HMAS Sydney sails under the Sydney Harbour Bridge
during the International Fleet Review celebrations in October 2013
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B LU E W AT E R M A R I N A
TRINITY PARK - CAIRNS
COMMODORES
MESSAGE
Dear Fellow Member
I am delighted to present to members the Clubs 2013 2014 Yearbook.
Our cover is dedicated to the Maritime highlight of 2013 the re-enactment of
the first entry into Sydney Harbour of the Royal Australian Navys Fleet Unit on
October 4th. Amongst the thousands who greeted the fleet in October 1913
were members of our Club in their various boats. This forged an initial relationship
between the RAN and the Club which has been fostered over the years.
We were delighted that over 30 of our Clubs boats filled with members and their
friends had the privilege of greeting the Fleet as it entered the harbour 100 years
later to the day on October 4th 2013. The ensuing festivities will remain etched in
our memories for many years.
We take this opportunity to congratulate the RAN on a magnificent anniversary. I
commend to you to read the message from our Clubs Vice Patron, Rear Admiral
Tim Barrett which you will find on page 20 of this issue. Only three weeks later,
Admiral Barrett was our guest of honour reviewing our Opening Day Fleet.
I take this opportunity to advise members that over the next twelve months your
Board will be embarking on a number of projects to improve the amenity of the
Club for members and their guests. These changes are being planned to enhance the
entry to the Club and to revitalise the interior of the Club.
I hope you enjoy the articles featured in this yearbook and wish you, on behalf of the
Flag Officers and Board a healthy, happy and prosperous 2014.
John M. Barbouttis
Commodore
VALE
It is with regret that we advise since the publication of our last Yearbook,
the passing of the following members:
John Bourne
Bryce Courtenay
Sir William Tyree OAM
Commander Ralph MacDonald AM RAN
Jacques Spira OAM
Pascale Mikolaitis
Richard Smith
Lola Whipps
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ROYAL MOTOR YACHT CLUB OF NEW SOUTH WALES
A Brief History
4th October 1913
On 4 October 1913 the flagship,
HMAS Australia, led the new
Australian Fleet Unit comprising HMA
Ships Melbourne, Sydney, Encounter,
Warrego, Parramatta and Yarra into
Sydney Harbour for the first time to
be greeted by thousands of cheering
citizens lining the foreshore. This was
a moment of great national pride
and importance, one recognised as a
key indicator of Australias progress
towards national maturity.
1900
1910
July 6, 1905
November 5, 1905
December 10, 1910
A 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 Aarons
Exchange Hotel Sydney.
The Club opened its first season at

Clifton Gardens. It was a Saturday.
The club purchased a bungalow

style clubhouse at Point Piper.
This property had a jetty that
ran into deep water which was
ideal for the members boats.
Social activities increased due
to the new waterfront premises
and boat racing became the
Clubs 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.
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.
The first committee
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A BRIEF HISTORY
Victory
RMYC Clubhouse
October 28,
1926
November 1,
1927
April 17,
1934
A branch of the
RMYC was opened
at Broken Bay in
Newport.
A branch of the
RMYC was opened
on Lake Macquarie in
Newcastle.
A branch of
the RMYC was
opened at Port
Hacking.
1920
1936
The Younger Set was
formed. Members under 20
years of age. This stopped
during the war years but
was reorganised in the 60s
and membership rose to
over 100.
1930
1927
1939
His 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.
The 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.
January 1929 Cover
Union advert 1929
RMYC YEARBOOK 11
A BRIEF HISTORY
RMYC
swimming pool
May 31, 1941

Japanese 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.
1970
The swimming pool
was constructed. An
area that was very
popular with families.
1961
The 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.
1940
1950
1980
The Club celebrated
its 75th Anniversary.
This also established the
Anniversary Cup and
Port Hackings Harry Peel
Trophy. The Anniversary
Cup became one of the
most prestigious events on
the Clubs racing calendar.
1967
The waterfront
on the Clubs
northern boundary
was purchased.
1960
1970
1980
1959
August 27, 1984
Land from the Clubs northern

boundary was purchased
allowing the building of a BBQ
area and bar.
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1965
The old Boatshed which
had served as the bar for
four years was demolished.
Disaster 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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A BRIEF HISTORY
2003
During the summer
season that year, the Club
saw the opening of the
new swimming pool for
use by its members.
1988
The waterfront rebuilding
program was completed.
The new building included
a modern kitchen, Marina
Restaurant, bar, dining room,
showers and change rooms.
1995 6
Plans 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.
1990
July 6, 2005
The Royal Motor Yacht
Club of NSW celebrated
its 100th Anniversary
a significant milestone
in the Clubs long and
proud history.
2000
2006
The Marina
Restaurant was
refurbished.
2013
1993
1998
August 2000
4th October 2013
The Marina Restaurant was

refurbished. A total redesign of
the concept was developed.
Further major
building works
were completed
at the club.
The old timber marina

was demolished and
replaced by a new
concrete floating marina.
Australian and International

warships enter Sydney Harbour
for their part in the International
Fleet Review 2013. Up to a million
spectators watched from around
the harbour to view this iconic
event exactly 100 years since the
first Fleet Entry of the Australian
Navy into Sydney Harbour.
The marina was opened

on 5th August 2000.
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he RANs International Fleet Review

sort of snuck up on Sydneysiders.
Before the event we had no idea of
the scope of the celebration, which became
a stunning success for the Navy and gave
Sydney one of its best-ever Great Days Out.
I had read very little about the event before
attending the press conference at HMAS
Kuttabul, the shore installation in Potts Point
just down the road from Kings Cross.
Captain Nick Bramwell, Director of the
Review, opened the press conference.
RMYC YEARBOOK 17
LIGHTS OF OUR LIVES
He eyed the motley crew representing the

Fourth Estate aka The Press. The 2013 Fleet
Review does not mark the centenary of the
formation of the Royal Australian Navy as I
have seen in some reports, he said. It marks
the 100th anniversary of the first entry of the
RAN fleet into Sydney Harbour.
4 October 1913 must have been a big day.
The RAN flagship Australia led the new fleet
comprising Melbourne, Sydney, Encounter,
Warrego, Parramatta and Yarra through the
Heads. Surely a big deal for a very young nation.
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Back to the press conference. Various speakers

told us what to expect on the big day, then
the host called for questions. How close can
we get to Harry? asked a British accent.
Harry who? I whispered to the person next
to me.
Prince Harry was the reply, delivered, with
some asperity, by a British voice. Didnt you
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Uh, no. I cant face news before lunch. Prince
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INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW
A MESSAGE FROM CLUB VICE-PATRON REAR ADMIRAL TIM BARRETT, AM, CSC, RAN
The commemoration of the arrival of the first RAN
Fleet 100 years ago this year was celebrated by
Navy with gusto in October.
Just as they did in 1913, boats from the RMYC
escorted the Fleet down Sydney Harbour; and, with
that, the enduring association between your Navy
and the RMYC continues. Over 8000 sailors from
your Navy and visiting Navies from 19 different
nations were treated to a fabulous Sydney welcome.
I was fortunate enough to lead 4500 of them along
George St on October 7 and it was nothing short
of spectacular. Equally spectacular were the Review
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and the fireworks and lightshow on the 5th, where

