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For those who read and remember past newsletters,

I closed my final newsletter in June 2014 with a

catchphrase from the “Two Ronnies” TV Show.

Perhaps I should have use Arnold Schwarzenegger’s

catchphrase from his 1984 science fiction film “The

Terminator” - Quoting Arnie, “I’ll be Back”

Yes, I’m back for another 12 months after having the

privilege and pleasure to be elected, once again, your

Commodore of this great boating Club – Kuring-Gai

Motor Yacht Club.

AGM 2015

This year’s AGM was attended by 44 of KMYC’s

boating owning members. Commodore Alchin

opened the meeting at 7:30 PM and welcomed all.

To begin the meeting, the minutes of the last AGM

were confirmed along with the 2014 – 2015 Directors

Report and Accounts for the year ending 31st March

2015.

The Board nominations were made in accordance

with our guidelines and I confirm that in 2015 -2016

the following members were elected unopposed by

the KMYC boat owning members in attendance.

Commodore Jim Murphy Vice Commodore John Spry Rear Commodore Jim Lendrum Hon. Treasurer Peter McLean

News June 2015

From Commodore Jim Murphy

Committee Members elected were:

Cathy Astridge Bill Carmody Alan Frazer Rob Harrington-Johnson Garry Sexton

Commodore Alchin then vacated the chair for Commodore

Murphy to continue the meeting. General Business

followed with the following issues being raised.

Authorisation of Levy Budgets and Expenditure Membership Dinghy Storage

The Chairman declared the meeting closed at 8:50 PM and

invited all to join in to share the supper prepared by Angela

and Trent from Cottage Point Kiosk.

Water Tank Isolation

Another project commenced Wednesday 1st July and

administered by Rear Commodore, Jim Lendrum was the

NSW Health requirement to build a block wall around the

top two water tanks to stop any contamination from the

Club’s envirocycle waste treatment system. Jim did a

considerable amount of work to chase various quotes to

save the Club approximately $6,000.00 for this work. These

reinforced walls

will also assist in

raising the level

of the lawn on

the southern side

of the Clubhouse.

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Waterfront Update

In the June newsletter, Commodore Alchin advised the program for the Fuel wharf and Pontoon repair project. I have been at the Club each week for the since work commenced on 15th June checking progress of the waterfront project. Firstly, I would like to advise members that I am very impressed with the quality of workmanship that the 4 guys from All Waterfront Construction, under the leadership of Operations Director, Chris Kemp from AWC are carrying out. The program has blown out by a few weeks due to a variation discovered during the demolishing of the Fuel Wharf. The 3 thin concrete centre piles were going to be sleeved and filled with concrete to strengthen them for the new deck. The centre pile and northern pile toppled over when the supporting bearers were removed and the southern pile was broken just under the seabed. It was necessary to replace these three piles with sleeved turpentine timber piles.

There was a delay waiting for the new piles but the work then continued on the pontoon repair. The southern end up to the large deck area for the new aluminium 1.8 me-tre wide southern walkway has been stripped to the cross bearers with new joist and cross braces being fitted. The pontoon has now been straightened and strengthened. Plumbing and electrical work will continue on this section of the pontoon this week. The Fuel bow-sers are also to be replaced this week. I expect that the pontoon will be back in position by the weekend com-mencing 11th July. This will include the deck of the Fuel Wharf being completed apart from balustrades, all fuel supplies being available, and the new walkway to the southern end with new deck on the southern area. We should also have some water reels available but may not have power available to the power pedestals. Work will then continue on the northern end of the pontoon the following week plus reconnecting power to the pontoon. I have taken a large number of photos since the begin-ning of the project and will sort them shortly and have them posted on the website galleries.

