Point Yacht Club
Flag Officers
Durban: Tuesday 7
September
The Point Yacht Club has a new helmsman, Round
the World sailor; Craig Millar has been elected as the new Commodore for the
Durban based yacht club.
With an extensive competitive
sailing CV; Millar has numerous awards, both in South Africa and
internationally competing in Hunters, J22 and Solings. His most triumphant
sailing achievement would be when he was the skipper for the Durban entry in
the 2005/2006 Clipper Round the World yacht race, where together with his crew
they came second overall.
“It is a great
honour to be bestowed with the title of Commodore. I sincerely hope to share
and grow the phenomenal sport of sailing, and encourage more people to come and
be a part of it.” encouraged, Millar.
Second in Command,
Kevin Bingham will fill the role of Vice Commodore, Millar’s right hand man.
Bingham has earned his stripes being a frequent Race Officer for dinghy racing
most Saturday afternoons either in the bay or offshore. His CV boasts SASCOC
Protea Colours for Sailing Management, Optimist World Champs team manager when
they travelled to New Zealand in 2011; Past Chairman for SAS KZN and Past
President for the SA Optimist Sailing Class and to round it off; he is a
recognised SAS Provincial Race Officer as well.
“I am extremely lucky to be supported by a man of Kevin’s
calibre as well as the experienced and highly competent team of Rear
Commodores.” concluded Millar.
Joining him will be
Myles White, who is in charge of the smaller boats and takes the role of Dinghy
Rear Commodore. White has over 4 decades experience sailing in Durban,
preferring the exhilaration of racing in his Flying Fifteen. White has
experience in all aspects of sailing, having competed in long distance racing,
round the cans racing, and more recently favouring dinghy racing.
“After
something like 40 years of membership I have now completed my first year on any
Club Committee, and I am looking forward to applying some of the lessons I
learned through Round Table and hopefully building on the recent success
achieved in dinghy sailing at PYC. My objective is to get more boats on the
water more regularly and for people to have so much fun doing it that they keep
coming back for more.” enthused an optimistic White at the announcement.
Ron Pet will be
looking after the larger yachts with his title of Keeler Rear Commodore; Pet’s
love for the bigger yachts is evident with the amount of time he puts in as
race officer on Wednesday night’s Twilight Racing and weekend offshore racing.
Pet also is the hardworking man behind the scenes for the hugely popular MSC
Week.
Retaining his
position, Nik Albert stays on as the Youth Rear Commodore. Albert is a keen competitor
himself in both the Hobie and Flying Fifteen classes. The keen Durban sailor
has had a successful term with a number of youngsters coming up through the
ranks, representing both Point Yacht Club and South Africa at a variety of
events and Albert hopes to grow this.
Point Yacht Club
has a fine team at the helm for the next cycle, with the recently elected Flag
Officers starting to get into the groove of growing the sport of sailing in
Durban.
For more info visit
www.pyc.co.za
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