the Navys story of 100 years was told with colour
and movement across the Harbour. I appreciate the
efforts of all of those from the Club who added to
this spectacle; you were part of a unique event.
But while all this was going on I would like to
remind you that over 25% of your Navy was still
on Government directed operations at sea and
overseas. We are a working Navy and you can be
proud of it.
I would like to thank the RMYC once again for being
such a great supporter of the Navys efforts.
RMYC YEARBOOK 17
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ships stir the blood as well as the senses.
The Reviews opening act, the Tall Ships
came into the harbour on October 3
in heavy rain and a sou-westerly which
prevented them from carrying sail.
But the Fleet Review next day was a
stunner. The occasion was better for the
presence of smaller nations like PNG
and Brunei, reminding us of the region
in which we live.
No matter how good the Review, the nighttime Spectacular
on Sydney Harbour was a smash. It combined the spectacular
with the personal because the TV coverage included plenty of
interaction with navy people. The fireworks were great but the
people were greater. And the show on the Opera House sails
should be shown again and again. It reminded us of what we owe
our Navy and its personnel.
The Navy had a great triumph and Sydney had a great show. The
RAN could run our New Years Eve celebrations. Lets face it, the
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OPENINGDAY
Opening Day had its usual strong Naval theme.
The official opening speech was delivered by club
Vice-Patron, Rear Admiral Tim Barrett, AM, CSC,
RAN, who endorsed the close ties between the
Navy and RMYC.
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There was lots of sun and the usual great sailpast,

anticipating the RANs great Fleet Review. See story
elsewhere in this issue.
Opening Day 2013 was another memorable day in
club history.
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THE BOATS
t flew
tha
THE FLYING BOAT ERA ENDED IN 1974

WHEN THE LAST LORD HOWE FLIGHT
TOOK OFF FROM ROSE BAY.
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THE BOATS THAT FLEW
IN THE EARLY 1970S I LIVED IN A SHOEBOX OF A BED-SITTER

IN THE ONLY HIGH-RISE BLOCK ON KURRABA POINT.
THE FLATS ARE STILL THERE, PERCHED ON THE FINGER OF LAND
WHICH FORMS THE EASTERN SIDE OF NEUTRAL BAY
AND WHICH PROJECTS WELL INTO THE HARBOUR.
he best thing about this address, apart from

the sensational view, was the fact that when
the Lord Howe flying boats were landing to
the southeast they used my building as a turning mark.
I have no memory of their taking off on a reciprocal

course into, say, a westerly. That would have really
shaken the cutlery in the kitchen drawers. If I had
had any. Cutlery, that is.
Most of the time the flying boats took off from Rose
Bay to the North East, when the roar of the four
mighty engines was clearly heard from my eyrie on
Kurraba Point.
THE only good thing to come out of war is

technology and no matter how good it is the price
is too high. But the Short Sandringhams, much-loved
in their day by Sydneysiders, are an example. They
were all converted from WWII Short Sunderlands,
the legendary flying boats which played a vital role
in anti-submarine warfare in the British Channel and
Bay of Biscay, many of them flown by Australians.
But every now and again, in the afternoon when the

wind was from the east or south-east, my plate-glass
windows would vibrate and one of Ansetts Short
Sandringham flying boats would appear from behind
the building and bank around the point, portside
wing dipped, to splash down near Point Piper then
surf and taxi to its mooring at Rose Bay.
Before WWII, Imperial Airways (later BOAC) used

Short Empire flying boats for, not surprisingly, the
Empire runs to South Africa and Australia.
RMYC YEARBOOK 29
THE BOATS THAT FLEW
After the war, land planes did the job faster and
cheaper and WWII had left a legacy of airstrips in
most parts of the world. But that didnt happen
overnight. BOAC operated Sandringhams from
Britain to Hong Kong and Tokyo until Lockheed
Constellations took over in 1949.
After the war various companies started flying
boat services around Australia and the Pacific. Trans
Oceanic Airways commenced the first commercial
passenger service to Lord Howe Island in 1947,
followed a few months later by QANTAS Airways
using Catalina and Sandringham aircraft.
Tasman Empire Airways (TEAL) used Sandringhams
on the Auckland to Sydney run and on flights
to the Pacific Islands. In 1950 Qantas started
flying Sandringhams from Rose Bay to the Pacific
Islands New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, New
Guinea, and Lord Howe Island. Two of the TEAL
Sandringhams went from their Kiwi owners to
Barrier Reef Airways and thence to Ansett. The
Aussie airline later converted one Sunderland
themselves.
When Ansett acquired Barrier Reef Airways
they wisely hired its experienced owner, Stewart
Middlemiss. He became manager of flying
boat services and early in 1953 he moved the
headquarters of Ansett Flying Boat Services to
Rose Bay. And then began the services we older
Sydneysiders remember so well.
Ansett flew the Sandringhams up and down the
coast, from Hobart to Cairns, Lord Howe and on to
Noumea. But when Ansett merged with Australian
National Airways in late 1957, flying boat operations
were limited to Lord Howe Island and, except for
charter work, the fate of the Sandringhams was to
fly the Lord Howe route from that time until the
island airstrip was built in 1974.
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When the Sunderlands were first converted

to Sandringhams they were given seats for 30
passengers. Later they had 41 seats arranged in
compartments, with seats facing each other as in a
railway carriage of the time: Plenty of legroom and a
very civilised way to travel. Islander, modified at Rose
Bay, was given 42 seats arranged in conventional
fashion with everyone facing forward.
The Ansett operation was possibly the worlds last
scheduled flying boat service. Most of the Lord
Howe flights were performed by three planes,
Beachcomber, Islander and Pacific Chieftain. Islander
was bought to replace Pacific Chieftain which was
damaged beyond repair on a charter run to Lord
Howe in July 1963. She broke her moorings during a
wild overnight storm at Lord Howe. She washed up
on the beach and over time everything useful was
removed and the bare shell towed out and sunk
beyond the reef.
The flying boats took off from Rose Bay in Sydney
Harbour for the three-hour journey to Lord Howe
Island. There were up to six flights per week during
the busy season. Flights were timed to arrive an hour
before high tide to ensure take-off on the full tide.
This often meant departing Rose Bay early in the
morning which would have added to the thrill of it all.
By 1974 the operation of flying boats had become
uneconomic and so, after all efforts to retain them
had failed, a 1,000-metre airstrip was constructed by
Australian Army Engineers and so ended one of the
last truly exciting modes of travel.
I can remember one of Ansetts Sandringhams being
sold to Antilles Airlines in the US Virgin Islands, West
Indies. Memory tells me the airline was owned
by a Captain Blair; certainly he is listed as one of
the delivery pilots in September 1974. Why do I
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THE BOATS THAT FLEW
LiftingOFF
One of Australias greatest pilots, P G Taylor (later
Sir Gordon) loved his flying boats, became famous
for his exploits in Catalinas and flew a Sandringham
around the Pacific Islands. Taylor was not afraid to
wax poetic about flying: Here, from his wonderful
book The Sky Beyond, is a description of a Pacific
Island takeoff on one of his pioneering Catalina
flights in 1944.
She blew the water under the hull, riding clean, but
not yet flying. I could see the stain of shallow water
coming closer, rushing in towards her now; but she had
to go. She was confident, singing with a million voices in
high-pitched harmony to take her away over the reef.
I reached up and gave her a touch of tail trim, felt the
fine balance of approaching flight. The wind had her
now, knowing it would take her from the water.
I made no effort to drag her into the air, but rode with
her, letting her know I was there and ready to help her
break away when she was ready. As the shallows of the
reef swept in below, she had the water beaten. It was
time to go. I took a light tension on the control column
and lifted her away.
She was heavy in the air, but flying securely, as I held
her down for speed. Brushing the last of the water
from her hull, the air took her with smooth release to a
sudden freedom from the sea.
Photos courtesy of QANTAS Heritage Collection

