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Club House Development Works
Works have begun on the alterations to the wall adjacent to the Women's facilities
and the Board Room, these alterations are in preparation for the Clubs 150-year
History Wall.
The Club’s Achieves Committee have spent a considerable amount of time
preparing the panels which represent the special events that have made the RPAYC
the "best Club in the world”.
The alterations will also provide the room required to extend the existing reception
counter allowing a more seamless interaction between members and the office.
The refurbishment to the main entrance area including the extension of the
reception counter and the air lock is not expected to begin until the 1st ¼ of 2018.
Once the alterations to the History Wall are complete, works will immediately begin
on the alterations to the main administration area, unfortunately there will be
interruptions to operation during the construction period which is likely to be
completed by the end of September.
During the works the Sailing Office will be relocated to the Regatta Office and
Administration and other departments will be relocated to Board room. Reception
will continue to operate as normal.
Have you seen the History Walk?
Members will see that 13 Boards dotted around the club site which provide historical information about the development of
the club site. The History Walk is part of the RPAYC Sesquicentenary Celebrations. There is a map by the anchor in the car
park for members to follow the walk around the site or pick up a map from reception.
Portuguese Beach
Picnic 30 July
The last Sunday in July was my turn to lead the picnic.
The forecast was for 26degrees and 15Kn north
westerly breeze. The day started early with coffee in
halyards where the Galileo crew and families
converged. This time we swapped Galileo for Alfred
one and the sailing challenge with the intricacies of
starting the race. Thanks to Debbie Holder we had all
the technicalities right. Children on Alfred one
enjoyed playing the horn and setting the flags up.
Three yachts turned up for a highly contested and
close race in great breeze.
The two 11 meters completed the course in 33 minutes closely followed by Scoot. The race was so fast that Alfred I had to
put extra speed to get to the beach in time and set the finish line before the