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OUR FIRST HOME
During May the
Club
realised
that the building on the foreshore at the end of the Esplanade, Edithvale, was
not being fully
utilised
by the Life Saving and Boating Club that occupied it, so our club members
attended a meeting of the Committee of Management in force. So successfully
did we press our case that we were granted the use of portion of the lower
storage area of the building and five members of our club were elected to the
Committee of Management. Thus we gained our first Club Rooms and here also we
held our early meetings and entertainments.
On the 19th
October 1938 the first regular Annual General Meeting of the Chelsea yacht
Club was held. The office of Vice- Commodore was created and John Bardin was
elected to fill it, also Graham Strachan was elected Treasurer in place of Tom
Broardhurst. The meeting also decided to form a Ladies' Committee from our
well wishers to assist at Club Functions. Ever since the "Ladies" have been a
wonderful help to the Club.
The original
committee consisted of Mrs. D. Cramp - President, Mrs. M. Rogerson- Secretary,
Mrs. D. Murray - Treasurer (and still in that office), Mrs. Grendon, Mrs.
Pethybridge, Miss Helen Bertram... (now Clarke) Mrs Francis Hosking, Mrs A.
Gilding Mrs R. Cornish Miss P. Knight (now Grendon) Mrs Hazel Cady, Mrs E.
Flint Mrs E. Cull Mrs Letho, Mrs Connolly were amongst the early members,
whilst later they were joined by Mrs Pam Nyman,Mrs N. Hayman, Mrs Timbury, Mrs
Barrett, Mrs Rita Griffiths and Mrs M. Colson.
Our first
Opening Day Regatta was held on November 20th 1938 when nine yachts from
Frankston Yacht Club raced to Edithvale and then competed in the afternoon
regatta. The race to Edithvale was won by Mellody - N. Woods with Naree -
J.Grice - second and Nymph - F. Watchhorn - third. Vyres - P. Laugier, Sunbeam
- J. Uther, C.11 - J. Flint, Scoota - G. Aus- tin, Pep - Ivan Danks and Timor
- H. Knight also competed.
After lunch a
race over a six mile triangular course resulted in a win for Pep with Maree
and Mellody close behind. An open Paired Skiff race was won by H. Scrivenor
and P. Forbes also of Frankston whilst a motor boat race was won by Imshi of
the Mordialloc Motor Yacht Squadron. The Mayor of Chelsea,
Councillor
G. Beardsworth opened the yachting season and presented the trophies, he was
supported by the Hon. Mr C. Gartside, M.L.C. and Mr F. Field,
.M.L.A.
This event evinced the first public manifestation of the cordial relations
that have existed between the Club and City of Chelsea Council and our local
Members of Parliament over the last thirty years