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actress Maureen OHara; one report reckons that

Maureen acted as trolley dolly on the delivery flight.
Dont know if thats true, but certainly she was
featured in the press at the time.
In 1993 this aircraft was flown from Britain to
a theme park in Florida and is still on display at
Fantasy of Flight Museum Miami. If you check the
Museums website however, it is listed, for reasons
unexplained, as a Sunderland. Perhaps, to museum
patrons, a warplane history is more interesting than
civilian airliner.
I have nothing against floatplanes but there is
nothing like water takeoff and landing in one of
these big flying boats. You sit low to the water and
when the skipper gives her full throttle she makes a
lot of noise and splashes and wallows a bit; at first,
nothing much happens except solid water splashes
over the passengers windows. This causes some
doubt in the passengers mind. Slowly, the aircraft
gathers speed until she lifts onto the hydroplanestyle step in the hull; when that happens the wetted
surface, and hence drag, reduces dramatically. Less
drag means more speed, more speed means more
lift. The engines gradually sound more confident, the
wallowing stops, the splashing diminishes and then
falls away.
Theres an undeniable romance surrounding flying
boats. Travel on one of the Empire boats was only
for the very wealthy but imagine taking three days
to reach Singapore, overnighting in fine hotels
along the way. Nowadays, air travel is sordid in
comparison. We queue, we shuffle, we sit, we
THE BOATS THAT FLEW
hope the video screen is in working order to help

suspend animation until we are spat out at the
other end, dishevelled, disoriented, disgruntled. I
have always thought that jet aircraft squeezed the
last ounce of romance from long-distance travel. The
other day I came upon a quote from Marcel Proust
who said that modern-day travel was an insult to
the dignity of distance.
It turns out Proust was talking about steamships
which, in his era, were putting an end to the great
days of sailing ships. But the idea is the same; I could
not have put it better myself.
All thats left at Rose Bay is the restaurant called
Catalina. Should have been called Sandringham.
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Margaret
RIVER
BY ANDREW
L. URBAN
WE TAKE A SEAT AT THE LARGE FRONT TABLE NEAR

THE FOLDING GLASS DOORS THAT OPEN TO THE
INDIAN OCEAN 50 METRES AWAY.
FROM OUR SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VANTAGE POINT
IN THE BUNKERS BAY CAF, OVER THE TOP OF THE
BREAKFAST PLATES, WE SEE THREE BUOYS BOBBING
GENTLY IN THE UNUSUALLY FLAT OCEAN.
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Photos courtesy of Tourism Western Australia
MARGARET RIVER
he caf takes bookings for the buoys to

accommodate customers who come by boat,
and reservations are indeed recommended,
especially for Sunday breakfast, when in peak season
(December January) the 70 seater caf serves
over 300 customers. Ask for the managers, Hamish
McLeay and Tracie Marston, who run the place.
The cafe occupies the only structure built on
Bunkers Bay, sitting near the southern end of the
wide, sweeping, gleaming 2 km beach. Patrons can
walk out onto a timber deck, which in turn leads
to a set of stairs and a broadwalk to the beach.
Wedding planners love this. The caf is open for
breakfast and lunch but weddings are often
booked in for the sunset. Which, of course, in this
part of the world, is straight ahead, across the ocean.
Bunkers Bay so named because it was the last
place for sailors to bunker down along this part of
the Western Australian coast is one of the few
places along the South West Coast of Western
Australia that has an English sounding name. Many
places are reminders of the French Napoleonic
expeditions of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Cape Naturaliste, named after the second ship
in the 1801 French expedition led by Nicolas
Baudin, is one of them. It sits on the southern tip of
Geographe Bay named after Baudins own ship.

Baudin made such a nuisance of himself, apparently,
that when he died on the way back home, the
expedition leaders who remained made sure his
name didnt appear on anything.
The famous Vasse River, on whose banks the
iconic Vasse Felix Estate was founded, was named
after Thomas Vasse of Dieppe in Normandy, who
drowned when he fell out of a dinghy during a gale
in June 1801. Baudin didnt even get recognition on
his death.
In the seaside village of Prevelly, we sit at an outside
table and catch sight of just one of the 40,000 whale
mums and calves that pass this stretch of coast
every year. The locals hardly notice. On the hill as
we approach Prevelly is a beautiful, white Greek
chapel, suggesting this is a multicultural coastal
village. But no, not a single Greek person lives
here; the Sea Gardens caf is run by a Frenchman,
Gilles. Our local guide Sean Blocksidge, font of all
knowledge it seems, tells us how Prevelly was just
a caravan park, started by Geoff Edwards who had
returned from World War II with fond memories
of the Greek community who had helped him hide
from the enemy while he was serving in Crete. He
built the chapel as a permanent thank you; it stands
facing the sea, waiting for worshippers
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MARGARET RIVER
We sign up to river canoeing with Blocksidges

Margaret River Discovery tour, a sensational, serene
experience. Blocksidge is an exceptional guide, with
fascinating information on just about everything. He
shows us where to catch sight of river mussells
we havent sighted a marron yet, but later at lunch
in the casual elegance of the Leeuwin Estate winery
restaurant we do; its beautifully sweet, tender flesh
is like the best baby lobster. Their acclaimed chef,
Dany Angove, serves it with his uniquely prepared
pork belly pieces, a surprise marriage for the
marron. And us. According to Blocksidge, you can
catch them if you are slow and patient by wiggling
your toes in water and waiting and waiting and
waiting as they crawl over to see if youre edible.
The trick is to grab it lightning fast from behind
without losing a finger in the process.
We walk off our lunch in the footsteps of the tall,
articulate and sometimes humorous Blocksidge
as he takes us to the 135 km Cape to Cape
(Naturaliste to Leeuwin) track that hugs the
coastline, a world class biodiversity hotspot with
some 2,000 species of plants and wildlife, of which
Blocksidge points out a dozen. Of course, we can
only sample a part of the track, the ocean to the
east, masses of wild flowers at our feet, marron and
pork in our belly. (The full trek is four days long
and its booked out far ahead.)
There are 153 cellar doors in the Margaret River
region, some of them grand and structured, like the
beautiful Voyager Estate or classy Leeuwin Estate
(famous for its popular concerts on the estate), others
more rustic, such as Cape Naturaliste Estate.This is
virtually a one man band, but its one helluva man.
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MARGARET RIVER
Craig Brent-White steers his boutique winery with

the same precision with which he pilots all the
giant liners in the Kimberley and from 2015, into
Busselton waters. A certified marine surveyor, he
loves the ocean and he loves winemaking; they
are diametrically opposed but he feels they have a
symbiotic relationship. Of course, both are risky. I
dont mind living on the edge, he says.
There is a cellar door at his estate a cosy, inviting
cottage - but he isnt devoted to it and isnt always
there himself. And he does get help from some
experts.
It was Brent-White who alerted P&O Cruises (his
client) to the potential of the region; the company
sent a group of executives to check it out and
quickly put it on their cruise map. The Pacific Jewel
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A SLICE OF HEAVEN
MARGARET RIVER
will anchor off the famous mile-long Busselton jetty

