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Welcome to the official website of the Maylands Yacht Club (MYC) located on the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia.

It allows you to keep up to date with the latest club news, fixtures and results during our sailing season.

There is also a useful links page through which you can access interesting sites, particularly those focused around sailing.

MYC greatly appreciates our sponsors including Healthway and others who generously donate funds for trophies and services to the club. Please support them whenever you can.

LATEST MYC NEWS

The 2008-2009 Season is Officially Underway

Despite fine weather and a moderate sea breeze, Opening Day at MYC on Sunday, October 12, failed to attract big numbers. This was a little disappointing in the wake of super efforts put in at club Busy Bees to make sure everything was shipshape for the big day.

However, for those who did attend, it was a ripper day for sailing. Three notable fastest times went to Colin Dauncey (Full Rigs), who is back at MYC after a five-year break; past Commodore Kim Stephens (Radials), who wet the hull of his new boat for the first time; and Jack Clark-Massera (4.7s).

Commodore Peter Kerrigan welcomed guests, who included Maylands MP Lisa Baker, City of Bayswater Mayor Lou Magro, Councillors Sonia Turkington and Ian McClelland, and flag officers from downriver clubs. Club patron Terry Gaunt declared the season open.

Special thanks to Andree and Rosco Bennett, Lynne and Bert Brescianini and Lisa (birthday girl) Kerrigan who answered to calls for help from the Commodore. Thanks also to the members who provided food platters for afternoon tea. And thanks to secretary Alan Benn for producing a souvenir newsletter to mark Opening Day.

2008-2009 Membership
By now all 2007-2008 members should have received an invoice for 2008-2009 Membership and paid their fees. If you are in arrears, please attend to it promptly for the benefit of your club and fellow members. Thank you.

If you are interested in sailing at MYC and becoming a member, please give our Club Secretary Alan Benn a call on 9271 1232 or send an email to myc@iinet.net.au. You can download a 2008-2009 Membership Application Form here.

WANTED - Volunteers

Immediate openings are available for Start Box volunteers on race days (Sundays) to help with the starting and finishing of club races. Start time is about 2.00 pm and fleets finish within two hours. Start Box crew can attend the start, then return for the finish, if they choose. REWARD: Free membership at MYC for the season.

Immediate openings are also available for Support Boat crew who would like to spend an afternoon on the river, close to the action, and are willing to lend a hand to boaties when needed. REWARD: Free membership at MYC for the season.

These are important and highly valued positions within the club. For further information, please contact the MYC Club Secretary Alan Benn on 9271 1232 or by email at myc@iinet.net.au.

The Latest Mudlark
The Spring 2008 edition of "The Mudlark", the official newsletter of Maylands Yacht Club is available as an Acrobat Reader file by clicking the cover picture on the right. Feature articles in the latest edition include Ossie Carter's and Rudy Tiessen's progress on the building of a new foam-sandwich Hartley TS16, David Ponton's tips to improving your sailing performance, and Vince Rogers's refurbishment of an older Laser.

Thanks again to editor Steve Fox and all contributors.

Click here to download past editions of "The Mudlark" from 2000 to present.

FIXTURES & KEY DATES

Training for new juniors (and seniors!) has started for 2008-09. Please be at the club at 9.30 am each Sunday to help rig the boats.

Racing for the 2008-09 Summer Series has also got underway with the first Club Consistency race held on Sunday 19 October 2008.

For details on key events and fixtures together with downloads of the sailing program and instructions go to the fixtures page.

RESULTS

Catch up with the latest results from Sportspage here.

Past results are available from 1999 onwards and the latest results are updated immediately with links to the Sportspage site - check out the results page.

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