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A stalwart of the Wednesday race

Bob also regularly helps out on a Saturday with race management and steps in whenever the club is short of race team volunteers , happy to take the lead or assist in any way required .

Bob also volunteers for the Alfred ’ s Community Sailing program whenever they can .

Additionally Bob assisted a new boat owning member in preparing for the Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race and racing as part of the crew ; adding their experience to the team .

I know everyone will agree that this is certainly an outstanding voluntary contribution to the club over this and many years .

Over the past year , Dave volunteered the role of Optimist Representative to help solve the conversion issues from Tackers to Green Fleet

Dave worked tirelessly in collaboration with the Sailing Office ( Niall especially ) and experts from the broader Sailing Community to bring new ideas and a fresh approach to solving this problem . When Dave started there were 2x Optimists in Green Fleet . There is now a healthy 14x with majority transitioning into Club Racing / Intermediate in the next season .

The BIG reason for the nomination , Dave put all of this hard work in without any of his own children in the Class . They had all moved to other Classes in Centreboard .

This selfless dedication was purely focused on building the future for Centreboard and RPAYC . A highly valued and impactful contribution that will benefit the club now and into the future .

28 The Alfred ’ s Annual 2020 - 2022