and send 2,000 passengers into the arms of waiting
retailers, wineries and land tour operators.
Small in output but with a solid reputation, Forester
Estate makes reds and whites and the unique
Georgette, their superior quality, dry and creamy
sparkling ros. I could never bring myself to spit out
the tasting samples. (They dont have a cellar door
but will host visitors by appointment.)
The 2008 Forester Cabarnet was ranked best in the
world at the London Wine Show not bad for a
winemaker whose first attempt at making wine was
using a Solarhart water system with legs welded
onto it.
OK, I better run another 149 cellar door wine
tastings to go.
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Ball
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he placecards for the surprise guests of honour

at the Commodores Ball demanded a second
glance.They read Samir Lambovichi, and his
wife Marina Boatona.
The cards were appropriate. Guest speaker was the
Lambassador, one-time AFL player Sam Kekovich,
though to be more accurate Sam was a VFL player,
between 1968 and 1976.
He is now a TV and radio personality, sport commentator,

ambassador for lamb and all-round funnyman. The guests
laughed a lot.
At the 2013 ball the flowers stunning table settings were
upstaged only by the gowns of the ladies. Another huge
success.
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THE
jewel OF
JERVIS
BAY
BY BARRY TRANTER
THE JEWEL OF JERVIS BAY
THE MARITIME MUSEUM AT HUSKISSON

IS EVERYTHING A REGIONAL MUSEUM
SHOULD BE. AND MORE.
eres a contentious proposition: Big museums often

disappoint; small, regional museums usually delight.
Okay, I accept that a small, regional museum has a simple

remit to depict local stuff as well as possible. But, accepting that,
enthusiastic amateurs often produce a more vital exhibition than
skilled professionals who can often be a bit, well, precious.
Take, for example, the maritime museum at Huskisson on the
south coast of NSW. Full title is The Lady Denman Maritime
Museum Jervis Bay. Why is it named for Lady Denman?
Because when the old timber ferry Lady Denman was pensioned
off, after trudging around Sydney Harbour for a century or so, she
was towed to Jervis Bay where she had been built. The locals dug
out a channel, floated her alongside the Huskisson museum, closed
the channel, set her up in a dry dock then built a gallery around her.
Hows that for enterprise?
The museum is part maritime, part general local history, and is all
the better for that in areas like this, the two are inextricably
entwined.
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There are several galleries; my favourite exhibits

are those showing traditional tools used by local
boatbuilders, followed by the Local History gallery
which carries a fabulous collection of marine art
depicting, not surprisingly, local history. Did you
know that in 1805 the Lady Nelson fired a warning
shot at the armed Spanish schooner Estremina
which made an attempt to leave the port which
was prevented by a shot from His Majestys vessel.
Theres a painting of the incident.
My favourite artwork shows George Bass and crew
rounding Point Perpendicular. If ever this goes
missing from the collection you can come around to
my place and sneak a look. Better come after dark.
To my mind, the gap between big and small
museums is exemplified by one exhibit a piece of
Endeavours ballast, retrieved from the Cook River
in North Queensland. The Newcastle Maritime
Museum has one too.
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HUSKISSON WAS NAMED FOR

LORD WILLIAM HUSKISSON
who was Britains Secretary for the

Colonies in 1827. He is best known for
the fact that in 1830, at the opening of the
new Liverpool and Manchester Railway
(in England) , he nipped across the railway
line to say hello to the Prime Minister, the
Duke of Wellington. And, because he was of
advanced years at this time and not as agile
as he may have once been, he was mowed
down by one of Stephensons Rockets,
becoming the first railway fatality in Britain.
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can see one here, but not in the National Maritime
Museum. Why? No idea.
Another question: After Endeavour was repaired,
why sail off and leave behind pigs of ballast?
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80 YEARS AGO
BY BOB WONDERS
BOATING 80 YEARS ON
ING
SOMETHING C AME INTO MY POSSESSION

RECENTLY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
WITH YOU ALL.
ts a copy of a magazine called The Australian Motor Boat and Yachting

Monthly and its dated July 1, 1925.
The 52-page publication is almost a mirror into the past, a look at

recreational boating as our grandparents and great grandparents would
have enjoyed it.
It sold for one shilling (10-cents) and was available on subscription for the
princely sum of 12 shillings and sixpence ($1.25) and listed its address as
The Banking House, 228 Pitt Street, Sydney.
Does anyone know does 228 Pitt Street still stand or has it been
replaced by a skyscraper?
The magazine claimed to be the only aquatic paper in Australia and was
the official organ of the Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales.
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BOATING 80 YEARS ON
Its personnel were named as Phil Gell (managing

editor), Arthur Andrews (editor) and W.B.Forster
Joy (technical editor).
I guess we can assume those people are no longer
with us, but if there are any relatives out there or
anyone who knows any details concerning The
Australian Motor Boat and Yachting Monthly, Id be
delighted to hear from you.
The magazine carried only one full-page
advertisement, from the Shell Oil Company, but
there are a number of advertisements that would
ring a bell with old timers.
For example, theres a half-page advertisement
from Chapman and Sherack, of 28 Clara Street,
Erskineville and here you could purchase one of
the legendary Chapman Pup engines; the Famous
Four a 4hp engine complete with clutch and all
equipment could have been yours for sixty quid
($120.00)!
Or perhaps youd go for the all-new (then) Super
Four with instantaneously Direct Reversing,
absolutely complete for just seventy two pounds, 10
shillings ($145.00).
I was particularly intrigued by some of the
telephone numbers in several of the advertisements.
G.Rutherford, situated in the Bank of NSW
Buildings, 48 Pitt Street, Sydney was the agent for
Kelvin Engines, from 3hp to 100hp and to telephone
Mr Rutherford the number was B 4083.
The Milsons Point/North Sydney area was home
to many boat builders in the early part of the 20th
century and one of the advertisers was Pritchard
Brothers, of High Street, North Sydney.
This company also sold auxiliary propellers that
do not effect sailing and drive well and listed the
company as launch builders, engineers and propeller
specialists.
Pritchard Brothers could be contacted on
telephone NORTH 675.
Joyce Brothers, of Neutral Bay, was another of the
famous north side boat builders, claiming to be
designers and builders of trim, seaworthy, fast and
comfortable craft, with Vee-bottom runabouts a
specialty.
Telephone? No problem, just call NORTH 611.
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Legendary sail maker Harry West was an advertiser,

listing his waterfront premises as being at the foot of
Duke Street, Balmain East, telephone W 1105.
now owned in Sydney by Mr Paul Ross, ordered a

single step hydroplane built in South Yarra by Savage
and Co.
It must be said that the photography through the

magazine is very poor, no doubt due to the limited
equipment of the day.
Two 12-cylinder Renault aircraft engines, each

developing 220hp, are expected to give the boat
speeds up to 70mph (112km/hr).
Many of the illustrations used (including the front

cover) are artists renderings.
I guess one would have to get the following issue of

