President "Rollicking" Robyn presided over a small group of 21 members and two guests, including ADG Dennis Millard, who enjoyed a very good talk from David Abercrombie, CEO of Yachting New Zealand.
Yachting New Zealand represent the needs and interests of member clubs, classes, organisations and their members from grassroots upwards. The array of activity they undertake includes;
- Training and education,
- National programmes,
- Building club capability,
- Advocacy and representation
- Promotion,
- Technical and safety support for boat owners
- An information hub,
- Enabling funding,
- Supporting pathways to high performance and
- Connection to world sailing,
David was very complimentary towards St. Johns Rotary for their long and generous support of "Have A Go" sailing programme and the "St. Johns Rotary Youth Yachting Scholarship", which helps fund young home grown sailors with their international start.