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K . C . K . Dalton was elected as the club ' s first Pauon and remained in 1hn1 position fo1 many years .
The Dragons ~ ailed under the burgee of the
Bayview Yacht Racing A ~ iation until t 954 wheo they lrallSfcrred 10 the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club , Pinwater Division . Dragons were the firstonedesign keel boat class 10 race on the Pinwater although the Starboats also sraned 10 race in 1951 .
On 5 July 1951 the Pinwa1er Race Management Committee suggested that ' al I ynch1s on the register of the Bayview Yttcht Racing A ' sociation be invited
10 race with the Pinwater Division in every rnce fix tun : of the Pinwater Division ยท. This would have brought the Dragons and Stars under the club ' s co1urol but the club did n01 have facilities to handle them until 1954 when they began racing with the Piuwatcr Ocel . Incidentally , after ! his . the Bayview Yacht Racing Association moved into centreboard boats . built a clubhouse , and have proved themselves topline small boot snllotli by winning four world
champion ~ h ips nnd seventeen national championships .
A 30 squnre metre yacht buill by Cedric Wil liams for K . C . K . Dalton .
K . C . K . Dalton . the r-oundation Commodore of the Bayview Yacht Racing Associnrion . 1949 .
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