The Australian Motor Boat and Yachting Monthly to
find out what happened with Mr Dixons hydroplane.
Nevertheless, there is enough pictorial content

to show a side of recreational boating that I dare
say has gone forever gentlemen in white duck
trousers, blazers and bow ties, the ladies looking like
theyre headed for the members enclosure at Royal
Randwick or Flemington rather than a day boating.
For powerboat fans, theres an interesting piece
regarding the famous E.C.Griffith Cup.
The magazine informed its readers that a Mr John
Dixon, who made his debut in yachting circles as the
last Victorian owner of the of the famous Sayonara,
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The publications editorial for this would bring a

smile to the face of todays boat manufacturers.
It said To the intending builder, the price of boats is
almost prohibitive. Labour has gone up 100 percent, and
building material about 300 percent.Yachts and motor
boats that cost about 200 pounds ($400.00) before the
war (World War 1), for instance, now run into something
like 500 pounds ($1000.00).
Maybe things havent changed all that much in 85
years?
Albatross
EXCLUSIVE TO THE ROARING FORTIES?
NO, PLENTY OF ALBATROSS CAN BE SEEN
NOT FAR OFF THE SYDNEY COASTLINE.
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ALBATROSS
WHAT DOES THE WORD

ALBATROSS MEAN
TO YOU? HUGE BIRDS
EMBODYING THE SOULS
OF DEAD SAILORS?
MAGNIFICENT CREATURES
WHICH CIRCLE THE
EARTH ON THE WING,
RETURNING TO LAND
ONLY TO BREED?
or me the albatross carries me back in

time to Spot Burrowss English class. Spot
was a very nice man but his voice was
a basso profundo monotone which could put
a politician to sleep. After-lunch classes on a
warm afternoon, stomach full of sandwiches,
was a particularly crook time for a young
blokes classroom concentration. But the words
of Samuel Taylor Coleridge managed to work
their way through the fog surrounding my brain
one warm afternoon. And stayed there.
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ALBATROSS
In Coleridges The Rime of the Ancient Mariner I

was introduced to the Albatross and the souls of
drowned sailors. And to the consequences if you
shoot one.
The class became highly excited when one kid
showed superior knowledge by asking if it was true
that Coleridge was a drug addict. That sent a buzz
around the classroom, though in those far-off and
innocent days we werent too sure what it meant to
be a drug addict, only that it was naughty.
So we link the albatross with the days of sailing ships
and with the southern latitudes where they soar on
wild winds and circle the earth.
But there are many types of albatross in Australian
waters; in fact there are up to 18, depending on
which ornithologist you consult.
You can see many of these birds off Sydney. You can
spot them almost anywhere, but to get the pictures
you see here we headed out to the Continental
Shelf, dead East from Botany Bay, to that magic place
where the water changes colour to a darker blue
and deep-sea currents bring food to the surface.
SO WE LINK THE
ALBATROSS WITH
THE DAYS OF
SAILING SHIPS
AND WITH THE
SOUTHERN
LATITUDES WHERE
THEY SOAR ON WILD WINDS
AND CIRCLE THE EARTH.
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ALBATROSS
We cheated a bit and went on a commercial birdspotting cruise, which means people who knew
what they were doing hurled berley into the water
and large, beautifully-marked birds turned up in
huge numbers. We saw Albatrosses known as the
Yellow- Nosed, the Black-Browed, the Bullers, the
Campbells, the Shy Albatross. They were far from
dignified; they fought and squabbled, bit each other
and pushed and shoved. Not very dignified for birds
representing the souls of drowned sailors, I thought.
Birdwatching moves us closer to nature and

occasionally creates a feeling of awe. I had that
feeling now. Watching this great creature made me
think of the souls of drowned sailors, and it made
me think of the soul of me, aged 14, in Spots English
class all those years ago.
And that gave me a little shiver all its own, let me
tell you.
But human souls live on in the great Wandering

Albatross, not these brawling cousins.
Then, in the middle of the feeding frenzy, a great
presence was felt and we looked up and there was
a majestic Wandering Albatross, far bigger than the
others, one of the great birds of the World. It passed
over a few times, looked down, disapprovingly I
thought, at us and its quarrelling cousins, then it
soared away. In sight for 10 minutes, it did not once
flap its wings.
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Father Neptune 2012

GREEN WAS THE THEME FOR FATHER
NEPTUNES VISIT. GREEN-GARBED ACOLYTES,
GREEN FINGERS FOR THE MAN HIMSELF.
He brought gifts, he brought humour, he made the children laugh.
The Chipmunks were there too, Alvin, Theodore and Simon. Which
one wears the glasses?
Water was, as it should be, a very strong theme. Neptune arrived
by water, the children fell into and out of the pool. Another great
family day out.
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Life Members
JOHN MICHAEL BARBOUTTIS has been a member of the Club since
joining the Younger Set in 1975.
Apart from an earlier year of service in the 1980s he has served on the
Board for the past two decades. During his time as a Director he has
served for 15 years as Commodore and has led the Club to evolve from
a weak position both financially and physically to become a strong and
valued asset to all the members. In the period of rebuilding the fortunes of
the Club, John had the ability to lead a team of fellow directors to create a
renaissance of the Royal Motor Yacht Club.
He is the longest serving Commodore in the history of the Club.
KENNETH JAMES GRESHAM has been a member of the Club since 1989.
Ken joined the Board in September 1992 and became Honorary Treasurer
in September 1993. Ken served a total of fourteen years on the Board of
the Club, his role as Honorary Treasurer for twelve of those years saw the
Club embark on a number of debt financed capital projects, in this capacity
his participation and contribution to the redevelopment of the Club was
truly significant.
In 1999 he became Vice Commodore and in September 2000 Ken became
Commodore. Ken retired from the Board in September 2005.
THE HON. DR. DEREK FREEMAN AM has been a member of the Club
since 1974.
He was instrumental in having the extension made to the old wooden
marina and in 1992 joined the Board. He performed a pivotal role in
reviewing the then berth allocations at the Club. In 1994, he became Rear
Commodore of our Club and was the driving force behind the planning
and construction of our new marina. His influence and steadying hand on
the Board during his time on it, between 1994 and 1999, was something all
Board members of that time remember with great appreciation. The Board
recommends the resolution to members.
WILLIAM ROCHE AM has been a member of the Club since 1976.
Bill Roche was a very popular member of the Club in the 1980s. When fire
destroyed the Speedboat shed and the marina deck in August 1984 the
Club was forced to suspend operations, through Bills generosity temporary
facilities were arranged allowing the Club to recommence operations.
ROBERT MIRRINGTON has been a member of the Club since 1968.

