Yachting and the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club 1988 | Page 80

Members of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club who have served on the Cadet Dinghy Management Committee an : as follows :

W . J . Daldamo Dr Cyril Shepherd l .. C . Waterman J . Aldcnon W . D . M . Taylor S . D . Wcnbom W . L . Dendy Paul Ross C . Plowman

Dr Hamilton Kirkland P . MacDonald

Or J . M . Furber

1926-27

1926--30 1926-33 1926-3.5 1926-29 1927-38 1927-31 1928 1929-36 1933-38 1936-38 1936-38

At the distribution of prizes in 1937 the Chairman of the Sailing Committee expressed regret at the reduced number of competitors and warned the youths that , in view of the incrusion of the fair sex into the spon . Ibey might find themselves replaced by girls . That . be said . reminded him of an incident where a girl in another club had acrewofboys who mutinied , possibly because their pals called them sissies for submitting to a petticoat command . 1be next time that boat was seen on the harbour she was manned entirely by girls ! lt is interesting to read a minute of 18 December

1924 in which it was reponcd that club members had subscribedsufncicnt money for lheclubto present to

HMAS Tlnglra ( a cadet training ship ) a Cadet dinghy for lhc use of lhe boys of Tingira . She was christened RAN . So much for a great class now some 65 years old and still going sll ' Ollg .

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