Annual Report 2011-2012.pdf - Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club

the contribution Ted had made to the club over alifetime, including his vision to rebuild theclubhouse, extend the slipway and build thewestern shed and change rooms in the early1970s.Richard Griffin was driving the boat search andleft no stone unturned, the committee looked atmany on the internet and in the water and tested anumber of different brands and models. Of allthese, the Arvor 20 was the pick, however, it stillhad a number of shortcomings that prevented itfrom being the perfect boat for our purposes.Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff ClubIn July 2009 James Francis resigned from thecommittee and was replaced by Max Gundy.The opportunity to source a purpose built boatarose and after much deliberation it was decidedto pursue this option. This then put us into thedesign phase which took considerably longer thananticipated, probably because we wanted all thefeatures of a boat 12 metres in length in one of sixThe Club Committee thanks the Australian SportsFoundation for their support with this project andacknowledges the support of the following donors:Mark BarracloughMichael BartleyPeter BehrWendy BhindiCarolyn BiggsSue & Eric CantorRichard ChapmanMarcus CollignonBeth and Ray DawkinsRobert DruryWilliam EdmondsonJohn GallagherKen GilkesGriffin FamilyDavid GriffithJohn GriffithsGundy FamilyTim HarringtonCorinna and PhilipHartasJohn HuntGail and Geoff IsaacsJorgen JensenBob KornmanRichard KornmanFred (Ted) LilleyGeoff LucasNikolas MargerrisonSue and RichardMcCaugheyMichelle McGrathJane and Ian MeggittArnold MetcalfHelen MolesworthRobert PatonBrett PhilipsKris RomuldJohn StephensonWarwick ThomsonWinning FamilyDavid Griffith and Helen Molesworthmetres. Once again Richard Griffin worked withthe designers to attempt to achieve the perfectboat both under the water and in the work area.In June 2010 John Hayward and Chris Kellyjoined the committee. On 14 October 2010 wesigned a contract for the supply of a purpose builtboat with the proviso that if it did not meet certaincriteria including 30 days on-water testing, wewere not obliged to proceed. On arrival inAustralia it became clear that the quality of theconstruction of the finished product was belowAfter many years of faithful service Clyde can now passon its support role …… to the new Ted Griffith which will meet our supportneeds for many years to come.www.LC12ftSSC.org.au Page 8