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NEWS 

Sailing Season is Underway!

Despite the disappointing weather conditions and the unavoidable delayed first launch date, the RMYC 2013 sailing season is well underway. As we are all too aware, apart from the early May Bank Holiday weekend the poor weather has continued. Nevertheless intrepid sailors have braved the wet and decidedly cool weather conditions and keen racing amongst the Etchells has taken place and been enjoyed. The diminished Mylne fleet, awaiting a further launch date at the end of the month, are, along with the Squibs, making the best of it and following in the Etchells wake.

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RMYC Annual General Meeting March 21st 2013

The Annual General Meeting on March 21st saw the bi-annual change of Flag Officers with retiring Commodore, Mr Phil Gilmour, thanking the other retiring officers and General Committee members for their support and hard work during his tenure of office. Following the elections at the meeting the incoming Commodore, Mr Trevor Tansey, paid tribute to the retiring Commodore’s sterling contribution to the success of the Club’s activities over the past two years. Particular thanks were also given to retiring rear-Commodore, Mr Ian Diamond, for the extremely hard work he had put in on refurbishment of parts of the Clubhouse. Mr Cliff Renshaw was elected vice-Commodore, and in an historic first for the Club, Mrs Jenny Whittingham-Jones, was elected rear-Commodore as the Club’s first lady Flag Officer.  The extremely well attended meeting was followed by the usual very convivial dinner.

For more comprehensive News of Club activity please access The Binnacle Newsletter here:   The Binnacle web version March 2013.pdf

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14th February - A Romantic St Valentine’s Night

Well done to Eleanor, Marcia, Julia and John Smith (with other willing assistants) for arranging a splendid St. Valentine’s night enjoyed by an appreciative and romantic group of members and partners.

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RMYC General Meeting October 25th 2012

Members attended the October General Meeting and received with approbation the Commodore’s Interim Report. The Commodore, Mr Phil Gilmour, paid tribute to the very hard work put in over the past few years by retiring Captain Mike Blaylock. It was particularly noted that his untiring efforts this year, working jointly with recently retired Boatman Mr George Collings, had been exceptional, due to the difficulties experienced at the beginning of the sailing season. Later in the meeting, Assistant Captain Mr Graham Knights was unanimously elected Captain for the ensuing year.

The Commodore expressed his appreciation of the work put in to the refurbishing of the new Training Room, to be known as the ' Conway Training Room’ by Rear Commodore Ian Diamond. It is intended that the room, named in honour of the former training ship HMS ‘Conway’ formerly moored off Rock Ferry, will be completed by 10th November. The members joined with the Commodore in expressing their appreciation of his work at the Clubhouse.

Mr Cliff Renshaw reported on the various development plans for Bedford Road East and other adjacent areas, together with his assessment of the potential for further progress. It was noted with satisfaction that the former Admiral Pub was now refurbished and successfully operating under its original name of ‘The Refreshment Rooms’. Plans for further improvement of the Clubhouse were also reviewed. Cliff Renshaw was thanked for his hard work on all the re-development planning.

Following a report by the Honorary Secretary, Mr Allan Dinwoodie, it was agreed that a significant portion of the historical club records, dating back to the Club’s founding in 1844, should be deposited with Wirral Archives for safe keeping.

The Honorary Treasurer, Mr Simon Shepherd, gave the financial report and was thanked for his custodianship of Club accounts and helpful summary of the Club’s finances. Membership fees for 2013 were agreed.

The AGM date was noted as being the 21st March 2013.

The meeting was followed, as is customary, by an extremely convivial dinner.

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Retirement Dinner for RMYC Boatman Mr George Collings

The Commodore, Officers and Members held a special Retirement Dinner for Mr George Collings on the 14th September to mark their appreciation of his 36 years of service as RMYC Boatman. The traditional roast beef and Yorkshire pudding dinner was enjoyed by all, not least by George. Held amidst a splendid display of the Club’s Cups and Trophies the Commodore paid tribute to George’s tremendous contribution to the Members enjoyment of sailing at RMYC over those many years, and made a presentation on behalf of the Members as a mark of their appreciation. George was accompanied by his wife Sally.

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RMYC Beaumaris Regatta 2012

A season of frustration continues. A full team of RMYC Members led by the Commodore and other Flag officers descended upon the delightful surroundings of The Green, in Beaumaris, with its stunning views over the Menai Strait and Snowdonia only to find that strong southerly winds in the region of 30 knots precluded any sailing. We were hugely disappointed for all the sailors present eager to go sailing, who had similarly missed any racing the previous day, when even worse weather conditions prevailed. On what turned out to be a mainly sunny day, everywhere looked stunningly beautiful, all that this wonderful scenery lacked was a cloud of sails. Next year will be good sailing weather, we hope!

How it should have looked - RMYC Regatta Beaumaris 2007