Membership

The Committee will need to bestow Andrew Storey from the C.P. Boat Shed with an honorary position of mem-bership officer. Andrew sold a boat (“White Heather”) to a couple last Friday then proceeded to give the new owners a tour of the Clubs facilities with the associated benefits of membership and joining the Club. Many

Sleeving centre piles

Straightened new joists and bracing

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New Marine Rescue Vessel CP30

A large number of Cottage Point Marine Rescue members and a few KMYC members welcomed Marine Rescues state of the art, long awaited new 40 foot vessel to Cottage Point and Cowan Creek waters on Friday 3rd July. The boat departed Ballina 2 days previously by road transport and was off-loaded at Fenwicks Marina early Friday morning then arriving at Cottage Point just a few minutes prior to 11 PM. Marine Rescue will also be replacing their existing pontoon with a lengthened pontoon to moor CP30 alongside. The boat, at the moment is moored on a temporary swing mooring off the point. Marine Rescue Cottage Point has members that are licenced for off shore work. Paul advised his licence allows him to travel 15 miles off shore and David white plus others are licenced for a 35 mile distance. I can see the Cottage Point crew being used by the authorities for more offshore work with this boat. I am sure that KMYC members would be welcomed to view the new boat but please request permission from the team leader of the day at the MR office. They do have a planned training program to update all the crews with the workings of the new boat.

I also thank the Marine Rescue crew for the delightful

BBQ lunch on the Pizza Deck in the glorious sun on a

beautiful, clear winter’s day at Cottage Point.

Unit Commander Paul Miller with CP30

CP30 is huge and is certainly built for offshore work

Off Water Weekend

Freelance Travel writer, Briar Jensen sent through the following article at the request of V.C. John Spry.

Briar has many talents and I have always enjoyed her travel articles that she writes. I thank her for this article. It certainly brought back fond mem-ories of the weekend with a few chuckles and I recommend these week-ends to all members to enjoy.

Find out more about Briar via her Blog: www.briarstravelbeat.com.au Our harbour, our history – KMYC Off Water Weekend 2015

Continuing the historical theme from last year’s weekend, we stepped back in time on Sydney Harbour, travelling by river from Sydney’s second settlement of Parramatta, past the old Halvorson boat shed and stunning riverfront properties. A private tour of Goat Island revealed layers of history, from quarrying to gunpowder stor-age, firemen to Water Rats. A picnic lunch, complete with party-bag of goodies, on the lawn of the Harbour Master’s house afforded a stunning view of Sydney Harbour Bridge. A water taxi whisked us to Cockatoo Island for more history, from convict solitary confinement cells to ship building workshops.

On Sunday we chugged through Newington Armory, being sure to “keep arms well inside” the heritage train, as we passed explosive storehouses and learnt about the discovery of gun cotton. A high-light for many was the armament display, with its torpedos and mis-siles. At Old Government House, things were not as they appeared – ‘sandstone’ blocks were actually clay and mud, black and white ‘tiles’ were painted floorboards and ‘marble’ tabletops were paint effects, but Mrs Ovens was actually the cook.

From stories of Captain Thunderbolt to the benefactor of Sydney University’s Fisher Library, it was a truly enriching weekend (in more ways than one, as we waddled out of the Port Bar on Satur-day night.) Huge thanks to Jen Redston and John Spry for the enor-mous effort in organisation and co-ordination that saw the weekend run like clockwork. Can’t wait to see where the history trail will lead next year.

Quips of the weekend

“I’m feeling a bit anxious.” Bill Carmody on seeing the river cat Mer-edith Mathews spin in her own length at Parramatta wharf.

“Will you girls sit on that canon/missile over there so I can get a picture?” Peter Burmeister canvassing our group for models to sit atop the canon on Cockatoo Island and the $2.4 million missile at Newington Armory.

“We can fix that.” Anonymous, at Cockatoo Is, when our guide la-mented the building of a marina in Sutherland Dock.

“What a waste of precious water.” Said everyone as the river cat passed under a leaking overhead water pipe – until we passed downwind and realised it wasn’t water but waste.

“Yep we know Mr Oatley. He’s our sommelier.” Gary Sexton, when asked by a National Trust guide if we knew who Mr Oatley was.

