through thc season and tended to rest through Christmas . The Y nchting Association of New South Wales had iniima1ed that they would like to take the regaua over as a Yachting Association of New South Wales Zone Regntta . To this a somewhat weary Pittwater Regatta Committee said , ' Thank you , the regatta is yours .· Tt never did get off the grow1d and so after 72 years thc la . st regana wa . s held in 1979 under thc Commodoreship of J . L . ( Jack ) Ferris , the immediate past Commodore of the Roy st Motor Yacht Qub of Broken Bay .
The following years went from strength to streng1h . MoSt of the activities are probably too recent 10 be really treated as history , although such things as rhe successes of oui · members in Australia
II i111he winning of the America ' s Cup in 1983 and the successes of other member8 in winning world championships brought great honour to the club . ln 1984 tile club recorded its highest ever membe " hi ~ 1939 , covering all classes . A special member category was enjoyed by Sydney Club members who partOOk of thc social side of the club in exchange for their reciprocity of membership of tbe Sydney Club for ordinary members of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club . The total membership in 1984 was :
Members . including intermediate members
Lady a .. ociate membcn
Junior members Special members
1446
263
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Two Impressive marble slabs carrying ~ tc club ' s name , which had previously adorned the doors of the club ' s Rowe Street premises . wore located and inserted into o new stonewod : entrance gate . This is the imposing entrance of today . In 1984 the front doors or thc clubhouse were replaced with Tasmanian oak doors . This work was followed in 1985-0 with the reuling of the entrance foyer and the retiling and refurbishing of the porte-cochere . The old ship ' s anchor is from HMS Pengui11 which was described
Ma single-screw . composite sloop-of-war . Built in Glasgow in 1876 . she arrived in Australia in 1890 and uniil I 906wasmostactivelyemployedaloogthe Auslralian coastline . She rendered yeoman service to the hydrograpby of Australia and the Pacific . The record deep-sounding of the Pacific was obtained by HMS Ptng11i11 at the great Kermandce Dccpat5515 fathoms . She later became a depot ship at Garden Island and was eventually sold and became a coal hulk .
The marble plaques from
9 Rowe Street being fiued into the new gates at Green Point .
Work on the extensions 10 marinas C , D , Band Fin 1982 .
G . V . Wawn . Commodore 1984-86 .
R . G . Prentice . Commodore 1986- .
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