Commodore of the Club from 1974 to 1976 and again from 1978 to 1980,
Bob Mirrington was heralded as reinvigorating the social calendar of the Club.
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Companies Act, 1961

Company Limited by Guarantee and not having a Share Capital
Memorandum of Association of
Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales Ltd
1.
2.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
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The name of the Company (hereinafter called the Club)

is ROYAL MOTOR YACHT CLUB OF NEW SOUTH
WALES LIMITED.
The objects for which the Club is established are:
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
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.
To establish and maintain Club houses, boathouses,
marinas, dwellings, workshops, garages, and other
conveniences in connection with the Clubs activities.
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 Clubs
activities or premises.
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.
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.
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.
To enter into any arrangements with any Government
or authority, supreme, municipal, local or otherwise, that
may seem conducive to the Clubs 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.
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.
To establish and support or aid in the establishment
(k)
(l)
(m)
(n)
(o)
(p)
(q)
(r)
(s)
(t)
(u)
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.
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 Clubs 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.
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
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 Clubs property
(both present and future) and to purchase, redeem or pay
off any such securities.
To make, draw, accept, endorse, discount, execute and
issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bills of lading and
other negotiable or transferable instruments.
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.
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 Clubs property of
whatsoever kind sold by the Club, any money due to the
Club from purchasers and others.
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.
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.
To print and publish any newspapers, periodicals, books
or leaflets that the Club may think desirable for the
promotion of its objects.
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.
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.
(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 moneys 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 Road
VAUCLUSE, Managing Director
Harry Philip Castle, 246 Old South Head Road,
VAUCLUSE, Retired
Robert William Mirrington, 45 Liverpool Street,
DOVER HEIGHTS, General Manager
Ronald Edward Tildesley, 24 Beresford Road,
ROSE BAY, Builder and Investor
Percy James Thomas Swain, 2a/8 St Mervyns Ave,
POINT PIPER, Managing Director
John Joseph Minahan, 1 Calga Avenue, BRONTE,
Production Mgr
Michael George Barbouttis, 62 Gilbert Street,
DOVER HEIGHTS, Public Accountant
Phillip Raymond Paraggio, 21 Paton Street,
KINGSFORD, Customs Officer
Harry Charles Bowden, 10 Golden Grove Street,
DARLINGTON, Director
John Charles Needham, Roxton House, 29 Berry Street,
NORTH SYDNEY, Solicitor
Arthur 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,


P.J.T. Swain
F.M. Murray,


M.G. Barbouttis
F.M. Murray,


Harry C. Bowden F.M. Murray,


A. W. Titterton
F.M. Murray,


H.P Castle
F.M. Murray,


R. Tildesley
F.M. Murray,


John J. Minahan
F.M. Murray,


P.R. Paraggio
F.M. Murray,


John Needham
F.M. Murray,


Dated this 14th day of November, 1972.
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Companies Act, 1961

Company Limited by Guarantee and not having a Share Capital
Articles of Association of
Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales Ltd
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. the whole of the funds and other assets of the
If
unincorporated Club become the absolute property of
the Club forthwith after its incorporation then every
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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
(d)

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 Boards 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.
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 Clubs
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 Clubs 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 VicePatron 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. serving Admiral of the Royal Australian Navy provided
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he accepts the Boards invitation in that respect shall be
appointed Vice-Patron of the Club.
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) Members (as defined in the Registered Clubs
Full
Act) of other clubs which are registered under the
Registered Clubs Act and which have objects similar
to those of the Club;

(iii) full member (as defined in the Registered Clubs
A
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 visitor
11.
(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) Director or the Secretary of the Club may
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terminate the membership of any Temporary
member at any time without notice and without
having to provide any reason therefore.

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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) patron in chief, the patron and vice patron for the
the
time being of the Club
(ii) prominent citizen or local dignitary visiting the Club
any
(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
Clubs Register of Honorary members:

(i) names in full of the Honorary Member
the

(ii) residential address of the Honorary member
the

(iii) date on which Honorary membership is
the
conferred

(iv) date on which Honorary membership is to
the
cease
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(v) person under the age of 18 years may be

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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 Clubs Register of Temporary
Members:
(a) name in full of the temporary member;
the
(b) residential address of the temporary member;
the
(c) date on which Temporary membership is granted;
the
(d) signature of the Temporary member.
the
21.
22.
23.
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 Clubs 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.
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.
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Entrance fees are payable simultaneously with the

lodgement of the application for membership.
Annual subscription fees shall become due and payable

in advance on the first day of December in each year.
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.
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 Debts

24. 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.
30.
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.
The procedure to be adhered to for admission of
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
members not being members in respect of which these

articles otherwise provide, shall be as follows:
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.
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.
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
Clubs 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.
The Membership Committee will endeavour to obtain
as much information as possible about the applicant to
assist in its deliberation.
Any member shall be at liberty to attend the said
interview and speak in support of the applicant
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.
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.
In light of the Membership Committees report and
recommendations the Board shall resolve by secret
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.
The Boards 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.
Upon payment of the subscription fees and as from
the date of such payment the applicants 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.
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.
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Cessation of Membership
31.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
32.
33.
34.
The membership of any member shall be terminated on

the happening of any of the following events:
If he on his own volition resigns his membership by a
notice in writing to the Secretary of his intention to do
so.
If his membership is terminated by the Board pursuant
to Article 28 herein before.
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.
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.
If he is declared of unsound mind or insane or he is dealt
with in any way under the Law relating to mental health.
If not being an Australian subject pays allegiance to a
country with which Australia is at war.
If he is expelled from the Club in accordance with the
provisions of Article 96 hereinafter.
Upon the death of a member
If he has been found to have falsely completed his
application for membership.
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.
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.
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.
36.
37.
38.
39
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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.
The afore said General Meetings shall be called Annual
Generel Meetings; all other General Meetings shall be
called Extraordinary General Meetings.
No business shall be transacted at any General Meeting
unless a 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.
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.
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 Boards Annual Report;
(e) the presentation by the Honorary Treasurer of the
Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Accounts and the
Auditors 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.
47.
(a)
(b)
48.
49.
50.
51.
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.
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:
by the Chairman, or
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
(b) A candidate for an Office Bearer Director with the
exception of treasurer in addition to the qualification of
paragraph (a) must have served on the Board for a full
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.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
52.
Election of Board of Directors

(including Office Bearers)
54.
55.
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.
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
64.
65.
the Annual General Meeting provided always that voting

shall cease at the time so appointed.
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.
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.
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.
No member shall be nominated as a candidate for more
than one position on the Board.
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.
The Secretary shall within forty-eight (48) hours from
the nominations being closed caused to be posted on
the Clubs 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
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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.
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.
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
Secretarys list of members entitled to vote.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
74.
75.
who have received the larger number of votes for the

position to be filled.
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.
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.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)

77.
78.
79.
The position of any member of the Board shall become

vacant if the member:
resigns from the Board on his own accord by a notice in
writing to the Secretary of his intention to do so.
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;
being a Flag Officer is no longer qualified to retain such
office
become prohibited to be a Director of a company of
Section 226 of the Code or by an order made under the
Code;
absents himself from the meetings of the Board for more
than six (6) months during the term of his office, without
the Boards permission;
becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or
composition with his creditors generally
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;
holds any office of profit under the Club, or;
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 Directors knowledge.
PROVIDED always that nothing in this paragraph shall
effect the operation of Clause 3 of the Memorandum of
Association of the Club.
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.
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.
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
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
(a)
(b)
(c)

86.
at any time, and the Secretary shall on the requisition of

such member summon a meeting of the Board.
The meetings of the Board shall be held at the Clubs
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.
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.
The Commodore or in his absence the Flag Officer next
in seniority shall be the Chairman of the Meeting.
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.
The Board shall cause minutes to be entered in the
books provided for that purpose;
of all appointments of officers and servants;
of the names of the members of the Board present at
the meeting;
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.
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.
89.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
90.
Delegation of Powers and Duties