“Let’s ‘hang out’ together.” Bruce ‘Energiser Bunny’ Quick to John Spry as John tries to use the governor’s chamber pot secreted in a sideboard in the dining room of Old Government House.

Something incomprehensible about “…exploding underpants.” John Spry trying to adapt the story of discovery of gun cotton (when an apron spontaneously exploded) in his thank you speech.

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TASMANIA EXPERIENCE

Our Club sponsor, Mark Riley from RMarine Riley is plan-ning a cruise to Tasmania late 2015. Below are details following a discussion with Mark.

Pittwater, NSW, Australia: There’s certainly plenty of interest in the R Marine Riley Tasmania Experience, scheduled to depart Sydney just after Christmas 2015 for the southern seas, discovering all the treasures of Tasma-nia.

Riviera dealer Mark Riley says many Riviera owners are talking about what, for many, is a once-in-a-lifetime op-portunity to set their bows towards the pristine blue wa-ters of the Tasmania.

“We are very much in the planning stages for the three-week passage and we are receiving some great feedback, which is all being incorporated into the growing itiner-ary,” says Mark. “We are talking with travel agencies and fellow boaties too as we put together this amazing Expe-rience.”

Mark says Riviera owners along the east coast of Australia are expected to take part and some clients are even up-grading their Rivieras ahead of the voyage.

“Our team has been studying all the charts, contacting harbour masters and marinas from Sydney to Hobart to ensure we offer a Riviera. Experience like none before,” he says.

The plan is to leave Sydney (NSW) on December 27 and proceed to the first anchorage at Jervis Bay, then to Eden, Port Welshpool in Victoria.

“We won’t be operating to a strict timetable as good weather, great cruising and, of course, safety always come first on R Marine Riley Experiences,” says Mark.

“The owners coming have a wide variety of boats – every-thing from older Riviera 36 Fly bridges to the very latest Riviera 52 Enclosed Fly bridges, 6000 Sport Yachts and even a beautiful Belize 54.

“We have also found that not everyone wants to do the whole trip, so some partners will be flying to different destinations to meet up with the fleet so they can still experience all the fun and enjoyment of our vast array of activities.”

Some of the activity highlights include anchoring in the crystal clear waters of the Flinders Group Islands, visiting uninhabited islands as well as meeting the local fisher-man, and of course dining on fresh-caught seafood and savouring world-renowned Tassie wines on visits to the best sparkling and Pinot wineries and famous cheese-makers on The Apple Isle.

This year R Marine Riley is also planning another Experi-ence to Fraser Island and Lady Musgrave Island following the successful event last year. The trip is planned again for during the September 2015 school holidays. Mark also conducts regular ladies driving courses and “Riv Kids” events.

R Marine Riley welcomes anyone from the Riviera family to join them on these fabulous adventures. Please call Mark Riley direct on +61 418 250 727 or email him at mark@rmarineriley.com.au for further details.

Dulcie Frost

Long term members will certainly remember Dulcie and Cedric Frost and their beloved “Malynda”.

Cedric passed away June 2012 and Lorraine and I have kept in touch with Dulcie. While shopping at South Hurstville recently, Lorraine caught up with Dulcie and of course had a cup of tea with her.

Dulcie and Cedric were famous for, when on the work pontoon, you could not just say hello. You had to go on

board, relax and have a cup of tea and biscuit and a chat with both.

Dulcie still misses Cowan

Creek waters, misses

KMYC, misses the

members and being part of

the activities. She wishes

to be remembered to

everyone and wished the

Club all the best for the

Dulcie – June 2015 future.

For the Diary

Champagne Breakfast Sunday 26 July 2015

Mid-Winter Time Trial Sunday 2 August 2015

Beginner’s Time Trial Sunday 23 August 2015 (flyers for Trial Events will be emailed)

KMYC Opening Day Saturday 19 September 2015

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