Help support VMR!! Buy 1 case (12 cans) from MYC for $48 & we will donate $10 from every case to VMR!!

MIXED CASE - NATIVE AUSTRALIAN FLAVOURS (12 X 330ML)
2 x GFR - Grapefruit & Lemon Aspen
2 x ZST - Fingerlime, Lemon Myrtle
2 x PLM - Davidson Plum & Strawberry Gum
2 x APL - Bush Apple & Kakadu Plum
2 x MTN - Mountain Pepperberry & Raspberry
2 x RNG -Orange & Quandong
Contact the office to place an order :)

We are officially starting our competition at Round 1 - Thursday 6th March
$25PP
To enter just register your name & pay entry fee with Tayla in the MYC office or Andy Whitbourne

Attention ALL SKIPPERS!
We are holding a Rules Night THIS FRIDAY - 28th February 2025 at 7pm. 
We encourage all skippers &/or a crew member to attend from each boat - Thank you
Please RSVP to Tayla by Thursday 27th Feb 5pm.
(come for the Members Draw at 6.30pm...there is $1,000 up for grabs!!)

Last weekend we hosted 85 yachts for our annual Schnapper Point Regatta. This year that incorporated the Quantum Sails Finn States, and Ronstan Victorian ILCA (Laser) U21 regatta. Saturday was so bad, no keelboats ventured to Queenscliff. We waited until lunch to also give up on the day. We had Glen Ashby talk to everyone at Saturday briefing about his career path, and amazing 17 World Championships, 4 American Cup campaigns, and we didn’t get time to talk about an Olympic medal in there too. An early start Sunday, and in some what borderline conditions, and careful management, we got 4 races in for each fleet.
 
Finns – Jack Eickmeyer 3rd overall, and 1st under 29
ILCA 6 – Jack Vermeer, Maddy English and Digby Taylor were 2nd, equal 3rd and 6th overall; 1st, 2nd and 3rd Under 21, with Maddy also first female
ILCA 4 – Rose Carlson 3rd and first female
Open Opti – Acklin Stent 2nd
Intermediate Opti – James Edwards 1st, Kate Edwards 3rd and 1st female
Greenies – Nathan Mao 1st, Sadie Donnellan 2nd
 
Ben Jones was the lead as Chair of the Organising Committee and Bravo RO, Chris Jackson PRO on water and Andrew Weber the “front of house” on land.
 
Thanks to the sponsors - Town Planning for Schnapper Point, Ronstan for the ILCA U21, Quantum Sails for the Finn States, and Kris Oakley organised Barcrusher to sponsor us with the use of an impressive new boat for Bravo finish. Thank you also heaps to Sorrento and Davey’s Bay as usual for boats, buoys and people. Our race officers Geoff Eldridge
Ben Jones and Richard Starkins. Then Bolts for all the work he does for the club while up at the farm. Mel from Town Planning not only sponsored the event, but spent Sunday on Bravo finish, and still stayed to present medals.
 
Volunteers – Team MYC again were a hard working, happy lot. It’s great to have new volunteers every year, especially those that did not have family members sailing. Thank you to everyone in all roles, there are too many to name.
 
It is so good seeing the kids still had a smile afterwards. We are occasionally asked why we do it? The weekend was a great example of fostering independence, resilience and adventure in kids. They met the challenge that the weather presented, they had the inspiration of Glen Ashby, and the example of the older Finn and Laser sailors to look up to. The aim is to give them to a life-long love and participation in sailing too. Well done kids.

The Special Sailing Instructions for the 2024/25 Season Queenscliff Destination Race are now available for viewing and download via the Club Racing Season Headquarters page on the MYC Website.

The HQ page can be found by clicking 'Club Racing' from the the 'Sailing' menu on our website or by clicking here.

Note! A change has been made to the Start time as per email correspondence to all SailSys Boat Admins registered in the Long Distance Series this week.

Check the Official Notice Board for further information.

The revised start time is as printed in these published SSIs.

Join us at MYC on March 4th to celebrate International Women's Day! Ladies, come sail with us during our Tuesday Twilight event and enjoy bubbles and cake for just $12 per person. Don't miss the unveiling and special-pre-order price for our MYC WOW women's cute shirt. Click here to book your spot and let's make this a fun evening!

If you'd like to join our regulars with a steak dinner after sailing just book in via the same link (300g steak, salad $20 Choc Top $5, all drinks $5)

& If you don't fancy a sail, you are still welcome to join in the fun!! Click here to book

Matt Allen was born in Melbourne and started sailing at 11 years of age at Mt Eliza and later at Mornington Yacht Club.
He has competed in 32 Sydney – Hobart Yacht Races, winning on four occasions. Three times in his beloved TP52 Ichi Ban and one as boat captain onboard Challenge with Lou Abrahams. He was Co-skipper of Masterlock Comanche in 2024 race.
He sailed with Alf and Trevor Neate on board Morning Mist II and Morning Mist III for many years including a 2nd in the 1992 Sydney Hobart Race.   
Matt won the 11 Metre World Championships in Norway in 2005 and placed 2nd in the Farr 40 World Championships in 2006 in Newport, Rhode Island.
Matt’s Volvo 70 represented MYC in the Volvo Ocean Race in 2005/6, being the only Australian Yacht to compete in the Ocean Race.
Matt has been active in Asian sailing as well, wining 4 King’s Cup in Thailand.
In sporting administration Matt has also been active. He was Commodore of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He was elected as the inaugural Vice President of Australian Sailing in 2011 and became President from 2013 to 2019. He Joined World Sailing Committees and became Vice Chair of Oceanic and Offshore Committee in 2016 becoming Chair in 2020 and re-elected in 2025. He is the only Australian to ever hold this position. He also sits on the Council of World Sailing, the main decision-making body for the International Federation.
He was also President of the Australia Day Regatta from 2014 to 2021, the oldest continuously run regatta in world.
In 2017 he was elected to the Australian Olympic Committee and in 2021 was elected as Vice President the most senior position a sailor has ever held at the AOC.
In 2019 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to Sailing.
Professionally Matt worked in investment banking with UBS and his last role was as President and CEO of UBS Japan, the largest foreign bank in Japan at the time. Hence the name of his yachts Ichi Ban.