CYAA – General Maintenance Fund, Yvonne
8 February 2025
THANK YOU YVONNE SPONSORS, GOAL ACHIEVED! In 2023 a special Classic Yacht General Maintenance Fund was established and a call
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THANK YOU YVONNE SPONSORS, GOAL ACHIEVED! In 2023 a special Classic Yacht General Maintenance Fund was established and a call
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The committee of the CYAA wish all our members a very Merry Christmas and an extremely prosperous New Year. We
December 13-15, 2024 – Sydney, NSW A prelude to the time-honoured Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the Sydney Hobart Classic
Classic Yacht Association of Australia – Annual General Meeting 2024 The annual general meeting of the association will be held
The committee of the CYAA is proud to welcome the support of the Joe White Bequest for the Cup Regatta
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20-23 February, 2025 – Auckland
The CYANZ invites all CYAA members to participate in their annual peak regatta, the Perpetual Guardian Classic Yacht Regatta, to be held 20-23 February 2025 in Auckland. The format is a welcome dinner on the night of Thursday 20 at the RNZYS club rooms, one race on the Friday afternoon, a full day’s racing on Saturday and Sunday (typically two races per day) and a presentation dinner on the Sunday night.
Visitors will be allocated to yachts according to needs requested by skippers and we’ll try to accommodate any preferences you have. A sail on one of their big gaff riggers such as Waitangi or Thelma has to be experienced.
If you wish to take your own classic yacht to New Zealand, you’d be heartily welcomed too. Non-sailing partners are very welcome.
CYAA sailors compete for the Trans Tasman Trophy – the visiting CYAA sailor with the best overall results.
Those who’ve been before can attest to the wonderful hospitality offered by our Kiwi compatriots and the excellent fleet of classic yachts active in Auckland.
If you are planning on going, please advise our co-ordinator for this regatta, David McKenzie below.
For those attending it would assist greatly if you could provide your preferred email and phone number while in NZ, your flight details and where you’ll be staying. In addition please advise if you with to attend the Thursday night dinner at the RNZYS and how many will be attending.
At the regatta, David and the CYANZ’s Iain Valentine will manage boat allocations and Iain will manage scoring for the trophy.
We currently have at least 8 people traveling to Auckland for the regatta. If you aren’t one of these, consider confirming your place pronto.
The CYANZ requires final numbers by the 10th February, so please RSVP by Sunday the 9th.
Details on the event are available from the CYANZ website details.
Please contact David to confirm your attendance (david at jandmck.com)
29-30 March, 2025 – Melbourne
Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) will again host the Tumlaren State Championship in March this year.
First introduced to the waters of Port Philip in 1937 only four years after being designed by Knud Reimers in Stockholm, the Tumlaren was chosen as a one-design class by a committee from the then Royal St.Kilda Yacht Club looking to stimulate the club’s activities along with the Royal South Australian Yacht Club (also seeking a one-design yacht). The Tumlaren was seen as affordable easily sailed by a small crew and able to handle the conditions of “the Bay”.
The State Championship was held annually from 1938-1997, before being re-introduced as a biennial event in 2017. With a growing fleet the 2025 rendition promises keen and competitive racing, along with warm and convivial atmosphere off the water.
Further information is available from the RMYS here.
The Classic Yacht Association of Australia on Monday (25th) held its Annual General Meeting.
Outgoing President Cameron Dorrough outlined the association’s achievements of the last 12 months which included the development of a strategic plan in February which established the aims and strategies for the association to sustain and increase membership numbers and to provide tangible benefits to members in the future.
Another achievement has been to refine the model for the organisation of the association’s premier event, the annual Cup Regatta. The relationship developed with the event organiser, Southern Wooden Boat Sailing, has seen a number of new initiatives which have breathed new life into this event and will hopefully see continual improvements in competitor numbers and increased promotional opportunities for the association.
President (elect) Craig Brown, gave a brief run-down on the conduct of the Cup Regatta and highlighted the new trophies and funding made available through the generosity of the Joe White Bequest, and what this funding will mean into the future.
We said goodbye to a number of committee members who have given valuable service to the association over the last 12 months. These included the outgoing President, Cameron Dorrough, Treasurer Jennie Mckenzie, and long serving members Peter Costolloe and Damian Purcell. The latter two have been on the committee for in excess of 20 years and their contribution to the association and its activities cannot be overstated. Peter has been the lifeblood of the association and his energy and willingness to assist in all facets of the associations activities has been immense. Damian has been on the committee since the early days and has been there through the heady days of growth and the difficulties we, like many other bodies, are now facing to stay relevant. He has accepted a pay cut and will be moving on to the lesser role of Commodore of the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria and will provide a valuable conduit between the association and one of our premier clubs. Thank you all for your service.
In their place we have welcomed new committee members, Richard Gates (Treasurer), Phillip Brown, George Low and George Fisscher. Congratulations!
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See more on the full CYAA Calendar
Download a print version of the 2025 CYAA Events Schedule. Current at 1st Jan 2025
Race documents and links on the RMYS Classics – Documents, Results and Start Sheets page.
2023/24 Sayonara Summer Series Entries and Results (or click QR Code)
2023/24 Sayonara Summer Series Boat racing and PoB Sign on (or click QR code)
CYAA has set up a General Maintenance Fund to encourage restoration and sailing of Classic yachts. The first beneficiary will be the Tumlare YVONNE.
Boats in our fleet are invited to contribute to the fund to keep Yvonne on the water.
Click through to read more about the CYAA General Maintenance Fund and see the Tumlare Yvonne Sponsors Board. And, read more about Yvonne and her restoration in Yvonne, by Charlie Salter.
1967 Admiral’s Cup, from CYCATV.
Coffee Table Book: “The Tradition Lives On – a register of the historic Couta Boats”. From the Couta Boat Association.
Australian Sailing magazines from CYAA member, Doug Jenkin’s library.
Hobart 1923 A classer ALWYN, turned 100 on 1 February 2023. Her first 100 years story.
Mark Chew's COVID 19 project - a personal list of 42 boats that are important to Australias sailing History.
2020 CYAA Cup Regatta entrants, Acrospire III and Acrospire IV, competed in this 1934 regatta - click through to see the program.