91.
92.
(a)
(b)
Powers and Duties of the Board of Directors

87.
88.
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 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.
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
Clubs real property or invest the Clubs funds with the
exception of leasing of the Clubs facilities to members
or investing the Clubs funds not immediately required

for any other purpose on interest bearing deposits with
Banking or Government guaranteed institutions.
The duties of the Board shall be to ensure that:
the affairs of the Club are properly and efficiently
conducted
the assets and interests of the Club are adequately
protected.
the financial position of the Club is maintained at a
reasonably sound and stable level.
the good name and reputation of the Club remains
unsullied
the resolutions and regulations passed by a General
Meeting are promptly put into effect.
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.
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.
(c)
(d)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Clubs financial state and keep the Board at all
times informed of same: to recommend to the board
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(e)
(f)
measures which in its opinion should be taken to

enhance the Clubs finances; to submit to the Board
every three (3) months an itemised statement of profit
or loss of each section of the Clubs 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
Clubs premises.
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 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 Clubs or its members property and
the safety of the members and that of their invitees.
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.
to which they belong. The Board making such levy may

exclude any class of members therefrom.
Disciplinary Powers of the Board
96.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
General Provisions Concerning Committees

93.
94.
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.
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.
(a)
(b)
(c)
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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
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.
to impose charges on services supplied to members in
order to defray the expenses of or incidental to such
services; and
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
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:
willfully infringes the provisions of the Memorandum
and Articles of Association or any rules, by-laws or
regulations made thereunder; or
acts in a manner prejudicial or detrimental to the
interests of the Club or in a manner obstructing the
progress or effectiveness of the Boards work; or
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
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
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
97.
98.
99.
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.
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.
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.
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
(c)
the manner notified.

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 Clubs 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 Clubs
poker machines nor shall enter or be allowed to enter
into areas of the Clubs 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.
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(c) The assets and liabilities of the Club

111. 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.
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 Clubs 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 Auditors
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, Auditors 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).
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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 Clubs 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 Clubs 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.
Members List
Life Members
John Barbouttis
Derek Freeman A.M.
Ken Gresham
Robert Mirrington
William Roche AM
Honorary Members
Captain Jay Bannister RAN
Rear Admiral Tim Barrett AM CSC RAN
Jenny Barrett
Father Milton Chryssavgis
General Peter Cosgrove AC MC
Monsignor Anthony Doherty
Captain Jeffrey Goedecke RAN
Robert J. Hawke AC
Alvaro Iranzo
Rabbi Mendel Kastel
Stavros Kyrimis
Captain Raymond Leggatt RAN
Hugo Llorens
Jessica Massanet
Rear Admiral Rowan Moffitt, RAN
Commander Jan Noonan RAN
Mario Ste-Marie
Hans-Dieter Steinbach
Gabrielle Upton, MP
Toni Zeltzer
Boatowner Members
Bruce Anderson
John Barbouttis
Jeremy Barlow
Peter Beswick
Richard Blair
Alex Boyarsky
John Boyer
John Brickwood
Edward Cadry
Peter Calligeros
Paul Carr
Michael Clarkson
George Confos
James Corne
Nigel Corne
Bart Cummings
Robert Danckert
Steve David
John Davis
Henry Dawson-Damer
Maryo Derofe
Michael Dinte
Greg Duncan
Larry Emdur
Michael Finkelstein
Stephen Geissler
Henry Gelbart
Matt Griffin
Michael Hannan
Cherie Hayes
George Harris
Warren Hartman
Keith Hills
Wayne Howse
Spiro Isak
Amanda LEstrange
Paul LEstrange
Gary Levin
Marcus Levy
Richard Longes
Kenneth Lowe
Andrew Lyall
James Mackay
Kim Maloney
Kevin Malouf
Michael Malouf
Robbie Mayer
James Mayson
Christopher Mitzi
Joseph Morris (Jr)
Ron Murray AM
John C Murray (Jnr)
Max Notley
Rory OMoore
Denis ONeil
Ashley Oates
Michael Pitt
Adam Poche
Rick Poole
Sheldon Pozniak
Paul Reading
Laurence Rodny
Bryan Rose
Peter Satouris
Matthew Scarf
Fritz Schroeder
George Senes
Tzion Shaoni
Derek Simons
Alan Slade
Richard Spanos
Michael Spartalis
Jonathan Stretch
Neil Sutton
Scott Sutton
Jim Sweeny
John Szangolies
Michael Tess
Bevan Towning
Malcolm Turnbull
Frank Venturi
Peter Wadsworth
Michael Warczak
Eric Wegman
Peter Wiltshire
Andrew Wily
Adrian Yates
Scott Young
Michael Zammit
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General Members
Richard Abbott
Sophie Abbott
Russell Aboud
Stephen Aboud
Nikki Abrahams
Rick Abraham
Elaine Adair
John Adair
Ian Adair
Tony Adam
Edwin Adamek
Jessica Adler
Rodney Adler
Francesca Agostini
Patricia Akopiantz
Anthony Alafaci
Christopher Alcott
Kate Aldridge
Tracy Alexakis
Dianne Allen
Lisa Allen
Matt Allen
Gillian Altman
Angelique Andrews
Mary-Anne Andrews
Nick Andriotakis
John Antico AM
Nicole Armitage
Venetia Armstrong
Smith
Warwick Armstrong
Jim Aroney
Theo Aroney
Spiros Arvanitakis
Michael Aspros
Nicholas Assef
Kim Auswild
Barbara Asuwild
Caroline Auswild
James Auswild
James Auswild
Ronald Auswild
Danny Avidan
Maggie Bablis
Peter Bablis
Marina Baillieu
Alan Baines
Nicole Bakaric
Peter Bakaric
Mathew Banks
Melissa Banks
Lisa Barakat
Michael Barakat
Simone Barakat
George Barbouttis
Angelo Barbouttis
Antoinette Barbouttis
Karen Barbouttis
Lily Barbouttis
Maria Barbouttis
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Alina Barlow
Janet Barlow
Joanna Barlow
Lucinda Barlow
Scott Barlow
Thomas Barlow
Philip Bart
Cleopatra Barta
Steven Barta
Sean Bartholomew
Tracey Bartholomew
Charles Bates
Jonathan Bates
Janette Beavis
Leonie Bebington
Gillian Becker
Karl Beckman
Konrad Beckman
Larry Behrmann
Emmanuel Bekiaris
Marie Bekiaris
Sarah-Eleni Bekiaris
Donald Bell
Alan Bell
Anthony Bell
Christopher Bell
Patricia Bellanto
Louisa Belz
Cely Benchoam
Joy Bernasconi
Christopher Betar
Peter Bettini
Sally Betts
Robert Biancardi
Harvey Bierman
Leah Bischoff
Leila Bishara
Stacey Bishop
Joseph Bitar
Daniela Bitlan
James Black
Juliet Black
Adam Blake
Pamela Blake
Robert Blann
Michelle Blum
Adrian Bo
Elizabeth Bongiorno
Joe Bongiorno
Martin Border
David Botica
George Boukatos
Mark Bouris
Jeanette Bourne
Judith Bourne
Andrew Boyarsky
Taryn Boyarsky
Vera Boyarsky
John Boyce
John Boyd
Marly Boyd
Michael Boyer
Adrian Boyer
David Boyer
Jackie Boyer
Marianne Boyer
Simon Boyer
Tess Boyer
Zoe Boyer
William Bracey
Margaret Bracken
Steve Bracken
Marguerite Brady
Peter Breed
Colin Brenchley
Peter Brent
Anthony Breuer
Miriam Brewer
Peter Brewer
David Brickwood
Ronald Brierley
Neil Broekhuizen
Michelle Broinowski
Charlie Brown-Avidan
Catherine Brown
Catherine Brown
Darren Brown
James Brown
Aylie Brutman
Melissa Burcher
Stephen Burcher
Deborah Burdett
Graham Burdett
Peter Burger
George Buschman
John Bush
Joseph Butta
Elizabeth Buttrose
Edward Byrne
Ari Cadry
Eva Cadry
Helene Cadry
Jared Cadry
Mark Cadry
Nicole Cadry
Robert Cadry
Simon Calleia
Anna Calligeros
Sacha Calligeros
Elizabeth Campbell
Georgia Campbell
Joyce Campbell
Marisa Campion
Pamela Cannon-Murray
Tomas Cannon-Murray
John Cannon
Kate Cannon
John Caridad
Matthew Carolan
Andrew Carr
David Carr
Elizabeth Carr
India Carr
Kim Carr
Clive Carroll
Craig Carroll
Kathryn Carroll
Anne Marie Casey
Timothy Casey
Paul Castaldi
Jonathan Cattana
Alessio Caviglia
Fabio Caviglia
Pacifico Caviglia
Perla Caviglia
Daniel Challis
Shannon Chandler
Niall Chang
Mark Chapman
Corinne CharetonSchmidt
Vittoria Cheung
Rebecca Chin-Amies
Fiona Christianakis
Margot Christie
Paul Christie
Judith Chryssochoides
Gavin Clark
Claudine Clarke
David Clarke
Lucy Clarke
Timothy Clarke
Katherine Clarkson
Pierce Cody
Genelle Coghlan
Michael Cole
Matthew Coleman
Mary Collakides
Caroline Collins
Celine Collins
Gillian Collins
Graham Collins
Peter Comino
Chrissy Comino
Dyan Comino
Victor Comino
Irene Confos
Nicholas Confos
Andrew Connole
Ron Conrad
Peter Coombes
Arthur Coorey
Julia Corne
Shauna Corne
Janet Correy
Norman Correy
David Corrick
Anna Cotroneo
Antonia Coudounaris
Christopher
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David Coulter
Michael Courtney
Bobbie Courtney
Jack Cowin
John Cox
Judith Crawford
Robin Crawford
Joe Cross
Robert Crossman
Michael Cunningham
Anna Maria Hynes Curtis
Oliver Curtis
Andrew Cusack
Greg Cusack
Stewart DArrietta
Alexander Dahdah
Kirsty Dahdah
Brad Dale
Brett Dale
Emma Dale
Grant Dale
Ian Dale
Kirsten Dale
Saccha Dale
Mark Dalgleish
Terence Dalton
Theo Damianakis
Andreas Dammann
Jennifer Danckert
Patricia Danckert
Clive Daniels
Kathryn Danza
Donna Davey
Bruce Davey
Jo-Ann Davey
Benjamin David
Braedon David
John David
Karen David
Archie Davies
Cameron Davis
Michael Day
Alexandra Dawson-Damer
Edward Dawson-Damer
Frank De Angeli
Kazuko De Angeli
Sonya Deale
Chris Dedes
Michael Roger Delaney
Barry Dempsey
Veronica Dempsey
Alyssa Derofe
Daniel Derofe
Darryn Devlin
Marilyn Di Bella
Sandra Di Bella
David Dinte
Denise Dinte
Judy Dinte
Bart Doff
Danny Doff
Robert Drake
Robert Drury
Marie Duchen
Paul Duchen
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Serena Tilley
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Honour Roll of Life Members

