Royal Akarana Yacht Club

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: Eph-A-BOAT-1950s

Description: Includes: 1950s?: Royal Akarana Yacht Club (Inc). Power Boat Division. Invitation to a dance. Social and dance which will be held at The Club House, Okahu Bay on Thursday 24th June [1950s?]. 1950: Blair Reed & Co. Ltd. Boating - yacht and power boat section. 1950-51 [Sales catalogue] Dunedin Regatta Club. Annual Regatta Waihola, Saturday 25th February 1950. Official programme 18-footers; world's sailing championship (unrestricted) held at Auckland New Zealand, January 29, February 5, February 12, 1950. Presented by The Eighteen Footers' Flying Squadron Inc, Auckland, N.Z. Official souvenir programme 1951: Blair Reed & Co. Ltd. Boating - yacht and power boat section 1951-52. [Sales catalogue] Dunedin Regatta Club. Annual Regatta Waihola, Saturday 25th February 1951. Official programme 1953: Pt Chevalier Sailing Club (Inc). Membership card. Season 1953-1954 [issued to Mrs R Hogan] 1956: Wanganui Motor Boat Club Inc. Silver jubilee regatta, Easter 1956. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm. Provenance: One item donated by W Nash 1980s; some other material purchased at auctions.

Date: 1936-1937

From: Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club: Records

Reference: Series-6022-2

Description: Contains inwards and outwards correspondence and related documents that have been filed in alphabetical folders, possibly by correspondent or subject. The alphabetical sequence is only partial and material does not necessarily relate to the letter of the alphabet under which it is filed. The Secretary was C Hollis. Quantity: 7 folder(s).

Date: 1927-1937

From: Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club: Records

Reference: Series-6022-1

Description: Contains inwards and outwards correspondence and related documents that have been filed alphabetically by subject, mainly between 1928 and 1936. The Secretarys were F B Anyon, C T Koller, B A Corcoran, E B Beck, and C Hollis. Quantity: 18 folder(s).

Date: 1937-1944

From: Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club: Records

Reference: Series-6022-3

Description: Contains inwards and outwards correspondence and related documents that have been filed chronologically. Some files are further organised by subject (membership, resignations, bereavements, specific club events) but other files relate to all club matters. The secretarys during this time were R M Smith and J A Carrad. Quantity: 9 folder(s).

Date: September 1982-May 1998

From: Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club: Records

Reference: Series-6024-2

Description: Comprises inwards correspondence, related documents, and copies of outward correspondence filed by the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club Executive Committee from September 1982 to May 1998. After January 1991, documents are usually filed with a cover sheet indicating the month they were discussed at an Executive Committee meeting. Between 1982 and 1991, documents were filed in rough chronological order. Regular correspondents are Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club members, the Wellington City Council, the New Zealand Yachting Federation, and other sailing clubs in the Wellington region. Other correspondents include the Wellington Regional Council, the Wellington Harbour Board, Lambton Harbour Management Limited, yacht clubs from around New Zealand or the world, sailing or water sports organisations (Team New Zealand, Wellington Yachting Association, New Zealand Water Safety Council), government departments, commercial sponsors, charities, politicians, and notable sailing personalities (Grant Dalton, Peter Blake, Alan Martin, Geoff Stagg, Alan Sefton, Lindsay England). Material addresses various aspects of club administration, often related to financial decisions (budgeting, insurance, club funding, requests for sponsorship). Other recurring matters include elections to club office (nominations, notifications to elected individuals), membership (unpaid subscriptions, conferring life membership, resignations, corporate membership), complaints or disciplinary action, clubhouse bookings or maintenance, Keelers restaurant, activities related to 'The Rip' magazine, and administration of Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club regattas and events. Material also contains letters of thanks or congratulations sent to and from the club, and copies of minutes from the club sub-committees meetings. Material also addresses wider or external matters of interest to the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club. Correspondence from other yacht clubs covers changes to their own organisational structures (elections, resignations), notices of races and meetings, invitations to social events, reciprocal arrangements, member introductions, and memoranda. Correspondence from the New Zealand Yachting Federation comprises copies of their meeting minutes and memoranda sent to affiliated clubs, usually around changes to racing rules and yachting safety. Other external matters also include the development of the Wellington Waterfront and local resource consents that affect the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club or sailing in the region. This includes developments to Clyde Quay Marina, the Overseas Passenger Terminal, and Oriental Parade, and management of Somes/Matiu Island. Arrangement: Documents were originally delivered in ten file boxes labelled with date ranges. Material has been left in order of delivery: either grouped by month where original cover sheets identify the relevant Executive Committee meeting, or left in chronological order where filed without cover sheets. Quantity: 63 folder(s).

Date: 1976-1984

From: Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club: Records

Reference: Series-6025-3

Description: Comprises inwards and outwards correspondence and related documents filed by the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club Racing Secretary between 1976 and 1984. Some material has been filed alphabetically by race, subject, or correspondent; other material was loosely filed in chronological order. Documents address matters related to organising, managing, or entering regattas and races, both in general and in relation to many specific, names events happening between 1976 and 1984. Subjects include water and yacht safety, handicapping, vessel classifications, sailing instructions, setting the courses, sponsorship, notices of race, radio frequencies, registrations, crews, weather or sea conditions, and race cancellations. Also contains the minutes of the Cruising Section Committee and the Sailing Committee, newsletters from other clubs, and material related to the Yachting Assistance Fund. Regular correspondents are the New Zealand Yachting Federation, the Wellington Yachting Association, race sponsors, entrants, and clubs hosting or co-managing events with the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club. Other organisations include Float Air, New Zealand Yachting Magazine, Marlborough Sounds V.H.F Users Association, Wellington Harbour Board, Wellington Amateur Rowers' Association, and Ministry of Transport. Arrangement: Material has been left in order of delivery. Documents were originally delivered in two lever arch files labelled "RPNYC" (1976-1980) and "Racing Secretary" (1981-1984). The Racing Secretary sits on the Sailing Committee. The Racing Secretaries between 1976 and 1983 were Arthur Stewart, M A Ray, E Moody, David Lackey, and P F Sutton. Quantity: 9 folder(s).