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.
2012 * Barbouttis J.M.
* Denotes Past Commodore
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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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Honour Roll of Flag Officers (cont.)

Season
Commodore

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

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
1974-75
90 RMYC YEARBOOK
A.W. Titterton
* R.W. Mirrington
M.G. Barbouttis
P.J.T. Swain

Season
Commodore

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
2011-12
J.M. Barbouttis
M.J. Courtney
I.W. Dale
2012-13
M.J. Courtney
I.W. Dale
J.M. Barbouttis
2013-2014

J.M. Barbouttis
M.J. Scarf
M.J. Zammit
RMYC YEARBOOK 91

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 Clubs
Crest, seal and blazer pocket.
Uniforms
Day Uniforms

The uniform shall be a dark blue, doublebreasted
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, midgrey 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, midgrey 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 Clubs
pennant below which shall be a propeller. The
Pennant shall be as described elsewhere, the
anchor and propeller shall be in gold bullion. The
92 RMYC YEARBOOK
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:

The Commodore of the parent Club shall have
four 10mm black bands on each sleeve. The top
band with a small loop. The ViceCommodore
shall have two 10mm black bands. The top band
with a small loop.

Rear Commodore shall have one 10mm black
band. Such band shall have a small loop.

The Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Race
Secretary shall have on 7mm black bands, with
one rope band above it, with a small loop in rope
band.

The Honorary Social Secretary shall wear one
7mm black band with one black rope band above
it. No loop. Directors shall each wear one 7mm
black band.

On dark uniforms, the black bands are to be worn
on each sleeve, the bottom band to be worn
65mm from the sleeve end and to be placed
10mm apart.

The buttons to be worn on dark uniforms shall be
black RMYC embossed buttons.

Past Commodores of the parent club shall wear
four 10mm black bands. No loop.
Epaulettes

The epaulettes to be worn shall be:

The epaulette itself shall be 130mm x 50mm, 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.

The gold bands and rope and loops are to be the
same 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.
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 Majestys 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 onethird the length
of the Pennant from the mast. The width of the gold
stripes shall be onefifth 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 Commodores Flag shall be the Club Burgee.

The ViceCommodores Flag, a similar Burgee, with one
gold ball in the upper canton, nearest the mast. The Rear
Commodores 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
Commodores 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 ExCommodore.
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5.
6.
7.
8.
Bylaws governing
Marina and Moorings
1.
2.
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.
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
9.
10.
11.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Clubs
RMYC YEARBOOK 93
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
94 RMYC YEARBOOK
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.
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.
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.
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 Clubs
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).
In the event of the Boatowner Member(s) being in
default of Article 24 of the Clubs 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).
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 Clubs 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
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)).
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.
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.
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
such terms as it thinks fit.
Notwithstanding anything herein contained the
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
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.
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.
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.
Notwithstanding anything herein contained no sailing
yacht shall be entitled to a permanent berth allocation
on the marina.
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 Clubs 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.
Notwithstanding anything herein contained all
Boatowner Member(s) Vessels registered on the Clubs
Register of Vessels must be predominantly used for
leisure boating activities and participation in Club events.
30.
31.
32.
33.
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.
No Vessel shall carry any advertising or For Sale sign
whilst moored/berthed at the Club facilities and whilst
flying the Club burgee.
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.
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.
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.
RMYC YEARBOOK 95

Epaulettes
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Commodore
Past Commodore
Vice-Commodore
Rear Commodore
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/Director
8. Club Director
9. Race Secretary (if Board
Member same as 5.
Treasurer)
10. Marina Manager
11. Social Secretary (if Board
Member same as 6.
Secretary/Manager)
12. Spare
13. Boat Owner Member
14. General Member
12.
13.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
14.
Royal Motor Yacht Club Flags

PENNANT
To be flown by all members except
Flag Officers and Past Commodores
BURGEE
To be flown by Flag Officers and Past Commodores only
Commodore
Rear Commodore
96 RMYC YEARBOOK
Vice-Commodore
Commodore Toronto
Commodore Broken Bay
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